What is it about public toilets that turns people into animals?

T002 Tyrant · Dec 5, 2019

Seriously, I step into a stall at work and there's shit spray in the toilet, piss on the floor, once I found a suspicious whiteish glob on the toilet seat.

What about public toilets turns the civilised into faeces slinging apes?

I believe this could be a metaphor for people's shitty behaviour online.

/Rant over.

Knight613 · Dec 5, 2019

They don't have to clean up their mess.

Cosmonaut X · Dec 5, 2019

Anonymity and lack of consequences.

Vern · Dec 5, 2019

Probably because most normal people don't poop in public unless it's an emergency. And then after you had your emergency you don't have cleaning supplies like you would at home. Thus, you get shit spray.

Mack · Dec 5, 2019

Just don't use public toilets, unless you really, REALLY have to.

Soundscream · Dec 5, 2019

I have trained my body to take a shit every morning and every evening when I get home from work so I never have to use a public toilet. Just peeing in urinals during the day. People are animals so I avoid dealing with their filth at all cost.

pleaseinsertdisctwo · Dec 5, 2019

Vern said:
Probably because most normal people don't poop in public unless it's an emergency. And then after you had your emergency you don't have cleaning supplies like you would at home. Thus, you get shit spray.

I have never in my life had shit spray around or out of the toilet seat. I don't see how it's even possible unless you're not sitting on the toilet for whatever reason

sirap · Dec 5, 2019

Now imagine having to clean that shit three times a day.

MilesQ · Dec 5, 2019

Having been to some people's homes and used their toilets, I think some people just don't know proper toilet using etiquette. At home or outside.

Soundscream · Dec 5, 2019

pleaseinsertdisctwo said:
I have never in my life had shit spray around or out of the toilet seat. I don't see how it's even possible unless you're not sitting on the toilet for whatever reason

That's exactly it. Their are people who don't want to make contact with the seat and just spray and pray. Happens a lot more often in women's bathrooms in my experience.

Vern · Dec 5, 2019

pleaseinsertdisctwo said:
I have never in my life had shit spray around or out of the toilet seat. I don't see how it's even possible unless you're not sitting on the toilet for whatever reason

well you see, the toilet is dirty so you can't sit. There's shit all over it, and white goop.

Or you are in such a rush it starts spraying out your ass as you pull your pants down but before you've sat down entirely.

cognizant · Dec 5, 2019

The (constantly out of service) toilets in my work place (an office) are a hive of scum and villainy. I've flushed so many other peoples shit for them. (how the fuck are people so lazy they can't even flush their own shit!?). I've seen things I wish I would unsee. The aftermath of demonic abortions, of exorcisms gone wrong, sentient blobs in toilet bowls squirming in their filth, tiny arms outstretched while squealing for me to mercifully kill them.

Sort out your fucking diet people, stop eating garbage all day, jeez.

Vern · Dec 5, 2019

Also why don't American toilets have the spray hose like SE Asia. That would help you clean up after you spray the walls with poo.

T002 Tyrant · Dec 5, 2019

Soundscream said:
I have trained my body to take a shit every morning and every evening when I get home from work so I never have to use a public toilet. Just peeing in urinals during the day. People are animals so I avoid dealing with their filth at all cost.

Unfortunately, I developed IBS in my 30s, so it's sometimes unavoidable. :(

sirap said:
Now imagine having to clean that shit three times a day.

Yep, although I tend to clean up the mess of whoever went beforehand because luckily at my work there's toilet brushes provided. I also tend to use toilet paper to mop up anything unpleasant and wash my hands thoroughly, I then check my own "work" afterwards to make sure I haven't left a mess, and clean it afterwards. The way I see it is it not only provides a more pleasant environment, helps out the cleaners, but I get extra time away from my desk when I'm feeling particularly unmotivated with work. :D

Doc Laserstein · Dec 5, 2019

pleaseinsertdisctwo said:
I don't see how it's even possible unless you're not sitting on the toilet for whatever reason

Lots of people hover when using public toilets for obvious reasons.

To answer the OP's question, I think a lot of people are horrifying, filthy monsters by nature. The zero accountability environment of a public toilet is just one of the few places they can truly be their awful, disgusting selves.

Gorger · Dec 5, 2019

The degree of civilization in mankind can be judged by entering its public toilets.

Heroicpiglet · Dec 5, 2019

no need for responsibility

m_shortpants · Dec 5, 2019

Tragedy of the commons

T002 Tyrant · Dec 5, 2019

Gorger said:
The degree of civilization in mankind can be judged by entering its public toilets.

Maybe that's how we tell humankind has achieved world peace - when people are considerate of others in a public toilet.

pleaseinsertdisctwo · Dec 5, 2019

Soundscream said:
That's exactly it. Their are people who don't want to make contact with the seat and just spray and pray. Happens a lot more often in women's bathrooms in my experience.

Ummmm

big_z · Dec 5, 2019

Jiraiya · Dec 5, 2019

My job had to shut down the restrooms because a toilet was so clogged. Maintenance told me what they found. It's a sin to be that nasty. And my job provides lysol in every stall to clean the seats yourself and toilet covers to boot.

It's nasty.

Soundscream · Dec 5, 2019

pleaseinsertdisctwo said:
Ummmm

?

Working as a store manager I had to send people into horror scenes to clean up.

Castamere · Dec 5, 2019

Gorger said:
The degree of civilization in mankind can be judged by entering its public toilets.

The only difference between a good public tollet and a bad public toilet is weither they have someone close by to clean it at all times.

Maybe we could create a Discovery show about trying to find a higher soceity on Earth who treat their toilets with dignity. I dont think it exists.

PontyfaxJr · Dec 5, 2019

Sometimes you go in and there's just a massive turd in the bowl. No paper, no other poop, just one mega turd.

How does that happen

Refrain · Dec 5, 2019

Public toilets are heavenly here in Japan. Most of them are all so clean and comfortable.

s1lver · Dec 5, 2019

The same reason people shit all over the internet. Anonymity brings out your true self.

Yataran · Dec 5, 2019

pleaseinsertdisctwo said:
I have never in my life had shit spray around or out of the toilet seat. I don't see how it's even possible unless you're not sitting on the toilet for whatever reason

Explosive shitting after a night of a lot of drinking?

cognizant said:
The (constantly out of service) toilets in my work place (an office) are a hive of scum and villainy. I've flushed so many other peoples shit for them. (how the fuck are people so lazy they can't even flush their own shit!?). I've seen things I wish I would unsee. The aftermath of demonic abortions, of exorcisms gone wrong, sentient blobs in toilet bowls squirming in their filth, tiny arms outstretched while squealing for me to mercifully kill them.

the_bromo_tachi · Dec 5, 2019

Refrain said:
Public toilets are heavenly here in Japan. Most of them are all so clean and comfortable.

Most are, but I would still avoid the toilets at the train station unless you have to use it. I saw some guy left some shit on the urinals at Shinjuku station. That was not a pleasant sight man. Also, the lack of soap here still bothers me...

Bramblebutt · Dec 5, 2019

Having taken care of my grandmother in her later years, which included helping her in public bathrooms, it's my intuition that most disastrous events at public toilets are not a result of anti-social degenerates ruining public spaces for fun, but of physically and mentally impaired people having accidents, being incapable of cleaning after themselves, and being too deeply ashamed to inform the staff or their caretaker (if they have one) of the mess.

Deleted member 2809 · Dec 5, 2019

PontyfaxJr said:
Sometimes you go in and there's just a massive turd in the bowl. No paper, no other poop, just one mega turd.

How does that happen

You only wipe before, it's just like brushing teeth before breakfast

raYne_07 · Dec 5, 2019

Soundscream said:
I have trained my body to take a shit every morning and every evening when I get home from work so I never have to use a public toilet. Just peeing in urinals during the day. People are animals so I avoid dealing with their filth at all cost.

This. I use it before I leave home and have never used a public toilet in my life. I've seen and heard too much to want to use one. Ever. This isn't even counting the amount of times I've seen people leave without washing up. *shudder*

Related, my job went through a spree where the toilets were inoperable and would flood every week or so. While arguing with the owner of the building (love that lease life) we decided to get a few porta pottys and a large toilet trailer what we staged outside the building for employee and customer use. Expectedly, in no time at all they all became completely unusable:

-People peeing on the floor and toilet seats. Both men's and women's facilities on a daily basis. Completely on purpose do to the amount and frequency.
-People literally wiping shit on the toilet seats and stalls.
-People flooding them on purpose by stuffing the toilets and flushing. Amazing especially when it's 20 degrees outside and you come back to an ice rink in the trailer and all over the front of the site entrance in the morning.
-Someone took the brand new roll of toilet paper, wiped their ass with the entire thing without rolling it out and put it on top of the toilet.

People are scum and I felt sorry for the team that had to clean it every morning on a daily basis. On two different occasions they had people quit as soon as they saw what they expected them to deal with.. and I don't blame them a bit.

Jiraiya said:
My job had to shut down the restrooms because a toilet was so clogged. Maintenance told me what they found. It's a sin to be that nasty. And my job provides lysol in every stall to clean the seats yourself and toilet covers to boot.

It's nasty.

When we finally got the go ahead to bring in an outside team to deal with our issue, they found the usual busted pipe w/ tree root systems scenario as well as multiple (I'm talking in the 10s) pairs of panties clogging the line.

I don't even want to know why.

Rassilon · Dec 5, 2019

The worst public toilets in the world are found in motorway service stations.

Sometimes I get the impression drivers out there hold it in for as long as possible and then explode in the general vicinity of the cubicle when they reach the limits of their constitution.

Illenium · Dec 5, 2019

Can't speak for men but women are equally disgusting. Period pads tampons everywhere. Toilet paper stuck to the floor so on and so forth. Urine on the toilet seat. Yuck

Dictator · Dec 5, 2019

cognizant said:
The (constantly out of service) toilets in my work place (an office) are a hive of scum and villainy. I've flushed so many other peoples shit for them. (how the fuck are people so lazy they can't even flush their own shit!?). I've seen things I wish I would unsee. The aftermath of demonic abortions, of exorcisms gone wrong, sentient blobs in toilet bowls squirming in their filth, tiny arms outstretched while squealing for me to mercifully kill them.

Sort out your fucking diet people, stop eating garbage all day, jeez.

Is the toilet in your work place a portal to the immaterium?

Sulik2 · Dec 5, 2019

pleaseinsertdisctwo said:
I have never in my life had shit spray around or out of the toilet seat. I don't see how it's even possible unless you're not sitting on the toilet for whatever reason

I've had explosive diarrhea that splashed so hard it bounced up under the toilet seat onto the back of the toilet, but I have IBS so thats not normal. Have to clean the under side of the seat all the time.

I've had to use a lot of public toilets in my life and you know what, Ive never left the outside covered in piss and shit. I think it's a cultural thing in the USA, people are so fucking selfish they don't even care about leaving toilets in decent shape for other people.

Deleted member 8852 · Dec 5, 2019

Refrain said:
Public toilets are heavenly here in Japan. Most of them are all so clean and comfortable.

Too many squat toilets, especially at train stations.

And having worked in a large office building as maintenance mechanic for a while I can confirm that men / women's toilets are both equally disgusting.

Kurita · Dec 5, 2019

Cosmonaut X said:
Anonymity and lack of consequences.

Just like the internet!

Izzard · Dec 5, 2019

People are animals. It's not just toilets. Work in retail and you'll soon find out.

Huncho_Houdini · Dec 5, 2019

Sniffing the stench activates a long dormant carnal neural circuit.

Altair · Dec 5, 2019

That's why I haven't and never will use a public toilet.

T002 Tyrant · Dec 5, 2019

Izzard said:
People are animals. It's not just toilets. Work in retail and you'll soon find out.

Oh I did, which is why I vow never to work retail again {shudders}

lint2015 · Dec 5, 2019

They don't have to clean it up, and then it's already gross so they don't want to touch what they added to the mess. I don't ever use public toilets to shit unless it's an emergency.

Common Knowledge · Dec 5, 2019

Even during my roughest periods of Crohn's Disease in the past, I've never once actually made a mess out of a public toilet. I don't get other people.

MinusTydus · Dec 5, 2019

"Let me use half a damn roll of toilet paper and not flush one time."

Like, do you morons get inside a public restroom and just forget how toilets work?

Smokey_Run · Dec 5, 2019

Working retail, I've seen some repulsive stuff. Restrooms, fitting rooms..

shaneo632 · Dec 5, 2019

Diffusion of responsibility. "Someone who is paid will clean it up" combined with nobody ever being able to catch you making the mess.

TheHunter · Dec 5, 2019

Izzard said:
People are animals. It's not just toilets. Work in retail and you'll soon find out.

Smokey_Run said:
Working retail, I've seen some repulsive stuff. Restrooms, fitting rooms..

Uhhhh

Captain Tuttle · Dec 5, 2019

Cosmonaut X said:
Anonymity and lack of consequences.

just like the internet

beaten goddamnit

Papa Satanás · Dec 5, 2019

people in my workplace turn into tiny ducks and take sink baths when they go to the washroom. water everyfuckingwhere.

What is it about public toilets that turns people into animals?

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