[earle58]

Originally Posted by herring_RN

At my hospital we have one bathroom for all staff on two units. About 25% of us are men. It's kind of a big room. Once I followed a tall male RN to find the seat wet.
I told him in private. He claimed water must have gotten there when he washed his hands about six feet away.

granted, my imagination is rather dull...
but what the heck did he do to the seat?

leslie

[herring_RN]

Originally Posted by earle58

granted, my imagination is rather dull...
but what the heck did he do to the seat?

leslie

It lookes a bit yellow to me. Just a few drops on the white seat. Glad I didn't sit there before cleaning it.

Perhaps he didn't put the seat up and urine splashed or his aim was off.

I've seen way worse at the gym in the womens only room.

[Roy Fokker]

Originally Posted by herring_RN

At my hospital we have one bathroom for all staff on two units. About 25% of us are men. It's kind of a big room. Once I followed a tall male RN to find the seat wet.
I told him in private. He claimed water must have gotten there when he washed his hands about six feet away.

About 80% of our staff is female.

I end up wiping the toilet seat before (and if need be, after) use -

- lest as one of the few males on duty, I be accused of being a "slob".
Even if it's not ME who personally did it (yes, I have followed female co-workers in who DID leave a mess) ... being the "minority male", I try to be careful.

cheers,

PS: Yes, I know you weren't accusing all males of being twerps. Just thought I'd share my opinion

[Stanley-RN2B]

Oh yes, the age old myth that men are nasty and women are much cleaner. SNORT. There are a lot of nasty women out there. Just like there are a lot of nasty men.

[bethin]

Originally Posted by Stanley-RN2B

The ultra conservatives must be really po'd.

I'm a liberal and not too happy.

Originally Posted by Stanley-RN2B

Women will get over it.

With all due respect, I take offense to this comment. Ok, maybe after no sleep for 24 hours I'm a bit cranky but still - you don't tell someone to get over it.

I'll divulge something I don't think I've ever told a living soul (not even my parents). I was molested as a 6 year old on school grounds and left an abusive relationship where the guy almost killed me, and I am not being dramatic. Wrapping his hands around my throat until I passed and jumping out of a moving vehicle to escape him is not being dramatic. As a consequence, I have a fear of most men. I also have Crohn's and I don't even like doing my business in a woman's bathroom let alone one with men. I am not afraid that they will attack me. It's my fear that gets me.

And for the record, no matter how long the line is to the woman's restroom, I have never went into a men's restroom.

I agree, some woman are just as messy in the br as men. That's not the issue for me.

I've traveled to S Korea and Japan and they have seperate restrooms. Haven't been to Europe so I don't know if they do or not.

I'm also damn glad I don't live in Colorado.

[Spidey's mom]

Originally Posted by Fun2Care

It's not 'that' big of a deal, as long as stalls are made from top to bottom, AND rubber covers shade the openings when the doors are shut. (Heck, that needs to be done anyway!!)


However, we all know a real IDIOT made this law!!.....Have you seen the line for most ladies' bathrooms?


It would be more appropriate for women to be able to use men's restrooms...we could just back up to poop in the urinals....





FYI, I don't use the restroom in front of my DH either. He does, rarely, pee with me in the restroom, but I that is my private time as far as I'm concerned.

You are right about the line at women's restrooms!

And the people in Vietnam stand up to poop and pee. Sitting on a toilet is disgusting to them as the seat MUST be dirty.

As to Roy's wet seat . . . .one of my complaints with having 3 sons is that they don't lift the seat to pee and consequently get the seat wet with urine and then I come in, don't look and sit in pee!!!!!

So the argument women make over men not leaving the seat down is not one I would join because if the seat is UP then I know there is no urine on the seat. That makes me happy.

I also keep a container of those anti-bacterial wipes on the back of the toilet so the "boys" can wipe up their misses . . . . wiping it with toilet paper does nothing for the germs Roy.

But thanks for trying . . . . .



steph (aka mom)

[earle58]

when i first met dh, he had a supplemental job cleaning a church.
once a week, this church would hold aa meetings there.

when it came to cleaning the bathrooms...
the ladies room was far more disgusting.
(ugh...i'm heaving)
faaaaar more disgusting, hands down.

w/o stereotyping, this particular group of women, were total pigs.

pigs.

leslie

[hypocaffeinemia]

I didn't know which way to think about this until I saw that Dobson and his gang oppose it, so that means I support this move.

[Stanley-RN2B]

Originally Posted by bethin

I'm a liberal and not too happy.



With all due respect, I take offense to this comment. Ok, maybe after no sleep for 24 hours I'm a bit cranky but still - you don't tell someone to get over it.

I'll divulge something I don't think I've ever told a living soul (not even my parents). I was molested as a 6 year old on school grounds and left an abusive relationship where the guy almost killed me, and I am not being dramatic. Wrapping his hands around my throat until I passed and jumping out of a moving vehicle to escape him is not being dramatic. As a consequence, I have a fear of most men. I also have Crohn's and I don't even like doing my business in a woman's bathroom let alone one with men. I am not afraid that they will attack me. It's my fear that gets me.

And for the record, no matter how long the line is to the woman's restroom, I have never went into a men's restroom.

I agree, some woman are just as messy in the br as men. That's not the issue for me.

I've traveled to S Korea and Japan and they have seperate restrooms. Haven't been to Europe so I don't know if they do or not.

I'm also damn glad I don't live in Colorado.

Look, I am sorry that happened to you. That must be horrible.

I'll tell you something about myself. I am Bipolar. Between the ages of 13 to 21 I tried repeatedly to commit suicide. Between 13 and now I have suffered from extreme depression, paranoia, delusions, life altering recklessness and impulsive behavior. I was also molested as a child, though I was too young to know about it (told to me by my mother).

You get over trauma or you die.

I got over the feeling sorry for myself. I got over the fact that I will never have a normal life. I got over the fact that IRL I will never trust anyone due to my paranoia and most likely will always live and will die alone. I got over the fact that people really, and I mean really, don't care as they have their own lives and problems. I got over the fact that my child has died. I got over the fact that my childhood was filled with hatred and severe abuse and that my personal Mommy Dearest has scarred me for life. I got over the fact that most people, after seeing the extent of your 'troubles' almost always bail out. I got over the fact that the people that do become my friends are usually also troubled and that so far over 50% of them have killed themselves.

No one here holds the patent on suffering.

It's not offensive, it's the truth.

Life sucks, you get over it.

[herring_RN]

I'm with you Steph.
I don't mind putting the seat down.
And don't sit in public bathrooms.
it's actually easier to squat in an outhouse.