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Which stall do you choose
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7 members have voted
| October 31st, 2016 at 2:20:36 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
We avoid the first stall because we assume everybody coming in will want to use it and bother us. And we assume it's the dirtiest. Men have filthy public restroom habits, women would be disgusted. One of my first jobs was working at the big hotel downtown on weekends. One of my jobs was cleaning the bathrooms at the Backroom Saloon. Women's was almost pristine after a Friday night. Men's was a horror, like a war had gone on in there. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 31st, 2016 at 2:27:13 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
This is normal animal behavior. People pick the same seat in a classroom during their schooling. The dog lays on the same spot. Roaches return to their hiding place. It is used by cops and exterminators alike to their advantage. The President is a fink. |
| October 31st, 2016 at 2:32:55 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
A lot of it is superstition. We chose something last time and it worked out OK, so there must be some kind of positive mojo connected to it. It's how people become obsessive/compulsive, they carry it to the extreme. Any deviation from the routine and their world falls apart. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 31st, 2016 at 4:11:33 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
Living things like what they know. A person may have a dozen coffee cups but most will use the same one over and over. Dogs do their business in the exact same spot. Programed in. The President is a fink. |
| October 31st, 2016 at 6:14:41 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I had a brief job as a low-level manager for a janitorial company in Santa Barbara. I can concur that men's bathrooms were generally much messier and filthier than women's. I also noticed women's restrooms were usually much nicer, even in the same office building. For example, they gave the ladies furniture and magazines. Maybe even flowers. Nothing like that in the men's room. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| October 31st, 2016 at 6:18:10 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Women take longer to do their business and need a place to sit while waiting for a stall. No fast urinals for them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 31st, 2016 at 9:24:54 PM permalink | |
| zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 |
a whole week? ummm, change my diet? poop at home?
I just love reading this forum. |
| November 1st, 2016 at 3:03:16 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
In college a female professor said there used to be a real or de facto requirement for a "fainting couch" in the ladies room. One thing I have noticed in life is that women leave all kinds of personal stuff in the ladies room. Place I once worked at least once a week something they left, usually jewelry or something, out over the email. A few guys wondered what was going on in there. Meanwhile only one time did I find something in the mens room. Wedding band. Being a good soldier I turned it in, woman at the desk said she did not need to bother finding out who it belonged to, guy lost it there several times. So not totally just the ladies I guess. But almost. The President is a fink. |
| November 1st, 2016 at 7:54:40 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | the cleanliness factor: I assume all are equally clean or dirty, then might back off if disgusted and of course try another. I'm surprised at how many are making a guess about it upon first consideration. I like the extra room in the handicapped. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| November 1st, 2016 at 8:09:27 AM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4517 | Myth Busters did a segment on this and I think their assumption was 2nd stall was cleanest. If I remember correctly they couldn't find any difference when they tested. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |