Although it has nothing to do with wine, the following post was originally posted on my other blog, the wine blog called LeDomduVin, back in October 2018. However, I think this post would be better suited here, on "Really!?! The Adventures of the courteous stickman", as it is a long-overdue rant against men's behaviours and hygiene in the toilets (public and/or private), illustrated with stickmen in various situations.
And I created "Really!?!" to do exactly that: express an opinion, point fingers and rant about all men's bad behaviors and bad habits, especially in big cities.
So, here it is and back again, the "Public Bathroom Behavior" post, as this subject is a very important one, too often forgotten and adequately never really talked about by the majority of us, while I think it should be, as it concerns ALL of us.
"Show me the state of the bathroom after you used it, and I will tell you who you are..." - ©Domelgabor 2018
We are told that the world is doomed! That men have no more morals, values, respect, or even discipline, etc... and I completely agree, more especially when it comes to going to a public toilet (at work, at a mall, at a gas station, at a metro station, at a restaurant, etc, etc...).
Men are (in general) dirty and disgusting, especially when it comes to the bathroom or toilet. And personally, I cannot take it any more. I'm tired of walking into somebody else piss or shit in public toilets, and I need to vent it out.
So, before I go on with my rant about men's bad behaviours and bad habits in public toilets, let me ask you a question first:
If the world is doomed (as we are told), how could men save the world when they are not even able to clean their own shit? How?
Men pollute the ground by burying all sorts of domestic and industrial trash ranging from organic and non-organic materials to other substances including petrochemicals and nuclear waste, etc... (only less than 15% of domestic trash is recycled apparently)
Men also pollute the water with the same trash dumped into the oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, etc... (millions of tons of trash are buried and dumped in the water yearly...)
Men pollute the air with all sorts of industrial and non-industrial nocive smoke, gas, spray, chemicals and other emissions... resulting in an ever-increasing hazy, blurry, thick, hard-to-breath, yellowish-brownish veil of pollution in the air hovering above most big cities (and even countries) nowadays... (when not buried or dumped in water, trash is usually burned in incinerators or just in the open-air generating in both cases toxic emissions and air pollution)
And men even have already started to pollute space with expired satellites, bits and pieces of rockets, spacecraft debris and other space junk... (sigh)...
But, atop of all that, what men do best is to pollute and soil their own immediate environment, starting by "THE" one place they go the most often to on a daily basis: THE TOILET!!! (both home and public toilets).
It is a fact that cannot be denied, men are dirty and disgusting in the toilets, and I do not have to prove it to you, you just have to look into your own experiences to know it is the truth.
For example:
How many times did you walk into a filthy public toilet where someone before you
did not flush?
peed or pooped on the seat and/or the floor?
and/or, left some floaties in the toilet's bowl?
and/or, left some yellowish drops (if not brown pellets) on the toilet's seat? (often leading to a puddle of piss on the floor right at the base of the toilet)
left soaked pieces of toilet paper everywhere on the floor
and even left an "explicit content" mark on the wall with a permanent marker
Nearly every time, right? Or, at least, it feels like this, isn't it?
So, guys (men mostly... and you know who you are...), get it, once and for all, in your tiny brains: your bad behavior, manners, attitude, and hygiene in the toilet, especially in public toilets, are atrocious and disgusting. And no one should have to suffer from your lack of manners and self-discipline. It is appalling! Get it together and clean after yourself!!!
And more importantly, understand that: NO ONE ELSE BUT YOU IS SUPPOSED TO CLEAN YOUR LEFTOVER PISS OR SHIT (OR BOTH) !!! Not your mum, not your sister, not your wife, not your maid, nor the public toilet cleaning staff or anybody else should clean your mess in the toilet. YOU and only YOU should clean it.
A bathroom, toilet, lavatory, WC (water closet), loo, throne, washroom, urinal, latrine, crapper, shithouse or whatever other urban names you call it, is only as clean as you left it. And don't tell yourself either that "some people are paid for that" or "I don't care, someone else will clean it", as it is respectively not true and unbearably egoistic and egocentric.
People cleaning the public toilets are not here to clean your shit but to clean a lavatory that is supposed to be dirty to a certain extent, ok, but not mainly because of your leftover piss or shit you so kindly left behind.
Personally, I think that if you conduct yourself like this in public, you probably do that at home too... but don't worry, your reputation precedes you (people around you know who you are and talk).
And if, by any chance, you don't it at home (meaning you clean after yourself), so, why do it in public so then? But you probably don't care...
Consequently, I prepared this little list below for you, yes, YOU... You know who you are and you will recognize yourself. No point to hide or try to leave as if nothing happened or as if you did not do anything, we know and you know who you are, and you know what you did (and you should be ashamed of it).
Whether at home, at work or anywhere else, Toilets are considered public places used by at least 2 people (often way much more). So, keep it clean and be considerate to others, by not leaving what you might think was "impressive" for others to see. Moreover, no one wants to smell your stench or see your leftover, so, do everyone else a favor: flush and clean after yourself!!!
In term of the frequency of going to the loo, statistically, people, (in general), go to the bathroom/toilet on average between 10-14 times a day, divided into (at the least):
4-6 times at home, usually morning and evening/night (1 of them including a "number 2", per day for some or every other day for others)
6-8 times at work or other places (1 of them including a "number 2", per day for some or every other day for others, when not done at home in the morning or at night)
As you can see in the table above, the total average frequency per person (going to the loo), represents between 3276 and 5096 times per year going to the toilet (including both pee and poo), basically between 63 and 98 times a week.
And now, if we speak about the average time spent "in" (or "on" depending on how you see it) the toilet, it is between
3-5 minutes for number 1 (on average, some of you might be faster or longer)
15 to up to 45 minutes for "number 2" (here again, it is on average, some of you might be faster or longer)
Let's put these numbers in a table again for a better visual impression:
As you can see in the table above, the total average time spent (on/in the toilet) roughly represents for a person going to pee about 8 times/day and poo 1 time/day:
a minimum of 39 minutes/day spent going to the loo,
or basically a minimum of 14,196 minutes a year (or roughly 236 hours/year or basically 10 days/year),
or 273 minutes a week (or 4 hours 33 minutes/week) visiting the throne.
That's a lot of times and time spent in the toilet daily, so please keep it clean and be clean, and, once again, if you missed, clean it!!! Do not count on someone else to do it for you!
These figures above do not necessarily include people with serious handicaps for who it might be more difficult and may need more (or less) time and times in the bathroom. However, they give you a rough idea of how many times and how much time on average a person goes and spent in the toilet urinating and/or defecating.
However, you all know that the average time spent on/in the toilet varies greatly depending on what you have in your hands...
So, for all that time spent on the public crapper, you should at least be considerate to others, make it your own and clean it from all your unwanted leaks and faeces leftover. You clearly have an unfinished business to take care of.
Here is the list again, just as a reminder...
Personally, I'm cleaned and I have always been (I probably get that from my mother who is very cleaned too). Did I sometimes miss the toilet bowl while doing the number 1 (or even number 2)? Sure, probably like anybody else, it occasionally happens (especially when young and drunk). I'm not perfect, far from it actually and I admit it.
However, I have always made sure to clean properly after myself and leave the toilet as clean as possible. First, because I do considerate that it is not the job of others to clean it for me. And secondly, and more importantly, because I do not want others to say something, comment or judge me on what I did or did not do.
As previously stated above, your reputation precedes you and people know and talk. And even if it was not you, people will assume and blame you too easily for it. So, in both case scenarios, better leave the toilet as clean as possible if you do not want people around you to start gossiping about your bathroom's bad habits and point fingers at you.
Of course, in some case scenarios, it is difficult and there is no solution. For example when the toilet is really dirty and disgusting as someone dropped a massive bomb; or when you're likely stepping into a pungent puddle of piss, left, not only by the previous person, but also by a bunch of other dirty pigs who also contributed to the layers of excrements, with their pee droplets, and other unidentified defecations found all around the latrine.
In these conditions, better hold it a few more minutes until someone finally frees the other toilet or until you find another bathroom elsewhere.
Sometimes, I even wonder how some people do it? There are some bits and pieces everywhere!!! Inside and outside the toilet bowl, on the seat, on the floor and even on the surrounding walls....?!? How could they have done that? ...they must have been a few to do it together, not possible otherwise... ...or unless it was someone with a serious handicap or a seriously bad digestive problem... which makes me also wonder in which states their clothes must have been after doing that to the walls...
I mean, let's take a few examples of good conducts and misconducts in public toilets...
So, unless you have a crossed-eyes condition, a serious handicap, a disease like Parkinson or urination anxiety that makes you jittery and shaky, as a grown-ass adult, stop peeing or pooping (or both) all over public toilet seats!!! And, please, clean your mess and flush!!! It is not that hard for goodness sake.
Here are a few tips (some already in the list above and more) for you to become a cleaner public toilet's citizen (and you can use those at home too, your mother, your sister and/or maid will thank you for it):
Step closer it is shorter than you think (let go at your ego, it will help you to better aim and prevent from the last few drops to fall on the seat or the floor)
Aim to the middle of the toilet bowl (not the seat, not the floor, not the wall or anywhere else, concentrate on the middle of the toilet bowl)
If you have shaky hands, crossed-eyes condition, a serious handicap, or a disease like Parkinson or urination anxiety, please seat to do it instead of trying standing up (not only the toilet but your fingers, hands, upper legs and pants will thank you for it)
Sit on the seat, do not step on it with your dirty shoes (the seat and your pants, as well as the next person, will thank you for it... nothing worst to see shoe's prints on the seat, or worst, pieces of leftover shit on the seat)
If you missed, on doing either a "number 1" (pee) or a "number 2" (poo) please clean after yourself, "no one else but you" is here to clean your shit (and no the public toilet cleaning staff is not here nor paid to clean your shit either)
Keep it clean and don't forget to flush (no one wants to see your crap or smell your stench)
Wash your hands after doing it (prior as well if necessary, depending on where your hands have been prior going to the loo, nobody wants your germs)
Do not spit (keep your germs to yourself once again)
Do not leave "explicit content" marks or drawings on the walls (no dicks, no boobs, no phone number or name, no graffitis, no tags, no quotes, nothing... unless accepted or even encouraged like in some bars and clubs)
Ok, I think I could rant on the subject even much longer, but I think I will stop here (I think I just became a bathroom blogger...) ...by now, you surely got my point, anyway.
Sorry for this rant about men's bad behaviors and bad habits in public toilets, but I had to vent it out...
Now that it is done, I feel much better, even if I know that the dirty pigs and other culprits with bad bathroom behaviors will not change and will continue with their bad habits... (pissing and shitting everywhere, not flushing, not washing their hands, spitting, stinking the zone, redecorating the throne, etc....) ...but, at least, I got it out of my chest... and it feels incredible! (I should rant out like that more often...).
And let's be honest, we all live and work in, as well as go to places, where we constantly see disgusting things done in the toilet by strangers, colleagues, bosses, friends sometimes and even family members, who left it unflushed and uncleaned for whoever is passing after them, and that's not only disgusting but also clearly and plainly inconsiderate, disrespectful and really disturbing.
So, to end this rant about men's bad behavioral habits in/on the toilet, I'm asking you the question again:
How could men save the world when they are not even able to clean their own shit? How?
Obviously, when men will have started to clean their own shit, they will have made a step forward to a better and cleaner, and potentially brighter future... but, the way I see it, I doubt it will happen soon enough to reverse the current situation...
For as long as men will be under the impression that somebody else will clean their shit for them, men will always be men and leave some shit everywhere he (and also she) goes... starting by the toilet!
In fine, for sure, we are doomed!
As the lyrics of one of my favorite band's song go: "How can I change the world If I can't even change myself?" - Salva Mea (Faithless)
That's all folks! for today... and until next time, remember to keep the toilet clean, flush properly and wash your hands after doing so.
Thank you,
Peace!
The courteous stickman (Domelgabor)
(post revisited for "really!?! The adventures of the courteous stickman", but originally written under my other alias and posted on ©LeDomduVin - October 2018)
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