People who have no bathroom lock

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Rose65

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We went to a party at some friends' house and we're alarmed that they have no lock on bathroom doors. I found the whole experience unnerving to say the least! How come some people are so uninhibited?
I must have privacy and couldn't bear it if someone barged in and saw me in the bath or on the loo!
 

Rose65 said:
We went to a party at some friends' house and we're alarmed that they have no lock on bathroom doors. I found the whole experience unnerving to say the least! How come some people are so uninhibited?
I must have privacy and couldn't bear it if someone barged in and saw me in the bath or on the loo!
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Rose, I'd take a hammer and some nails with me if I was visiting your friend. šŸ˜Š
 
We have a lock on the bathroom door but I seriously can't remember the last time I locked it. At home if the door is closed, no one just walks in. Now all that is moot at someone else's house... I'd be very much on edge to use someone *else's* loo (do I sound British?! :giggle: ) without being able to lock the door.
 
Iā€™d prefer to be able to lock the door, but wouldnā€™t be too worried. Iā€™d close it with expectation that no one would walk in a room with a closed door. If they were rude and headed in, Iā€™d let out a yelp or something.
 
At home being just the two of us is no problem, we have separate bathrooms. So I don't need to lock. But if any guests are here, they have proper privacy.
Trouble is a party in a house where there is no lock. The sheer embarrassment is if a stranger, especially a male, walked in is worrisome. Maybe I am too sensitive but it is just who I am.
 
Rose65 said:
At home being just the two of us is no problem, we have separate bathrooms. So I don't need to lock. But if any guests are here, they have proper privacy.
Trouble is a party in a house where there is no lock. The sheer embarrassment is if a stranger, especially a male, walked in is worrisome. Maybe I am too sensitive but it is just who I am.
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Just decline an invite invitation next time or just donā€™t go. Itā€™s certainly an easy fix.
 
jimintoronto said:
For god's sake! If the door to the toilet is closed, its being used. How hard is that to figure out ? We leave the door to our bathroom OPEN, except when it is in use. So do all of the Wife's adult children at their homes. Shakes head and walks away. JimB.
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The one bathroom had two doors, neither with a lock. Lots of people in the house party. Not everyone assumes a closed door means someone is in there, especially if drunk.
 
This just reminded me of something from *many* years ago when my daughter was little. We were at a house with no working bathroom lock and I told her to stand by the door and make sure no one walked in while I was in there. In about 90 seconds, I heard her laughing and playing with other kids down the hallway. :LOL: Glad to say that at least no one *did* walk in. hehe
 
Rose65 said:
Trouble is if you get an invitation and don't know what someone's house is like.
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True. Iā€™ve been in someoneā€™s bathroom that not only didnā€™t lock, it didnā€™t even close properly. It was very uncomfortable but I never went back.
 
You'd think that a locked toilet door would tell someone it's in use much less a closed door... but last month at the hospital I used the patient toilets and I'd only been in there about a minute or 2 when the door handle rattled. The toilet is very small you're basically sitting side by side to the door, and I said loudly.. the toilet is in use... that didn't put them off.. they continued to rattle the door.. despite me repeating myself another twice.. and it was only when i said out loud ..''FFS stop rattling the door ''... they made off.. and I came out and they'd gone..
 
hollydolly said:
You'd think that a locked toilet door would tell someone it's in use much less a closed door... but last month at the hospital I used the patient toilets and I'd only been in there about a minute or 2 when the door handle rattled. The toilet is very small you're basically sitting side by side to the door, and I said loudly.. the toilet is in use... that didn't put them off.. they continued to rattle the door.. despite me repeating myself another twice.. and it was only when i said out loud ..''FFS stop rattling the door ''... they made off.. and I came out and they'd gone..
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That's very effective, even the hard core idiot will understand and gain a Life lesson. :cool:
 
Rose65 said:
I must have privacy and couldn't bear it if someone barged in and saw me in the bath or on the loo!
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Could be worse

A little story

Asian facilities

HK, at the turn of the century was pretty uptown, at least in Kowloon and neighboring areasā€¦..but up the road, north of Shenzhen in Tangxia Village, Dongguan, the theme changed a bit.

While inspecting a factory there, an overpowering urge stopped me in my tracks.
Seems the dog I ate the previous night was not CDA grade A, ā€˜cause I was percolatinā€™.
I subtly grabbed my brokerā€™s shirt with clenched fists and whispered my desires in his ear.

Apparently, doubling over and grimacing was sufficient body language, as several people pointed my way to the lavatory.
Full pedal down the long straightaway, periodically stopping, frozen, like a sow in heat, then full throttle thru the tiled ā€˜Sā€™ turn and I was home free.
ā€˜Cept there were no stalls,
and no toilets,
and no trough
ā€¦.just a few tiled holes in the floor.
Clean though. Very clean.

Itā€™s just there was no way I could wrap my mind around a remote possibility of a successful mission.
The prairie dogging salad shooter would definitely have ended up mostly somewhere inside my Wranglers.
My mind racedā€¦.take off the jeans and perchā€¦then what?
No TP
Whatā€™s with the waterfall?!
Oh, no way.
The term ā€˜Suck it upā€™ became quite tangible.

If the tongue is the most muscular organ of the body, the sphincter has to be a close second.
So, I slowly strolled out of hole haven toward my broker, as nonchalantly as possible with compressed cheeks, and subtly grabbing his shirt with clenched fists, whisper/screamed, ā€˜to the hotel, NOW!!ā€™

Yeah, Iā€™ve left many a scat in the bush, but a coed hole-in-the-floor lavatory was just a bit too much.
 
If I had to go, I'd chance it, lock or no lock. If someone walked in and saw me, I wouldn't be thrilled about it, but I would survive. On the other hand, if someone walked in and couldn't handle seeing an old broad taking a leak, it's their problem. That'll teach 'em to knock before opening a closed bathroom door. Manners people. Sheesh. :rolleyes:
 
My sister and I were on a car road trip...stopped at a Gas Station to pee.

There was a Bus load of Japanese women all in line to use the Woman's Loo. I checked the Men's Loo...nobody in there...told Sis to go in and I'd stand outside the door. She did.

But oh man the looks, glares/ frowning/ those women gave my sister when she walked out of the Men's washroom!!! We just laughed it off and went on our merry way.
 
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Sometimes there's a reason for that.

We took the locking doorknobs off the bathroom doors - and all other interior doors in the home - when my mother lived with us. She suffered from advanced Alzheimer's and would lock herself into a room.

We never got around to putting locks back on after we moved her to a care facility. Closing a door used to be a signal of privacy, please.
 

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