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Do you talk to your “neighbors” while in a public bathroom or elevator?

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AirBrian

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You know the scenario: standing at the urinal at work or school, and someone walks up next to you. Do you start talking to them? Do you mind if they talk to you?

How about elevators?
 

MIMIC

Banned
In public restrooms, I don't mind talking, but I definitely won't initiate a conversation.

In an elevator, I'll just start yappin away. :)
 

aoi tsuki

Member
AirBrian said:
You know the scenario: standing at the urinal at work or school, and someone walks up next to you. Do you start talking to them? Do you mind if they talk to you?

How about elevators?
Not at a urinal, especially after some uncomfortable runins in public bathrooms. Despite the public nature of it, it's accepted as a private process, at least in the US. Usually only in an elevator if she's cute.
 

Doth Togo

Member
I have lots of stories about stars and business executives' bathroom etiquette.

You wouldn't believe some of them. :lol
 

borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
you are in the bathroom to piss and shit, not carry on conversations.

people who do this need to be shot.
 

human5892

Queen of Denmark
No. In fact, I never initiate a conversation with a stranger no matter what the location. I think everyone I've ever met in my entire life has spoken to me first.

I would be irritated if someone tried to strike up a conversation in the bathroom, but on the elevator I wouldn't necessarily mind, as long as it wasn't pointless small talk ("Some weather!" etc.).
 

Seth C

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To strangers? In the bathroom? Not a chance. In fact, I've been annoyed with some people at work doing that. We have three urinals, I was at the one on the right, and someone I had never met came in and took the middle one instead of the one on the left. You do not do that. Then he started a conversation, or rather he tried. You just don't do that.

If it's someone I know well I don't mind a simple greeting or whatever, but still no conversations while I have my penis in my hand. It just isn't right. After I'm done and we're washing our hands (you beter wash your hands) talking is fine. Just not right at the urinal.
 

borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
oh, elevators..

umm.. who cares.. about the only time it may be inappropriate to say anything in an elevator is after ripping a loud and/or stinky one.. in which case you forfeit any god damn right to say anything.
 
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I don't think I've ever talked to strangers in a bathroom, but I've had some hilarious conversations with my friends while we're taking a dump in the stalls...
 
borghe said:
oh, elevators..

umm.. who cares.. about the only time it may be inappropriate to say anything in an elevator is after ripping a loud and/or stinky one.. in which case you forfeit any god damn right to say anything.

(Peter farts in and elevator with a man standing next to him. Man looks at Peter very suprised.)

Peter: Umm...it was you.

There's a Family guy reference for everything.
 

snaildog

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A couple of weeks ago I was in an elevator with a friend, a random girl, and her boyfriend. When we got out I looked at her and said, "It was really nice travelling with you." I know how stupid that is and I have no idea why I said it really. They just looked at me confused and my friend nearly injured himself laughing. I never talk to people in elevators or toilets otherwise.
 

Mason

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Other fun things to do in an elevator:

- When the other person is leaving the elevator, seductively whisper "I Love You" right before the doors close

- Take the comics section of the newspaper with you on the elevator. Open it, begin reading, and then start laughing hysterically and crying like they are the funniest comics you've ever read in your life.

- Fart loudly several times and overtly point to the person next to you. Make sure he sees you blaming him.

- When you step into the elevator, say, "I've never done this before" and act nervous the entire time.

- When you're alone, sit down in the corner of the elevator and act like you're asleep. When someone gets in, "wake up" and ask how long you've been there.
 

Odoul

Member
Never in the bathroom. But I swear I've witnessed two or more people having drunken conversations in the dorm bathrooms.

Speaking of public facilities I saw the foulest shit yesterday. I was in the Eastland mall sublevel. My bowel had to be emptied. The bathroom was terrible. The floor was wet. The doors didn't lock and kept swinging out. And the worst part was the stall walls. They were only 5 feet high. When I made my TP nest, I could see the upper chest and head of the guy 6 doors down. Do you know hard it is to squat and wipe yourself knowing everyone can see you and they don't even have to stand on their toes?
 
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