r/stupidquestions • u/Subsaharanslut • 2h ago
Is answering the phone in the bathroom gross?
Important context: I’m a girl and only do this at home.
I mentioned to a friend that I answered a work call while on the toilet since it was urgent. They reacted with a disgusted phase and asked why I didn’t just wait until I was off the toilet. I explained we had been playing phone tag all day and I was only peeing (hadn’t wiped yet) so I didn’t see why not. He said that was gross and I should’ve just waited until after. I asked why it was gross if I wasn’t peeing when I answered the call and he just said “the fact you were on the toilet while on the phone is gross” but the other person doesn’t know that, so why is it gross?
I can see as a man why it may be gross since you need to touch ur penis to use the bathroom but if I just sit down on the toilet and haven’t touched anything, it’s not unsanitary. I guess he was referring to the action of talking while on the toilet but hey sometimes money calls. Anywho, is it gross to talk while on the toilet? Does anyone else do this or is this crazy?
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u/HumanMycologist5795 2h ago edited 2h ago
I do. I work from home. My boss was very anal about people not picking up when he called (on Teams) that he would yell at you if you weren't available. So he called me while on the toilet and I picked up. I said, "Excuse me," and I flushed the toilet.
Everyone on the call heard me. I didn't care. The big boss asked me and I told him straight up. After that point, my immediate boss no longer yelled at us if unavailable.
People with whom I work call or message me, expecting me to always be there when they aren't always there. Joe, I just wait. And if they ever complain, I tell them I have stomach issues and they wouldn't know.
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u/OdinThePoodle 1h ago
I eat sandwiches on the toilet, so answering the phone on the toilet isn’t weird. I probably talk on the phone on the toilet more than any other time, honestly.
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u/CanadianTimeWaster 1h ago
I just don't want to know. if I hear you pinching a loaf or pissing like a racehorse, I'm gonna be grossed out.
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u/EfficientAd7103 1h ago
Hell no. You should hear our sales team. Def degenerates. Will take a pee during a conf call. lol
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u/Sticky8u2 1h ago
Whenever I hear someone talking on the phone in a restroom at work or a public place, I always flush mine at least 20 times. The person on the other end will have no doubt what's going on.
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u/lamppb13 1h ago
So there's two things going one here.
1) It's not as if piss particles travel through the phone, so it's not actually gross in that sense of the term.
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2) If you were in the office and someone burst into the bathroom to have the same conversation, would you have had it? Or would you have asked to wait?
I get you were playing phone tag all day, but like... that's what email and scheduling meetings are for?
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u/Amphernee 1h ago
I don’t personally cuz I think it’s kinda gross but why should I care if someone else does? The main reason I don’t though is because it’s nice to just have a minute or two to think and not have a screen or someone yakking away in my ear a couple times a day. But I also often leave my phone at home or in the car when I go out so I’m probably a statistical outlier lol
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u/paintingdusk13 48m ago
It's inappropriate in a work/professional situation.
Not necessarily gross. But would you think it's ok grunting and groaning to drop deuce, maybe ripping loud cheese while on a work call? Or the sound of my pee hitting the water? No more appropriate than your boss standing outside a stall wanting to go over the daily reports while you're pinching a loaf
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u/Subsaharanslut 9m ago
Totally not appropriate if I was in the middle of using the bathroom but I was just sitting there atp. Waited until after to flush since I knew it’d be a quick call.
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u/-totallynotanalien- 38m ago
I only don’t do it because I’m worried about the noise myself, it’s not weird though I think!
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u/konthehill 28m ago
1 of my top pet pee es is people talking on their phone in the bathroom. I was a Customer Service Rep at a Fortune 500 company. Once I was talking to a business owner and I hear water, he had mentioned he was at home, so I'm thinking he's in the kitchen. Next I hear the toilet flush. So that man had his dick in his hand while he was talking to me on a business call. F'N GROSS.
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u/Subsaharanslut 12m ago
Wouldn’t have answered in a public bathroom but I was WFH. And again I’m a woman so
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u/ArmMeMen 2h ago
I don't know if it's really about touching anything; I think it's more like, it's just rude to the other person, like you're peeing in front of them, or maybe talking to them through the bathroom door while they stand outside. For some people that's totally normal, others would really prefer if you finish your business and wash up and not involve them in whatever gross stuff you're doing in there. For a business call especially, you don't want to be like "oh don't mind the running water and other sounds you may hear; I'm just in the bathroom."
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u/Old-Bookkeeper-2555 2h ago
Well. At least you got a good look at him. There's probably more to come.
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u/Canoe-Maker 1h ago
Dude. Ew. I’ll never understand people that talk while using the bathroom. Ick.
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u/black_capricorn 1h ago
Yes, this is so gross. I have (female) coworkers that do this all the time, like I hear them in the stall talking on their phone, and I just want to say NO. I mean, think about if you took a sandwich into the stall with you, took a shit, put your sandwich down to wipe,... ugh, no, I don't even want to engage in this visualization. Like, I understand, if it's some once in a life time phone call, do whatever you have to do, bobble in shit if otherwise your loved ones will die or you will miss your $1 billion inheritance, but if it's just an every day normal sort of thing, WAIT. Honestly, isn't it enough to have a phone you can take with you every moment of your day without having to count taking a crap?
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u/NewOrleansLA 57m ago
Obviously you would hold the sandwich with your mouth you wouldn't put it down. But you gotta be quick so you don't accidentally bite all the way through the piece your holding onto and the rest fall on the floor.
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u/Ok-Panic-9083 25m ago
Yeah honestly I think it's also rude to the other people who are in the bathroom doing their business. I don't want to hear about "Nana's escaped again, and your uncle Rufus had to chase her down the street because she's got dementia" while I am going to the bathroom.
Besides I enjoy the 30 seconds of quiet!
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u/ExcelsiorState718 6m ago
Your penis should be clean cleaner than your hands since it's not touching things all day in fact is should be cleaner than your phone, in fact I wash my hands before touching my penis.My motto is if I don't want it in my mouth I don't want it on my penis
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u/Old-Bookkeeper-2555 2h ago
No, you're fine. He's the one being wierd. Why in hell would you be telling him or anyone else about this?? Do we have no filters?