tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post2101135023252665011..comments2023-10-14T09:44:21.840-05:00Comments on People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Adolpha's Obsession with Public RestroomsJen Piwtpitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09576108150881254072noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-45575962351952279392015-01-23T03:17:33.806-06:002015-01-23T03:17:33.806-06:00Hilarious! My gamma always said that about me. I r...Hilarious! My gamma always said that about me. I really just couldn't stand listening to her suck her teeth, so I would go ply ballerina in the handicap stall until our food came or I could be sure to claim I couldn't find her when I came out.Azaliah Yadinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935734391860574507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-36147179852650600772015-01-23T03:13:16.329-06:002015-01-23T03:13:16.329-06:00I kid you not, I carry a small package of disinfec...I kid you not, I carry a small package of disinfectant wipes and a set of vinyl gloves, because I KNOW she's gonna need to go sooner or later, and it WILL be when I least expect it, in the WORST imaginable place! And it makes me crazy, not because it's so frequent, because it isn't. (She has the bladder of a camel, for Jane's sake!) She just ALWAYS picks the worst places possible. You'd think she could hold it, but NO! She's been blissfully ignorant of any need for bodily excretion all day, literally all day, until we step into the (insert place with trophies for nastiest toilets in the county) and all the sudden her bladder signals all systems go! <br /><br />We're talking about a kid who at five-years-old rode in a cramped club cab pickup from Washington state to Missouri in two days with narry a peep, going only when we stopped for gas or to sleep. So why she can't wait another fifteen minutes until I can find a better option around town? <br /><br />I have a theory: The nastiest places have higher numbers of bacteria and probably gacious build up as well. Perhaps there's a pheromonal connection. Cause we can spend all day at the library, cleanest restroom in town, and she's fine. Walk into McDonald's, filthy McNasty, and suddenly she's got a desperation rivaled only by the base heads of Cass Corridor!Azaliah Yadinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935734391860574507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-77417093022610821432015-01-15T15:29:19.768-06:002015-01-15T15:29:19.768-06:00"the bathroom critic" I love it. Our jo..."the bathroom critic" I love it. Our joke about my bathroom obsessed son is that he's secretly publishing a Zagat's style rating guide of public facilities. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901644183724616775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-65288776935582008292015-01-15T12:43:25.780-06:002015-01-15T12:43:25.780-06:00Whenever we ate out my daughter always needed to g...Whenever we ate out my daughter always needed to go to the bathroom at the EXACT moment they brought our food. No matter how many times we asked in advance, it was always the same. I don't think I got to eat warm restaurant food for nearly 2 years. She did finally out-grow it, thank god. Nancy Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288792254131914790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-38265867305887013262015-01-15T11:57:23.578-06:002015-01-15T11:57:23.578-06:00I'm just of the mindset that "if you have...I'm just of the mindset that "if you have to go, you have to go". Although I am also one who needs to make sure there IS a restroom if I go to an event, etc. As long as I know it's there, I feel better. If I am somewhere and it's a hassle to find/use a toilet I get kind of panicky. I truely don't understand people who refuse to go in public. I'd be homebound if that were the case. I've never had a super strong bladder. Now being pregnant again? I take anyplace, anytime. I know at least one place to stop along every exit on the highway on my drive to work. Csnee317https://www.blogger.com/profile/01704697843256200018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-59898121639668083652014-01-21T09:39:15.562-06:002014-01-21T09:39:15.562-06:00I wish I could tell you they outgrow it. I am not...I wish I could tell you they outgrow it. I am not sure if they do. My children don't have any issues with this whatsoever. My HUSBAND, however.... Every. Public. Restroom. in the last (almost) eighteen years. If we are in public and there's a restroom, he HAS to visit it. I really think he's part dog. HE MUST LEAVE HIS MARK!! It could be worse, I suppose. Right??Wendy White Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533537215147827273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-64948886697927482162014-01-21T08:44:00.295-06:002014-01-21T08:44:00.295-06:00My brother (now 52) did the same thing. We moved t...My brother (now 52) did the same thing. We moved to Georgia from Missouri and had family in Oklahoma. When we took family vacations to go back to Oklahoma, he begged to stop at almost every gas station he spotted along the way. He always rated them A-F. I guess the only rating system he knew was school grades so that fit. He was really pretty good at his rating each one of them. Drove my Mom nuts!!desmithwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188890887752107784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-2137994821765349352014-01-20T17:35:54.576-06:002014-01-20T17:35:54.576-06:00I swear that I've read this post before. Recyc...I swear that I've read this post before. Recycled perhaps?adoption journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314213055741103152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-68400699716572590192013-01-26T17:54:18.646-06:002013-01-26T17:54:18.646-06:00It could be worse, holding til she gets home. Not ...It could be worse, holding til she gets home. Not very healthy in my opinion. My work keeps my on the road all the time so I've used a ton of public restrooms. Most are clean or maybe I've learned to avoid ones I think will be dirty. Truck stops(popular ones like Pilot) are usually clean, Walmart and grocery stores are usually clean. But there are some that aren't. If it's at nite and this happens I just find a place and go i nthe bushes. It's clean anyway. MY husband(building maintenance) sayd women's restroomns are usualy dirtier than men's. Hard to believe. That's bcuz women practically stand to pee....<br />http://life990.blogspot.comSassyAfterSixtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938219752877066507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-51077485240089841662013-01-26T12:08:24.354-06:002013-01-26T12:08:24.354-06:00Ok I'll admit- its me not my kids! I have the...Ok I'll admit- its me not my kids! I have the smallest bladder known to man. Morning is the worst time, I'll go 5-6 times from 7am - 9am. Last week my kids kept telling me "but mom, you just went". My five year old is the opposite, she won't go just anywhere. Last year for Mardi GRAS we had our own (relatively clean) port o potty and she couldn't go. She held it and was miserable and made me miserable in the process. So let me just say, I'm not sure which problem is worse.melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690395363106028927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-12922663476060549742013-01-25T16:13:25.577-06:002013-01-25T16:13:25.577-06:00Don't worry, Jen. She'll outgrow it. My da...Don't worry, Jen. She'll outgrow it. My daughter did the same thing. She's 13 now and we can make it through most every public place without a trip to the restroom. But when she was little, she had to visit every single public restroom we were near. Worst of all, she preferred to use port-a-potties! Gack!! I was convinced for a while that she was going to grow up to be a construction worker just so she'd have easy access to one.Rachel Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358763695153068003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-66616115318825270042013-01-25T13:57:53.878-06:002013-01-25T13:57:53.878-06:00My daughter's annoying bathroom thing is that ...My daughter's annoying bathroom thing is that she prefers outhouses over regular public bathrooms because she hates the sound of flushing toilets. We spent a lot of time in Yellowstone park in the summer and I would get so annoyed because she'd refuse to use the bathrooms at the visitor centers and then 20 minutes later she'd be dragging me into some stinky outhouse. (Also didn't help that I have an irrational fear of her falling down the outhouse toilet.)Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116884485868409479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-61090606589705934452013-01-25T10:35:39.553-06:002013-01-25T10:35:39.553-06:00My 8 year old is still a little like this.
EVERY ...My 8 year old is still a little like this. <br />EVERY TIME we went ANYWHERE he would have to go. Every. Time. And in 5 minute intervals. A trip to Wal Mart would take double the time because as soon as we in the door it was "I have to go", so we would take him. Then 5-10 minutes later, "I have to go". In the mall he would wait until we were at the farthest point we could be from the facilities before "I have to go!" was announced. That is when I learned to wait until my Hubs was home to go shopping. <br />Also at other people's houses. It was like he was comparing every bathroom he could possibly see. If he doesn't work for Kohler in the future, I'm not sure what the point of this was. He didn't go this frequently at our house.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821273909159756474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-49501889027828825252013-01-25T10:32:54.536-06:002013-01-25T10:32:54.536-06:00It never fails that my little girl has to go if we...It never fails that my little girl has to go if we have been in the store for more than 5 seconds even if she went at the house. The day I went with her and found a poop in the middle of the floor in the public toilet was the worst day of my life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987661937446321049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-3070325357815312392013-01-25T08:05:47.766-06:002013-01-25T08:05:47.766-06:00I never thought about that. But that is so so tru...I never thought about that. But that is so so true. I don't think I have ever used the first stall. Ever.<br />Don't worry, I'm in deep east texas so I'll stay far away from your stalls in... Where ever you are :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04659083189107448117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-65490420741700188022013-01-25T08:02:02.033-06:002013-01-25T08:02:02.033-06:00My daughter usually only absolutely insists on use...My daughter usually only absolutely insists on use the restroom in public if I've decided that we are not going into the store for some reason. We can walk around walmart for 3 hours and she's fine, but I tell her that we're gonna wait outside while so-and-so goes in and all hell breaks loose.<br />And if we're at a skeevy gas station store that you just KNOW you don't want to go into the restroom at, we will drive around looking for a clean restroom if need be.<br />HOWEVER - When I was a teenager, I went into EVERY women's restroom I could find and took a picture of the little dispenser on the wall. I was amazed at the fact that 90% of them had condom and "sex-kit" dispensers but hardly any had tampons or pads. Drove me nuts. Kept my friends pretty entertained though :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04659083189107448117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-81517442258341129572013-01-25T07:57:34.394-06:002013-01-25T07:57:34.394-06:00not only are their bathrooms great, but the stores...not only are their bathrooms great, but the stores are fantastic!!! i always stopped in giddings on my way to visit family in east texas and bought jerky :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04659083189107448117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-48573974814960242822013-01-25T07:55:54.659-06:002013-01-25T07:55:54.659-06:00We have to go every time we are in Kohl's, the...We have to go every time we are in Kohl's, they have a little potty. Kids....<br />DevanTNMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16811407816593020440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-83667684341617546102013-01-25T07:37:35.978-06:002013-01-25T07:37:35.978-06:00I am 35 now, but when I was a kid, my parents call...I am 35 now, but when I was a kid, my parents called me the bathroom inspector. I always wanted to go check it out no matter where we were. I would cry that I had to go SOOOOO BAD but when I got there, I would look around, smile and say, "OK, we can go." I don't know how they didn't leave me somewhere ala Joe Dirt.sheshehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15262297924934453022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-5735617403409153152013-01-25T06:20:48.058-06:002013-01-25T06:20:48.058-06:00My 5 year old is obsessed with public restrooms!!!...My 5 year old is obsessed with public restrooms!!!! The only catch is she doesn't go when we enter the store or restaurant, she waits until we are in the furthest corner of the store and then has to go. Either that or the long checkout line and waits until its almost our turn. Lovely. Carebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984782928346993208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-68403734111972924082013-01-24T21:35:16.539-06:002013-01-24T21:35:16.539-06:00Come to Baltimore, she can get crabs by the crotch...Come to Baltimore, she can get crabs by the crotch full !!<br />imbogus1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01058315031375783511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-83295238812839652652013-01-24T20:52:28.835-06:002013-01-24T20:52:28.835-06:00Wow! There are a lot of people commenting with sim...Wow! There are a lot of people commenting with similar stories. I have six children and none of them had a fetish with pubic toilets or any of that. Maybe its because I never took them anywhere very often. Hah. When my 2nd son was in jr high he always called from school to pick him up cuz of stomach issues. He would come home, poop and then go back to school. Once he hit HS he loves snappin' off a darky at school and leaving it for observation. Does that count?<br />Karenkoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458924226091801430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-45938651531873475602013-01-24T20:04:47.104-06:002013-01-24T20:04:47.104-06:00My 4.5 year old visits every bathroom. I complain...My 4.5 year old visits every bathroom. I complain and try to get her to go at home, it sort of works. Her 9 year old sister mostly grew out of it, but always volunteers really fast to take the younger sister, so maybe she just hides it better.Julannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190792674387173185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-77926640978989107462013-01-24T19:56:06.706-06:002013-01-24T19:56:06.706-06:00So glad to hear my kid isn't the only one! Wal...So glad to hear my kid isn't the only one! Walmart is her favorite...In fact, when we were potty training, she would ONLY go there. Ugg! I didn't want to live at walmart!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15313368711972898608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-19851496047369909092013-01-24T19:26:01.140-06:002013-01-24T19:26:01.140-06:00I wish we could take your daughter and my children...I wish we could take your daughter and my children, put them into a bottle and shake them together!<br /><br />My children WILL NOT use a public toilet. It took them more than a year at their new school before they would use the toilet there. They will use the toilet at my mother's house, but that's about it. They have learned to hold it. And hold it. And hold it. Until it causes a health issue! Vacations are a major headache...Global Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829642620261054318noreply@blogger.com