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[antipod]

When at home, since I live alone, I leave it open. Mostly for the cats to be able to walk in and out as they please.

When having visitors, being at someone elses place or at a public bathroom... of course. Anything else is kind of gross.

 

[Red Liquorice]

Yes unless I'm 100% sure no one else is in the place.

Privacy is important to some people, to others not - I know people who are happy gurning for an audience as their hips hug the bowl, I am not one of those people.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

No.

The door is open unless someone is using it.

Pretty easy "this is occupied" sign.

 

[FyreWulff]

I think the worst thing Barthroom wise is people who close the door when no ones in there. Like is someone using it? Your fucking busting etc. And then its like "lol no ones in there".

Knock?

 

[Vaporak]

If I'm taking a shit the door always gets locked. If I'm just taking a piss I don't even bother to close the door though.

 

[Fou-Lu]

I've always lived with people who don't like to knock, so yeah I lock that door good.

 

[StrangeADT]

F noooo. Door open sometimes bitches. Deal with it.

 

[revolverjgw]

Always lock. My family DOES knock, but unfortunately they only seem to knock while simultaneously opening the door, which defeats the purpose. Even when I'm home alone I tend to close and lock, you never know who's going to barge in while you're midstream.

 

[Rewrite]

All the time.

 

[zerotol]

I don't lock it. My wife often takes hour long baths and I'll have to go in and piss. She doesn't care.

 

[Griffin]

Never, unless in public.

 

[jaxword]

I don't even have a bathroom and just unload wherever and whenever.

Don't like it? Deal with it, atheists.

 

[Lucian Cat]

At home I leave the door slightly open. I get cats crying to let them in otherwise.

 

[Angry Grimace]

My wife likes to just wander on in when I'm taking a dump.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

At home I leave the door slightly open. I get cats crying to let them in otherwise.

LOLOL I know that feel, one of my cats always ends up scratching and crying at the door to come in so he can hassle me.

 

[Schadenfreude]

There are only a couple of circumstances where I lock the bathroom door when using it.

1. I am using a restroom that is not my own.
2. There are guests in the house.
3. I am taking a shower. Don't know why or when I started doing this one, but now I do it without even realizing it.

When it's just me and the family at home though, I don't lock it. For some weird reason, we're real sticklers about knocking before entering the restroom, so I never have to worry about them barging in. Sometimes I'll knock before entering the restroom even though there's no one in the house.

 

[Frillen]

I think the worst thing Barthroom wise is people who close the door when no ones in there. Like is someone using it? Your fucking busting etc. And then its like "lol no ones in there".

A lot of people have bathrooms warmer than other rooms, and want to keep it warm by closing the door.

 

[Lucian Cat]

LOLOL I know that feel, one of my cats always ends up scratching and crying at the door to come in so he can hassle me.

Yep yep. One curls up on my lap and the other circles my feet. No privacy

 

[GrandHarrier]

Yes. Trust no one.

Remember, we will be watching, Commander.

 

[buy teh haloz]

I don't even have a lock.

 

[aj1467]

Door doesn't have a lock, so no.

 

[RSP]

Going to a bathroom without a lock is like Russian roulette ...

I also know people who have a window in their bathroom door. It's not like you easily pass it, since it's at the end of a hallway, but if you do walk over you're basically staring down on someone taking a crap.

They didn't even cover up the window with foil or anything.

 

[newdayrocks]

Married with an 8-year-old son, so yes. Always.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Always close the door.
Always lock the door.
Always.

 

[phosphor112]

Even when I'm home alone, I lock the door when I poop...

So yes.

 

[Wolfe]

I don't lock it because normal people knock before entering a bathroom.

No.

The door is open unless someone is using it.

Pretty easy "this is occupied" sign.

Both of these.

I can understand growing up in a situation where locking the door becomes normal or even necessary but it was never an issue for me so it's always weird when my roommate locks the door each and every time he uses the bathroom. It's not weird for him obviously but it's just not something I'm used to.

 

[BertramCooper]

I was hoping someone would bring up cats' weird fascination with shitting humans.

 

[Entropia]

I live on my own, so I don't even close the door, lol.

The only time I will lock the door is if it is at a public venue with a lock. But if it's at a house party or something I don't lock, most people know to knock before entering or assume that since the door is closed that there is someone in there

 

[Wolfe]

I live on my own, so I don't even close the door, lol.

The only time I will lock the door is if it is at a public venue with a lock. But if it's at a house party or something I don't lock, most people know to knock before entering or assume that since the door is closed that there is someone in there

Yeah and honestly I can't remember the last time (if at all) that someone walked in on me while I was actually using the bathroom with the door closed.

 

[ced]

Yes it's my one freaking private time of the day.

 

[Vesmir]

My bathroom doors don't have locks. Light on, someone's on.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

female flat mates walk in to my room uninvited when they're drunk.

so yes, it is essential!

 

[LuchaShaq]

I basically never lock it, I don't care if my gf needs to grab something while I'm in the shower and if there's no shower noise if she wants to come in to see me poop I would be confused but not care.

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

Yes, even if I live alone.

 

[DJ_Lae]

Only if it's one of those single public restrooms.

At my own place I leave the door wide open. Anywhere else closed but not locked - obviously if the door is closed and light is visible through the crack at the bottom there's someone in there. If not, and someone decides to open it, enjoy the stench!

 

[Damian.]

No. I don't make a habit of hanging around morons that go into a closed bathroom.

 

[kittens]

I think the worst thing Barthroom wise is people who close the door when no ones in there. Like is someone using it? Your fucking busting etc. And then its like "lol no ones in there".

I always knock on the door just to be sure.

 

[Camp Lo]

If I'm out in public, absolutely. At home? Only if I'm watching porn.

 

[TommyT]

Nope. I like it when our cat rubs her tail on my while I poo.

 

[Thequietone]

Yes, because people don't knock and just walk in or they knock and then just walk in before they get an answer.

 

[n64coder]

I was at some house party one night and the bathroom had 2 doors. One from a hallway and one from a bedroom. I locked the hallway one and didn't think about the bedroom one. As I was pissing, someone from the room opened the door and a room full of people saw me pissing. It was slightly awkward.

That reminds me of a story where we were at some fancy outdoor pool party at some CEO's house. You could see a stream of people using the upstairs bathroom because no one thought to pull the shades down.

As for me, yes, I always lock the doors when I'm taking a dump. My wife/daughters usually leave the door open. I guess I'm the squeamish one.

 

[[KoRp]Jazzman]

Yeah, even if i know I'm alone and there is 0% chance of someone coming home.

 

[Clydefrog]

What? No, I never lock the bathroom door. It's their fault if they open the door when I'm in there. I'm going to laugh at them when they see me shitting.