Female bathroom protocols remain a mystery to me. What I don’t get is the etiquette about talk when peeing vs. taking a dump. Do they chat when they take a dump as well? Men chatting while peeing is common but I’d find it difficult/annoying to do while taking a dump (the concentration, the release, the cleanup process, etc). With men it’s clear what business you’re doing based on chosen location (urinal vs. stall), but for women how would they know? Do women listen out for tell-tale sign of dump in progress and then shut down conversation.
I’ve broached the subject with my wife it seems impossible to extract intel from her, like she’s protecting discovery of some secret society handshake.
on a tangent, has anyone else noticed that investment professionals are very noisy in the bathroom? The men’s toilet at work on the investment floor is incredible. anytime you go in there’s people doing very noisy shits, farting very loudly whilst at the urinal etc. the place is always trashed with piss and toiled paper all over the floors, the taps are always left running and the doorhandle on the way out is always wet. this is despite the fact that cleaners go in regularly.
What is the explanation of this phenomenon? Do the blue blooded top tier university graduates attracted to top class buy side firms have a predisposition to IBS? Or is this a company specific cultural issue?
The only place I’ve heard anything like the level of noise and chaos in a bathroom was when I stayed at a campsite in France.