It returns: The big question, who are the bigger pigs...(disgusting)

[TravisRB69]

I haven't experienced this firsthand thank God, as I'm not one of those lucky people that get to clean the bathrooms. But, some of the high school kids at work have been wondering this for quite some time:

Ladies:

WHAT IS IT WITH THE WOMENS' RESTROOM AND THE SHREDDED UP TOILET PAPER ON THE FLOOR, EVERY SINGLE DAY, WITHOUT FAIL?

[HappyFun Ball]

Womens... I just don't see why a woman can not lift the toilet seat if she's going to pee hovering over the toilet instead of spraying piss all over the seat..


I mean if you are that worried about germs, bring a @#$%ing box of Clorox wipes with you and clean the bloody seat!

[Slow-Jo]

well at our store the mens is the worse.
we have the odd tampon, and stinky diper, but nothing that bad. the women are usually cool like that.

the men on the other hand.....
i honestly have no clue how they did this. this guys shit defied the laws of physics.
some point in time a guy went into the mens washroom. pushed his ass against the wall and shit there. and this was no teeny lil poopie. like he has been saving up for a week. and it just say there. stuck to the wall. he then turned around and wiped his ass on the other wall.

yeah we sent someone in there with gloves up to their shoulder bleach in hand and prayer.

we also have a baby changing fold down thingy in the mens washroom. and of course they shit in that one 2.

[myswtghst]

I have to agree with some of you above - IMO, it's pretty equal, but there is a difference in the type of mess, the, erm, materials involved, and the intent, between the sexes.

With women, it seems like you more constantly see the "squatting to avoid touching the seat with my precious ass" messes, like pee on the seat, etc, and the "I was too embarrassed so I just ran the hell outta there when I realized what I did" messes, like clogged toilets and the explosive BM incidents mentioned above. Women also seem to have more, erm, options available to them in the sense of what they make the mess with, given the feminine hygeine products.

With men, it seems to either be a thing of pride (see the South Park episode about World Record turds) or a not really caring thing, in my experience. Either they're proud of the mess they made, or they just don't care enough to do anything about it. And mens messes seem to involve three basic "materials" with less of the exotic messes women create, which means they may even be slightly less disgusting.

And yes, I've been in enough women's and men's bathrooms to have a pretty good idea on this. I used to drive/sell merch/date the lead singer/travel with a hardcore band, and saw plenty of both types in the motels/gas stations/rest stops/etc.

[CaptainJaneway]

I would have to say the women's bathrooms. The four years i worked in a movie theater and had to clean the ladies room it was a giant disaster.

It drove me crazy after a movie let out how much toilet paper made it to the floor and in long trails out the door.

How they seemingly missed the garbage cans for the paper towels or the little cans for the hygiene products.

Then when they decided not to flush the toilets.

The worse is when they hit the seat. I would not touch that with a ten foot pole.

I use to wait to get home and use my own toilet. Made for an intersting dance while i tried to find my keys and get the door open.

[chainedbarista]

i'd like to say it's a tie, but my nod goes to the men's specialty messes with fecal matter.

how in the HELL do you get it to lodge UNDER the damn toilet tank? do you have some alien technology in your pocket that suspends gravity...seriously; w t f??

that and the sprinkles on the seat, floor and everywhere else; you've had all your life to familiarize yourself with targeting your penis; why can you not hit the mark yet??

with women, it's the hygiene, paper shreds and sprinkles; sprinkles on my donuts, yes. on the toilet, no; clean it up, don't be a sow.

people in general are just gross.

[aurelemsrealm]

I agree, people are just generally gross. As I frequently cuss and swear at work when I see a mess, "Most people are not fit for a barnyard! If it was my choice I'd make them use a self-cleaning outhouse -- you want it clean, you clean it yourself!" It's usually followed by a string of angrily muttered cursing and swearing that would make a sailor proud. It's the same way with the soda fountain and coffee bar areas of the store. I mean, I'm seriously thinking about offering classes to teach customers how to throw away their trash and just generally clean up after themselves. Yes, I may get paid to work here, but it wouldn't kill you to show some courtesy before I decide to kill you in a fit of rage some day.

As for public restrooms, I hate using public restrooms. However, I can only hold out so long before nature becomes necessity. If I have to use the restroom at work, I practically scrub the toilet before I feel comfortable sitting on it. I know too many of the nasty asses that use our restrooms, and it makes me shudder to imagine using the same restroom.

[Lace Neil Singer]

It's a tie.

Worst mess ever encountered (female): Used tampon splatted over mirror.
Worst mess ever encountered (male): Huge poo in the urinal.

That was from the garden centre; never have I been so glad to be a woman as the men had to clean the customer toilets; we got the staff toilets and no-one who worked at the centre were pigs.

[Painted_Lady]

Men win for "originality" in my experience. They seem to take pride in doing some pretty horrific things, while women just seem to be the "I don't give a sh!t, I don't have to clean it up."
Worst male restroom experience: do you remember those "Draw this cartoon character and win an art scholarship" ads for an "art school" that used to be in quite a few magazines? One rather "talented" man used his ..um, ah...feces to "paint" an extremely large, detailed version on our restroom wall...HOW do you play in your own poo for as long as that had to take and not realize that you need professional help??????? It was unbelievably disgusting, but at the same time rather.....well drawn. That one required a hose and quite a bit of Clorox...I've never dry-heaved so much in my life, both at the mess and the idea of someone actually doing that.

[tropicsgoddess]

Women are worse. Aside from the fact that some of the toilets aren't flushed, but the feminine hygiene products scattered away from the disposal bin or the toilet seat is scattered with number 1 or 2 or ugh...both.

[Boozy]

Something that hasn't been touched on in all the threads we've had about this:

Mental illness is likely a major cause of some of the more "creative" messes we see in public restrooms. Behaviour such as "finger-painting" is not the work of a balanced mind.

This also explains why men's washrooms are often worse for this kind of mess. Men are more likely than women to be afflicted with the sorts of mental disorders that cause this kind of behaviour.

[ShootMePlease]

As someone who uses the Ladies Room (but has had to use the Men's in emergency situations), I'd say we are the bigger pigs. I am constantly amazed at some of the anal antics people have managed to pull off. The smell (fecal & otherwise) never ceases to be an olfactory offense. Makes me wonder if people are really like that at home.

[MMATM]

I haven't had much experience with the ladies' room (being male), but I have heard from more than one custodian at my University that the ladies' room makes the men's room look like the end of a Mr. Clean commercial.

Makeup, shaving one's legs (as opposed to one's face, which is a substantially smaller area), attacks by the Russians (wink wink), "hovering", and an "I don't have to clean it up so fuck it" attitude (which many guys share, but without all the extra potential for messiness) are the primary contributors to the ladies' room horror, according to the masters of the custodial arts... (a cookie to whomever finishes the line).

[blas]

I used to think men were worse. Now I think it's equal.

As it's already been said, men are very competitive and very proud of their bodily functions. If a guy can crap a footlong turd, do you think he's going to flush? Hell no! That thing is so long, it's already halfway down the pipes! Let's not hurry! If a guy can piss his name on the floor, do you think he's going to clean it up? If a guy who just spent all day working construction can turn an entire sink black, do you think he's going to try to clean it up?

And with women......no one would ever suspect a LADY would leave used tampons floating in the toilet, little sprinkles of wee wee on the seat from that gosh darn hovering they do, and no one would ever suspect a LADY would throw a dirty diaper on the floor, missing the garbage, and just leave it there. No way. A man must have snuck in and done that!

And for women shredding the toilet paper......I think a lot of times, if toilet paper rolls are too full or too wide, it will shred itself or only give you one piece at a time (I think Sheryl Crow has taken over our bathrooms!). So we women keep pulling and pulling until we get what we need.

[AirHostess]

I pity anyone who has to clean a loo other than their own!

Flight attendants retstock and tidy the loos up but any messes and it gets shut off for the cleaners to deal with when we land, they have all sorts of funky equipment. I was always more impressed by the cleaners abroad, for example in Madrid we would get off the plane for our nightstop and literally, a whole army of cleaning staff would get on, mega enthusiastic and scrubbing the loo etc

At base in London, we would get a couple of grumpy looking people and often the cleanliness wasn't great!

On airplanes there are no separate lavatories for male/female so can't really comment on who are bigger pigs. The one time I have donned my blue gloves is when a passenger vomited A LOT. He tried to clean it up but left a bit so I held my breath and dived in