Would you take a phone call on the toilet?
By Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
Northampton, England
April 25, 2017 3:51am CST
I called a dear friend last night on her mobile, talked for a couple of minutes, and then she told me she was in the Ladies room at the motorway service station. Yuk! I don't really want to know that. I don't need to know that. And honestly, I find it a bit icky.
These days most of us getting phone calls can see who they are from so she must have known it was me. I would have ignored it and called me back if I were in her situation.
So my question today is would you make or take a call whilst sitting on the toilet? And does it make a difference if you're in a public toilet with people around you?
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28 responses
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
That's very true. I put mine away at the weekend and totally ignore it.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
25 Apr 17
I've been waiting in public restrooms and heard people talking on their phones while in the stall.. I also fund it gross. Not to mention rude to the others in the restroom
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@Fleura (30170)
• United Kingdom
25 Apr 17
In situations like that I'm always tempted to start a loud 'conversation' with an imaginary friend from my side of the wall. Something along the lines of 'You know what, I can hear the person in the stall next to me on their phone...' 'What? Oh yes it's so funny, you won't believe what they're talking about, and I don't suppose the person they're talking to realizes they're in a public toilet...'
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Apr 17
Definitely not a public toilet.
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@amitkokiladitya (171928)
• Agra, India
25 Apr 17
Not in a public toilet... But in my own toilet in don't mind
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@amitkokiladitya (171928)
• Agra, India
25 Apr 17
@boiboing I agree..lol
But I have a western pot
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@Alternative4 (449)
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25 Apr 17
Lol, what a weird situation! I would react the same way as you did, not to mention I don`t take phone calls in toilets. People don`t have decency any more.
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@Svidrigaylov (389)
• Guadeloupe
25 Apr 17
@boiboing I might be tempted to text while enthroned on high but not to phone. Icky indeed, and I've heard background noises such as flushing cisterns on several occasions when friends have phoned me and was a trifle offended that they thought it ok to converse with me while at stool.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Apr 17
I rarely carry my phone anywhere, I certainly won't be taking it into the restroom.
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@Slayqueen (918)
• India
26 Apr 17
I don't even take my phone when I'm in the loo.. I know a lot of people who use their phones in the toilet. It feels really weird though..