Would you take a phone call on the toilet? / myLot

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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Nawsheen

@Nawsheen (28643)

• Mauritius

25 Apr 17

Well i have never done this nor will i ever do this i guess. It is all because of hygiene.

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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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katsmeow1213

@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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katsmeow1213

@katsmeow1213 (28716)

• United States

26 Apr 17

@Fleura LOL.. so funny!

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Fleur

@Fleura (30398)

• 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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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340019)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Apr 17

I wouldn't do this and if I knew the person I'd called was on the toilet I'd hang up and call back. I think it's pretty awful really.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

25 Apr 17

Me too. As soon as she told me I said goodbye and asked her to call me back when she'd finished.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

25 Apr 17

Definitely not a public toilet.

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Kokil agarwal

@amitkokiladitya (171927)

• Agra, India

25 Apr 17

Not in a public toilet... But in my own toilet in don't mind

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

25 Apr 17

I must admit that in a traditional Indian squat toilet, I wouldn't have the balance to take a phone call.

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Kokil agarwal

@amitkokiladitya (171927)

• Agra, India

25 Apr 17

@boiboing I agree..lol But I have a western pot

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Island Man.

@Svidrigaylov (390)

• 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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Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat

@Jackalyn (7558)

• Oxford, England

25 Apr 17

If I do I am not going to tell you.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

25 Apr 17

Nor should you.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471541)

• Switzerland

25 Apr 17

I would never make a call, or reply to a call on the toilet. I hate when I call my niece and she says she is on the toilet.

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amnabas

@amnabas (14128)

• Karachi, Pakistan

25 Apr 17

In my bathroom if there is an urgent call.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

25 Apr 17

Or if you have a friend who talks for a REALLY long time and you just can't wait any longer, perhaps.

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PLETHOS

@Plethos (13581)

• United States

25 Apr 17

no, the echo would bother me and i also dont want people hearing my conversation. in a bathroom a whisper sounds like a scream. sound gets amplified too much.

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fishtiger58

@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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Timea

@tzwrites (4835)

• Romania

25 Apr 17

If you're at home on the toilet I don't think it matter really...but in a public toilet it's weird...

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

25 Apr 17

Yes, I think it's very strange when you hear voices coming from a cubicle and you're not sure if they're on the phone or if there's somebody in there with them.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (55035)

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25 Apr 17

Never in a public - unless it is deadly important.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

25 Apr 17

The only excuse to be on the phone in such a place would be if you had to call and ambulance or the police. Anything else can wait.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (180743)

• United States

25 Apr 17

uhh no...but I know people do!

Dominique

@dodo19 (47317)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

25 Apr 17

I wouldn't take a call while in the bathroom. It's not the place for it.

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Dominique

@dodo19 (47317)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

25 Apr 17

@boiboing Baths are fine. That's not an issue. It's just if the person is on the toilet or something.

Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

25 Apr 17

I had a very dear friend with whom I'd have long calls whilst she was in the bath. I didn't mind that.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27224)

• Philippines

26 Apr 17

hmmm, usually at work people here take phone calls in the lavatory so they won't bother other employees. But it would be a bit awkward if she was pooping