Glad Republicans taking on bathroom issues

[Michchamp]

This is a real problem in this country. seems I can hardly go to the bathroom anymore without running into a transsexual there. I am glad to know Republican state legislatures and city governments are spending their time and their taxpayers' money to combat this menace.

 

[sggatecl]

Close minded idiots that didn't think it through.

 

[TheVictors]

The only transgender folks GOP politicians encounter are the TS escorts who show up at their hotel room when they're expecting a female hooker

 

[tomdalton22]

This is a real problem in this country. seems I can hardly go to the bathroom anymore without running into a transsexual there. I am glad to know Republican state legislatures and city governments are spending their time and their taxpayers' money to combat this menace.

only republicans are spending time on this issue?

 

[Gulo Blue]

Yes, I'm embarrassed that this is my state.

 

[byco42]

Yes, I'm embarrassed that this is my state.

Me too.

 

[kalinecountry]

I haven't followed this all that closely.

I did read something about whichever sex you were born with, is the bathroom you have to use? Is that correct? ....and I'm not sure which party or group of politicians decided that, if correct.

I wonder what Dr. Richard Richards who was also a professional tennis player who had a sex change operation and changed his/her name to Renee Richards would say about all this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renée_Richards

Later, he/she/shim wrote a book titled "How to play tennis without balls".

 

[TheVictors]

I went to JrHS with a girl who looked very much like a boy and early on in 7th grade a female gym teacher kicked her out of the girls locker room because she thought she was a boy.

But memo to these uptight dickwads, the rest of the western world has had combined restrooms for years. Hell, when I was backpacking in Italy 20yrs ago the bathroom at the Duomo was Men/Women combined ...I was peeing next to a woman squatting on a John with no doors.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Different cultures handle bathroom norms differently, but I wonder if any have had government try to butt in and legislate instead of just relying on social pressure. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's never been illegal to go to the wrong restroom in the past, has it? Social pressure has been sufficient.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I thought I heard on the radio a time ago that Los Angeles had made all single occupancy bathrooms gender neutral, but I'm not finding corroboration on the interwebs.

I wouldn't think there are that many Republicans who are members of GLAD, and I would think they would be the last people to care about such things.

 

[byco42]

Different cultures handle bathroom norms differently, but I wonder if any have had government try to butt in and legislate instead of just relying on social pressure. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's never been illegal to go to the wrong restroom in the past, has it? Social pressure has been sufficient.

There are local ordinances in NC that state it's unlawful.

 

[Michchamp]

only republicans are spending time on this issue?

yes.

 

[TheVictors]

while theyre at it, can someone please create legislation that prohibits the Dame fan in our office from utterly destroying the Men's room each and every day some time between 2 and 3pm.

The building janitors have taken to using some industrial spray in the afternoons to help with the smell, but the shit's got to be illegal it's so bad

it's so bad that all the guys on the 11th floor will spread word when they've seen him go in so folks will go down to the 10th floor or up to 12. apparently he has this odd habit of going into the supply room across from the Men's room before going in to poop. personally, I think he waits to make sure the bathroom is empty because he thinks we're not all fully aware of who it is that does such a disgusting thing every day.

maybe we legislate him to have a costanza toilet all to himself!?

 

[tomdalton22]

I think all bathrooms should have 4 pictures on them. Of course the traditional man and woman pictures, then a picture of the woman with a dong hanging below her dress and a picture of a man with tits. I think that covers everybody...right?

 

[Michchamp]

while theyre at it, can someone please create legislation that prohibits the Dame fan in our office from utterly destroying the Men's room each and every day some time between 2 and 3pm.

The building janitors have taken to using some industrial spray in the afternoons to help with the smell, but the shit's got to be illegal it's so bad

that's awful. but I don't see the GOP helping you on this one. you'll have to take matters into your own hands.

I'm lucky... by chance there are very few men in the couple department's on our floor so I have to share a bathroom with only like 3 other guys.

at my last job it was worse. I did a little searching though and found a bathroom in an out-of-way part of the building that was rarely used.

my all time greatest work bathroom story was in my first job out of law school as a temp attorney. they had 100+ attorneys reviewing documents, crammed into an office designed for a 1/3 of that number. the bathrooms on the floor (both mens and womens) were quickly overwhelmed, destroyed, piss-soaked and disgusting.

I refused to stand for it, and though the bathrooms on other floors of the building were locked, I discovered one on a mostly vacant floor that was accessible via a numerical code. there were 5 digits, but it was obvious which 3 numbers were worn, so i was able to figure it out quickly (only 6 possible combinations). For the remaining 3 months of the project, I practically had my own private bathroom.

the tricky part was keeping it a secret; I had to ride the elevators UP to get to it. on the few times someone else from the office walked up, I would say "whoops! I pressed up by mistake."

I also struggled about letting anyone else in on the secret. but I concluded at the end it was too risky; It would jeopardize the whole thing if they told anyone else. So I waited until the project ended, then emailed everyone later. they called me a sneaky bastard, but all admitted they would have done the same thing if they were in my shoes.

I was amazed no one else thought to find a different bathroom like i did. Crazy how people tolerate the shitty situations they're given. (no pun intended.)

 

[byco42]

Should bathroom blocking be outlawed?

 

[Gulo Blue]

yes.

So the LA ordinance Tinsel mentioned was a republican effort?

 

[tinselwolverine]

that's awful. but I don't see the GOP helping you on this one. you'll have to take matters into your own hands.

I'm lucky... by chance there are very few men in the couple department's on our floor so I have to share a bathroom with only like 3 other guys.

at my last job it was worse. I did a little searching though and found a bathroom in an out-of-way part of the building that was rarely used...For the remaining 3 months of the project, I practically had my own private bathroom.

the tricky part was keeping it a secret; I had to ride the elevators UP to get to it. on the few times someone else from the office walked up, I would say "whoops! I pressed up by mistake."

I also struggled about letting anyone else in on the secret. but I concluded at the end it was too risky; It would jeopardize the whole thing if they told anyone else. So I waited until the project ended, then emailed everyone later. they called me a sneaky bastard, but all admitted they would have done the same thing if they were in my shoes.

There was an episode of How I Met Your Mother where one of the characters did this; his deal wasn't that the bathroom was disgusting but just that he was self-conscious that people would know what he was doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8PtXAN0Yw8&nohtml5=False

The episode is called "Benefits," Season 4 episode 12.

 

[TheVictors]

Dame fan is a Trump guy apparently so maybe we just build a fence, a great fence ...a terrific fence that we're all going to love ...around the Men's Room to keep him out....

 

[Gulo Blue]

Dame fan is a Trump guy apparently so maybe we just build a fence, a great fence ...a terrific fence that we're all going to love ...around the Men's Room to keep him out....

...and make him pay for it.