Not sure about girls, but guys don't like to poo together.

There're a few issues at hand. One is pooing in the presence of others. One is knowing who's pooing next to you. One is having someone know you're pooing. It's all very complicated, although simple when put together.

Let's review the individual facts:

• When I'm in the washroom on the toilet, I prefer to be alone. When I sit on the Potter, it's my little Chamber of Secrets, if you will. I don't want people to hear my sounds, and I'm not interested in getting involved with anyone else's sounds. It's the proverbial tree falling in the forest... except here, it's just a log.


• Guys avoid confrontation in the washroom. I find that many (my research isn't extensive enough to say "most") guys will time their exits from a stall carefully. For example, when someone else is peeing in the same washroom, they'll wait for that person to leave before flushing and exiting. If someone is pooing in a stall as well, they'll quickly finish up so they can avoid getting made out by a witness. Sometimes its a race between two pooers that finish about the same time to get out quickly.


• Finishing up just as someone comes into the washroom is the worst. Then you have to wait for them to leave before you can. Although sometimes I'll try to finish quickly, leave the stall, wash my hands, and leave before they finish peeing, so they won't have had a chance to see who it was. A drive-by lavatory experience.

Ok, maybe I'm unusual. Then again, maybe not. What about girls? I don't know. Maybe someone will care to comment.

Well, I'm unusual anyway, just for blogging about this.