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To think pooing in the shower is disgusting

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SLeanne · 27/09/2024 10:40

According to my DD who read an article somewhere, over 1 in 10 people poo in the shower! Can this actually be true? Aside from being disgusted by this, I am intrigued as to what happens to it afterwards. Surely it would take a lot of effect to get it down the plug hole? 🤣

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MrsMertonandMalcolm · 01/10/2024 00:02

Not the point of the thread I know, but can we please spare a thought for the person whose job it was to stop people in the street to ask this question?

I joke, of course. But seriously, as others have said, if ever there was a statistic that wasn't to be trusted, this is it. Even if the data was collected online, I can't think of what circumstances would make this an appropriate question to ask, and even if it were, you couldn't rely on people to tell the truth.

CotesDuNone · 29/09/2024 21:25

It's a thing. Apparently its called 'waffle stomping'! Absolutely disgusting.

Sologurn · 29/09/2024 20:06

I pee in the shower. It's like reflex 😂 would never poo tho

YourDearCat · 29/09/2024 19:56

Just glad I'm not the one in ten ! Disgusting!

ThePearlSloth · 29/09/2024 08:02

DS tells me that someone in his workplace regularly shits on the toilet seat in the women’s toilet. There are only a few people in their office so it’s a mystery apparently…

hopefully it’s not my DS 🤣

ThePearlSloth · 29/09/2024 07:57

I was once staying in a boat marina with communal showers and one day received an enraged email from the managers to all residents to the effect that someone had shat all over one of the showers and left it for someone to clean up. I’m assuming that was a one off however and not that 1 in every 10 of us was doing it!

EmbarrassingMother · 28/09/2024 23:05

MaggieBsBoat · 27/09/2024 10:48

There’s a scene in the comedy show Superstore where one of the team mentions about them pooing in the shower like they considered it normal and everyone is disgusted, thus implying that normal people don’t do that kind of shit. 1 in ten seems crazy high.

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my first thought was of Marcus in Superstore 🤣🤣🤣…

NPET · 28/09/2024 23:01

Don't believe that.
Peeing in the shower yes. At school we did it l (I know - sounds horrible now!) because it was a way of peeing standing up without worrying about our legs getting wet.
But no woman would do more.

Elsvieta · 28/09/2024 14:21

Stems from a typo for pee, surely?

littletesco · 28/09/2024 01:34

WingBingo · 27/09/2024 11:30

I’ve come across a bit of poo in my MIL shower plug hole more than once

Did it really turn you on that much?!

Lucy25 · 28/09/2024 01:07

MaggieBsBoat · 27/09/2024 10:41

What. On. Earth.

who the heck are these people??

😂 My thoughts exactly.

Rosesandstars · 28/09/2024 00:31

A proportion of the population (maybe 10%?!) pee in the shower. Pooing in the shower is grim and I'm sure it's very unusual too.

WandaFishy99 · 27/09/2024 23:51

A relative of mine had a bidet fitted when she caught her DP cleaning his post-poo botty in the bathroom sink with her flannel. He couldn't understand what the problem was.

rustyspoon45 · 27/09/2024 23:44

It would surely take more effort to get rid of it than it would to pop in and out of the shower to the toilet. Not to mention the stench and the sloshing over your feet! It just makes no sense in your own home.

I can believe people do it in public showers for the same reason people smear shit all over the walls - because they are disgusting and they know someone else has to clean it up.

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rainbowsparkle28 · 27/09/2024 23:38

People poo in the shower?! Disgusting human beings 🤢

Calliopespa · 27/09/2024 23:36

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Yes, would it kind of thump from that height?

MissPeaches · 27/09/2024 23:36

“An article somewhere”. Yeah that’s definitely worth discussing. 🙄

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Tailfeather · 27/09/2024 23:31

Noooooo!!!

Calliopespa · 27/09/2024 23:29

Mog65 · 27/09/2024 22:47

Copied straight of Google yuk! - Yes, you read that right – there are people who poo in the shower, one in 10 in fact. WaterfilterGuru surveyed over 1,000 people to shed light on personal hygiene habits. It turns out that nearly a quarter of people wash their genitals in the sink and 3 in 10 people pee in the shower.13 Apr 2023

Well that must be fifty percent of men then because how would women actually get their genitalia into the sink. Plenty of ( short or under-endowed) men would struggle too.

BabyR · 27/09/2024 23:22

I never knew it was a thing until a gym posted that people were doing it in their showers. Then so many others said it has been a problem at their too.

Calliopespa · 27/09/2024 23:18

Moral of the story is never lick a man’s feet.

( I don’t believe the op statistic fwiw …)

FictionalCharacter · 27/09/2024 22:48

MillyMollyMandHey · 27/09/2024 22:27

The showers on the office floor had to be closed down as someone/people kept shitting on the floors. It's absolutely disgusting. It was deemed too sensitive to approach the people doing it for HR reasons, so they were just closed. Vile.

Shame on HR for being so pathetic.

Mog65 · 27/09/2024 22:47

Copied straight of Google yuk! - Yes, you read that right – there are people who poo in the shower, one in 10 in fact. WaterfilterGuru surveyed over 1,000 people to shed light on personal hygiene habits. It turns out that nearly a quarter of people wash their genitals in the sink and 3 in 10 people pee in the shower.13 Apr 2023