Whenever you hear someone in the bathroom, you should be quiet. If they hear you, they'll know you can hear them, and they won't say anything juicy. But if no one knows you're listening, who knows what you'll overhear? No more experiments about if they can hear you or not. Use your listening post to your advantage.

I agree.... You have the advantage when it comes to men talk around the office.
it makes sense that they should be able to hear you...
but the time you talked they might have been in there alone and were confused as to who said it.
matt

Hey i think its pretty cool that you can hear them, maybe you should play a tape at your desk, and disguise yourself up and go to the mens rr and see if you can hear the music, if not, hey your set. And can eve's drop all you want, maybe its just a one way echo. doubtful though

That's awesome! Have you told anyone about it yet? If not then keep it to yourself so they keep yapping.

this is awsome because if you can here them well enough you can here them talkin trash about you or any of your friends. If they do talk trash put serran rap on all the crapper's just before he walks in the stalls so it runs on his leg.

it's too late...the second you said "gesundheit" you blew your cover. whoever sneezed heard you say it and proceeded to tell all his buddies about it and they told their buddies, etc...

as for whether they can hear you working, that all depends whether your walls are made of magical dry wall that only allows sound to travel in one direction, i.e., from the crapper to your office.

i liked this it is nice what you should do is talk to people while there on the crapper. And scare them out of the bathroom.

what i said eirlier is a joke i dont know what i was saying i had a turttle head pokeing out

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ok...i know for a fact that "glu" didn't make the above post b/c I'M glu.

besides, i know how to spell "earlier", "turtle" and "poking". so that's proof it wasn't me.

The acoustics would indeed have been different in there, and if you were heard the man would have probably found it so bizarre that he would have just thought there was some more reasonable explanation, like you were shouting at someone else. Amazing how some people seem to think that one walls thickness will entirely mask the sound of their shit/farts coming out. I'm sure this is not always due to shamelessness. But for now I would restrict ur bitching to the other side of the office.

i wanna see some poop pics.

Jodi dunn should check out the yahoo groups of http://groups.yahoo.com

if any women would like to discuss thier poop with me on a 1 to 1 basis they are quite welcome, email me!

I have a similar situation at my job; the mens room is adjoining my lab, but the walls are thick...the problem comes from the fact that we've got suspended ceilings. There's about 2 feet of clearence, and those tiles aren't soundproof. When I'm in the bathroom, the beeps and boops coming from my machines actually seem LOUDER than in the lab itself. I'm the only guy tho, so I'm more worried about someone hearing my vile noises (rather than evesdropping).

I usually find just the opposite situation: that while in the bathroom, you'll hear people outside while all the noise inside stays there (due to the size of the room?). But this is when I'm using the bathroom at people's homes, and you can still hear them talking while you go to the bathroom. So I'm not sure if the same effect holds true for the office space.

Anyway, you should simply ask a guy who you know well if he can hear you. Problem solved. If the answer is yes, it can actually help your job performance, by the way. You can continue conversations and meetings even when a guy excuses himself for the restroom.

Oh. . . have you ever heard any one wanking off? You could assist with that as well. I mean verbally, that is!

Great story. It sonds like someone did a sloppy job with the accoustics in that building.

Don't let your boss know about your listening post, (s)he'll want to sit there. Then again, that may be to your advantage, as you might inherit your bosse's private office.
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I'm not sure he's still reading this thread healthy1 - the story is six years old.

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well, now it's 7 yrs old, but I agree with the first comment on this page.
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I will never shit somewhere that only has that horrible, scratchy brand of toilet paper. That stuff sucks!