i chose option #2. however, it generally goes something like this:
i walk in and select a stall. if i enter and see poop in the bowl, i'll quickly divert my eyes, since i don't like looking at anyone else's poop, make a sound along the lines of "eww!" and move to the next clean one.

however, sometimes there isn't another one available, or the other ones available also have unflushed grossness (i've seen it plenty of times). in which case, i will begrudgingly flush the toilet, wipe it down (i don't usually do this unless i see something, but if the person before couldn't bother to flush, who knows what else they did or didn't do in there?), and sit.

either way, i do my damnedest to NOT look at it. that's just gross.

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i love poop.

It's one thing to assess your own shit (even to admire it!) or to take a quick look at a spectacualr deuce somebody (close to you) wants you to see. Okay. But seeing a stranger's mess that's been left stewing is a whole other thing---not good. I would flush it and then go to another stall. If, as Wonderpance suggests might be the case, all the stalls have a mess I would follow the procedure he describes.

I hate when that happens!! I try to find a clean one, but if there isn't I do the same as Wonderpance.

If I just came in to pee (if the urinals were crowded) I would have a go at slicing it in half with my liquid sword.

Wedgie, did you have an operation?

JayBill wrote :"If, as Wonderpance suggests might be the case, all the stalls have a mess I would follow the procedure he describes".
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The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.

MSG must live in a better place than I do. Around here it is more like...

You enter a public bathroom with several stalls and see one without unflushed poop in it. What do you do?

#1 Assume you are hallucinating. A clean toilet! No way!

#2 Must be early enough that no one has gotten to it yet.

#3 Assume it is a trap! Check seat for super glue.

#4 Other

I work in a Sam's Club and the commodes are supposed to flush automatically but frequently don't.
You can flush them manually by pushing a button and I must do this often. They are low water usage commodes and leave huge greasy skid marks unless flushed half a dozen times. In the long run I imagine they waste much more water than a normal throne.

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Eat chilies and feel the burn!!

I was in this situation 15 minutes ago at work. Problem was, however, that we only have a single toilet in a 3 foot by 6 foot room for the men. Someone had left an unflushable log. I flushed, but it wouldn`t budge.

So I layed my own cable on top, wiped, and flushed. Amazingly my turds and paper slid past the stubborn beast and down the pipes. As I left, one of the other guys headed towards the toilet. I warned him that someone else had dropped a whopper in there, not me.

But it won`t be long before the whole office believes that I was responsible for fouling up the toilet.

I voted for 3 for several reasons. I take a look because I am interested; I like seeing another person's EPOD (End Product Of Digestion) as well as my own. I flush it because it's sanitary to do so, and the original anonymous donor should have done that. I would not sit and add my own poop unless there were no alternative, because the resultant pile might not flush, or might overflow. I certainly echo Chief Thunderbutt about the autoflushers that don't; sometimes the whole unit is defective, and even the fail-safe button doesn't work; in that case, I find a toilet that does work.

I don't mind if its a "keeper" and they leave it for a public spectical.

I always try to home in on the cleanest stall available. Only in desperation will I attempt to flush the contributions of another. An unflushable is not going to go away without a plunger so why risk making a brown fountain when it can be avoided.

I am usually the one who leaves the masterpiece.I always make sure to leave the used toilet paper outside the bowl as to not obstruct the view.

Lol I've also droped a mega deuce and moved to another stall to wipe my ass and flush.

it's ok, bidge. jayhill is obviously new and probably thinks we're all men here. he may be in for a rude awakening!

Thunderbox got me thinking about what i might do if the unflushed poop toilet is the only one available. i'm pretty sure i would hold it or go somewhere else, if at all possible. the idea of hovering my booty over a toilet full of someone else's poop just gives me the willies! i don't even like the sensation of the toilet flushing while i'm still on it.
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i love poop.

It could be worse Wedgie. Imagine sitting on it and taking a courtesy flush only to have the toilet back up and that log hit your booty like the blades of a helicopter.

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I'm zippyjet and I poopapprove of this message. At this stage, I have that turtle poking out and I'm ready to explode like a volcano. I do not like pooping in public crappers. Actually, I'm a little anal and insist on a clean throne. I actually take a wet paper towell with soap and quickly wipe down the porcelan. BTW, guy poop grosses me out unless it's my own contributions. However, if it's a hottie, her poop is intriguing.

prarie, that would never happen.

so, coincidentally, the other day i was in a place where there was a port-o-potty, and i had to pee. but there was fresh yucky poop right on the top! i can handle it if i can't see anything, like in campground outhouses you usually can't see anything cuz they're so deep. but if i can see the poop right on top like that, i just can't do it. nothin' doin'. so i held it for a couple hours. luckily it wasn't that bad. if i had to go really bad, i probably would've found a bush.
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i love poop.

As a poop reporter I kinda see myself as a steward of the restroom (I was going to say "stewardess" but that just sounds really fuct up!), so I typically am the flusher of all things evil found in a toilet. Protecting the widows and orphans? Maybe. But I've always considered it my duty (or dootie?) to flush when the bravest have shaken in fear of the big brown monsturd.

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Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!

I definitely choose #2- however, I wish there was an option for "Bypass it while running away screaming". At my university (and yes, in the FEMALE bathroom) I have seen terrible poopsplosions that have offended the top of the toilet, the floor, even the toilet paper roll ! These situations have always caused mass chaos in the bathroom and panic if the amount of people waiting is much higher than the non-destroyed stalls.

i do this a lot:

step 1: poop into a toilet.

step 2: DO NOT flush.

step 3: make sure no one else is in bathroom

step 4: crawl out, leaving the door locked

step 5: hope that nobody thinks to enter it until you have to go again, then repeat. Do this as many times as possible.

My record is 1 time. It's always gone when I return. Try it and tell me what happens.

Wonder, I usually bring a flashlight into the outhouses with me. I like to see where my bombs are going to land. (there also might be some cash floating on top)

you just be careful about that, prarie. wouldn't want you ending up like Mr. Moody. http://www.poopreport.com/BMnewswire/1357.html
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i love poop.

#1 - seen too many crazy shits in my life to be all that impressed to run away. I might however leave one of my own unflushed in its place just to show off!

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Happy Crappin'
Homegrown Media Network

I wouldn't mind checking out some other people turds. The only problem is, I usually assume that they tried to flush it, and it would not flush. Therefore, I'm afraid to flush it for fear it would run over. However, since I now know realize that a lot of people just want to show off their load, I might start doing the same thing; as well as carefully inspecting any loads that I might encounter, and then dropping mine on top of theirs.

The times I have happened upon the logs of others, it is usually a disappointment: you call that a poop? I've seen housecats produce larger logs! Is that the best you can do? Very seldom do I find a poop that is what I would categorize as worthy of my approval (that is, looks like what I might produce).

In nursing, the poop of others makes up a significant portion of the workday. Noticing that there indeed is a poop, assessing the poop and cleaning up the poop afterward are part of the job. Assessment includes: color, size or mass (weigh that log!), texture, solidity, embedded materials (like corn), frequency of output, odor, and how well the person tolerated the passing of the poop. The new computer charting system at work allows me to accurately describe and explain all things poop-related in great detail. This is my favorite part of charting!

----Captain Craptastic!!!

If I see poop in a public toilet, I'm not going to flush it unless I really need that toilet. There's always a chance someone tried to flush and the turd didn't go.

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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
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i chose the 5th option. I don't have a problem with pooping on top of other people's poop.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mUAkvmiY5Qc
check out this poop video!

I chose "other". I normally choose another stall to go into because I am afraid of flushing the toilet and getting shit water all over myself. However, when I am backing out of the stall, I frequently will tell the impatient lady pushing up behind me, "This one's free."

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Well, you don't actually blow on it. That's just an expression.