[Kay O. Pectate]

This isn't a poop story but a bathroom etiquette story.

I was in a restaurant a few years ago and had to go to the bathroom.

I entered the women's loo and there was a young boy in there. He looked to be around 6 years old or so. I didn't pay much attention to him. I went into my stall and had to take care of my monthly friend if you get my drift. So there I am, legs akimbo, taking care of business when I see his little cherub face grinning up at me from underneath the next stall.

Needless to say, I was pretty miffed.

I stormed out of there and saw a woman leaning up against the wall.

"Is that your son in there", I asked?

She had a look of concern on her face as she acknowledged that it was.

I told her what had happened and angrily suggested that she shouldn't let him use the women's room.

The way I look at it, if he is old enough to be embarassed by her presence in the bathroom, than it is time to be using the men's room. If he isn't old enough to using the men's room (or she is worried about pervs or something), than she needs to go in there and supervise him! Using the women's room alone should not be an option.

Am I a prude?

[daphne]

It would be so much fun to be prepared and have either a long chef's knife (Michael Meyers style) or a squirt gun that you've painted black with black nail polish in your purse during these occasions! The kid peeks, and you point the weapon at him and whisper "When you go to sleep tonight, I'll be under your bed, and I'm going to finish you off." Then cackle softly.

Ah, to dream.

[tuba cheeks]

Wow, Daph- you ARE sick- I think I love you! That idea is too funny. I can just hear junior's screams as he runs out of the stall with his pants down, only to fall flat on his face. Followed shortly by the lawsuit, or police charges filed by the ignorant self righteous mother...

I realize that there are more and more dads getting involved in parenting- even to the extent of being single fathers, and I'm all for them. BUT, I'm a bit uncomfortable with little girls in the mens room as well. But what are ya gonna do? "Family" restrooms are not very common, and it's not like dad can go into the ladies with Susie...

Just keep junior on a short leash, so to speak, in the restroom.

As far as that goes, I'm not too happy if ANYONE decides to poke their head under the stall wall and have a look. I don't care what their gender is or how old they are... Like Daph, devious and obnoxious ideas would be floating through my head, too! Maybe just to yell BOO! at the top of my lungs, if it's a kid, or let rip a nasty fart if an adult. A kick of my size 13's would do the trick, too. ( the former might yield some highly entertaining piss reports too if there are any high strung urinators at the pissers.)

[daphne]

Ha! I was also thinking of that squirt gun, and just well, using it. The kid peeks, you squirt. "Pow! You're dead!"

[Thunderbox]

It was too bad your legs weren`t long enough to kick that little bastard in the face. You should have taken it out on the parent - flushed her head down the dirtiest pan.

[Shits Happily...]

Kay O, I remember my mom taking my brother into the ladies' room when he was little (early 80s). While he was well-behaved and would have suffered the consequences for peeping, some kids are Peeping Toms in the making. I agree with Daphne's AWESOME idea with the knife and squirt gun. I love it! I'll add that a squirt gun with tabasco or hot sauce would have been great. A kick to the face may have been effective as well.

Not to go off-topic, but there was a kid in a public shitter a couple of years ago (a little girl in the ladies room) peering in all of the stalls. I had to get rid of panties that day because of some dim sum gone horribly wrong, and I was half-hoping she'd come over, as her curiosity of what others do in stalls would have been cured forever....

( the former might yield some highly entertaining piss reports too if there are any high strung urinators at the pissers.) Tuba Cheeks, I love you!

[Chip Brown]

Ha! I was also thinking of that squirt gun, and just well, using it. The kid peeks, you squirt. "Pow! You're dead!"

How about a staple gun?

[C Everett Poop]

Chip was the kid who stuck his head under the stall in the mens room. He was doing a little meatgazing as a research project into his future homosexuality.

[The Shit Volcano]

It kind of irks me how overprotective some parents are... or aren't. When I was a kid, I started using the restroom alone when I was five. When my sister's ex-friend's son was eight, he was still not allowed to use the men's room by himself and she had to come in the stall with him so he could use the bathroom. That, and the damn kid wasn't allowed to watch anything but G-rated movies. The kid had no view of the outside world and he was a complete robot. Not surprisingly, today he has been kicked out of school for his behavior problems and has been held back a grade. If you treat a kid like a retard, he's going to turn into a retard.

Or a peeping tom.

[Artful Dodger]

Chip was the kid who stuck his head under the stall in the mens room. He was doing a little meatgazing as a research project into his future homosexuality.

Did that make you uncomfortable? Perhaps he misinterpreted your wide stance.

[Slim Jim Junkie]

It kind of irks me how overprotective some parents are... or aren't. When I was a kid, I started using the restroom alone when I was five. When my sister's ex-friend's son was eight, he was still not allowed to use the men's room by himself and she had to come in the stall with him so he could use the bathroom. That, and the damn kid wasn't allowed to watch anything but G-rated movies. The kid had no view of the outside world and he was a complete robot. Not surprisingly, today he has been kicked out of school for his behavior problems and has been held back a grade. If you treat a kid like a retard, he's going to turn into a retard.

Or a peeping tom.

Often times those kinds of kids turn 18, leave home as fast as they can, and get themselves into all kinds of trouble because they never learned how the real world worked.

[The Shit Volcano]

I'm waiting for this kid to turn up on the evening news because he boiled down bodies in his basement.

[shitwit]

I bring my 4 year old into the ladies room with me but only b/c he's still in the process of potty training. He can use the toilet just fine on his own, but he's scared to death of the loud toilet flushes. I often supervise him just for "moral support". I know this wil soon pass and he'll be free to go into the men's room with dad (who is NOT a very wise potty coach...). I don't let him gawk at the other people in the bathroom - he knows we are in there on business, not pleasure.