Would you take a phone call on the toilet?

@boiboing (13153)
Northampton, England
April 25, 2017 3:51am CST
I called a dear friend last night on her mobile, talked for a couple of minutes, and then she told me she was in the Ladies room at the motorway service station. Yuk! I don't really want to know that. I don't need to know that. And honestly, I find it a bit icky. These days most of us getting phone calls can see who they are from so she must have known it was me. I would have ignored it and called me back if I were in her situation. So my question today is would you make or take a call whilst sitting on the toilet? And does it make a difference if you're in a public toilet with people around you?
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28 responses
M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
25 Apr 17
I'll never understand the intimate relationship people have with their mobile phones.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
That's very true. I put mine away at the weekend and totally ignore it.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Apr 17
Me either.
Nawsheen
@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
25 Apr 17
Well i have never done this nor will i ever do this i guess. It is all because of hygiene.
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katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
25 Apr 17
I've been waiting in public restrooms and heard people talking on their phones while in the stall.. I also fund it gross. Not to mention rude to the others in the restroom
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katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
25 Apr 17
@Fleura LOL.. so funny!
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Fleur
@Fleura (29219)
• United Kingdom
25 Apr 17
In situations like that I'm always tempted to start a loud 'conversation' with an imaginary friend from my side of the wall. Something along the lines of 'You know what, I can hear the person in the stall next to me on their phone...' 'What? Oh yes it's so funny, you won't believe what they're talking about, and I don't suppose the person they're talking to realizes they're in a public toilet...'
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Apr 17
Definitely not a public toilet.
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Kokil agarwal
@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
25 Apr 17
Not in a public toilet... But in my own toilet in don't mind
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
I must admit that in a traditional Indian squat toilet, I wouldn't have the balance to take a phone call.
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Kokil agarwal
@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
25 Apr 17
@boiboing I agree..lol But I have a western pot
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@Alternative4 (449)
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25 Apr 17
Lol, what a weird situation! I would react the same way as you did, not to mention I don`t take phone calls in toilets. People don`t have decency any more.
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Island Man.
@Svidrigaylov (386)
• Guadeloupe
25 Apr 17
@boiboing I might be tempted to text while enthroned on high but not to phone. Icky indeed, and I've heard background noises such as flushing cisterns on several occasions when friends have phoned me and was a trifle offended that they thought it ok to converse with me while at stool.
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Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
25 Apr 17
If I do I am not going to tell you.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
Nor should you.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459514)
• Switzerland
25 Apr 17
I would never make a call, or reply to a call on the toilet. I hate when I call my niece and she says she is on the toilet.
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amnabas
@amnabas (13742)
• Karachi, Pakistan
25 Apr 17
In my bathroom if there is an urgent call.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
Or if you have a friend who talks for a REALLY long time and you just can't wait any longer, perhaps.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Apr 17
I wouldn't do this and if I knew the person I'd called was on the toilet I'd hang up and call back. I think it's pretty awful really.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
Me too. As soon as she told me I said goodbye and asked her to call me back when she'd finished.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Apr 17
I rarely carry my phone anywhere, I certainly won't be taking it into the restroom.
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Timea
@tzwrites (4835)
• Romania
25 Apr 17
If you're at home on the toilet I don't think it matter really...but in a public toilet it's weird...
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
Yes, I think it's very strange when you hear voices coming from a cubicle and you're not sure if they're on the phone or if there's somebody in there with them.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (53692)
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25 Apr 17
Never in a public - unless it is deadly important.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
The only excuse to be on the phone in such a place would be if you had to call and ambulance or the police. Anything else can wait.
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Dominique
@dodo19 (47121)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
25 Apr 17
I wouldn't take a call while in the bathroom. It's not the place for it.
Dominique
@dodo19 (47121)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
25 Apr 17
@boiboing Baths are fine. That's not an issue. It's just if the person is on the toilet or something.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 Apr 17
I had a very dear friend with whom I'd have long calls whilst she was in the bath. I didn't mind that.
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lady Di
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
26 Apr 17
hmmm, usually at work people here take phone calls in the lavatory so they won't bother other employees. But it would be a bit awkward if she was pooping she may just be staying in the lavatory but not really doing that you know
Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
26 Apr 17
I do use phone when in toilet if it's urgent otherwise not.
PLETHOS
@Plethos (13560)
• United States
25 Apr 17
no, the echo would bother me and i also dont want people hearing my conversation. in a bathroom a whisper sounds like a scream. sound gets amplified too much.
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shravya
@Slayqueen (918)
• India
26 Apr 17
I don't even take my phone when I'm in the loo.. I know a lot of people who use their phones in the toilet. It feels really weird though..
salehzgir
@salehzgir (56)
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26 Apr 17
of course!!! i cant without it