Peeing alone

emberlee3

OK, can someone please explain why this is always used as an example of a "pro" about going to work?

Most of the bathrooms where I work (hospital) are stalls, so I usually don't pee alone at work.  I am sure many others are in the same situation.  Fortunately, my job is fulfilling in many other ways.

Karla CS

You're alone in the stall though.. Your kids aren't banging on the door, they're not asking you questions, they're not staring at you. It's truly 'you' time, even if you're not 100% alone! (Unless you have obnoxious coworkers who try to carry on a conversation through the stall doors, which I just don't understand!)

aglenn

Yes, what the prior posters said.  I do not like an audience, or to carry on a conversation while I'm trying to pee, or trying to simultaneously pee and keep the kids out of whatever they feel like getting into in my bathroom.  There is also the fact that you can actually pee when you feel like you need to versus trying to wait for an opportunity when the kids are otherwise occupied.

aeh72

As much as I kind of roll my eyes at this cliche also (and don't think of it as a "pro" to working), I actually get why this statement is thrown out there so often.  I regularly find myself "holding it" until DS is in his highchair so I can run to the bathroom and pee without having to worry about DS trying to get into the cabinet beneath the sink, pulling all the TP off the roll, trying to "flush" while I'm still sitting there, and worst of all, trying to stick his hand in the toilet.  He's pretty young so I've been tolerant about letting him come in with me, but I'm about to start making him sit outside the door and wait.  I'm not a prude about him seeing me, but having him in there is a hassle and I think he's getting old enough to learn that everyone needs "private time."

82Sonia

Honestly I'd rather use the bathroom at home even with DD in there with me.  At least I don't have to smell my co-workers pooping in the stall next to mine.  I don't think "peeing alone" is a bonus of being a working mom. 

Nechie122

The cliche I use is "eating with two hands." Gets the same point across. My DD is always begging to sit on my lap and then sticking her hands in my food.

skibunny59

I'm a teacher.  When I'm at work, I can't just go use the bathroom whenever I want.  I have to wait until my lunch or prep.

At home I can go whenever I want but DD always wants to follow me in or is crying for me if I close the door.

Iblamethebeer

hocus said:

I think that the point is your coworkers are not in the stall talking to you about bob the builder, asking you why you wear a pad, trying to put their hands in the stream or generally being underfoot. My older kid was less impacted by mommy needed to leave the room but I peed with younger kid in the bathroom for a long time because he'd cry hysterically whenever I was out of eye shot.

All of this.  Plus even though our work restroom is multiple stalls, it's not like it's a rock concert -- there is almost never someone right next to me.

MNgirl326

I really don't get this but whatever.  I have never had an issue peeing at my own home.  I close the door and lock it.  If LO bangs on the door I ignore it.  I don't understand what is so hard about this whole, I can't pee with out the kid staring at me thing.  Invest in a door lock.  If he cries, he will live. 

As for at peeing at work, I get to either pee in the same bathroom as my students or pee in the single bathroom that is shared with all the other staff members at school.  Not exactly fun either.

mommymegan831

I have peed many times with a kid on my lap because half the time I walk upstairs my 1 year old starts screaming, and when he was younger and I didn't trust him downstairs alone w/ DD I'd bring him upstairs and he wouldn't want to be put down.  It's definitely not much of a perk of working though.  Sometimes I go almost a week w/out getting to #2 because the stalls at work are busy, I'm a teacher so I don't have much time to even go, and of course at home half the time someone is screaming. sorry tmi

mexicolombiana

I never really understood this either.  I pee whenever I want.  If I want to close the door I do.  Usually I don't care that one of my kids is in the bathroom when I pee.  Who cares?  It's just peeing. Anyway I just never understood the big deal.

driveshorses

When I go to the bathroom at work I don't have anyone running in and pulling their pants down saying "I go first! I go potty first!" Or "Are you peeing or pooping? Just peeing? I flush the toilet for you. NO! I FLUSH THE TOILET!"

I get to do that all myself and not answer questions on what I'm doing, and I get to flush the stupid toilet when I'm ready.