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People who close bathroom doors when nobody is in there

mizhogmizhog Posts: 970
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I know you can just knock but does this annoy anyone else...why not just leave the door on the jar?? :mad:
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    Bad Wolf 525Bad Wolf 525 Posts: 5,552
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    deleted ....read it wrong :o
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    MrsceeMrscee Posts: 5,271
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    I close and lock the bathroom door when there's nobody in the house..it's just what I always do
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    Auntie ClimaxAuntie Climax Posts: 917
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    It's just habit.
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    swehsweh Posts: 13,665
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    lol I've never heard the "on the jar" expression before. That's way cooler than just saying "ajar".

    I have no shame to an extent, I'll leave the door open when I'm home alone - or if it's just my mom and I. If my dad or brother, or any other male persons are around - I am closing and locking that door.
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    Smokeychan1Smokeychan1 Posts: 12,205
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    My stairs directly face my bathroom and a toilet isn't an attractive thing to be facing you head on once you have climbed the stairs - not to mention it is a flat so my bathroom is on the same floor as every other room in the home. Whether in it or not, I still like my bathroom to be half-private.

    Then there is the heating factor at this time of year; open doors waste energy.

    Edit: I see most of the replies are still missing the OP's point. He isn't asking if you leave your bathroom door open when you're using it, he is complaining about people shutting bathroom doors when there is no one using them :p
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    WillowFaeWillowFae Posts: 5,225
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    Is it really a problem? Sure, I've tried to go into a bathroom when someone is in there, but obviously it is locked so I can't open the door and so just wait. Not sure what the big deal is. I certainly wouldn't want to keep the door open whenever it is not in use. Looks awful!
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    gasheadgashead Posts: 13,822
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    mizhog wrote: »
    I know you can just knock but does this annoy anyone else...why not just leave the door on the jar?? :mad:
    I know exactly what you mean. I'm trying to establish a 'code' with my wife whereby if either of us is in the bathroom, fully close the door. If we're not, leave it open. (We have kids, so it doesn't have a lock.) That way there's no ambiguity, no need to knock, no loitering around listening for signs of activity and no need for that un-dignified shout of "I'm in here !". Open means free, closed means occupied.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 63
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    We always keep the bathroom door shut because we have a very nosy greedy dog who would eat the contents of the bin in a heart beat. Before we got him we would leave the door slightly 'on the jar' (I really like that phrase!) cos its easier to know if someone's in there or not.
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    OhWhenTheSaintsOhWhenTheSaints Posts: 12,531
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    I lock mine :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 313
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    mizhog wrote: »
    I know you can just knock but does this annoy anyone else...why not just leave the door on the jar?? :mad:

    Okay Mizhog, how long had you been standing outside the bathroom door before realising it was empty? Did you do the 'bursting for a pee pee dance'?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,324
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    I always close doors, I wasn't born in Barcelona!
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    Just VogueJust Vogue Posts: 759
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    What annoys me even more is when somebody is in there but doesn't close the door and leaves a slight gap!

    My brother does it in the mornings when peeing/putting gel in his hair and every single morning without fail I will push the door open to go in there and the door will hit him, followed by a chorus of "WHAT THE F**K ARE YOU DOING?!?!" from him and "WHY CAN YOU NOT USE THE LOCK?!?" from me.
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    varialectiovarialectio Posts: 2,377
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    It's quicker and far less embarrassing to stick to the code - if it's shut someone's in there, if its open a couple of inches it's free. Always do that in my parent's house.

    Of course in my house, alone, who needs doors?!
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    JonDoeJonDoe Posts: 31,598
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    Our landing is so small, we have to close the bathroom door for fear of walking into it and knocking ourselves backwards down the stairs to our death.
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    J4ckieBr0wnJ4ckieBr0wn Posts: 1,108
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    Not a problem in our house as the bathroom door has frosted glass, so, although you can't see what the person is doing, you can see that someone is in there :)
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    pugamopugamo Posts: 18,039
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    Our new house has got 3 toilets, which is a bit excessive for 2 people but at least if we both have a dodgy curry there'll be one free
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    Babe RainbowBabe Rainbow Posts: 34,349
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    Just Vogue wrote: »
    What annoys me even more is when somebody is in there but doesn't close the door and leaves a slight gap!

    My brother does it in the mornings when peeing/putting gel in his hair and every single morning without fail I will push the door open to go in there and the door will hit him, followed by a chorus of "WHAT THE F**K ARE YOU DOING?!?!" from him and "WHY CAN YOU NOT USE THE LOCK?!?" from me.

    I'd just go in and start running the shower and pottering aorund. He'd soon shape up.
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    MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    It's quicker and far less embarrassing to stick to the code - if it's shut someone's in there, if its open a couple of inches it's free. Always do that in my parent's house.

    Of course in my house, alone, who needs doors?!

    You don't want to stick to the code after a gentleman has completed his morning visit. Even with the window open and vigorous use of the febreze, I find it best to shut the door:o
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    I try not to leave doors ajar because if I go out and a fire starts open doors will only help it along.
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    j4the1j4the1 Posts: 664
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    I don't really understand this thread, but anyway I live alone and my bathroom door is always open, even when I'm having a bath/shower, If I have family or friends who I don't have sex with then I close the door.
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    MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    I try not to leave doors ajar because if I go out and a fire starts open doors will only help it along.

    Fires always start in the bathroom:D
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    soulboy77soulboy77 Posts: 24,494
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    I always leave the bathroom door slightly ajar when empty for ventilation purposes. Helps rid the condensation after a shower or bath.
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    Star_BrightStar_Bright Posts: 11,341
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    sweh wrote: »
    lol I've never heard the "on the jar" expression before. That's way cooler than just saying "ajar".

    :D:D same here!
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    MAW wrote: »
    Fires always start in the bathroom:D
    You can't count on them to stop there so I don't make an exception.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 67
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    :D:D same here!

    Great expression! I remember first coming across it in the Pickwick Papers and deciding it was much better than "ajar"!
    'I was there,' resumed Mrs. Cluppins, 'unbeknown to Mrs. Bardell; I had been out with a little basket, gentlemen, to buy three pound of red kidney pertaties, which was three pound tuppence ha'penny, when I see Mrs. Bardell's street door on the jar.'

    'On the what?' exclaimed the little judge.

    'Partly open, my Lord,' said Serjeant Snubbin.

    'She said on the jar,' said the little judge, with a cunning look."
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