Do you close (or even lock?) the door if alone?

whiskeyman

Yup, it's about time another toilet thread graced AH.

Was pondering this one today. Have the gaff all to meself and needed to drop the kids at the pool. I went in, settled myself down but never closed the door! The humanity! I guess most of the time I'd just do it from force of habit, but the bathroom door was wide open today, should anyone decide to break in and make a run for the bathroom themselves (sometimes robbers gotta go?), I'd happily greet them with a "sorry buddy, gizza few mins....ta".


So, if you have your place all to yourself, do you leave the lavatorium door open, or do you close it? Do you even go so far to lock it for personal security??

So Glad

Closed and locked. Don't want people barging in when I'm distributing waste.

Faith

Closed and locked if I'm not sure when my flatmate will be home. Just kind of pushed closed if I know she's not going to be back that day.

mike65

Lock it cos the door won't stay shut otherwise.

Why the hell did I reply to this poll? :eek:

Mike.

kaimera

Don't even close the door.

WindSock

Have the door half open, just in case I hear someone come in and then I can kick it closed (with a slight amount of acrobatics)

Malteaser!

leave it open!

if i'm expecting someone home then i'll close it!!

KdjaCL

Open its the perk of having your own place.
Also provides much needed ventialtion.


kdjac

The Walsho

Leave it open unless I have reason to believe someone will be home soon.

mike65

KdjaCL wrote:

Also provides much needed ventialtion.

Thats what a window is for!

Mike.

Mossy Monk

my door doesnt have a lock but i do close it

Miss Fluff

Wide open, same with having a bath if have place to myself. Shouldn't really as time flatmate can be home varies but there we have it, haven't been caught yet:)

Blitzkrieger

Lock it from force of habit tbh. You never know when someone's going to be home and it's a long way from the bowl to the door.

Caliden

leave it ajar so if anyone breaks in they can have a peak if they like.

Overheal

Sure I don't mind leaving my laundry out to dry in the hall; I usually end up never putting it away and have to dress in front of the window

Tar.Aldarion

Oops I clicked lock by accident. I don't even close teh door, let alone lock it.

Ruu_Old

Don't close the door.

Alter-Ego

Close and lock. Force of habit really.

Kojak

Caliden wrote:

leave it ajar so if anyone breaks in they can have a peak if they like.

Same here. Burgulars nowadays have a tough enough time trying to steal stuff, without the added problem of locked doors. :rolleyes:

Sierra Oscar

Close and lock....loads of robberies around our area recently.

RoundyMooney

^

Our resident King of the Khazi, Professor of the Privy, and Ward of the Water Closet, one Mr. F. Bantam, will be along soon no doubt to give us the definitive answer.

aidan_dunne

Sierra Oscar wrote:

Close and lock....loads of robberies around our area recently.

What the.......?

Are you afraid someone's going to try and come in and rob your shíte? :eek:

As for myself, I close the door but I would also lock it....... if I could find the bloody key! :mad:

Sierra Oscar

aidan_dunne wrote:

What the.......?

Are you afraid someone's going to try and come in and rob your shíte? :eek:

As for myself, I close the door but I would also lock it....... if I could find the bloody key! :mad:

You just dont know what they are after these days;)

Shane190

Closed and locked is the only way.:D

Winters

Why close it?

Everyone loves a danger ****.

Backtoblack

Generally I lock my bedroom door, when I'm there or when I'm not there.
Keeps out, burgulars, housemates etc.
Security basically.


Edit: Oooooohhh toilet door. Yeah lock all the time.
OOPS, sorry about not read thread properly.

FlutterinBantam

Evenin' all.

Personally I would close the door , if only to enhance the accoustics.

Y'see, good muzzle velocity and torque is kinda lost on the ..erm.. well .. muzzelee ,if the report and aftershock is dissipated around your casa.
Much better and more satisfactory to keep it in house as it were, and savour the reverberations in a more confined space.

I do however favour evacuating the area fairly sharpish after the fallout as there can be some nasty contamination of the non solid areas.

Otherwise I leave the door open,but shut the blind on the front left top window.





Thanks for the heads up Roundy

Wertz

Backtoblack wrote:

Generally I lock my bedroom door, when I'm there or when I'm not there.
Keeps out, burgulars, housemates etc.
Security basically.

You sh*te in your bedroom?
That's refreshingly erm...honest.

Someone didn't read the thread before posting...


I only close and lock public lavatory doors, or the ones in my own place if I have family/company over. Incidentally I never lock it if I'm in the shower/bath just in case I should ever happen to slip. fall and break something or spilt my skull...hate to survive that accident only to be killed by some paramedic kicking the door in on top of me.
Come to think of it you could topple off the throne in a similar manner so perhpas it's best to just not lock the door at all and suffer the possible embarassment of someone walking in on you...

Creamy Goodness

toilet in my house doesn't have a door.

RoundyMooney

Backtoblack wrote:

Keeps out, burgulars, housemates etc.

Do you work for Eircom Phonewatch?

Thanks for the laugh FB.

Heisenberg.

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Miss Fluff

Cremo wrote:

toilet in my house doesn't have a door.

What happens when you have guests?:eek:

faceman

I close it but probably only out of habit.

Blowfish

Blitzkrieger wrote:

Lock it from force of habit tbh.

Same, "omg i'm in the house on my own, I can leave the door open!!!" doesn't really cross my mind when i'm alone.

faceman

Blowfish wrote:

Same, "omg i'm in the house on my own, I can leave the door open!!!" doesn't really cross my mind when i'm alone.

...which is probably a good thing if havin a number 2... the pong will stink the bedroom (if you have an en suite!)

Creamy Goodness

Miss Fluff wrote:

What happens when you have guests?:eek:

it's actually a real shocker to people when they come over first. but as they are more regular guests they get use to it.

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Gazza22

Mossy Monk wrote:

my door doesnt have a lock but i do close it

That one thing i can't stand tbh honest! I like to have a lock on the ole door.

Like when you go into dodgey public toilets....and you just have to go, you'll have one leg/had against the door!

Giblet

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scojones

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Kazooie

Depends if I'm doing a number 1 I don't even close the door. Number two i'd close it alright mainly to contain the pungent smell in one area, but wouldn't lock it if I was alone.

Thrill

I leave it ajar so as to hear if someone knocks at the front door.

monument

Faith wrote:

Closed and locked if I'm not sure when my flatmate will be home. Just kind of pushed closed if I know she's not going to be back that day.

I voted for “Nope. Wide open here! Run free my lovely scent! Godspeed!”, but the above is actually my answer… when I was living on my own I never thought I miss it but oh fuch I do. (Oh and not just due to losing the ability to leave the toilet door open!)

WindSock

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Giblet

boreds wrote:

Why would you ban someone for that?

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Overheal

Sounded like a verbal warning to me too

I'll lock my bedroom when people are around but my en suite I could care less. and the apartment itself uses electronic keys so I'm not worried about that...not to mention 3 other doors to get to my apartment are similarly electronically sealed.

I pay too much for this **** hole: only so I can affor the luxury of ****ting with my bathroom door open and leave pornography on my floor for countless weeks on end