Am I out of line here?

Happywanderer · The Master

Am I out of line here?

jonathan · Guru

.. in my youth life had no fear .. nowadays .. well, its just too late for surprises ..

Could you imagine seeing this Trolls face smiling up at you from under the door ?

-- Edited by jonathan on Thursday 1st of March 2012 10:57:49 PM

tonyd · Guru

Today, in the Flinders Bay caravan park, Augusta, WA.

Went in for a shower in the gents. Became obvious from conversation between the adjoining cubicles that one of the users was female, chatting with her partner. My wife, who had been earlier, said she had to wait becos the showers in the ladies were full.

Now, I'm as open-minded as the next bloke, but I don't pop into the ladies loo when the gents is full, and I really feel that she should have paid me the same respect. Open to correction, but I feel it was a bit "off".

Cheers, Tony

Firefly · Guru

I'm with you Tony.

We have unisex toilets and showers at my work and even after 8 years, I don't like it.

I would be really put off by a male in the ladies ammenities on the road.

Not being a prude, it just feels wrong.

pauline · Guru

Ditto Ditto........

Travel Bug · Guru

I'm with you Tony.

I'm not a prude...but to echo Firefly...it just feels wrong.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

You are not out of line at all - but that female was - equality is one thing, but privacy is a different issue all together. Were they in the same cubicle??

Happywanderer · The Master

Thats a thought Jules. Maybe there were showering together.
Unless there are communal showers stick to your own I say.

jonathan · Guru

Its not new .. did surprise me at first, but now I've seen it on a few occasions now ..

Luckily I've never been asked to join them .. hehe !

Jon

ChiChi1 · Guru

Ha Ha! What a surprise. Though it would'nt have been so funny the other way round. Everyone should stick to their own.

Happywanderer · The Master

Or is that unlucky Jonathan??

Travel Bug · Guru

You just beat me to it Marj biggrin

Kaid · Guru

I would never nick into the mens for a shower,
and I certainly would not be happy if a bloke was in the ladies.
There are just some things you don't need to see or imagine. lol

Travel Bug · Guru

Depending on who was in the shower it could well be you who got the biggest shock Jon!! biggrin biggrin

jonathan · Guru

.. gotta agree with you Pam .. dont like surprises!

Cupie · Guru

This discussion brings back to mind a conversation in the next door cubicle I over heard at Ninben .. the old hippies village in the coastal hills of northern NSW.

It went something like .. " put it in it won't hurt .. you'll like it".

Could never be sure what they were on about.

On the same visit, as we had coffee in a cafe we watched the stream of people going into the back of the tourist shop next door buying little plastic bags of dried lettuce or something.

Meanwhile the police drove up & down the street booking people for incorrect parking .. as they say .. go figure.

lilly31 · Guru

Take me back to a time a while back while doing trips with my partner in our truck up in QLD ...5 am in morning woke up and dive in unsex shower that was at the roadhouse ...Other truckie came in to shower next to me doing what men do in showers when think they think they are alone ... I was trying to stay a quite as i could so i did not embarrass him ... My partner said he wouldnt have been worried but i was lol

-- Edited by lilly31 on Friday 2nd of March 2012 08:04:18 AM

Boroma577 · Guru

I too am with the majority on this......the guys in the guys and the ladies in the ladies.

If it happens to be a unisex shower/toilet then that is totally different but if it is marked Ladies/Gents then respect the system.

You are definitely not out of line Tony and I think I probably would have said something about it at the time.

valnrob · Guru

I went into the wrong toilet (mens) at Eucha. Had been on the paddle steamer and said to Rob when we got off "I'll just duck into the toilet " outside the wharf. As I went in there was a single toilet at the beginning of the room, I went in and thought this is different to the toilet I was in earlier! Anyway I heard a dad tell his son to go in and he would wait outside. I thought Uh Oh........ On coming out I felt very silly!! I had rushed in to the wrong toilets !! Very red faced only you couldn't see it cause my face is brown anyway !!!

tiger5 · Senior Member

Come on gang remember those who shower together stay together. One other thing are you sure it was HIS partner.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

if you think she is still there I may nip down to Augusta for a shower biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

signwilson · Senior Member

share and share alike the nudist don't care

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

signwilson wrote:
share and share alike the nudist don't care

I'm all in favour of nudist as long as it's the other person that's nude biggrin and must be female biggrin

Smokeydk · Guru

I've been to a few campsites that are unisex..toilets and showers......you just get used to it and get on with business

Agree if they are seperate mens/ladies........stick to your own

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Some caravan parks have shower stalls that necessitate stepping out to dry your feet and put your trousers on, as they get wet trying to do it on a wet (sometimes dirty) floor. Wouldnt like to be sitting in my nickers drying my feet if a bloke walked in.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

If you see anything you've never seen before...... shoot it

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Gerty Dancer wrote:
Some caravan parks have shower stalls that necessitate stepping out to dry your feet and put your trousers on, as they get wet trying to do it on a wet (sometimes dirty) floor. Wouldnt like to be sitting in my nickers drying my feet if a bloke walked in.

Why not ? biggrin

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Rip and Rosie wrote:
If you see anything you've never seen before...... shoot it

Hey, I don't want to share a shower with you biggrin

Ole_Grizzly · Senior Member

Wow...think how much water and power will be saved when showering with a friend...
Heck, if I happened to venture into such a situation then I would somehow join the conversation so as the opposite sex would know I was also in the amenities block.
Too Easy and no problem for me. But doubt if I venture into the ladies domain..Yep ! a 'chicken' ha ha

Cruising Granny · Guru

In a van park in Cairns I went to the Ladies lat at night, and heard 2 backpackers in the same shower cubicle in the Ladies bathroom.
I didn't think to much of it considering the hour of the night. A chance to share a shower for the travellers.
Last Christmas at Maraboon c/Pk I became confused and accidentally went into the first toilet door. It happened to be the boys. I only realised it when I exited out the other door. Oops, urinal.
I felt a bit silly but no one was there to notice.
To be fair, some couples like to shower together. Surely you're not too old to recall those moments way back when.
When travelling it's hard to get that oppotunity unless you have an ensuite or a self-contained amenity which seems to be the new trend in some parks.
Who is more embarrassed? You for learning of the shower sharing? Do you think they'd be embarrassed if they knew you knew?
The door is shut, and what happens behind closed doors, stays behind closed doors including 2 behinds.