Yes, I would close the door and probably lock it but I am paranoid like that too I guess. At home, I close it depending on the number I’m doing. 😀 Just a quick no. 1, no need unless son is near. No. 2 need privacy. As kids were growing up, sometimes the bathroom was the only place that I got to go alone in and close the door.
YES, because it is the only time in my life that the door will stay closed if I close it. Plus, you never know when housekeeping is going to come swinging into the room.
Have you tried cleaning off the lens of your camera with a Q-Tip? I know it works for greasy fingerprints!
I do not close the bathroom door at home because what would be the point? Closed doors just beg for little boy attention. When I leave it open, they ignor me. Unfortunately, I forget this fact when they have friends over and find myself scrambling with pants around my thighs to slam the door when I hear them approach.
Never close it!! and sometimes when i order room service I just yell “come on in”. When you check in, the first thing you do is lift the sheet up and check the mattress around the webbing. if you see any black dots, get a new room. those are bed bug poops. Im serious
I never shut the bathroom door in a hotel room. I never shut the bathroom door at home.
I wouldn’t draw the drapes if that picture is the view from your hotel room.
When I stay in high-rise hotels, and my room faces a body of water, I NEVER shut the drapes.
I never close my bathroom door when I am at home, whether I am alone, or whether my kids are around. If I have ‘company’ then I would be inclined to shut the door.
When I am at a hotel, alone or otherwise, I never close the window shades. I figure anybody who happens to be looking up to gaze upon my motherly figure through the glass deserves whatever is flashed upon them.
I never close my bathroom door when I am at home, whether I am alone, or whether my kids are around. If I have ‘company’ then I would be inclined to shut the door.
When I am at a hotel, alone or otherwise, I never close the window shades. I figure anybody who happens have the fortune (good or otherwise) to be looking up to gaze upon my motherly figure through the glass deserves whatever is flashed upon them.
This reminds me of a story one of my mom’s friends told.
A few years ago, she was on a trip alone w/her husband. They checked into a hotel and she decided she was thirsty. She promptly left the room to go get a soda.
When she returned, the door to their room was propped open, and it sounded like her husband was in the bathroom.
She crept in quietly, closed the door behind her, sprawled out on the bed, and yelled to him, “I’m ALL ready for you, baby! Come and get it!”
He opened the door and peered out. HE turned out not to be her husband at all, but a complete stranger! She had walked into the wrong room, the one right next door to theirs!
YES, I always close the door and double lock the hall door. One ‘surprise’ walk in by Housekeeping while my Husband & I were in Vegas was enough for me to learn my lesson. Scared the hell out of her too!
zomg, this makes me want to never have little boys, since most of you said “no” because of small children bursting into the bathroom.
I close the door, lock it, use it, go out, *close the door*, wash hands.
Whenever else I use it, I will knock before entering. I know, weird, right?
But I grew up with three much younger siblings and then lived with three girls in college. I knock on ANY bathroom I come too, even when I lived alone in the summer and always lock. It’s just straight up habit.
Oh, the bathroom door at my parent’s house is basically torn off it’s frame from years of a sibling yanking on it, to find that it’s locked.
Shades drawn, door locked and bolted, why close the door ?
But I would say it’s just kinda nice to close the door when using la toilet when there are other people around. I mean it’s not the most noble human activity. Am I being too conservative here????
You know, I just had a similar conversation with my best friend. I asked if she closed the bathroom door in her apartment. She said she closes it “if she needs to concentrate”. Me? I mostly leave it open. I’m a little more ADD. Multi-task.
You know, I just had a similar conversation with my best friend. I asked if she closed the bathroom door in her apartment. She said she closes it “if she needs to concentrate”. Me? I mostly leave it open. I’m a little more ADD. Multi-task.
I don’t think I’ve ever been in a hotel room all by myself. But I have lived alone for a long time, so I never close the door. And sometimes when I have guests over I forget about that and sit down to pee with the door wide open. Fortunately (in this respect, at least) my bathroom is so small that I can close the door from the toilet.
As soon as I get in the room, the Do Not Disturb sign goes out, the door is bolted, chainlock goes on, drapes are closed. Makes me feel safer that way.
Takin’ a shower – bathroom door is closed,
otherwise it’s open.
It’s not a seagull or a flying dinosaur. It’s a UFO following along on Bossy’s Excellent Road Trip. They are recording it for next season’s newest reality show back in their home galaxy.
I do, most of the time, if only out of the habit of doing so at home to prevent the three year old from coming in to chit-chat during the moments I have left his zone and tried to sneak to the opposite end of our 80-foot long ranch home to have 30 seconds of privacy.
I do, most of the time, if only out of the habit of doing so at home to prevent the three year old from coming in to chit-chat during the moments I have left his zone and tried to sneak to the opposite end of our 80-foot long ranch home to have 30 seconds of privacy.
BUT a few weeks ago, my husband and I went to NYC. After months of my toddler opening the door every time I’m in the bathroom, my one goal for the trip was to go in and close the door and have it stay closed! It was glorious.
NO….don’t close the door. I am new to your blog but I used to live in the Northwest. I am so sorry you did not go over the pass…breathtaking is all I can say. I now live in the Southeast and miss the mountains.
Most likely not, though some one brought up the issue of stinking up the bedroom, so in that case, maybe I would close it. Not that my poop stinks of course, cause it doesn’t.
Only if I am in a hotel room in Europe where the hotel staff just walk in without knocking. Once I had a room in Germany where the toilet was right next to the shower (which was a clear glass tube) both in the middle of the bedroom. No locks on the door, people just walked in several times. I finished all bathroom duties in record time.
Well, as my first ever comment on the “I Am Bossy” blog, i think this is the best one for me to post on….
and in answer of the question I do NOT close the bathroom door in a hotel room when i’m alone. I dont close it at home unless we have company so why in hotel when im alone
I didn’t, once upon a time…and then there was the time I was using the facilities and for some reason housekeeping decided to come in, yelling ‘Housekeeping’ and vaguely knocking *as they opened the door*. So now I do.
I close bathroom stall doors. That’s about it. And that little latchy thingy on the outside door prevents housekeeping and the bad mens out. Even a husband with a key, if you forget and latch out of habit.
I keep the bathroom door open..so if I have to wee in the middle of the night I am sure to go in the right room..and I don’t have to open my eyes all the way…
As far as the seagull on your pictures..you sure you don’t just have a smudge on the lens?
The only time I ever close the door is for the husband’s sake (and I have to remember to do it each time). If he’s not home, then there is some small child that I need to be able to see from the throne.
That’s actually one of my favorite things about meeting someone at a restaurant for lunch – I get to go pee all alone!
I NEVER NEVER EVER close the bathroom door. I don’t care who is in my house OR in a hotel room … I do NOT close the door. It must be a phobia?? maybe??
The hotels I stay in, with their less-than-capacious bathrooms, you HAVE to close the door just to be able to sit on, or stand in front of, the toilet.
Absolutely not. 24/7/365 I have a husband, 2 kids, a dog and a cat. If in some alternate reality, I have a hotel room all to myself, I relish every square inch of aloneness. Is that a word? It is now. =) Really enjoying your road trip, by the way.
When my daughter was 2 she used to follow me around the house like she was on a leash attached to my ankles. Once I headed for the bathroom to make necessary changes for that monthly occurrence. I didn’t want to freak her out with the sight of all that “red” so I told her to stay in the hall because “I needed some privacy”. Right in the middle of tinkling she walks in, looks down at my underwear and asks “Is that you quivacy?”. I never bothered to close the door after that lesson in futility.
When I am home with a house full of family, I don’t even close the door.
After years of not being able to for fear of toddler tears, I’ve gotten into the habit. Besides, the incessant knocking when I do close the door is ridiculous.
So yes, my eleven year old son has conversations with me on my “throne.”
The Introvert says
April 17, 2008 at 5:25 pmShoot, sometimes I don’t even close the door when someone’s there.
Smalltown Mom says
April 17, 2008 at 5:28 pmHell, no. And I enjoy the fact that the toilet seat will stay down and there will be no disgusting splashes on the floor!
Liz C says
April 17, 2008 at 5:29 pmNope, unless there’s a mirror in an inauspicious place. I hate to see myself on the can.
p.s. I think that seagull is following you….
Rhi says
April 17, 2008 at 5:29 pmI do not. And, furthermore, I do not close it at home, because I live alone.
Tonya_in_FL says
April 17, 2008 at 5:30 pmI’m lucky if I shut the bathroom door at home. So it’s definitly open at a hotel by myself.
Becky says
April 17, 2008 at 5:32 pmYes, and lock the door too. I’m a big chicken.
Beverly says
April 17, 2008 at 5:33 pmI don’t close it at home so why in a hotel room?
peppermint T says
April 17, 2008 at 5:36 pmNo. I usually don’t close it at home either — when I do, a kid usually comes along and opens it anyway. What’s the point?
chocolatechic says
April 17, 2008 at 5:40 pmNo way.
If I am home with just Superman, or the girl, then I don’t shut the door either.
The Casual Perfectionist says
April 17, 2008 at 5:45 pmNope. I’m doing pretty good if I remember to close the bathroom door when we have company! 😉
Leaf, probably... says
April 17, 2008 at 5:47 pmNo. Yes! Wait, no.
I think I have to contemplate for a bit longer…
The Domestic Goddess says
April 17, 2008 at 5:48 pmHeck no! I never close it! I have to keep an eye on my spawn. And I go to other folks’ houses and forget and leave it open. A tad bit embarrassing…
saucygrrl says
April 17, 2008 at 5:49 pmIt depends what I’m doing. Because I’m neurotic that way. HA!
Melanie at Beanpaste says
April 17, 2008 at 5:51 pmAbsolutely yes! But mostly because the open door makes it easier to hear the trashy cable television playing on the TV.
The solitary hotel stay: so many illicit pleasures, so little time.
Melanie at Beanpaste says
April 17, 2008 at 5:51 pmAbsolutely not. But mostly so I can still hear junky cable-television pleasure
A solitary hotel room is filled with illicit pleasures.
Optimist says
April 17, 2008 at 5:54 pmNo – and I walk around with no clothes on as well! YEAH PRIVACY!
(but I don’t sit my naked behind on the bedspread. That’s just gnarly.)
xoxo Hope you are having fun!!
junebug says
April 17, 2008 at 5:58 pmYes, I would close the door and probably lock it but I am paranoid like that too I guess. At home, I close it depending on the number I’m doing. 😀 Just a quick no. 1, no need unless son is near. No. 2 need privacy. As kids were growing up, sometimes the bathroom was the only place that I got to go alone in and close the door.
Rattling the Kettle says
April 17, 2008 at 5:59 pmDepends on what you’re doing in there. Call me weird, but I don’t like my hotel room smelling like poop.
Linda says
April 17, 2008 at 6:04 pmYes, if I’m taking a shower (because it’s warmer that way), otherwise, no.
And your answer is…?
Jenn @ Juggling Life says
April 17, 2008 at 6:11 pmI don’t know that I’ve ever been in a hotel room alone!
notjustbarbra says
April 17, 2008 at 6:12 pmI don’t close it at home, so why would I? Except if I’m taking a shower, I like to keep the warm air in the room with me, so then I would.
If I closed it at home, three kids would come bursting in anyway.
my minivan is faster than yours says
April 17, 2008 at 6:13 pmGenerally speaking, I stopped closing bathroom doors on the second date.
Patti in NJ says
April 17, 2008 at 6:13 pmOnly if I’ve forgotten to put up the “Do Not Disturb” sign, because I don’t want the maid walking in on me!
Andrea @ Sweet Life says
April 17, 2008 at 6:14 pmYES, because it is the only time in my life that the door will stay closed if I close it. Plus, you never know when housekeeping is going to come swinging into the room.
Have you tried cleaning off the lens of your camera with a Q-Tip? I know it works for greasy fingerprints!
Angie says
April 17, 2008 at 6:15 pmI do not close the bathroom door at home because what would be the point? Closed doors just beg for little boy attention. When I leave it open, they ignor me. Unfortunately, I forget this fact when they have friends over and find myself scrambling with pants around my thighs to slam the door when I hear them approach.
KEEP BELIEVING
dexter says
April 17, 2008 at 6:20 pmNever close it!! and sometimes when i order room service I just yell “come on in”. When you check in, the first thing you do is lift the sheet up and check the mattress around the webbing. if you see any black dots, get a new room. those are bed bug poops. Im serious
Carrie says
April 17, 2008 at 6:23 pmYes!
And I sit there and revel in the fact that nobody will bang on the other side and ask to “visit” me in there!
Grandma J says
April 17, 2008 at 6:23 pmI never shut the bathroom door in a hotel room. I never shut the bathroom door at home.
I wouldn’t draw the drapes if that picture is the view from your hotel room.
When I stay in high-rise hotels, and my room faces a body of water, I NEVER shut the drapes.
BTW, why do hotels still have drapes and sheers?
Oh wait, I answered your question.
Just Jamie says
April 17, 2008 at 6:24 pmBy MYSELF? What’s that?
Chantel says
April 17, 2008 at 6:29 pm#1 = door open
#2 = door closed
so NOT cool says
April 17, 2008 at 6:36 pmI keep it cracked (no pun intended but acknowledged!) so that I know if an attacker gets in the room.
Yeah, weird. I know.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
April 17, 2008 at 6:41 pmOnly if hiding a dead body.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
April 17, 2008 at 6:44 pmOr if there’s a Crab Man gasping for breath because he’s got a stylish scarf gagging him.
Grandma J says
April 17, 2008 at 6:54 pmWait a minute! Those are bullet holes in that sign, right?
I want to change all my answers to “yes”
Cindy Z says
April 17, 2008 at 6:55 pmNo, even at home I sometimes leave it open.
Sarah says
April 17, 2008 at 7:01 pmI used to…it was habit. Now I hardly ever do. My husband LOVES it when i talk to him from the toilet!
shayera says
April 17, 2008 at 7:06 pmNope.
And I don’t even close it at home (unless there are other people in the house).
Jen says
April 17, 2008 at 7:15 pmKeep it half-way open.
tj says
April 17, 2008 at 7:16 pm…Uh, ye-ah.
…Blessings… :o)
Kristi says
April 17, 2008 at 7:23 pmIf the hotel was next door to that shot up road sign, yes.
the new girl says
April 17, 2008 at 7:26 pmYES!
In case of the old, ‘This is housekeeping’ accidental barge-in risk.
*shudder*
All Adither says
April 17, 2008 at 7:31 pmNo. But then I can hardly be bothered to close my blinds when I change my clothes at home. And I live in a city. Er…sort of.
BrandyS says
April 17, 2008 at 7:34 pmI never close my bathroom door when I am at home, whether I am alone, or whether my kids are around. If I have ‘company’ then I would be inclined to shut the door.
When I am at a hotel, alone or otherwise, I never close the window shades. I figure anybody who happens to be looking up to gaze upon my motherly figure through the glass deserves whatever is flashed upon them.
BrandyS says
April 17, 2008 at 7:37 pmI never close my bathroom door when I am at home, whether I am alone, or whether my kids are around. If I have ‘company’ then I would be inclined to shut the door.
When I am at a hotel, alone or otherwise, I never close the window shades. I figure anybody who happens have the fortune (good or otherwise) to be looking up to gaze upon my motherly figure through the glass deserves whatever is flashed upon them.
Susan says
April 17, 2008 at 7:40 pmNo, I don’t.
This reminds me of a story one of my mom’s friends told.
A few years ago, she was on a trip alone w/her husband. They checked into a hotel and she decided she was thirsty. She promptly left the room to go get a soda.
When she returned, the door to their room was propped open, and it sounded like her husband was in the bathroom.
She crept in quietly, closed the door behind her, sprawled out on the bed, and yelled to him, “I’m ALL ready for you, baby! Come and get it!”
He opened the door and peered out. HE turned out not to be her husband at all, but a complete stranger! She had walked into the wrong room, the one right next door to theirs!
True story.
Gliding through Motherhood says
April 17, 2008 at 7:40 pmI used to, even when I was home alone. It’s only been since I had my son that I’ve stopped. So now I definitely wouldn’t bother closing the door. 🙂
*pixie* says
April 17, 2008 at 7:47 pmNope. Hell, I hardly close it ever.
blackbird says
April 17, 2008 at 7:53 pmNo. That’s the luxury of being alone in a hotel room.
blackbird says
April 17, 2008 at 7:55 pmBesides – some creepy person could BREAK INTO the room while you have the door closed and hide under the bed and you wouldn’t know…but that’s just me.
corrie says
April 17, 2008 at 8:00 pmDuh! Of course you close the bathroom door!! Who knows who could just come in!! Even if you are alone!
This does make me sound a bit schitzo…
Dawn @ Coming to a Nursery Near You says
April 17, 2008 at 8:01 pmIf I’m in the hotel room alone, at night – definitely closing the door. I don’t care if they’re under the bed – they can’t get me in the bathroom LOL
jp says
April 17, 2008 at 8:08 pmYES, I always close the door and double lock the hall door. One ‘surprise’ walk in by Housekeeping while my Husband & I were in Vegas was enough for me to learn my lesson. Scared the hell out of her too!
Nancy says
April 17, 2008 at 8:29 pmNah … I don’t even close it at home … than again, I live by myself.
APeetsMom says
April 17, 2008 at 8:30 pmUsing the toilet – no close.
Taking a shower – close and lock!
Your new book can be titled “Lessons Learned on an Excellent Road Trip”
JK says
April 17, 2008 at 8:38 pmChantel’s comment = hilarious
And I think I agree with her!
Raquita says
April 17, 2008 at 8:38 pmNope. I usually don’t close it at home either – much to hubbys dismay
Barbara says
April 17, 2008 at 8:40 pmI do, only cause I’m freaked that there will be a male housekeeper that will knock on the door and not hear me shout “DON’T COME IN!”
Caroline says
April 17, 2008 at 8:45 pmChantel, above, wrote…
#1 = door open
#2 = door closed
I concur, and add this…
Shower = hotel room door closed, locked, chainlocked, DND sign on the door, and bathroom door closed and locked.
What, me, paranoid???
Ree says
April 17, 2008 at 8:52 pmNo. I get scared.
Amber Lee Peace says
April 17, 2008 at 9:00 pmzomg, this makes me want to never have little boys, since most of you said “no” because of small children bursting into the bathroom.
I close the door, lock it, use it, go out, *close the door*, wash hands.
Whenever else I use it, I will knock before entering. I know, weird, right?
But I grew up with three much younger siblings and then lived with three girls in college. I knock on ANY bathroom I come too, even when I lived alone in the summer and always lock. It’s just straight up habit.
Oh, the bathroom door at my parent’s house is basically torn off it’s frame from years of a sibling yanking on it, to find that it’s locked.
annie u. says
April 17, 2008 at 9:10 pmShades drawn, door locked and bolted, why close the door ?
But I would say it’s just kinda nice to close the door when using la toilet when there are other people around. I mean it’s not the most noble human activity. Am I being too conservative here????
Buddysnuddys says
April 17, 2008 at 9:26 pmYou know, I just had a similar conversation with my best friend. I asked if she closed the bathroom door in her apartment. She said she closes it “if she needs to concentrate”. Me? I mostly leave it open. I’m a little more ADD. Multi-task.
Buddysnuddys says
April 17, 2008 at 9:26 pmYou know, I just had a similar conversation with my best friend. I asked if she closed the bathroom door in her apartment. She said she closes it “if she needs to concentrate”. Me? I mostly leave it open. I’m a little more ADD. Multi-task.
Surcie says
April 17, 2008 at 9:29 pmWhen I check in with you, I swear I hear Johnny Cash singing “I’ve Been Everywhere.” I want to go on a road trip in the worst way!
Karl says
April 17, 2008 at 9:30 pmHell no, door stays open if I’m by myself. And the hotel room door is locked. Yeah, I check it before I go to the bathroom, don’t you?
Moi says
April 17, 2008 at 9:33 pmDefinitely sometimes.
Mrs.Strizzay says
April 17, 2008 at 9:33 pmDepends on if I am going # 1 or 2. Don’t need to stink the room up.
Momo Fali says
April 17, 2008 at 9:38 pmWhy do you keep calling it a seagull, when it is quite clearly a pteradactyl.
Momo Fali says
April 17, 2008 at 9:39 pm?
Anna says
April 17, 2008 at 9:39 pmI don’t think I’ve ever been in a hotel room all by myself. But I have lived alone for a long time, so I never close the door. And sometimes when I have guests over I forget about that and sit down to pee with the door wide open. Fortunately (in this respect, at least) my bathroom is so small that I can close the door from the toilet.
dgm says
April 17, 2008 at 9:43 pmYour hotel room has a bathroom?
Java says
April 17, 2008 at 9:48 pmNo. I’m a parent. I have no more modesty about these things.
Obviously because seagull is easier to spell than pteradactyl.
Biddy says
April 17, 2008 at 9:57 pmyou’re supposed to close the door? huh??
cj says
April 17, 2008 at 9:59 pmAs soon as I get in the room, the Do Not Disturb sign goes out, the door is bolted, chainlock goes on, drapes are closed. Makes me feel safer that way.
Takin’ a shower – bathroom door is closed,
otherwise it’s open.
amy says
April 17, 2008 at 10:05 pmhell yes, especially when the road signs are full of bullet holes… Motel Hell..o
cj says
April 17, 2008 at 10:10 pmIt’s not a seagull or a flying dinosaur. It’s a UFO following along on Bossy’s Excellent Road Trip. They are recording it for next season’s newest reality show back in their home galaxy.
Tootsie Farklepants says
April 17, 2008 at 10:11 pmWhat is this “hotel room alone” that you speak of? I’m not familiar.
kris says
April 17, 2008 at 10:23 pmi don’t…but i rarely close the bathroom door even when i’m not alone in a hotel room (or anywhere else for that matter)
wendy says
April 17, 2008 at 10:44 pmno, I wouldn’t close the door and most of the time don’t at home, unless It’s #2.
Sorry that’s gross.
Meg says
April 17, 2008 at 10:44 pmI do, most of the time, if only out of the habit of doing so at home to prevent the three year old from coming in to chit-chat during the moments I have left his zone and tried to sneak to the opposite end of our 80-foot long ranch home to have 30 seconds of privacy.
Meg says
April 17, 2008 at 10:45 pmI do, most of the time, if only out of the habit of doing so at home to prevent the three year old from coming in to chit-chat during the moments I have left his zone and tried to sneak to the opposite end of our 80-foot long ranch home to have 30 seconds of privacy.
Mrs. Swizzle says
April 17, 2008 at 11:05 pmFor the most part, no.
BUT a few weeks ago, my husband and I went to NYC. After months of my toddler opening the door every time I’m in the bathroom, my one goal for the trip was to go in and close the door and have it stay closed! It was glorious.
Barb says
April 17, 2008 at 11:06 pmNO….don’t close the door. I am new to your blog but I used to live in the Northwest. I am so sorry you did not go over the pass…breathtaking is all I can say. I now live in the Southeast and miss the mountains.
BOSSY says
April 17, 2008 at 11:07 pmYou are all framing new fears for Bossy, in the form of the Hotel Housekeeper. Bathroom door shut, but ears wide open.
Maggie says
April 17, 2008 at 11:17 pmAll by myself? No, don’t close the door. (But make sure you have the room door closed, bolted, locked, and the DND sign up!)
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
April 17, 2008 at 11:20 pmNo, it is a “see-gull” hovering and snapping pictures of all the men disappearing on this spree.
dlyn says
April 17, 2008 at 11:21 pmMost likely not, though some one brought up the issue of stinking up the bedroom, so in that case, maybe I would close it. Not that my poop stinks of course, cause it doesn’t.
imaginina says
April 17, 2008 at 11:25 pmOnly if I am in a hotel room in Europe where the hotel staff just walk in without knocking. Once I had a room in Germany where the toilet was right next to the shower (which was a clear glass tube) both in the middle of the bedroom. No locks on the door, people just walked in several times. I finished all bathroom duties in record time.
Grandma J says
April 17, 2008 at 11:30 pmYou don’t have to worry about “under the bed”. Hotel beds don’t have an “under”.
colleen says
April 18, 2008 at 12:04 amOnly for number 2.
janelle says
April 18, 2008 at 12:07 amnope, not even at home, unless it’s been a rough day or i’m trying to hide from my three year old
Beverly says
April 18, 2008 at 1:53 amNope.
Whit says
April 18, 2008 at 3:35 amI don’t close it at home, even when I’m not alone. It’s no secret what’s happening in there.
Nathan Davis says
April 18, 2008 at 4:08 amWell, as my first ever comment on the “I Am Bossy” blog, i think this is the best one for me to post on….
and in answer of the question I do NOT close the bathroom door in a hotel room when i’m alone. I dont close it at home unless we have company so why in hotel when im alone
Betsey says
April 18, 2008 at 6:46 amI didn’t, once upon a time…and then there was the time I was using the facilities and for some reason housekeeping decided to come in, yelling ‘Housekeeping’ and vaguely knocking *as they opened the door*. So now I do.
Manic Mommy says
April 18, 2008 at 8:15 amNever. And I walk around naked.
Dara says
April 18, 2008 at 9:34 amIt makes me sad to tell everyone this, but since I have 3 kids, I NEVER CLOSE THE BATHROOM DOOR……ANYWHERE.
I look forward to the day when I can close the door and keep it closed.
Emily R says
April 18, 2008 at 10:09 amI close bathroom stall doors. That’s about it. And that little latchy thingy on the outside door prevents housekeeping and the bad mens out. Even a husband with a key, if you forget and latch out of habit.
mp says
April 18, 2008 at 10:38 amI keep the bathroom door open..so if I have to wee in the middle of the night I am sure to go in the right room..and I don’t have to open my eyes all the way…
As far as the seagull on your pictures..you sure you don’t just have a smudge on the lens?
Heather says
April 18, 2008 at 10:43 amI tried last time we were in a hotel….but the darn door kept opening! I agree, that seagull is stalking you!
Swistle says
April 18, 2008 at 10:53 amOh yes! Because what if the maid came in? Or that REE!-REE!-REE! guy with the knife?
Crazymommy lady says
April 18, 2008 at 11:51 amThe only time I ever close the door is for the husband’s sake (and I have to remember to do it each time). If he’s not home, then there is some small child that I need to be able to see from the throne.
That’s actually one of my favorite things about meeting someone at a restaurant for lunch – I get to go pee all alone!
So, out of habit, NO I wouldn’t close the door.
HeyJoe says
April 18, 2008 at 11:59 amNo. In fact, I like to leave the door to the hallway open as well, just in case I suffer an aneurism or a back spasm and need assistance.
HeyJoe says
April 18, 2008 at 12:02 pmAre you on your way to the Doocery Inn?
Frizzlefry says
April 18, 2008 at 1:02 pmI love Wyoming! I grew up there, and there is just nothing like those rugged mountains. Or the windswept plains. Lots of wind.
smr says
April 18, 2008 at 1:06 pmno, but for some reason i close it when i shower (let’s say to keep the steam in, yep, that’s it!).
PS: have you tried compressed air? the seagull looks like it’s under the lens.
Linda says
April 18, 2008 at 1:12 pmI NEVER NEVER EVER close the bathroom door. I don’t care who is in my house OR in a hotel room … I do NOT close the door. It must be a phobia?? maybe??
Jami says
April 18, 2008 at 1:17 pmHome or hotel, the same: using anything in the bathroom except the shower, door open; in the shower, door closed to keep the warmth in.
But I do lock/bolt/chain the hotel room door whenever I’m in the room.
Karen in Oregon (Submommy) says
April 18, 2008 at 1:54 pmNope, leave it WIDE OPEN so I can hear the tv that has HBO. A treat my hubby we’re too cheap for at home.
magpie says
April 18, 2008 at 2:16 pmOf course not. I don’t even close the bathroom door at home, unless there’s a guest in the next room.
David says
April 18, 2008 at 2:28 pmNope. I don’t close it at home either.
anne marie in philly says
April 18, 2008 at 2:37 pmnope.
not at home either, unless I have guests.
andrea says
April 18, 2008 at 3:30 pmNope and I don’t usually at home either.
Kathleen says
April 18, 2008 at 4:21 pmnope!
whall says
April 18, 2008 at 5:57 pmYup.
Phil says
April 18, 2008 at 11:48 pmThe hotels I stay in, with their less-than-capacious bathrooms, you HAVE to close the door just to be able to sit on, or stand in front of, the toilet.
Cheri says
April 19, 2008 at 3:54 amI’d only close the door if the room service guy was there — unless he was hawt.
Christine says
April 19, 2008 at 11:25 amAbsolutely not. 24/7/365 I have a husband, 2 kids, a dog and a cat. If in some alternate reality, I have a hotel room all to myself, I relish every square inch of aloneness. Is that a word? It is now. =) Really enjoying your road trip, by the way.
markira says
April 19, 2008 at 8:05 pmClose and lock bathroom door, always, whether at home alone, at home with people present, or away at hotel.
I have privacy issues. And peeping people issues. And hell, just issues. mk
psychophant says
April 20, 2008 at 5:55 pmWhen my daughter was 2 she used to follow me around the house like she was on a leash attached to my ankles. Once I headed for the bathroom to make necessary changes for that monthly occurrence. I didn’t want to freak her out with the sight of all that “red” so I told her to stay in the hall because “I needed some privacy”. Right in the middle of tinkling she walks in, looks down at my underwear and asks “Is that you quivacy?”. I never bothered to close the door after that lesson in futility.
Mama Bear says
April 20, 2008 at 9:02 pmYes, I close the door. Especially when they have a mirror mounted on the other side. I really don’t want to watch myself in that awkward position.
If I didn’t close the door, it would be my luck that housekeeping would pick that moment to deliver fresh towels or turn down the bed. Hmmm.
Scout's Honor says
April 25, 2008 at 1:36 pmHa!
When I am home with a house full of family, I don’t even close the door.
After years of not being able to for fear of toddler tears, I’ve gotten into the habit. Besides, the incessant knocking when I do close the door is ridiculous.
So yes, my eleven year old son has conversations with me on my “throne.”
… And, err, I’m blogging from there now.