Boys peeing in locker rooms and shower houses?

[beachmom5]

       There's an outdoor pool at our apartment complex which has a mens and womens shower/dressing cabin as you enter. There are no restrooms in them, but there is a portable toilet outside closer to the playground. Last year I noticed the boys running into the shower cabin frequently, but assumed they were just warming up in the shower. I later came to realize they were running in there to pee! Now I'll confess that like most women, I'll pee in the shower at home, but I was a bit uneasy about them doing it in a group public shower, as I assumed someone would say something about it.

       I brought up the subject with a couple other moms whom have boys down there saying, "I've heard that some of the boys are peeing in the showers," and was quite surprised to hear that not only did they openly admit that their boys do so, but they don't see a problem with it. The mom of my sons best freind has an older boy in High School and she commented, "oh, eventually they're gonna pick it up  when they get to middle school anyway, I understand that nearly all of them pee in the showers after gym."  

       A friend of ours is a football coach and I very delicately brought up the subject with him. "I friend told me that some boys pee in the showers at school," I asked, "what would happen to them if they were to get caught?"

I was again very surprised to hear him say, "well they don't have much time to change, much less run to the restroom, so I imagine that most of the boys do it in the showers, there's no harm in it."

      What's your thoughts, do your boys do so? Does it concern you at all?   

[mamarhu]

No big deal in my book. I am not quite clear on why this is seen as a boy thing. Is it just more visible than trickling down a girl's leg? Is your concern over hygiene or modesty? It surely beats peeing in the pool!

[One_Girl]

I misread the option and voted for the second one. I don't have a boy but I do think that is nasty and my brother and I rarely did this because it leaves a stench and my mother would flip out each time.

[beachmom5]

Well, being that I often pee in the shower at home, it's not really a concern of hygine, urine is sterile anyway. I guess my concern is that as you said, it would be very visible for boys to do so in a public shower and I was concerned that an adult man or coach would someday notice him doing so and take issue with them. Do you suppose this would be offencive to other guys? And yes, as you say it's certainly better than them peeing in the pool and probably more sanitary than using a porti potty. I'll confess that I don't want to have to run him home, so I'm tempted to let this continue if no one's likely to object.  

[mamazee]

Once upon a time I had this conversation with my husband. He tells me all boys and men pee in the shower. I don't know if he's right about "all", but it must be pretty common. I was shocked and had no idea. I guess if it's that common, it must not be a big deal. Pee is, as another poster said, pretty sterile, and it goes down a drain regardless, and is washed away by water regardless.

[mtiger]

I suspect the adult men/coaches do it as well. Don;t see the big deal, to be honest...
 

[AAK]

All I could think of when I read the poll title was of that Seinfeld episode when George pees in the gym shower. . . 

[dontVaccinateMe]

its all natural, we should all pee in the garden the way nature intended, its good for the garden anyway

[blessedwithboys]

Well, I PITS daily but that's different than using the shower as a toilet.  At least if you do it while showering, there's soap and water to sort of wash it down.  I can imagine that a string of boys pissing in a dry shower stall would stink after a while, not to mention how gross it would be for the poor soul who has to step in there to actually take a shower!

So, IMHO, PITS is no big deal but using a shower stall as a toilet is disgusting.  :)

[studentDr]

mm yeah, gross

peeing in the shower when it canbe washed down the drain is ok. but boys and men don't wash it down they just pee and leave it. that's why men's toilets really stink

I live up the road dfrom the beach, there is a pub at the beach, and at the end of the day theguys all walk up past my place and go behind my place to pee on the wall of my flat they even stop their cars if they are working in the area to get out and have a pee. its disgusting rent is too expensive over here to move.

[studentDr]

oh there is a re

Originally Posted by mamarhu 

No big deal in my book. I am not quite clear on why this is seen as a boy thing. Is it just more visible than trickling down a girl's leg? Is your concern over hygiene or modesty? It surely beats peeing in the pool!

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oh there is a very funny song called "please don't pee in the pool, it's not cool" it's up on utube

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=utube+please+dont+pee+in+the+pool&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

[beachmom5]

Originally Posted by AAK 

All I could think of when I read the poll title was of that Seinfeld episode when George pees in the gym shower. . . 

Yeah, I thought of that too! I recall George being laughed at and made fun of, I didn't want the boys to be in that situation.

Originally Posted by studentDr 

mm yeah, gross
peeing in the shower when it canbe washed down the drain is ok. but boys and men don't wash it down they just pee and leave it. that's why men's toilets really stink
I live up the road dfrom the beach, there is a pub at the beach, and at the end of the day theguys all walk up past my place and go behind my place to pee on the wall of my flat they even stop their cars if they are working in the area to get out and have a pee. its disgusting rent is too expensive over here to move.

It hadn't considered that they were just peeing there without the shower on!  Women can't see or even know what they're doing, but I didn't want a man to call them out on it. Like you say though, I've seen many a grown man do worse.

Originally Posted by mtiger 

I suspect the adult men/coaches do it as well. Don;t see the big deal, to be honest...
 

The more I think about it, I suspect many of them do as well, but I'm still a bit concerned the boys might someday be in trouble for it.

Anyone else have any knowledge of boys or guys doing this or ever getting in trouble for doing so?  Give us some votes please,  thanks.