Blokes, please stop this disgusting dunny habit!

Every time Phil Brown goes into the men’s toilets - he observes a disgusting toilet habit. And he wants it to stop.

I’m thinking of putting a sign up in the men’s room: NO TALKING ON YOUR PHONE WHILE SITTING ON THE DUNNY. That should be self-evident right! Apparently it’s not.

When it comes to phone etiquette, answering your phone in the rest room or making a call from there should be an absolute no-no. I’m not one for toilet talk usually so excuse me for even bringing it up, but I was gobsmacked the other day when I went to powder my nose (euphemism) and behind a cubicle door I could hear someone having a long conversation on their phone and I thought ... EEW! I mean that’s not on.

Phones have no place in the toilet.

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It’s not the first time I’ve experienced this. I was in the city one day when I nipped into my loo of choice and some guy answered his phone and began a quite animated phone call, even shouting at the person on the other end of the phone.

“Keep the noise down dude,” I said, under my breath.

It’s just wrong. I mean, I know sometimes the phone is going to ring when you’re in there, man or woman, but you just don’t answer. Whoever is calling can wait a minute or two.

And what do people who answer their phones on the crapper say when asked “What are you up to?” I have a friend who, when he rings, asks: “How are you and where are you?” I’d never want to say “On the thunderbox”. That’d be bad manners.

Phil Brown.

I don’t know, maybe this is a guy thing. I obviously wouldn’t know what goes on in the ladies, never having been in one. Actually, scratch that, I did go to the ladies once at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. It was a mistake, of course. The loo had no entry door and I just breezed in and looked around for the urinals and wondered why I couldn’t see them. Oops! I got out of there pronto fearing I might be apprehended by security. It wasn’t long enough to ascertain if anyone was talking on their mobile.

Anyway, I think there should be a little sign on the wall ... a mobile with a cross through it. Although you shouldn’t need a sign to tell you the bleeding obvious.