Special Snowflake Stories

[Rohanna]

Am I alone in finding the thought of unexpectedly walking in on someone in a public or work restroom in their skivvies to be...weird? I'm not particularly prudish, but I don't need to know what colour panties my boss wore to work.

[mmswm]

I might be alone in being completely nonplussed about seeing anybody in their skivies.  After three high risk pregnancies with a team of 9 attendings of various specialties and what seemed like hundreds of residents and interns coming in to discuss my girl parts, I sort of lost any sense of modesty. Add to that the fact that most underpinnings show far less than the typical bikini, and I just don't see where it's a big deal.  Then again, I might be the weird one.

[snowdragon]

Am I alone in finding the thought of unexpectedly walking in on someone in a public or work restroom in their skivvies to be...weird? I'm not particularly prudish, but I don't need to know what colour panties my boss wore to work.

no you're not.  I would be extremely uncomfortable with it.

[Amava]

I'm only up to page 55 on this thread, and I'm obsessively trying to catch up.  I figure I'll get up there in a year or two.  I'm at the point where there are several posts about people going too slow on the highway and impeding traffic, which reminded me of a post I had read years ago, and was in my favorites folder. 

It took about 15 minutes to slog through all the dead links (I really need to clean out that favorites folder), but I found it.

http://researchgrrrl.livejournal.com/60084.html

My question is, does Kimberley go straight to e*hell?  Was this rude?

Rude? More like "completely stupid and too immature to have a driver's license".

[MariaE]

I might be alone in being completely nonplussed about seeing anybody in their skivies.  After three high risk pregnancies with a team of 9 attendings of various specialties and what seemed like hundreds of residents and interns coming in to discuss my girl parts, I sort of lost any sense of modesty. Add to that the fact that most underpinnings show far less than the typical bikini, and I just don't see where it's a big deal.  Then again, I might be the weird one.

Nope, not alone and not weird. I'd be completely nonplussed as well, and I've had no pregnancies and no specialists or residents/interns coming in to discuss my girl parts. It's underwear, it's temporary, it's for an understandable purpose. I've got absolutely no problems with it.

[Ceallach]

Am I alone in finding the thought of unexpectedly walking in on someone in a public or work restroom in their skivvies to be...weird? I'm not particularly prudish, but I don't need to know what colour panties my boss wore to work.

I'm not a modest person - stripping off for appropriate reasons and in appropriate settings is fine by me.   But I agree with you, I do not want to see my coworkers in their underwear and would consider it very inappropriate for them to change in the public bathroom area.  It's an office restroom, not a restroom at the beach or gym.

I would expect a stall to be used for that purpose.  If the restroom is so busy that all stalls are occupied then the person changing would be equally underfoot changing outside a stall as in one - I have never worked in an office with enough space for somebody to stand in the middle changing without blocking the sinks or doors!

I do agree that using a toilet stall as a changing room would be inappropriate if the toilet is busy, they should wait or go elsewhere.

[TurtleDove]

I once changed clothing in a restroom stall at O'hare.  It was acceptable only because the restroom was quite large and nearly empty.  There was immediate seating available the whole time I was in the stall.

I once pumped in a restroom (not a stall, at the counter by the sinks) during a layover at O'Hare.  I needed a plug in and I asked security what my options were.  It was in the bathroom or in the hallway.  I did my best to be discreet, but anyone who has nursed a child and is away from that child knows that when you have to pump, you have to pump. I was surprised there wasn't a better option - it's not that odd for a woman to need to pump while traveling (I was on a business trip).

[onyonryngs]

I might be alone in being completely nonplussed about seeing anybody in their skivies.  After three high risk pregnancies with a team of 9 attendings of various specialties and what seemed like hundreds of residents and interns coming in to discuss my girl parts, I sort of lost any sense of modesty. Add to that the fact that most underpinnings show far less than the typical bikini, and I just don't see where it's a big deal.  Then again, I might be the weird one.

Nope, not alone and not weird. I'd be completely nonplussed as well, and I've had no pregnancies and no specialists or residents/interns coming in to discuss my girl parts. It's underwear, it's temporary, it's for an understandable purpose. I've got absolutely no problems with it.

I think this is a bit confusing, because in the first line you're saying that you're nonplussed/confused about seeing someone in their skivies, but then go on to explain that you're really have no problem seeing someone.

[MariaE]

I might be alone in being completely nonplussed about seeing anybody in their skivies.  After three high risk pregnancies with a team of 9 attendings of various specialties and what seemed like hundreds of residents and interns coming in to discuss my girl parts, I sort of lost any sense of modesty. Add to that the fact that most underpinnings show far less than the typical bikini, and I just don't see where it's a big deal.  Then again, I might be the weird one.

Nope, not alone and not weird. I'd be completely nonplussed as well, and I've had no pregnancies and no specialists or residents/interns coming in to discuss my girl parts. It's underwear, it's temporary, it's for an understandable purpose. I've got absolutely no problems with it.

I think this is a bit confusing, because in the first line you're saying that you're nonplussed/confused about seeing someone in their skivies, but then go on to explain that you're really have no problem seeing someone.

Sorry, English isn't my first language. I took mmswm's post as that she would be completely fine with seeing people change, and I wanted to agree with that. Like she wrote, "I just don't see where it's a big deal"

[onyonryngs]

I might be alone in being completely nonplussed about seeing anybody in their skivies.  After three high risk pregnancies with a team of 9 attendings of various specialties and what seemed like hundreds of residents and interns coming in to discuss my girl parts, I sort of lost any sense of modesty. Add to that the fact that most underpinnings show far less than the typical bikini, and I just don't see where it's a big deal.  Then again, I might be the weird one.

Nope, not alone and not weird. I'd be completely nonplussed as well, and I've had no pregnancies and no specialists or residents/interns coming in to discuss my girl parts. It's underwear, it's temporary, it's for an understandable purpose. I've got absolutely no problems with it.

I think this is a bit confusing, because in the first line you're saying that you're nonplussed/confused about seeing someone in their skivies, but then go on to explain that you're really have no problem seeing someone.

Sorry, English isn't my first language. I took mmswm's post as that she would be completely fine with seeing people change, and I wanted to agree with that. Like she wrote, "I just don't see where it's a big deal"

Yeah, I should've quoted mmswm's post first!  "Nonplussed" means confused so that had me a bit confused

[TurtleDove]

Yeah, I should've quoted mmswm's post first!  "Nonplussed" means confused so that had me a bit confused

It also means unperturbed.  I took mmswm to mean unperturbed. 

[Cat-Fu]

Yeah, I should've quoted mmswm's post first!  "Nonplussed" means confused so that had me a bit confused

It also means unperturbed.  I took mmswm to mean unperturbed.

Nonplussed is often used incorrectly to mean unperturbed, but most dictionaries won't budge and change the meaning to match how people have a tendency to use it.

On topic, there are quite a few special snowflakes on my street—they've been leaving their chairs/traffic cones/random furniture in the spots they dug out. This is legal for 48 hours after a snow emergency, but they keep claiming those spots even though most of the snow has melted... (and for reference, no, I am not in Southie ) It's public parking; you really can't claim it for yourself! (As much as I wish I could!)

[onyonryngs]

Yeah, I should've quoted mmswm's post first!  "Nonplussed" means confused so that had me a bit confused

It also means unperturbed.  I took mmswm to mean unperturbed.

Hum...  Perturbed means state of confusion so it seems that unperturbed would be the complete opposite of nonplussed.  Which is also confusing.

[mmswm]

I might be alone in being completely nonplussed about seeing anybody in their skivies.  After three high risk pregnancies with a team of 9 attendings of various specialties and what seemed like hundreds of residents and interns coming in to discuss my girl parts, I sort of lost any sense of modesty. Add to that the fact that most underpinnings show far less than the typical bikini, and I just don't see where it's a big deal.  Then again, I might be the weird one.

Nope, not alone and not weird. I'd be completely nonplussed as well, and I've had no pregnancies and no specialists or residents/interns coming in to discuss my girl parts. It's underwear, it's temporary, it's for an understandable purpose. I've got absolutely no problems with it.

I think this is a bit confusing, because in the first line you're saying that you're nonplussed/confused about seeing someone in their skivies, but then go on to explain that you're really have no problem seeing someone.

Autocorrect got me.  My apologies.  I meant to type Non-Pulsed.  Those are two completely different words/phrases.

[ladyknight1]

Am I alone in finding the thought of unexpectedly walking in on someone in a public or work restroom in their skivvies to be...weird? I'm not particularly prudish, but I don't need to know what colour panties my boss wore to work.

It happens at my workplace often. I just avert my gaze.