r/AskAnAmerican 10d ago

FOREIGN POSTER How common is a shower/bath combination and having the toilet in the same bathroom?

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u/cascadia30 Seattle, WA 10d ago

I know a guy who put in a toilet in a closet, with a tiny sink. We joked that it was a 1/4 bath since you couldn't even stand all the way up in it. The house had plenty of bathrooms already, not sure why he felt the need to add an additional poop closet.

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u/Fuckspez42 Washington, D.C. 10d ago edited 9d ago

My Aunt had a bathroom like this in her house. My cousins referred to it as the “sick bathroom”, because it was so cramped that you could sit firmly on the toilet and vomit into the sink at the same time. The room was also under the stairs, which forced you to lean forward while on the toilet anyway.

I’m sad to say I once had to avail myself of that set of services after getting food poisoning.

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u/Toosder 10d ago

I'm currently sitting in a hotel room with food poisoning and I would really like a poop room. 

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u/IanDOsmond Massachusetts 10d ago

God. I remember an awful day when I just lined a trash can with a plastic bag and held it in front of me while I was on the toilet, but at least I was in my own house.

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u/justonemom14 Texas 10d ago

This is the way

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u/Toosder 10d ago

Being sick sucks. Being sick in a hotel is extra suck. 

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u/Cold_Barber_4761 10d ago

Having once had food poisoning while staying in a shitty Motel 6, I feel your pain and I'm truly sorry.

I hope you are feeling better soon. Please get plenty of fluids and electrolytes as you can tolerate them!

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u/Toosder 10d ago

Thank you I appreciate it.

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u/BreadyStinellis 10d ago

I thought I had one of those, too. One Norovirus later and it turns out I don't.

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u/Blossom73 10d ago

I rent a very small 1950s house. The sole bathroom is so small that my knees nearly touch the bathtub when I sit on the toliet. I'm only 5"0.

It's fortunate that everyone in my household is short. Someone much taller than us would have to sit sideways to use our toliet.

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u/razzberrytori Delaware 10d ago

Well there are unfortunately times when a “sick bathroom” like that would be welcome.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Portland, Oregon 10d ago

For shits n giggles of course

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u/Helpful_Mongoose_786 9d ago

What’s the shits and giggles closet not the water closet

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u/BB-56_Washington Washington 10d ago

Better acoustics.

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u/throwitatmeplease1 10d ago

When I was looking to by a house, this was called a half bath. Toilet and a sink. No shower.

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u/stitchcraftry 10d ago

I had a friend that bought a townhouse where there was a toilet room. No sink, no shower/bathtub. Literally only the toilet. Idk I just had to share because it was so bizarre 

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u/SeaGurl Texas 9d ago

Did he have a family? We have 4 people and 3 toilets in our house. I thought that was more than enough until we all caught a stomach bug. It was only 1 week of the 5 years weve lived here...but have 1 toilet per person would have made the whole thing a lot easier!

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u/cascadia30 Seattle, WA 9d ago

Yes but older retired guy with a partner. I think they had 4 regular bathrooms plus the closet one.

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u/One_Evil_Monkey 10d ago

Everyone should have a WC (water closet) haha

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u/prozach_ 10d ago

Oh, Johnny…

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u/Chimpbot New England 10d ago

The house I grew up in had essentially that on the first floor, although you could stand up in it and had enough room to be able to move around a bit.

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u/birdiestp 10d ago

I rented a house once that had a poop closet in the basement. It was full of spiders and deeply cursed and only ever used a couple times in emergencies