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The boot camp washroom

posted 9 years ago by stu_w
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That was hilarious seeing those toilet seats all in a row with no cubicles around them. Reminded me of the washrooms in jail while I was serving 9 months. Army is almost like jail, I guess you could say though not as physically demanding. Sure, doing "my business" on the can was an open affair, but the thing is, you can see others doing their "business" as well. It was all a mutual thing. No shame intended.

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[–] dubyahsrobotminion 8 years ago

They have stalls now.

It didn't use to be an issue of privacy. Privacy didn't matter, it was all about practicality. The idea was to spend less money on unnecessary creature comforts. Added benefits to the recruits that were unintentional, less square footage to clean. Its much easier and more manageable to clean the heads without stalls. Its also easier to acquire accountability. You can see that so and so is not making a mess. So azzhole in a stall will always make a mess, clog a shvtter, wipe shvt on the stall walls and so on. No stalls means none of that garbage.

You're taking a dump and they call GQ do you pinch it off or finish your business?

[–] delriosong 7 years ago

Yes you put the toilets closer together and reduce overall square footage of the building. That saves a lot. Multiply that by every building you have to have a latrine in.

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[–] BigRich 8 years ago

They had stalls, but no doors, but back then, yeah, that's how they rolled.

Imagine this, after drill, class, breakfast/lunch, etc. and they allow you to make a head-call, you had to go 3 or 4 to a urinal. Definitely not for the pee-shy. I forgot how much time we had, but it couldn't have been more than 3 minutes.

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