<p>Yeah not the most eloquent question but there have been more weirder questions down here :)
Do you guys have dorms with bathrooms down the farther end on your floor? If so, is it scary to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night or early mornings?
Or you all just stay in your rooms until morning.
(p.s. no one is permitted to laugh at this thread!)</p>
<p>Scary in what way? No I don't think it's scary.</p>
<p>yeah, when mommy isn't there to hold my hand when im trying to go to the bathroom at night it gets scary for me, don't worry you aren't the only one.</p>
<p>^ ha ha.
Nah, I was just wondering how weird it will be walking in the middle of the night couple of times across empty halls just go to the bathroom. I also thought will it disturb my room mate who is asleep when I open and close the room door to go to the bathroom?</p>
<p>How would it be weird? Everyone has to do it.</p>
<p>It's alot more weird to wake up in the Laundry room and have to walk back to your room when everyone is getting up to go brush. Now that is embarrassing.</p>
<p>thats not weird</p>
<p>whats weird is having the janitor give(force) you a hug before each break and trying to hook you up with her daughter...</p>
<p>(not kidding, btw) ;)</p>
<p>Scary? Wouldn't it be less scary since theres probably nobody out there at those times? They leave the lights on in the hall at night you know.</p>
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<p>Open it softly and don't let it slam shut when you walk out. Hold onto the door and keep the knob turned so it doesn't do the loud KA-CHUNK-CLICK sound that every sleeping roommate hates.</p>
<p>Just go to the bathroom right before you go to bed and if you still have to got then try to be quiet.</p>
<p>hahahh.. sorry i have to laugh at this question. the only way you can tell the difference between night and day in my hallway is by the window allllll the way at the end. so no, not scary at all. blinding bright lights are always on. your dorm is your home, are you scared to leave your bedroom to go to the bathroom at night?</p>
<p>for the roommate thing just try to open and close the door softly. depending on how deep a sleeper someone is they probably will stay asleep. hearing the door open and close is honestly one of the last things you should worry about when thinking about noise issues with your roommate. it happens, just try to be a considerate and it wont be a problem. now if you decided to take out your trash/rustle around in bags and bang your drawers shut at early hours in hte morning/night THAT would be a problem.</p>
<p>I went to UCONN and often on Thursday-Sunday Night if you went out into the hall to go the bathroom you risked being insulted and harassed by drunk idiots. I had to listen by my door to see if any of them were out there. There was no way to just innocently pass by them.</p>
<p>What do you mean by "scary?" Are you concerned that you might encounter an intruder in your dorm? If so, pay attention to safety protocol at orientation and observe whether it is enforced. That said, it is very unlikely for an assault to take place in a dorm hallway. If you are subjected to an assault, scream "help, fire" repeatedly and you will have many doors open...not the best scenario for a would be rapist, especially if it is a coed floor.</p>
<p>Speak to your roommate about her concerns regarding keeping the door locked during your sojourns to the bathroom. While the dorm may be safe from outsiders, if you live in a coed dorm, leaving the door unlocked while your roommate is sleeping may be tempting to an inebriated wishful suitor. </p>
<p>Do you usually need to get up a couple of times a night to use the loo? If so, try cutting down on drinking fluids late at night, especially diuretics such as alcohol and caffeinated soft drinks. </p>
<p>Another choice would be to try to get into a dorm that has bathrooms within suites or shared by one other double. That would eliminate the need to leave the suite.</p>
<p>Kinda embarrassing question I know, but I am glad I am anonymous down here :)</p>
<p>well in my experience you know everyone in your hall and the hallway lights are always on, so it's not scary at all. it's kind of like living in a one-bathroom house, only with your friends instead of your family.</p>
<p>this is why im glad i will have a private bathroom in my dorm bedroom</p>
<p>It's completely safe. Just make sure to use the buddy rule. Sleeping roomates love it when you drag them down the hall to the bathroom.</p>
<p>You'll probably run into other people doing the same. Lots of college students stay up very late talking or studying.</p>
<p>I don’t blame you for being concerned about this. The dorm bathroom was something I didn’t even think about--or think to ask questions about--while I was preparing to go to college. As a result, the initial weirdness came as a real shock. So, it’s good that you are addressing this issue now rather than later.</p>
<p>I am an only child (as were both my parents). Personal modesty was a cultural expectation in my family. My parents and I didn’t walk around the house scantily dressed, and we wore bathrobes even in the hottest weather. Until I entered college as a first-generation college student and dorm resident, I had never been seen in my bathrobe by anyone other than my parents, grandparents, and a handful of visiting out-of-town relatives. Moreover, I had never used a communal bathroom while dressed in anything other than street clothes. </p>
<p>Dorm life was decidedly weird for me at first. I was shocked to see dorm residents walking to and from the bathroom wearing bathrobes, bedclothes, underwear, or just a towel. (Nobody walked around nude, but then, this was 1971--a somewhat more modest time.) Late at night, I wasn’t afraid to use the bathroom, but I was afraid to be seen walking to and from the bathroom in my bathrobe. So, I would get fully dressed in street clothes before leaving my room--even if it was the middle of the night! I finally started sleeping in my street clothes to avoid having to repeatedly change my clothes every time I had to use the bathroom. (My roommate knew the reason I was doing this, and fortunately, agreed to tell no one.) For almost two weeks, I slept in my street clothes every night. Then, one night, I ran into one of my bathrobe-clad dormmates in the bathroom at about 4:00 AM. My dormmate (whom I had already encountered in the bathroom late at night a number of previous times) looked at me and said, “Don’t you ever sleep?” I decided that before I acquired the reputation of being “the weirdo who never sleeps,” I had better get used to being seen in my bathrobe. I started forcing myself to walk to and from the bathroom in my bathrobe, and after I realized that nobody noticed (or cared), I gradually got over my embarrassment.</p>
<p>A few words about late night dorm bathroom safety:</p>
<p>1) Know and follow your dorm’s safety rules and regulations to the letter.</p>
<p>2) Familiarize yourself with the bathroom’s security features (my dorm bathrooms had a pull cord-activated emergency alarm system) and know how to use them.</p>
<p>3) Carry an emergency whistle on your keyring, around your neck, or in your pocket. </p>
<p>4) Check the hallway before leaving your room. If you see or hear anything suspicious, or if there are people present you know will harass you (as described by GregoryMitchell in Post #11) get dressed in your street clothes before leaving your room. If necessary, use the bathroom on another floor, and if that’s not possible, find someone to either meet you at or accompany you to the bathroom. </p>
<p>5) Lock your door when you leave your dorm room (never allow your roommate to sleep behind an unlocked door), and make sure you have your key/cardkey so that you can get back in your room.</p>
<p>6) Open the bathroom door and listen carefully to hear if anyone else is in the bathroom before walking in and closing the bathroom door behind you. If it sounds as though you will be in the bathroom alone, walk in and take a quick look around the bathroom tub, shower, and toilet stalls to make sure no one is lurking. If you find someone lurking (obviously not in the bathroom to use the bathroom) in a stall, get out of the bathroom as fast as possible and call for help.</p>
<p>7) If you see a person in the bathroom you don’t recognize, trust your gut. During your first few weeks at school, most people you encounter in your dorm bathroom will be unfamiliar to you, even though they "belong." Regardless, if you see an unfamiliar person in the bathroom, and if your gut tells you to be wary of that person, then don’t go into the bathroom. Instead, go back to your room, watch carefully, and wait for the other person to leave. Check the bathroom again in about fifteen minutes. If the person you saw before is still there, and is doing nothing (lurking), then go back to your room and call security.</p>
<p>8) If the bathroom is on the ground floor and has a window positioned low to the ground, close and lock the window before using the bathroom. Leave the window closed and locked. </p>
<p>9) Be quick. Use the toilet, brush your teeth, wash your face, and that’s it. A dorm bathroom is no place to be lingering late at night, especially if you are in there alone or with a stranger.</p>
<p>10) Never shower or bathe very late at night (between 1:00 AM and 6:00 AM), because the sound of running water will mask the sound of people entering and leaving the bathroom, and because a tub/shower stall can become a trap. Also, if you should slip/trip and fall, and get knocked unconscious or otherwise seriously injured, it could be hours before anyone finds you. (A person who graduated from my high school a year before me died freshman year in such a middle-of-the-night dorm shower accident.)</p>
<p>As other people have replied, dorm bathrooms are generally safe. tw14’s advice is excellent. You will become accustomed to using your dorm bathroom regardless of the hour, but late at night (and very early in the morning), it pays to continue being cautious, even after using the dorm bathroom has become routine for you. If you use common sense, you will be less likely to experience a late night/early morning dorm bathroom problem.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>
<p>^ok... is that some elaborate joke or what? you've got to be kidding me.</p>
<p>I think that sharing a bathroom with a lot of people is scary.</p>