The toilet paper roll is empty and you noticed too late. What do you do?

If I'm at home, I retrieve a spare roll from the cabinet under the bathroom sink, which happens to be right next to the toilet. That's where I store the toilet paper. If I'm away from home, it depends on whether I'm in a bathroom with multiple stalls or whether I'm in a bathroom with only one stall. If it's multiple stalls and there is someone else in the bathroom, I ask them to pass me some toilet paper. If no one else is there, I use Kleenex from my purse, which is also what I'd use if I was in a single stall bathroom outside my home.

Depends on where I am... if I'm at home, I just reach down beside me for a new roll. If I'm in a public restroom, and someone is in the stall next to me, I just speak up and ask for some. If I'm alone in the public bathroom, then I use the 'butt gasket' toilet seat covers that are usually present. If all else fails, I will hike up the pants most of the way and make a dash to another stall.

I have toilet paper in a cabinet beside the toilet. When I go in public restrooms, I always check the stall for toilet paper first.

At home there are always at least two rolls of tp on the back of the toilet, right next to the box of facial tissue. We never run out of tp at home as I buy a multipack as soon as we're down to the last four rolls of tp.
In public restrooms, I use facial tissue if I notice the roll is empty. However, this rarely happens as I tend to check the available stalls and make certain that there is tp before using a stall. Most of the public restrooms around here use those gigantic rolls that rarely run out anyway. At work there is usually an extra roll on the back of the toilet.

We never run out.

I reach into the cabinet for another roll.

There's usually a fresh roll on this little shelf thing behind the toilet, so I just reach for it. If there's not, then I yell for someone to bring me a roll out of the other bathroom. If I'm in a public restroom, I'll ask someone in a neighboring stall to hand me some toilet paper. One time, I was in a gas station bathroom (nasty places) and there was no toilet paper. This is when those old Wal-Mart receipts in my purse came in handy.

I scream for someone to bring me a fresh roll.

I reach behind me for the spare.

> There's usually a fresh roll on this little shelf thing behind the
> toilet, so I just reach for it. If there's not, then I yell for someone
> to bring me a roll out of the other bathroom. If I'm in a public restroom,
> I'll ask someone in a neighboring stall to hand me some toilet paper.
> One time, I was in a gas station bathroom (nasty places) and there
> was no toilet paper. This is when those old Wal-Mart receipts in my
> purse came in handy.


Your so bad!! I love it!

If there is no spare, I waddle walk.

OOOOooohhh, that was you...

Isn't it always, the one time you don't check, the roll is empty?

How come everyone answered away from home too, was there extra credit I didn't know about?

Yes, public restrooms I always check for toilet paper first too.
At home there are usually some under the sink or in the cabinet, but I ALWAYS have facial tissue in the bathrooms so sometimes I'll use that.

I scream obscenities…., then I reach in the cabinet and get a new roll.

Call for the dog?

Yeah, that has happened before. That's why I always double check, I hate to drip dry .

if there was extra credit I didn't know about it. Public restrooms was actually the first thing I thought of.

I'm assuming that I'm at home. Hopefully there is a spare, but that is not always the case. I would next try to call for someone to bring me another roll (although I would not call for Mariz, our helper----just too weird). If that fails and only James is around, I would waddle out for another roll (the package of tp is under my desk in my bedroom along with diapers for James). The other option would be to use baby wipes which are kept outside of the forward bathroom near our washer/dryer. If I was in the bathroom that's in my bedroom, I would be able to grab toilet paper from under the desk. If we're out of toilet paper, I'd use Kleenex. We're never out of ALL paper products fortunately.

I've had a couple of bad experiences with public restrooms. That's why I started checking for the paper first, and I always make sure there is enough . I would just hate to ask someone for t.p. while I'm sitting on the toilet. I don't know why , guess it's just me .

If i'm at home then i will take a shower, if i'm out on the road then i usually check for T.P first at rest stops and i always carry a spare roll with me in my toiletry case

Check your email, woman! I emailed you back this morning, or it might have been yesterday. My days are running together lately.

Hey, I meant to wish you good luck on your test. I bet you're tired of those rest stops.

Thanks, i have to retake my Haz Mat test and re-endorse my doubles and triples along with Haz Mat and regularTankers for endorsement, my company required it but they never told me to get them when i started training a while back, so now they are sending me to school to get Haz Mat again, doubles and tankers, rest stops are ok as long as their is things there, it is worse to sleep in the truck when it is cold, when i stop at a rest stop or truck stop and it is cold i go sleep in a chair in a restraunt, rather than let the truck idle while i sleep, since i transport Haz Mat items most of the time i cant leave the truck running when i'm parked or farther than 10 feet away and i wont sleep in a truck with no heater, since i cannot smoke within 25 feet of Haz Mat i get an excuse not to stay in it and leave

There is actually a battle at my house when one of us forgets to replace an empty roll.

I have extras below me!!!

Chris, my husband, only hauled coal. You be careful hauling that stuff. Chris had a L900 Kenworth with a 64 inch bunk . Then he got a 2002 Western Star with a 72 inch bunk, emerald green, it was nice. That's the one I slept in when I rode with him. I know what you mean about it being cold, that sucks. So I just started going with him more when it got warmer.

I started making sure t.p. is always on hand at the house. One time we were out, no tissues or anything. My friend was on the toilet stuck without anything, luckily there's a store just a minute away from the house. Here I am rushing to get there and back. It was funny. Now I make sure there's paper towels or anything just in case.

Haz Mat sucks if i ever get into a wreck i will probablly get out and run away there was one guy here at CRST that hauled Haz Mat and he was waiting for a stupid idiot forklift driver to load the last barrel into the truck and the guy dropped it and it leaked out from the trailer door when he was shutting it and it melted his pants into his leg, ouch, idiots can't tell the driver that the barrel leaked because they did not want to get written up for dropping the barrel, so they left it and it leaked out into the door and got on his pants

We're good about keeping a good stock of spares near every toilet.

OMG. That's messed up.

Yep, poor guy, he just had burns on his leg, it was a caustic acid used for cleaning something, he still drives, in this business only $$$ comes in when it's rolling, so we drive when we are sick too, the other day i had a sore throat and fever and chills and i was still rolling, luckily i was only bob tailing then and waiting for another guy to drop off a trailer, paid a lumper $70 to unload his pallets so i could sleep, i was miserable waiting at a Pelco warehouse in Fresno California for 36 hours, why i get sick of this job, my parents live there but i could not leave because i did not know how long it would take to switch trailers, i coul have called in sick but the only relief driver that knows my route was on vacation and i didn't want to disturb him on his honeymoon to drive 600 miles and wait

Did you like my full white moon?

My hubby drives trains... they just found out that all engineers and conductors are going to have to be HazMat certified, and they have to go to class for this. Why they don't get certified during their initial training, is beyond me... especially with some of the crap they haul. Sometimes they'll have tanker cars full of hydrochloric acid. That is some bad stuff! Every once in a blue moon they even haul radioactive waste. They call it a 'glow train'.

Toilet paper is for drying of the @$$. I used "Wet Ones".

> If all else fails, I will hike up the pants
> most of the way and make a dash to another stall.

That is what I wanted to hear!

This is CONSTANTLY happening in our home! We always yell to each other to get another roll and it's become quite the joke. I have had to waddle-walk if no one else is home when it happens...

Bill is that you or Maurice Gibb!!!???

Hey how's it going? So he has to be Haz-Mat certified, if i know it correctly, atleast for rigs you have to take a 20 question written multiple choice test, you can only miss 3, then you pay $94 and go to the place they tell you to go the TSA government office and undergo a federal background check and get fingerprinted, that is for California and for big rigs, so i don't know the procedure for trains? then his employer will more than likely train him on safety, fire control, transportation and federal laws governing Haz-Mat, it sucks but my carrier requires that haz-mat also, he will do fine.

That would suck, isn't that just the way it goes. When you need someone there never available, and any other time there always ready to fill in. Hope you're feeling better.

He'll be fine. He passed the exams to become a conductor and then an engineer without any trouble. It's just another pain in the ass. He probably won't have to pay anything for the test, though.

> Bill is that you or Maurice Gibb!!!???

Yeah, Bill, who is that hairy guy? How old is that photo?

Yeah if i complain to the fleet manager that i'm to sick too work and need a couple of days off, they would, supposedly they give me up to 14 paid sick days a year, i just call the dispatcher and tell them and they send out a bobtail, truck with no trailer, and they pick up my trailer and deliver it and if i'm too sick to drive home they will pay for a local motel up to 80% of the cost until i'm well enough to drive safely and legally, then i bobtail back to wherever they need a load again, because if i'm sick and get into an accident they will pound the company for forcing a driver to drive sick, their good about it and take my word that i'm not feeling well, if they suspect someone is taking advantage of it they will send you to a doctor, if i wreck a Haz Mat load because they force me to drive sick then they have to pay the clean-up costs of $300,000 icluding EPA fines

I assume that the testing for a conductor is tough, i was just curious is there a license to drive a train? did he have to go the DMV or whatever and take a drive test or whatever, in other words did a tester ride with him in a train to test?

It's a long process to get qualified to drive trains. It is a licensed position. They do a DMV check on you first. Then you go through about three weeks of classroom training, then six months (about 100 runs) of on-the-job training where an experienced engineer rides with you. Then you have a 'qualifying run' where the regional manager rides on a trip with you. At least, that's how the UP does it. And this whole time, because you are a 'student', your wages get cut nearly in half. That sucks the most, of course.

Yeah i understand, i went to school for 2 months, i was slow learning, then i took the test and barely passed and went training with a trainer, i know about that i will have to pay the truck company back for 8 months for my training they paid for, the same thing your husband went through, i went through as well except in a different vehicle, and easier it seems, but big pay difference, i'm sure your hubby rolls in the $$

Wow, my hubby isn't having to pay anything back! But then, I think you truckers are 'independent contractors' aren't you? They say you are an 'employee' but they don't provide much of anything.
My hubby doesn't roll in the dough like the 'old heads' do... the guys who were hired pre-1980 really make $$... and they get 'performance' bonuses every year. If the railroad company makes money, they get bonus checks. My hubby says you can tell when they get those checks because suddenly there is a fleet of new trucks in the employees' parking lots. Nice trucks, not just little puddle-jumpers. The unions suck hind wind now... they are no longer interested in representing the members. They've become a business unto themselves. The union 'leadership' is also made up of more 'old heads' and they could not care less about the new guys, so the contracts that they get suck. But it does pay a lot better than the $7.50/hr. that my hubby was earning as security. With better, cheaper medical insurance, too. Dental and vision suck, but I think that's pretty universal.

I think the independent contractors you are thinking of might be owner/operators meaning they buy or lease a truck for themselves, i'm a company driver, the only thing i pay for is my food and expenses, the truck, insurance, fuel, maintenance and tolls are company paid, i could go into business for myself by buying a truck, but i'm still a rookie driver and not $$$ ready to run a small freight company $ 7.50 sucks, i was making $10 an hour as a janitor, that is terrible, but then again they are million dollar corporations whose drivers are just a number, it seems through expierence

I ALWAYS keep a 24 pack of Angel Soft on hand due to my IBS. I keep them in business fo sho..

Your avatar is mesmerizing.

I never run out. The roller might be empty but there is always a couple 4 packs under the sink next to the toilet. I buy it in bulk once a month. I probably have a hundred rolls downstairs.

15 years old... I'm all gray and wrinkled these days.

something like that would make me remember... I think the problem here is we just always assume the other person was responsible. Sort of like, I buy 3 boxes of tissues, and I may only use a dozen tisues in 6 months, I assume there is still at least a box or two around. Then I need one, and 'gasp' we have been out of tissues for several weeks! Funny, same thing happens n the cookie jar...

> I have extras below me!!!

IN your shoes!!! 'shorty'...get it???!!!

That may be where the IBS comes from.

Yeah, he was making $7.50 an hour as security, for basically putting his life on the line everyday. He busted meth and heroin freaks who hid needles in their pockets and bras, and he even had a knife pulled on him once. The job he has now is still dangerous, but at least he doesn't deal with the public all the time anymore, and it pays better.

Well, how old is that last photo you had up? The one with you wearing the ski goggles?

No. I'm blonde I don't get it sorry!! I promise I thought real hard about though.

I scream or waddle.... depending if anyone's home.

I keep my extra TP in the hall closet.

It was from a reply you recieved from someone else...I cannot see it from this page.

Oh, it was missglam-her IBS comment to you. My bad for not being more clear.

oh ok

I would also check before I used that toilet.

I couldn't believe there was no paper of any kind. They won't let me live that down, they still bring it up. I thought we had plenty, I usually get the 2pack of paper towels and stuff. I always have to do the shopping so I got the blame for that one. I should have just let her sit there But I have plenty of everything now, I always buy the family pack of t.p.

That's good that they will at least help with a motel room,and send someone to get your trailer. But I guess they have to , like you said they don't want any fines.

waddle-walk for another roll somewhere outside of the restroom

*thumbs up*

um, 5 years?

So you aren't as gray and wrinkly as you would like to make yourself out to be...

this just reminds me of the movie speed...."what do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?" wasn't the answer, "shoot the hostage?" is that even from speed or am i thinking of another movie?

I never run out. As simple as that... because I always check first before I drop my pants.

As long it is doing something your husband wants to do, its resentful to slave at a job that does not pay and not what he wants to do, i did janitorial before and i hated cleaning up after other people, i'm sick of driving but i like big trucks is one reason i picked trucking, i was going to be a E.M.T but i get queezy looking at blood, so i had to ditch that dream. sort of, i'm still young so maybe i wil change soon.

Well, that is what they say, these driving recruiters sure can sell life insurance policy to a corpse and sell reading glasses to a blind man, they go around to truck stops and try to recruit new drivers by claiming more home time, miles and benefits, those drivers left the companies for a reason! Every company tells me the same line of BS, i'm on contract for 8 months so i can't ditch the truck and sign on with a worse company

We stock our bathrooms with toilet paper. This just isn't a problem at home.

Stink..

My sister is a volunteer EMT. Out where she is at, it's all volunteer coverage, fire, medical emergency, etc. She and a bunch of other 'farm wives' are all trained and go on calls. It's great; it's not unusual for a call to come in and four women will answer, all farm wives.

Yesh, that would be Speed... Keanu Reeves was pretty sexy with his buzz cut and those nice arms.

Some fire departments are all volunteer, i think the E.M.T's around here start off as volunteer until a full time position opens up which is not very often, i wanted to learn C.P.R and first aid for a knowledge to have then i realized that i could get paid to know that, why i thought about E.M.T i can look at my own blood fine and blood on t.v. but not other people's blood, i faint eventually.

Hmmm... you would definitely have to get over that! My sister has stories about some pretty gross car wrecks she's been called out on.

John

I just use a box of tissues. They're much softer and if I were rich, they'd be my preferred choice.

yeah, he wasn't bad...he just seems like kind of a dope to me, i don't know.

He has admitted as much in interviews: "You have some people who are smart, and some who aren't... I'm a meathead, I can't help it." I like him because he's honest that way, and he is cute... and you get the vibe from him that he would never knowingly hurt another person. When his baby and girlfriend died, he was pretty tore up and went into hiding for a while. That was a while ago, a few years. People are cute or sexy for different reasons.

Mine are too. I pulled a 16 hour work day!! I'm so tierd. But the money will come in handy whenever this SC party happens. Love ya woman!!

i totally agree that people are cute or sexy for different reasons. and i'll give it to him if he's honest like that...just not my type, i guess, but to each their own, right? i never knew about the baby and girlfriend...was it his baby with her? how'd they die? that's sad.

I'll have to look it up again... but I believe his pregnant girlfriend was killed in a car accident...
So what is your type? I don't really have one. While I like KR for his almost goofy cuteness, I also like Brendan Fraser (the Mummy movies) for his boy-next-door look, Oded Fehr for his dark, mysterious looks, Hugh Jackman for that masculine, growling, young Clint Eastwood look... and he's really tall. Etc, etc.

"It's always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you're seeing the most beautiful thing on God's Earth." I saw that quote from Reeves and had to share...
So, I looked it up, his daughter was stillborn in '99. His girlfriend was killed a few years later when she was evidently driving too fast, lost control of her Jeep, and took out three parked cars, getting thrown through the windshield.

hugh jackman as wolverine...grrrr, baby! anthony kedis (red hot chili peppers) has always been my man, juaquin phoenix is pretty hot...i don't know if i have a 'type', but i guess more bad boy/rocker (tattoos, etc) than preppy gq overall.

holy crap that's depressing.

I pull another roll out of the bathroom cabinet.

Well my bathroom is downstairs, so I just go into the kitchen and get some kitchen roll

I pull a new roll out of the package I keep in the bathroom cabinet.

I would skip wiping depending on the reason I was there. A piddle - sure, why not? A BM - eeeewwww. Something's gotta be done.
Anything!!!!