Do you sit on the toilet seat in public restrooms?

[Disney1fan2002]

Ready to be flamed, but it is the people who hover that cause the toilet seats to be gross. If everyone just sat down, nothing would splash or spray onto the toilet seat.

There is not one documented case of anyone ever getting a disease from a toilet seat.

I sit, I have always sat, and I have never gotten any disease, and no nasty little things have grown on my butt.

 

[kafitty]

i give the seat a good wipe-down with some TP and then sit. i ain't dead yet!!


gotta say though, kitchen sponges make me

 

[KramBerries]

I climb up on top of the stalls and drape one leg over each "wall". That gets me over the target, but at a safe bombing distance. My aim is usually good, but you don't want to go in there if I have any diarrhea problems.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

I climb up on top of the stalls and drape one leg over each "wall". That gets me over the target, but at a safe bombing distance. My aim is usually good, but you don't want to go in there if I have any diarrhea problems.

 

[Merriwind]

Sit--and then wash my hands.

Not really afraid of touching the backs of my thighs to a toilet seat.

 

[Boxley]

Why do people think their bum is cleaner than other people's?

Because My bum is the epitome of clean...Mr. Clean has nothing on me.

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

Are you serious?

Do you make someone go grocery shopping with you too, so that you don't have to touch any of the vegetables, cans, boxes, etc.?

Yes I actually do. I'm OCD and can admit it.

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

please tell us you arent serious and you dont have a "helper" that you have to do all those things....

Quite serious. People are nasty and I'm sure as heck not touching their germs.

 

[Lizzybear]

I *gasp* sit on the seat with no protective layer of anything in between me and it! Actually I tell a lie: When i'm in the US I use the toilet seat covers, we don't have them here so it's a bit of a novelty! I work in a daycare so any shred of germaphobic tendencies i've ever had have long gone

 

[JodyLynC]

I sit. And I flush manual toilets with my hand not my foot. To me there is nothing more disgusting than someone placing their filthy shoe where other people touch with their hands... except sitting in someone else's pee.

 

[DancingBear]

There is not one documented case of anyone ever getting a disease from a toilet seat.

But I once knew a girl that got pregnant from one!

 

[JodyLynC]

But I once knew a girl that got pregnant from one!

 

[mikron]

I wash seat with water, (not from the toilet) put seat ring when they have them. Use toilet paper if no ring. To many guys pee in the toilet without lifting the seat. You think they could use some paper to lift the seat if they don't want to touch the seat. No reguard for anyone else.

 

[1957]

Here is the procedure I go through(I have been accused of being a little off).

1. Know the area that you are in. If possible seek out a restroom in a bank or upscale department store. Never, and I mean never enter a gas station or convenience store restroom, even for #1.

2. Upon opening main door to restroom, take in the scent. Be sure there are no offending odors. If there are, move on to a different restroom.

3. Perform visual inspection. With this, I look at the floors and sinks to assess the general upkeep of the restroom. If there are any other restroom patrons using the facilities, I go back out and wait for the restroom to clear. I need full concentration while using a stall, and I find their movements and noises very distracting.

4. Open each stall door using a paper towel as a barrier between my hand and the door. Mentally grade each stall and pick the winner.

5. Before entering the winning stall fully, extend my leg to flush the toilet. It doesn't matter if the water looks clean. I pre-flush anyway.

6. Line the seat, either with provided seat cover(double layer, of course) or double layer of toilet paper.

7. At this point, I am able to sit. I do my business as quickly and efficiently a possible.

8. Flush toilet(again with foot) and exit stall.

9. Wash hands in sink. Make sure to soap all the way up to the elbows.

10. Use a paper towel to open restroom door and exit.

Ha ha! Just make sure the person in the stall next to you doesn't have a "wide stance"! You might get "shoe germs" from the person next to you!

When I was a kid, I refused to use the toilets at school, and have no idea why. Often arrived home rather "drippy". Our family was transferred often, and we always drove, but I had no problem at all with bushes and trees during an emergency. Just school toilets. Total about face when I was about ten. I admit...I sit on public toilets without lining the seat. (That's about as bad as admitting to having navel lint, I guess.) I also push shopping carts and open public doors bare-handed. OMG! I'm healthy! (At my age, that's a blessing!)

 

[Disney1fan2002]

The problem I have with lining the seat with tp, is I am finding that at my age, after 3 kids....when I got to go, I GOT TO GO. I usually don't have time to line the seat, because for some reason, I may have a mild sensation of having to go, but once I see the toilet, it's like my bladder kicks into high gear. WTH is that?

That's why I don't like hoverers. Most times I can wipe the seat quickly and seat, but sometimes, I need to sit ASAP, and there is NOTHING grosser than sitting on a wet public toilet seat.

 

[photobob]

I stand in front of the urinal

Me too, but sometimes #2 must be done in a public restroom. I usually wipe the seat, sit and go.

 

[ma2jr]

I hold it till I get home.

 

[Pikester]

Ready to be flamed, but it is the people who hover that cause the toilet seats to be gross. If everyone just sat down, nothing would splash or spray onto the toilet seat.

There is not one documented case of anyone ever getting a disease from a toilet seat.

I sit, I have always sat, and I have never gotten any disease, and no nasty little things have grown on my butt.

Oh Tag Fairy...

 

[pearlieq]

I think living in the dorms broke me of that fear

I have a friend who theorizes that very few people can maintain restroom squeamishness after going away to college. You either get over it for hold it for 4 years.

For my part, if the seat appears clean and dry I sit down. Paper is totally pointless. When was the last time you saw a surgeon covering their hands in TP before operating? Hovering is uncomfortable.

Let common sense prevail. The skin on your bum is tough and your body has many, many mechanisms to protect you from germs. Somehow I've survived.

 

[pearlieq]

Quite serious. People are nasty and I'm sure as heck not touching their germs.

But it's OK for someone else to do it? Because you're somehow more important?