How do you flush (public restroom)?

[Bella the Ball 360]

I cannot believe the number who said they use their hand....ewww! I use my foot and use toilet paper to open the stall. I then use a paper towel to turn off the water and open the door.

 

[bavaria]

I cannot believe the number who said they use their hand....ewww!

Er, you do know the white papery stuff that hangs in the stall is used for wiping oneself, right? Most of us aren't using our bare hands for that duty, I don't think.

 

[KimmyDisneyNerd]

Foot flusher when it's not automatic. Seriously tho, almost all public restrooms are automatic that I have been in recently. Our restrooms at work are almost completely automatic, the toilet, the soap, the water, and the paper towels.

 

[Oreo Cookie]

Public restroom = foot flush!

 

[Piecey]

Well, I voted before you specified public.

It goes from hand to foot for me.

 

[luvdzne]

I am a foot flusher!!! First I open the door for a quick getaway once the flush has started. A lot of those public restrooms have powerful flushers so when you flush it splashes water out of the bowl.

 

[Teresa Pitman]

I can't imagine flushing with my foot. I use my hand. Then I wash my hands. No problem. I am hardly ever sick so I don't think I've suffered any ill effects. But I guess all the foot-flushing explains some of the weird noises I've heard from restroom stalls...

Teresa

 

[JEmaryland]

Foot, not because of germs but because the handles always feel wet and it's yucky.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I use my hand. I figure I am going to wash anyways, so unless there is prolific poo on the handle, I am going to use my hand. If I tried to use a foot, I would loose my balance and end up with my foot in the toilet or my butt on the ground.

I think of myself as very germ-accepting -- no Purell, no foot flushing, etc . . . and somehow I've survived this long.

But I must admit that if there were "prolific poo" anywhere I'd be choosing another stall.

Call me over protective if you like, but I gotta draw a line somewhere.

 

[NYDisGuy]

Foot, I don't trust people's aim

 

[MarkFL]

I could do it with my feet, but it's just easier to use my hands.

 

[tchrrx]

I am scared to death that my shoe will fall in the toilet. My hands can be washed, my shoes can't.

 

[MushyMushy]

Foot, and here's why.

It's not because I'm a germophobe -- in fact, far from it! I'm pretty messy. But this one time I flushed a toilet and when I leaned over to do it, some water splashed up into my face.

BLECH!!! blech blech blech!

I don't care who you are, you don't want nasty toilet water jumping up and hitting you in the face! I couldn't get my face clean enough after that.

So foot flushing it is.

 

[CookieDiva]

But I must admit that if there were "prolific poo" anywhere I'd be choosing another stall.

Well, no duh! Even the most daring of us would not choose a stall with "prolific poo!"

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I'm a footie.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

^^^

 

[RxforDisney]

My method entails leaning back until the curvature of my back is roughly along a plane 45% to the ground, and then lifting my right leg up by shifting balance over to the left. My foot will worm over the seat to avoid any other mechanical obstacles that carry not-so-desirable bacterium, then I will chomp down upon the handle with the sole of my shoe.

If I lack the energy required, so I will stick out my bravest finger, the index and carefully poke (if it's a button) or drag the handle down. Later, I tend to carefully scrubbing the tip.

My method exactly!

 

[Ariel Mae]

Okay, so, I flush with my hand...and am now disgusted, with not the fear of touching bacteria (get over it, I say, ), but wth the fear of someone else's FOOT having touched the handle.

That's disgusting.

*cringes*

 

[bgirl29]

Okay, so, I flush with my hand...and am now disgusted, with not the fear of touching bacteria (get over it, I say, ), but wth the fear of someone else's FOOT having touched the handle.

That's disgusting.

*cringes*

I agree 100%!!!!!

OK what are the 2 other votes?

 

[kaffinito]

Ok, I hate to say ot but I'm a foot flusher too. My Mom taught me to do it that way in a public restroom when I was a little kid. She was a left foot flusher and I'm a right foot flusher.

Funny thing is when I mentioned to DH about this thread and the other thread on this topic, I was able to find out that he's a foot flusher too! Now is that a marriage made in heaven or what!