How do you flush (public restroom)?

[MidgeHadley]

I have to add, its quite a workout to go to the bathroom in public, so I avoid it at all costs. I have been known to hold it for hours til I get home
thats how much i hate public bathrooms

oh and one more thing to gross some people out.
once my SIL and I walked into the JC Penney bathroom, and there was a woman in the stall, she didn't close the door the entire way, she looked Korean or Vietnamese. I am not sure, but she was standing on the toilet seat,squatting over it peeing. no kidding.
We walked out immediately.

that is probably because she's used to squat toilets. that is what other countries have. google it if you've never heard of them. it's a cultural thing.

 

[Buckalew11]

Foot flusher.

I have a client who is also a footflusher and actually lost her shoe in the toilet while footflushing! The bathroom she was in was dirty so she was avoiding touching anything and used her foot to flush. She lost her balance and fell on the floor and had a wet shoe! She said she wanted to cry but she was just laid out on that nasty bathroom floor laughing her butt off. She's 71 yo so I can imagine how this happened!

 

[famofsix]

I use my foot primarily because it allows me a quick get-away from whatever could project out of the toilet from the force of the flush.

Also no way am I touching the sweaty build-up on the public toilet handle.

I also feel less at risk if the soap is out at the wash area.

 

[MidgeHadley]

To all of the people questioning the foot flushers - just so you know, a lot of us foot flushers don't use our foot because we're afraid of germs. It's just the most convienient way to flush for us. I could care less what germs are on the handle. I still flush with my foot because it's easy and it's just what I've always done.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I use a jedi mind trick.

 

[Buckalew11]

that is probably because she's used to squat toilets. that is what other countries have. google it if you've never heard of them. it's a cultural thing.

I have a client that told me about these in Turkey! Her bathroom stories from around the world are amazing! LOL

You can tell my cleints and I have interesting discussions during haircuts!!

 

[npmommie]

that is probably because she's used to squat toilets. that is what other countries have. google it if you've never heard of them. it's a cultural thing.

Yes I know about other countries and the toilets , no need to google, that is why I mentioned that I thought she was vietnamese possibly,
the reason I told that story is because everyone is grossed out that a foot touches the handle of the toilet,
I am simply pointing out that you don't know whose FEET were actually ON the toilet seat before you sit on it.
or actually IF anyone sits on the seat, I don't LOL

 

[npmommie]

Just curious, how do you feel about people's dirty feet being all over your carpet?

well number one I don't have carpet, so my floor is easy to mop up. hardwood.
second my friends that come over don't tend to have dirty feet

I admit I do not ask repairmen and such to remove their shoes, but I do mop the floor up very well when they leave

For the foot flushers: Y'all DO realize that germs are mobile little critters that move without help from us? They would migrate from the floor up to the toilet rim eventually, but y'all are giving them a nice boost, because they ARE subject to gravity like anything else on this planet, and it's harder for them to move up than down. Add in the tendency of porcelain toilets to sweat in warm bathrooms, sending the moisture downward to the toilet seat, and you are doing a great job of "pollinating" the crud on the floor onto the surfaces of the toilet that your skin is likely to touch.

What I want to know is, when do you scrub the soles of your shoes in this scenario?

The truth is that between the hoverering sprinklers and the foot-flushers, y'all spread a lot more potty crud around than I do, with my scandalous tendency to SIT on the toilet seat and actually use my washed-several-times-per-day hands to work the flush lever.

You sit on the seat?? yes scandalous!

 

[CookieDiva]

You sit on the seat?? yes scandalous!

You're being facetious, right?

 

[Stacerita]

I flush with my hand. Yeah, I walk on the wild side.

 

[npmommie]

You're being facetious, right?

Yes of course, all in good fun! I know my public bathroom habits seem kooky, I admit that, but I can't help myself, I just can't sit on the seat, even though it is probably the cleanest thing in the bathroom!!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Do any public toilets even have a hand flusher anymore? Aren't they pretty much those annoying sensor ones that power flush while you are still squatting/sitting? The wash your parts before you even have a chance to wipe!

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

me, ehh, I use my hand. open up the door, wash my hands, then use my bare hand to open the door.....and I've yet to get any major communicable diseases

Me too! I also sit directly on the toilet seat. I laugh in the face of danger

 

[CookieDiva]

Yes of course, all in good fun!

Hey, we all have our idiosyncrasies. Someday we can laugh about mine.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

oh and one more thing to gross some people out.
once my SIL and I walked into the JC Penney bathroom, and there was a woman in the stall, she didn't close the door the entire way, she looked Korean or Vietnamese. I am not sure, but she was standing on the toilet seat,squatting over it peeing. no kidding.
We walked out immediately.

This would explain how the pee manages to get ALL over the toilet seat

 

[txSleepingBeauty]

Me too! I also sit directly on the toilet seat. I laugh in the face of danger

me too!! I've never been able to master that whole squat thing. plus I figure no one else sits on the seat so it's probably pretty clean, right?

 

[themarquis]

lol ... fascinating thread!!! My question (why is using your hand to flush bad if you're just going to wash it anyway?) has still not been answered -- though I've had two people weigh in as saying they're trying to avoid getting toilet water splashed in their faces when they lean over (which I can sympathize with )

But is that the case for all of you folks who are foot flushers? You're all trying to avoid toilet water????

I have to admit that not only do I use my hand to flush, but I also sit on the seat, lol!

Oh, the things about germs I learn on the dis! For example, just today, I've learned that you will probably catch a disease if you touch a toilet handle despite washing afterword, that your baby will probably catch a disease if you don't wash their brand new clothes after buying them, and that you will probably catch a disease from brand new makeup you bought from the store because someone might have "tested" it before-hand. And oh, of course, pretty much anything in a hotel room will give you a disease.

It is so interesting about all these diseases floating around that are so easy to catch ... ! Apparently, germs live forever on hard dry surfaces and all you need to do is touch anything that someone might have touched somewhere, sometime, and you are in grave danger.

 

[Danauk]

I use my hands and then wash them, it never occured to me to do otherwise! I also sit on the seat, use a the hot tub at the resort, walk around my room bare footed, touch the remote control and lay on the conforter. Oh and I have never been ill on, during or after a trip. I guess I like to live life on the edge!!

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

EW. I can't believe so many use their hand. Always my foot.

If for whatever reason I cannot use my foot, I will not flush because there is NO WAY I will use my hands. I even use my foot to open and close the door and latch it.

I sit on the seat but usually with two toilet seat covers. No seat covers=squating over the toilet.

It's not the germs themselves that bother me as much as thinking about the fecal matter on my bum and hands. I also don't want toilet water to splash back at me so I usually open the door before I flush so I can get away from some of those stronger toilets.

Why be careful if I am just going to wash my hands again? Well many of the motion sensored sinks do not have hot enough water to kill any germs, everyone has tiny cuts on their hands that I don't want someone's fecal matter in and well, would you lay your head on dog poop even though you could wash it right off???

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

me too!! I've never been able to master that whole squat thing. plus I figure no one else sits on the seat so it's probably pretty clean, right?

I know plenty of people who have put their feet on the seat to better position themselves to squat and pee.