How do you flush (public restroom)?

[XTinabell]

All the toilets around here are automatic, I can't remember the last time I've had to manually flush. Get with the times!!

If I had to though, I would use a tissue and then, as always, wash my hands. I think it's so RUDE to not flush at all, so please don't do that people. I don't want to see your body excretions when I go potty.

 

[JoBird]

Had to hop over here from that "other" thread-- just to join all the foot flushers..

Jo

 

[kinntj]

I'm a foot flusher and pray that my slip on shoe doesn't fall off in the toilet.

 

[buffettgirl]

just one simple golden rule to remember for the squatters and we'll all be fine:

If you sprinkle
While you tinkle
please be neat
and wipe the seat.

 

[buffettgirl]

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????

The reason this thread (and the companion thread in the resort board) started was that someone said that those of us who foot flush were harming everyone. My point, and I think for the majority of foot flushers is this - you're going to wash your hands afterwards, so it shouldn't matter to you if I use my foot. You're going to wash. It isn't a case of it being bad to use your hand, it's the hand flushers think it's bad for us to use our foot. I use my foot because it's much easier for me to reach over with my foot then bend over with my hand. That's the main reason. Plus, I do think that the inside of the bathroom stall is germ laden and the least amount of touching I can do the better.

 

[ntsammy5]

You guys flush?

 

[mom2boys77]

We solve this problem by never wearing shoes in my house. We only have carpet in the bedrooms but I still don't want my hardwood floors full of dirt so everyone must take shoes off in my house. Obviously, I flush with my foot in a public bathroom.

OK, so assuming there's some deadly bacteria on that handle, and I flush with my hand, then it gets washed off when I wash my hands and life is good.

Now, I flush with my foot (I assume you actually mean with your shoe, right, noone takes off their shoe and really uses their foot do they?), then I go home and walk with those same shoes on the carpet, then I sit on the carpet and play monopoly and my hands are on the same carpet . . .

I guess I don't get the foot thing.

 

[luvmy3]

foot, definitely foot

 

[Todd&Copper]

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.

That is my reason - I have been in some public restrooms where the flush is so forceful that it is like a hurricane bursting forth from the porcelain and there is some splashing or the peepee/dookie water.

 

[luvsJack]

Wow! I did not realize that so many people used their feet!

If a public restroom is so filthy that I am afraid to touch anything; I will find another! And the last thing I do is wash my hands and then use the paper towel to open the door to leave. So, regardless of how I flushed; my hands are clean.

Actually, when we had the child care center; we found that the kids whose parents worried the most about germs and never wanted the child to get dirty or to touch anything that may be dirty, wanted their hands washed constanly, packed purell for us to use with their child throughout the day were the kids who got sick more often. The kids that were able to play happily in the dirt, washed their hands before meals and after going to the bathroom only and didn't use purell got sick a lot less often.

 

[luvmy3]

Wow! I did not realize that so many people used their feet!

If a public restroom is so filthy that I am afraid to touch anything; I will find another! And the last thing I do is wash my hands and then use the paper towel to open the door to leave. So, regardless of how I flushed; my hands are clean.

Its not about the filth that can be seen, its what you can't

 

[Planogirl]

Why not use tp to flush? You can toss it in the bowl while it's flushing.

 

[Mr.MouseFan]

Twice..based on meal

LMAO!

 

[Philagoofy]

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

Just curious, is this often a topic of conversation or do you go in pairs with all these people?

 

[MidgeHadley]

I'm a foot flusher. As stated before, not because of germs. It's just easiest for me. I'm also crazy and actually sit on the seat. Sometimes even without a seat cover. *GASP*

I even live on the wild side by letting people wear their shoes in my house (unless they have mud or dog poop or something on them.) I even sit on the floor in my house after people have walked on it! I'm crazy, I know. You may also be surprised to hear that I don't have plastic covers on my furniture. I prefer actually living in my house as opposed to trying to preserve it in a germ free bubble.

I know, I know - I just can't help living this crazy way. But I just don't care if my house gets dirty since everything is easy to clean.

 

[luvsJack]

I'm a foot flusher. As stated before, not because of germs. It's just easiest for me. I'm also crazy and actually sit on the seat. Sometimes even without a seat cover. *GASP*

I even live on the wild side by letting people wear their shoes in my house (unless they have mud or dog poop or something on them.) I even sit on the floor in my house after people have walked on it! I'm crazy, I know. You may also be surprised to hear that I don't have plastic covers on my furniture. I prefer actually living in my house as opposed to trying to preserve it in a germ free bubble.

I know, I know - I just can't help living this crazy way. But I just don't care if my house gets dirty since everything is easy to clean.

This is me totally! well, except for the foot flushing thing.

I am sorry, I just keep getting this mental picture of all these women in the stalls with their feet in the air, balancing on one foot, trying to flush

I guess if it is easier for you it makes sense though.

 

[NotUrsula]

RE: people who are used to squat toilets:

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

Actually it doesn't. If you had ever used a squat toilet, you would know that it requires a lot of skill not to piddle all over your clothing, socks and shoes, especially if you are wearing pants/shorts rather than a skirt. Women in those cultures are very neat about it, and hit the hole every time.

The people who splash all over the seat are the American "standing hover-ers" who keep their feet on the floor and try to hover with their legs cantilevered out at a 45 degree angle. Very few people have thigh muscles that will manage that without some wobbling.

Life would be a lot nicer for everyone concerned if sprinklers just wiped up after themselves.. (And don't get me started on the subject of paper-drapers who leave a blizzard of whizzed-on T.P. all over the stall.)

 

[happy dude]

I flush with my foot unless it's a residential style toilet.

 

[npmommie]

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.

I can't believe I can't stay away from this thread. LOL

I always wash baby clothes before they wear them not because of germs but because of the "new" smell, and also because one of my kids has sensitive skin, so it softens things up and gets any new smells out.

also, you know that a lot of bacteria and viruses can live on surfaces for days, weeks, sometimes months, depends on the environment, a sweaty toilet handle is prime for this, normal humidity allows e coli to live for days AT LEAST, so in a public bathroom who knows how often they clean and disinfect
so yeah, there are germs on surfaces for days

The reason this thread (and the companion thread in the resort board) started was that someone said that those of us who foot flush were harming everyone. My point, and I think for the majority of foot flushers is this - you're going to wash your hands afterwards, so it shouldn't matter to you if I use my foot. You're going to wash. It isn't a case of it being bad to use your hand, it's the hand flushers think it's bad for us to use our foot. I use my foot because it's much easier for me to reach over with my foot then bend over with my hand. That's the main reason. Plus, I do think that the inside of the bathroom stall is germ laden and the least amount of touching I can do the better.

it is germ laden because of the powerful flushing of the toilet, i saw a show where they black lit all the germs and they are all over EVERYTHING in the stall, you should always put the lid down if there is one when you flush, even at home, they did the light thing in someones house and the ecoli was all over the floor

 

[SandrA9810]

I use my foot usually, but more and more it's all automatic.
I do use my hand at Ikea, they have the special flush things (more water for a number two, and less for a number one) which determines which way to pull the handle. As well it's supposed to have a special germ coating resistant thing on it.

I use my hand for button pushing. Usually it's way too high for any karate kick you could possible do in an itty bitty stall.

My aunt was always obsess with covering the toilet seat in paper and it drove me nuts. I'll either find a different stall or wipe the seat off before sitting down. Although I hate the spitting toilets, the ones that spew water up as it flushes. And those always seem to have the one with the broken automatic sensor, so just before you get done it flushes on it own... and then you kinda feel like you're sitting on a bidet.