How do you flush (public restroom)?

[CookieDiva]

If for whatever reason I cannot use my foot, I will not flush

Oh! So YOU'RE the one!!!

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

You do know, don't you, that it is not the heat of the water or even the soap that is MOST effective in removing germs, fecal matter or whatever from our skin, it's the FRICTION of washing your hands vigorously for a period of time.

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

I can't even envision this! They must be several feet above the commode!

You guys flush?

Well, SOME of us do...

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

I had NO clue! Guess that's because it's a very rare thing to actually share a stall and see how things are done by others.

..welcome to the cult of foot flush.

Nope. I'm not easily swayed. I am still a confirmed hand flusher!

 

[mom of 3G's]

I want to know why people think my shoes are so full of filth that I am leaving crap on the toilet handle


the message of this thread is really wash your hands when you're done!

You are leaving behind what the hoverers have left on the floor!

Yes, wash your hands people!

OT -- love your dog! I don't see many "big" dogs here on the DIS. Everybody seems to have avatars of little dogs. Personally, I like black labs the best.

 

[famofsix]

We agree whether hand or foot or other EVERYONE should wash their hands after doing their business

OT: Greta is our rescue dog. She is a cutie lying by the fire tonight. She is really not that big because while she is mostly lab she is full grown at 40 pounds! Labs are great pets. Sadly, many black dogs end up in shelters Our neighbor has a huge black lab that my dog plays with and she is a big bundle of love too

You are leaving behind what the hoverers have left on the floor!

Yes, wash your hands people!

OT -- love your dog! I don't see many "big" dogs here on the DIS. Everybody seems to have avatars of little dogs. Personally, I like black labs the best.

 

[mom of 3G's]

We agree whether hand or foot or other EVERYONE should wash their hands after doing their business

OT: Greta is our rescue dog. She is a cutie lying by the fire tonight. She is really not that big because while she is mostly lab she is full grown at 40 pounds! Labs are great pets. Sadly, many black dogs end up in shelters Our neighbor has a huge black lab that my dog plays with and she is a big bundle of love too

I see you have petfinder.com listed in your siggie. We adopted a dog through them and was told that black dogs are the most common ones to become abandoned. So sad... Now if all the foot flushers would go out and adopt a black dog, they could save a LOT of them

 

[luvmy3]

You are leaving behind what the hoverers have left on the floor!

Yes, wash your hands people!

I am a hoverer, and I assure you I have never left anything on the floor. I'm not quite sure what you people think goes on inside of a stall when someone isn't sitting but its pretty easy to get in the bowl and not on floor

I must say that I have seen people leave a stall without washing their hands. Now that is something that I can't wrap my head around

 

[CookieDiva]

I'm not quite sure what you people think goes on inside of a stall when someone isn't sitting but its pretty easy to get in the bowl and not on floor

I think that you need to give lessons because I have seen my share of wet seats - and believe me - it wasn't spray from the flush!

 

[famofsix]

I think that you need to give lessons because I have seen my share of wet seats - and believe me - it wasn't spray from the flush!

it is really the 8 year old boy's fault...oh wait, that's a whole 'nother thread

 

[luvmy3]

I think that you need to give lessons because I have seen my share of wet seats - and believe me - it wasn't spray from the flush!

Hey you could be on to something

it is really the 8 year old boy's fault...oh wait, that's a whole 'nother thread

Okay I have to say that I brought my 8 year old ds into the ladies room at the grocery store last week. He had to go and he went into the men's room (alone) and there was a man at the urinal, he was scared so he left. I went into the ladies room to make sure noone was there, it was clear and I let him in. I'm thinking I should definitely stay away from that other thread

 

[Stacerita]

But I don't foot flush because of germs...it is the spew of the toilet and protecting my face that makes me a foot flusher.

I admit I am short, and my arm reach isn't very much....but I have never had to protect my face from the toliet. I am just trying to visualize this.

 

[CookieDiva]

I admit I am short, and my arm reach isn't very much....but I have never had to protect my face from the toliet. I am just trying to visualize this.

Nor have I, Stacerita, but since it sounds like so many have experienced this, I guess we should just consider ourselves lucky!

 

[Stacerita]

Nor have I, Stacerita, but since it sounds like so many have experienced this, I guess we should just consider ourselves lucky!

Lucky we are I just hope to never come across a "spitting" toliet.

 

[Diznygrl]

To tell you the truth, the last time I was at Lincoln Center they actually had the handles for the toilets at foot level so you could flush them with your foot. They are meant to be flushed with your foot and not your hand. I remember thinking that all places should be like that.

Yeah, I've been in restrooms where the flushing mechanism was on the floor, and it looked similar to a pedal from one of those trash cans that you open with your foot. Obviously meant for foot flushing.

Me, I'm a foot flusher. I guess it's more psychological/habit than anything else. I just don't like touching the handle if I can avoid it. I'll hand flush if it's one of those little handles like the one you would find on a toilet in a private home. It's hard to foot flush those. If it's a little button, I'll hit it quick with the tip of my thumb.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

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

We ended up talking about how it's annoying when you're even slightly sweaty that the seat covers end up sticking to your butt and a couple of people said they stand on the seat and squat.

Then on another occasion, I was irritated about how there was pee on the toilet at a restaurant and one of the ladies I was with said she probably squated as that's was she and some of her friends do... but usually they wipe it off after.

We're all pretty open about things, it's great honestly.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Lucky we are I just hope to never come across a "spitting" toliet.

Most of the ones I have come across have been in WDW, strong little buggers.

 

[Nie0214]

Wow it never even crossed my mind that some people would use their foot to flush, though it makes sense.

I use my hand, and I wash my hands thoroughly, and have sanitizer in my purse that I use sometimes. If the bathroom doesn't look clean going in, I walk right back out.

 

[hildasmuriel]

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

I've done that without thinking before! That was nasty!!



The most sensible answer i've heard so far!

In the UK, our toilets are not designed to be flushed by foot, they are almost always 'residential style' except in toilets which are extensively used. I have never heard of anyone in the UK flushing the toilet with their foot, maybe with toilet paper, but thats all. We also do not have toilet seat covers anywhere. So i never really knew about them till i came to the states, and the country isn't all keeling over!!

I have used my foot in American toilets (after seeing it on an American advert!) on the 'industrial' style ones they have everywhere, cause they look as though they are meant to be footed, my face is a bit too close to the bowl for my liking!

Each to their own i guess!

I am so glad I read this post from wishspirit. I couldn't work out how so many people were agile enough to flush with their foot. Now it seems that your toilets over there are different from those over here. Makes a bit more sense now.

 

[kaytieeldr]

What I really want to know, or maybe not, is what other method those 3 people use

Yes - I'm sorry I didn't add "please explain" after that option

Anyway, thank you all for participating in this completely unscientific poll. It's been an eye-opener.

While the poll's closed - please feel free to continue to discuss!

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

I was in a train terminal in Japan and I *really* had to go. I went into the bathroom, put coins in to open a stall door, only to see a HOLE IN THE FLOOR.



Yes, a very clean, white tile room, with a clean, white tile hole in the floor, approximately 8 inches in diameter.

The walls were at least 3 feet in either direction, so I couldn't squat and prop myself on the walls.

I was also wearing white shoes and white jeans.

What did I do? I had to completely disrobe below the waist (after purchasing toilet paper-there was no toilet paper in that stall-no dispenser. No flusher)

use the facilities, clean up, and get dressed again.

I can't tell you how long I stood in that bathroom staring at that hole thinking, how the HECK am I going to accomplish this?

God bless America, land of the free, home of the comfort height toilet.

 

[Auggietina]

I like to live life on the edge. I use my hand to flush at home and away.

 

[MidgeHadley]

I was in a train terminal in Japan and I *really* had to go. I went into the bathroom, put coins in to open a stall door, only to see a HOLE IN THE FLOOR.



Yes, a very clean, white tile room, with a clean, white tile hole in the floor, approximately 8 inches in diameter.

The walls were at least 3 feet in either direction, so I couldn't squat and prop myself on the walls.

I was also wearing white shoes and white jeans.

What did I do? I had to completely disrobe below the waist (after purchasing toilet paper-there was no toilet paper in that stall-no dispenser. No flusher)

use the facilities, clean up, and get dressed again.

I can't tell you how long I stood in that bathroom staring at that hole thinking, how the HECK am I going to accomplish this?

God bless America, land of the free, home of the comfort height toilet.

It's called a squat toilet and they are pretty common in other countries. I don't think I'd be coordinated enough to use one though.