Bathroom break

nda_roxybabe · February 2010

So oddly I was thinking about this today.
When you use a public restroom...

Do you hover over the seat?
Use the paper toilet seat cover?
Flush with your foot or hand?
Use your elbow/ arm to dispense the paper towels?
Use a paper towel to open the door?

shellydiane820 · February 2010

I hover, I do not use a paper cover, flush with my foot, depending on the busy-ness of the bathroom, I will push out paper towels before I wash my hands, otherwise I just touch it, and again, depending on the batheroom, I will use a paper towel to open the door.

sarah0725 · February 2010

Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope.

I figure if it hasn't killed me yet, it probably won't kill me. I also am of the opinion that the only people who pee on the seat are seat-hoverers.

pandasquishy · February 2010

I don't hover

Never used a paper seat cover

Flush with the foot because I assume everyone else does

Most paper towels dispensers I find these days are motion activated

I open the door with my bare hand

If the bathroom was really scummy, I use purell after exiting the bathroom.

tlv204 · February 2010

Do you hover over the seat? No
Use the paper toilet seat cover? No
Flush with your foot or hand? Foot
Use your elbow/ arm to dispense the paper towels? No
Use a paper towel to open the door? No

Somehow I'm still alive. I wonder why the only thing I'm weird about is flushing.

ricksang · February 2010

Do you hover over the seat? No, but I won't use a toilet that has pee on it.
Use the paper toilet seat cover? No.
Flush with your foot or hand? Hand
Use your elbow/ arm to dispense the paper towels? Our towels at school pop out so we just pull on the actual paper towel to get them.
Use a paper towel to open the door? Sometimes.

tlv204 · February 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_bathroom-break?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:d2fec274-7975-47ad-af9f-887842a1a48dPost:f1053230-4781-4ce3-b707-a651d16d191b">Re: Bathroom break</a>:
[QUOTE]Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope. I figure if it hasn't killed me yet, it probably won't kill me. I also am of the opinion that the only people who pee on the seat are seat-hoverers.
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

THIS. How the hell else would it get there? People too concerned for themselves and not caring about anyone else = counterproductive germ prevention.

bbyckes · February 2010

Public restrooms, I hover.
At work, I use a toilet seat cover.

Public restrooms, flush with foot. But honestly, it depends on how clean the bathroom is.
At work, I use my hand.

We have an automatic dispenser at work, so it's not an issue.
For public restrooms it depends again on the cleanliness.

Sometimes in both public and work bathrooms, I will use a paper towel for the door. More often not though.

salt78 · February 2010

I hover as far as I possibly can over the seat, flush with my foot, paper towel with my elbow if possible and open the door with a towel. Public restrooms freak me out.

nda_roxybabe · February 2010

Do you hover over the seat? Only if its a really, really nasty bathroom.
Use the paper toilet seat cover? No, I figure my butt can be washed when I get homeand shower.
Flush with your foot or hand? Foot the only exception is our private bathroom in my office.
Use your elbow/ arm to dispense the paper towels? Yes
Use a paper towel to open the door? Yes, always.

SarahPLiz · February 2010

Unless its really grimy, I don't care. Im not going to lick the floor, but if I wash my hands when I leave, then I don't see the issue.

ggmae · February 2010

Do you hover over the seat? Yes.
Use the paper toilet seat cover? No.
Flush with your foot or hand? Foot.
Use your elbow/ arm to dispense the paper towels? I use my wrist.
Use a paper towel to open the door? I usually use my sleeve.

temerityjane · February 2010

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[QUOTE]Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope. I figure if it hasn't killed me yet, it probably won't kill me. I also am of the opinion that the only people who pee on the seat are seat-hoverers.
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

Ditto exactly. If someone else has left pee on the seat and I don't have another stall option, I'll use a wad of TP to wipe that up. Otherwise, I plop my naked butt right down on there.

Maybe if I had some gaping asswound I'd be a bit more cautious.

tlv204 · February 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_bathroom-break?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:d2fec274-7975-47ad-af9f-887842a1a48dPost:304170f2-3910-4283-8c0c-025b02de0754">Re: Bathroom break</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bathroom break : gaping asswound
Posted by temerityjane[/QUOTE]

EW.

temerityjane · February 2010

I'e been giggling to myself since I typed it!

bbyckes · February 2010

I always like to leave a bathroom stall the same way or cleaner than I found it. If I hover, and I get a little on the seat. I will wipe it up. That's why I use toilet seat covers at least. I will also do a courtesy flush.

PsyDet 2155 · February 2010

Do you hover over the seat? No
Use the paper toilet seat cover? No
Flush with your foot or hand? Foot
Use your elbow/ arm to dispense the paper towels? No
Use a paper towel to open the door? Sometimes

Nebb · February 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bathroom break : Ditto exactly. If someone else has left pee on the seat and I don't have another stall option, I'll use a wad of TP to wipe that up. Otherwise, I plop my naked butt right down on there. <strong>Maybe if I had some gaping asswound I'd be a bit more cautious.</strong>
Posted by temerityjane[/QUOTE]
This. I dont see how germs on a toilet seat are going to affect you in any way on your bare butt/thighs unless you have an open wound of some kind.

brookelynpaisley · February 2010

No
No
No
No
No

I use the restroom just as I would at home, wash my hands, and immediately use hand sanitizer after I've left the restroom.

temerityjane · February 2010

I don't get the whole hover/seat cover/etc thing basically because I don't touch my face with my butt. That sounds weird, but think about it. Even if you pick up germs on your butt skin, they're not going anywhere until you go home and shower.

I wash my hands a normal amount, but I think it's pretty inarguable that you're going to get germs on your hands, and not just in the bathroom - touching money, any door handles, office microwave buttons, shared filing cabinet drawers, credit card pin pads, etc. Your hands may not touch a toilet seat, but they touch a LOT of stuff.

The difference, though, between the hands and the butt, is that my hands are much more likely to reach up to my face - touch my mouth, near my eyes or my nose, or touch something that I will put in my mouth or near my eyes, etc - places the germs are going to actually get in.

As long as you don't have the gaping asswound, and you don't make a habit of touching your face with your butt, nothing is really going to get "in." It's your hands you should worry about - but don't just worry about being a crazy constant handwasher. What you need to do is be conscious of how often your hands are coming in contact with your face. Think about it!

The more you know (doo DOO doo DOO!)

sarah0725 · February 2010

I'm still imagining how I would go about touching my face with my butt.

beatlesgirl25 · February 2010

I'm going to say the same thing that I said the other day re: the great paper towel door opener debate... I wipe the seat, put down TP/cover if it was formerly wet, and use a paper towel to open the door. Yes, germs are partly the concern for me, but the far bigger concern is that I do not physically want someone's pee or poo residue on my skin. Even if it's the cleanest thing in the world like dog spit. If I sit down on a seat and it is wet I freak the fuckout. I can't very well run out and take a shower, so basically I have someone's dried pee on the back of my ass/leg until I get home. Not cool.

And pee is clear, so once it dries people forget about it. But I don't and just assume it's on everything. And I've seen enough poop smeared on public restroom walls to know that there's potentially poop everywhere too. Honestly, if someone vomited all over the inner door handle but it had dried and crusted over, would you just grab it because it probably doesn't have any germs on it at that point? Or would you grab a paper towel so you didn't touch the puke, germs notwithstanding? I treat all public restroom items this way because I just assume people are filthy and inconsiderate bathroom users who don't know how to keep their bodily fluids to themselves.

sarah0725 · February 2010

What about the seats in shopping carts that usually hold babies' diapered butts? I am much more freaked out that poo might end up on fruit that I'm going to eat or something like that, so I make sure I don't put anything there unless I am planning to cook the bejesus out of it before I eat it.

JessAndTrav · February 2010

Hover? No.
Covers? If they have them, sometimes, if it just feels especially dirty, but usually no.
Flush method? Foot, unless it's automatic that doesn't work and I have to press the button.
Paper towels? I get them with my elbow/arm and yes, I use them for the door handle. I do not throw them on the floor. I'll put it in my purse or in the nearest trash can.

SarahPLiz · February 2010

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[QUOTE]I'm still imagining how I would go about touching my face with my butt.
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

Maybe Marilyn Manson knows. Didn't he have some ribs removed? That's the picture that was popping up in my head.

beatlesgirl25 · February 2010

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[QUOTE]What about the seats in shopping carts that usually hold babies' diapered butts? I am much more freaked out that poo might end up on fruit that I'm going to eat or something like that, so I make sure I don't put anything there unless I am planning to cook the bejesus out of it before I eat it.
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

Exactly. At least (assuming you're not shopping with a kid in the seat) you can put that little flap up to cover the legholes, which I imagine carries the brunt of whatever leaks from a kid's diaper. But I only put pre-packaged stuff in the top part if at all possible as well.

sarah0725 · February 2010

I think the Marilyn Manson thing may be an urban legend. But he's still a tool.

I don't even put most packaged stuff on the seat, because I figure that the germs can get on the packages and thus my hands and thus the food. All I will put there for the most part is meat, because I figure, might as well add germs to germs.

beatlesgirl25 · February 2010

Ah, a woman after my own heart (and bacteria-focused brain). I try not to think about the chain of transfer from place to place like that, but it's hard not to. Like if I use a public restroom and the floors are wet (which in Boston they always seem to be), if my pant legs touch the floor while they're down, I have to throw them in the washer when I get home. I can't in good faith just curl up on the couch with them on and with soaked up bathroom water all in them.

sarah0725 · February 2010

I'm weirdly nonchalant about some things, but generally when I've read an article about tests that show where bad germs go, I'm more conscious of whatever that thing is. Like a few years ago when there was all that fuss about the amount of poo that is on the bottom of women's purses from leaving them on the floor in public restrooms. Or the germ fountain that is created whenever one flushes the toilet with the lid up.

*shudders*

beatlesgirl25 · February 2010

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[QUOTE]I'm weirdly nonchalant about some things, but generally when I've read an article about tests that show where bad germs go, I'm more conscious of whatever that thing is. Like a few years ago when there was all that fuss about the amount of poo that is on the bottom of women's purses from leaving them on the floor in public restrooms. <strong>Or the germ fountain that is created whenever one flushes the toilet with the lid up. </strong>*shudders*
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

OMG thank you for saying this. H thinks I'm nuts and delusional, but I call this the "fecal mist." Granted, the vapors still come out of the bowl from under the lid, but it's not as bad if you close it before flushing. This is why I keep our toothbrushes in the cabinet. And I never leave my purse on a bathroom floor. I will just wear it if there's no hook, which is awkward but I don't know what else to do.

Sometimes I wish I didn't read this stuff. If I wasn't aware of it, it wouldn't bother me.

sarah0725 · February 2010

Haha it's kind of awesome that we know all of the same statistics about invisible poo.

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