Unless it's a port-a-potty, then it's hang on to the door and hover over the hole. I've used actual hole in the ground lattrens more sanitary than those things
@thismyusername Well sure they're dirtier, but they don't get anything especially dangerous. The worst you are going to catch from sharing keyboards is a bad cold, maybe the flu.
First dry wipe, then alcohol wipe, next dry wipes, then cover seat, then sit BUT only if seat is not too "yecky" to begin with! (If it has to be used.)
I don't understand the relevance of this question. My answer is that it depends on how public. I'm okay at work, (they're only used by employees) but not most other places.
Oh please, a toilet seat, not so much. All door handles, light switches everywhere. The pen? to sign for credit card purchases, handle's at the gas stations. That's just a few, anyways toilet seats , the least of our germ worries.
It isn't the seat that bothers me in public toilets, it's that my sphincter gets stage fright if there's someone else in the bathroom. More often than not there will be a loud chopper or sploosh that goes along with my activities. I just wait until I can enjoy the privacy of my own bathroom. It has the additional bonus of a bidet installed for that clean feeling you can't get with bargain basement 1-ply (or "2-ply" which is basically two 1/2 ply sheets that you can still see through) in a public toilet.
I always felt that the toilet paper itself may be more dirty then the toilet seat. You know someone with poopy hands at some point touched the side of that toilet paper roll which you are now sitting on.
Nahh, my lady parts don't ever touch the toilet seat, just my fleshly buttcheeks, so I'm good with public toilets across the world. I do wipe down the seat with toilet paper if it's evident that some nasty woman before me hovered but didn't clean up after herself. Sometimes I'll do the laying down two swathes of paper arrow upon which to perch if the location is particularly public-toilet-nasty, but otherwise I'll go where I must, as I must. I've squatted over squalid holes and used dubious leaves and donated paper-ish swatches for swipes and have never yet ever had a lady bits problem, so I'm rather fine with going as I have to. Single ply, though... well, you don't truly know First World Problems until you've experienced delicate area paper cuts from cheap ass single ply toilet paper. I keep quality tissue paper packets in my purse for just such situations; I'm not gonna allow my sweet nethers any further traumatic labial booboos if I can help it, damn it!
Everybody stresses over the toilet seat. The germiest spots are the stall lock, faucet handle and door knob. Carry wet wipes and hand sanitizer. And be wary of buggy handles as well. (That’s cart handles for you northern folks).
@tinamarie1974 That is awesome. I had been impressed with the bathroom stalls in the airport at Amsterdam which had small dispensers of cleaning fluid that you could use to wipe off the seat before using it but this is easier. And more fun.
@cf1 I agree and will admit I MAY HAVE pushed the button a few times the first time I saw it, out of utter amazement and then so I could take a video to send home for my family to see!!!
I can only imagine their suprised. Oh TM sent a video. I wonder what it is…wait, a TOILET!!!
Unless it's a port-a-potty, then it's hang on to the door and hover over the hole. I've used actual hole in the ground lattrens more sanitary than those things
Things that have more disgusting crap on them than public toilet seats:
@thismyusername Like the bathroom sink/door handles?
And don't look at my keyboard. It is just filthy.
@metageist exactly... use your foot to operate the door if at all possible. ;)
@thismyusername Have you seen these things? They are in some bars around here.
@thismyusername Well sure they're dirtier, but they don't get anything especially dangerous. The worst you are going to catch from sharing keyboards is a bad cold, maybe the flu.
@metageist We have them in our training building. I love them.
@brumagem Ditto public toilets.
@metageist A bar seems like exactly the kind of place I don't want to attempt this unless I want a drunk ride to the ER.
@thismyusername That's why I clean my cell phone with my toothbrush. I figure they cancel each other out.
First dry wipe, then alcohol wipe, next dry wipes, then cover seat, then sit BUT only if seat is not too "yecky" to begin with!
(If it has to be used.)
I have to mummify the seat with toilet paper first.
I don't understand the relevance of this question.
My answer is that it depends on how public. I'm okay at work, (they're only used by employees) but not most other places.
I'm very slow today.
@KDemo I have seen work toilets that would haunt your dreams. We are talking almost 270 degrees of fecal coverage.
@mgr0ll - Ew.
They're cleaned every night, and I always use paper covers. Still scary?
I know I'm probably not gonna catch anything, it just feels wrong to use a public toilet without barriers.
Toilet seats are typically the cleanest surfaces in the bathroom as long as there aren't leavings on them.
I've worked in the same company for 10 years and have never sat on a toilet at work.
@medz That takes both dedication and talent. I applaud your efforts.
@medz And about that desk drawer of yours...
Germs are good for you, they make your immune system strong.
@awk except when they kill you or make you lose a limb or something
@medz Nooooo! Don't amputate my butt!
If you've got to go, you've got to go. We have skin for a reason.
Oh please, a toilet seat, not so much. All door handles, light switches everywhere. The pen? to sign for credit card purchases, handle's at the gas stations. That's just a few, anyways toilet seats , the least of our germ worries.
It isn't the seat that bothers me in public toilets, it's that my sphincter gets stage fright if there's someone else in the bathroom. More often than not there will be a loud chopper or sploosh that goes along with my activities. I just wait until I can enjoy the privacy of my own bathroom. It has the additional bonus of a bidet installed for that clean feeling you can't get with bargain basement 1-ply (or "2-ply" which is basically two 1/2 ply sheets that you can still see through) in a public toilet.
wipe once with toilet paper, then sit and poop.
also anybody who does the mummy technique is obnoxious af and LYING TO THEMSELVES
"oh no, a thin layer of paper! my only weakness!"
-deadly germs, apparently
@Lotsofgoats I read on the internet machine it would take seven layers to build a proper toilet nest.
@Lotsofgoats This is what I do.
@marklog realistically you should just wrap your entire body in tp since all the nasties are thrown into the air in water droplets from the toilet
v😏v we're all covered in poop
I always felt that the toilet paper itself may be more dirty then the toilet seat. You know someone with poopy hands at some point touched the side of that toilet paper roll which you are now sitting on.
I wish I had never read this thread.
@Barney
@Barney
@The_Baron Yeah, I realize that. I just don't want them pooping on me.
@Barney Be grateful, some people pay to be pooped on.
Most toilets are cleaner than your damn toothbrush people.
Nahh, my lady parts don't ever touch the toilet seat, just my fleshly buttcheeks, so I'm good with public toilets across the world. I do wipe down the seat with toilet paper if it's evident that some nasty woman before me hovered but didn't clean up after herself. Sometimes I'll do the laying down two swathes of paper arrow upon which to perch if the location is particularly public-toilet-nasty, but otherwise I'll go where I must, as I must. I've squatted over squalid holes and used dubious leaves and donated paper-ish swatches for swipes and have never yet ever had a lady bits problem, so I'm rather fine with going as I have to.
Single ply, though... well, you don't truly know First World Problems until you've experienced delicate area paper cuts from cheap ass single ply toilet paper. I keep quality tissue paper packets in my purse for just such situations; I'm not gonna allow my sweet nethers any further traumatic labial booboos if I can help it, damn it!
@medz
@medz omg I can't even watch it roll into the puddle nnnnnooooooooooooo
Oh shit.
@petrov
I’ve been to that gas station!
Everybody stresses over the toilet seat. The germiest spots are the stall lock, faucet handle and door knob. Carry wet wipes and hand sanitizer. And be wary of buggy handles as well. (That’s cart handles for you northern folks).
I saw these at a rest stop in Germany. Love it!!
@tinamarie1974 That is awesome. I had been impressed with the bathroom stalls in the airport at Amsterdam which had small dispensers of cleaning fluid that you could use to wipe off the seat before using it but this is easier. And more fun.
FOOLS! TOOLS! JEWELS! AWESOME!
@cf1 I agree and will admit I MAY HAVE pushed the button a few times the first time I saw it, out of utter amazement and then so I could take a video to send home for my family to see!!!
I can only imagine their suprised. Oh TM sent a video. I wonder what it is…wait, a TOILET!!!
@tinamarie1974 I totally would have done the same.