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Post by atlast30 on Apr 9, 2014 20:57:50 GMT -5
I was raised to NEVER sit on a toilet seat that is not my own or has not been cleaned by me. I still use that training today and do not sit on public toilet seats anywhere. (I will teach my kids to do the same). I've noticed that a lot of women have no issues plopping down on a public toilet seat. I want to know where the YM ladies stand on this issue. DO you sit or do you squat? Fellas, feel free to answer whether you sit or squat for #2.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 9, 2014 21:02:34 GMT -5
Well, this is not the answer to your question, but I have no clue whether the lady in the next stall is sitting or squating!! Me personally, I try like hell to avoid public bathrooms cause most stink to the hills from either pee or the nasty perfumy stuff that they use to keep it from stinking
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Post by Blonde Granny on Apr 9, 2014 21:02:58 GMT -5
Squat...always.
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Post by milee on Apr 9, 2014 21:04:28 GMT -5
Squat.
Intellectually I understand that unless I have a cut or otherwise broken skin, even if I do sit in something unmentionable it's unlikely to hurt me, but I'm just grossed out by the idea. And that was one of the hardest things for me to deal with when my boys were little - public toilets. Not only did they want to touch everything, but then I'd have to carry them and/or put them in my car and the idea of them basically rolling around in what I consider the sewer and then touching me was sickening. Yes, I have issues.
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Post by nutty on Apr 9, 2014 21:05:58 GMT -5
Oh Gosh no, I have perfected squatting even in a onesie and that takes talent.
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Post by qofcc on Apr 9, 2014 21:06:22 GMT -5
Wipe everything down with a big wad of tp then line the seat with tp then sit.
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Post by chiver78 on Apr 9, 2014 21:11:36 GMT -5
Wipe everything down with a big wad of tp then line the seat with tp then sit. what sucks about this lately is that there is some "lady" in my office that insists on peeing on the seat. I'm about ready to put up a sign asking said "lady' to use the seat covers like the rest of us.
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Post by Shooby on Apr 9, 2014 21:14:03 GMT -5
Lol! Btw which stall do u choose as well? The first, the middle, the last one? Do you feel like one might be cleaner or less used?
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Post by Shooby on Apr 9, 2014 21:15:40 GMT -5
I carry a small bottle of $2 hooket spray. Strawberry scent. Just in case that bathroom reeks it helps me make it through!
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Apr 9, 2014 21:16:27 GMT -5
Most places I go have toilet seat covers. Otherwise... Squat and hover.
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Post by milee on Apr 9, 2014 21:18:38 GMT -5
Lol! Btw which stall do u choose as well? The first, the middle, the last one? Do you feel like one might be cleaner or less used? The first one. Again, probably irrational and maybe out of date but I remember years ago seeing a study that showed the middle (2nd one in) was the most used of all the toilets followed by the end ones, and that the first one was the least used.
Again, I know - I have issues.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 9, 2014 21:19:08 GMT -5
I carry a small bottle of $2 hooket spray. Strawberry scent. Just in case that bathroom reeks it helps me make it through! I misread that to say "hooker spray"
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 9, 2014 21:20:09 GMT -5
Lol! Btw which stall do u choose as well? The first, the middle, the last one? Do you feel like one might be cleaner or less used? Depends on how bad I have to pee
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Post by Shooby on Apr 9, 2014 21:27:39 GMT -5
Oh I did mean Hooker spray! Lol. Typo.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Apr 9, 2014 21:28:25 GMT -5
She's probably a 'squatter'. Woman can't master the technique of aim as well as men - especially if we're straddling the porcelain throne.
Most restrooms now have seat covers - if not, there's TP - some restrooms still use paper towel dispensers for drying hands too - those work as well.
I also carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer in my purse.
I haven't been in a dirty public restroom for quite a while - most in the past were at gas stations when we were traveling and needed a pit-stop.
You don't even "sit" when visiting friends or family and need to go?
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Post by atlast30 on Apr 9, 2014 22:12:34 GMT -5
Scottish_Lassie my "no sit" policy applies when visiting friends and family. I have issues, too, apparently. However, if I'm really in a very desperate situation (i.e., diarrhea, etc.), I may put TP on the seat and then sit on my hands.
I can usually tell when a woman using the restroom in my office is sitting because I can hear the weight transfer if her stall is next to mine. My office restroom does not have white noise of any type... you can hear a pin drop in there. In a lot of cases, I don't think that a lot of women are using the TP as a barrier because the sound of their sitting on the toilet happens almost immediately.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2014 22:22:49 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2014 22:28:42 GMT -5
There actually was a study once and first was consistently found to be cleanest. I choose first. Of course I wonder if the results of the study impacted enough people that the results today would be different?
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 9, 2014 22:32:22 GMT -5
OMG, i try not to touch ANYTHING in public bathrooms.
I am trying to teach the kids the same, but evidently they haven't inherited my "grossness" gene
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Apr 9, 2014 23:00:58 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out. I'm on the same wave-length. As a kid I was healthily exposed to germs and dirt, bugs, and bacteria - even though we were hygienically clean, we weren't cut-off from "life" and the dirt/germs that come along with it.
I'm probably healthier for it today - It built up my immune system.
Too many people are "protecting" their kids from germs these days - and placing them in a bubble - and that's why so many today are getting illnesses and syndromes/conditions that weren't even on the radar in the past. They have no (or weak) immune systems in their bodies that can't ward off many things we did as kids.
The reality is, they're doing their kids a disservice - and their kids will (possibly) face several health issues in the future from not being exposed to a bit of bacteria.
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Post by kittensaver on Apr 9, 2014 23:25:58 GMT -5
I always wipe the seat with TP, then put down a cover. If no cover, then I "make" a cover by laying down strips of TP. If no TP and no covers, I go somewhere else. In a REAL emergency, I have a small roll of TP in my trunk (in my emergency and earthquake duffle bag). It's actually been handy once or twice at beaches, public parks, etc when the stalls are gross but ya GOTTA go . . . ETA: I agree that the people who squat are the ones who make and leave behind the biggest mess
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 9, 2014 23:30:45 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out. I sit, too. I'm a nurse. Not much grosses me out. Toilet seats are the least of my worries.
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Post by sunshinegal1981 on Apr 9, 2014 23:58:15 GMT -5
For me, the probability of sitting is an equation that considers two factors: 1) the cleanliness of the bathroom and the locale in general, and 2) how desperate I am to relieve myself. I've had the pleasure of urinating in some of the finest hotels and event venues in Manhattan. Some of these lavatories are so luxurious that I take my drink with me, and relax on the throne as I admire the crown mouldings on the ceiling, and wonder if the cleaning staff waxes the floors between EACH toilet-visitor, or if they're on a set every-15-minute schedule. Sheer pleasure. I'd sit on those glistening toilets even if I DIDN'T have to pee. And on the other end of the spectrum are the grimy gas station toilets where you'd never set foot unless diarrhea was threatening to spew in 30 seconds or less. (Undercooked hamburger 45 mins earlier?) You don't sit on these, EVERRRRR. Hovering over a disgusting, reeking toilet to do #2 is a very humbling experience indeed. Makes you appreciate your quadriceps. I have learned it's best to spread one's ass cheeks apart with both hands, to achieve some clearance between one's buttocks and ...well, you know. (Normally, the toilet seat kinda does that for you.) These are the places where you kick the door open with your shoe to exit, and don't bother washing up after because touching the taps would get more bacteria on your hands than pooping on them ever could. Oh, the contrasts of a life richly lived.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Apr 10, 2014 0:02:14 GMT -5
I can't say I like it, but yes, I do sit when I have to. In general though, I try to avoid having to go #2 in public.
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Post by resolution on Apr 10, 2014 3:24:28 GMT -5
Lol! Btw which stall do u choose as well? The first, the middle, the last one? Do you feel like one might be cleaner or less used? The first one. Again, probably irrational and maybe out of date but I remember years ago seeing a study that showed the middle (2nd one in) was the most used of all the toilets followed by the end ones, and that the first one was the least used.
Again, I know - I have issues.
I think I must have read the same study, because I use the first one too. I wonder if enough of us have read that study to make the first stall the worst to use.
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Post by JustLurkin on Apr 10, 2014 4:57:33 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out.
This reminds me of a rainy day I was waiting for a very delayed commuter train. After 30-40 minutes, I went to sit on a bench. One of the guys goes "Lurkin, you can't sit there, the bench is wet! " I started laughing and said "Guy, I'm a mom, I've touched waaaaay worse than rain." Everyone started laughing, and I soon got company on the bench.
I haven't even seen a gas station bathroom since I was a kid. My previous job was in a very uppity business-like atmosphere...nastiest bathroom ever. Guys are always shocked to hear about it...but women are nasty. And, even though I was on a floor with about 6 women, you could never, ever, go in there and be by yourself.
When I hurt my back and went to PT, they had me do this weird squat exercise that I just could not get, and was so scared I was going to fall. The therapist leaned in real close and whispered "pretend you're peeing in the Walmart bathroom," never had a problem with that exercise again!
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Post by Shooby on Apr 10, 2014 5:14:27 GMT -5
I tried the toilet seat covers but I just find them annoying.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 5:36:56 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out. totally unless the toilet is disgusting, I put some paper on the seat and plop down......all of you who are squatting I hope you check to make sure you didn't pee on the seat. I had a friend once who was a hoverer and she peed on her shoes when she missed. everyone does know it's a myth that you can catch something, right?
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Post by Shooby on Apr 10, 2014 5:44:40 GMT -5
It's not a myth. You can pick up germs in many ways. If you touch contaminated surfaces you can possibly ingest germs or contract an illness through a break in the skin , etc. But most healthy people stave off most germ exposure.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 5:53:07 GMT -5
It's not a myth. You can pick up germs in many ways. If you touch contaminated surfaces you can possibly ingest germs or contract an illness through a break in the skin , etc. But most healthy people stave off most germ exposure. how many people have a cut on their a$$? and exactly how long do germs live on a dry surface?
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