Public restroom survey

mommared53

1. Find another stall.

I'm not a germaphobe but I won't use a public toilet that has something in it unless there's no other alternative and I have to go really badly.

janiebeth

and for those that hover, please clean up your residual... I also foot flush.

AMEN to this...

Qarol

Find another stall, and if none are available...wait.
I do not understand some women. Is it so hard to take a quick peek to make sure you've left the stall as you found it?

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hikeout470

And lets bring up another point, the courtesy flush. It is not underrated. Obviously, I am forced to use public restrooms a lot at work, and this is a sensitive topic for me. Also, I cannot understand for the life of me why they don't have better ventilation in public restrooms! If you are an architect, please take note!

dayzeerock

OMG, at work one time I opened the stall to find this huge log (really impressive, I'm not kidding) and no paper floating in the bowl. I chose option 1.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

KENNY1957

#4....FLUSH WITH SHOE THEN LEAVE A NOTE......WHOEVER COULDN'T GET ALL THAT DOWN IN ONE FLUSH CONTACT THE MFP WEBSITE YOUR PROBABLY GONNA NEED IT!!!!:laugh: :laugh:

MrsCon40

1, 2 and 3.

It is a TOILET. People do crap in them, whether I see it or not.

If *kitten* is sprayed all over I'll go with option #1 - otherwise I'll go with 2 or 3.

KENNY1957

Heeee Heee....LMfatAO....I CRACK MY SELF...NO PUN INTENDED!!!!:laugh:

fbmandy55

I would flush and use.

I don't get why you can't flush yourself and use. It's not like bending over the toilet to flush it is going to make a monster jump up out of the toilet and give you some incurable disease.

FearAnLoathing

1

kapeluza

Wanna know why I choose #1? Because ever since I saw a mythbuster episode a while back about how if you flush a toilet with the lid up, do germs and bacteria from the bowl go airborne and land all around the bathroom.

According to that episode, "n episode 12 of Mythbusters (see http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/00to49/episode_08.html )they did a study of tooth brushes in the bathroom, about 50 toothbrushes hung at varying distances from the toilet. As a control, they put one toothbrush in a glass in the break room (about 50') from the bathroom, and covered it with a glass. Each toothbrush, they would wet with warm water each day for 2 weeks. At the end of it, they had the toothbrushes checked for a specific bacteria found in feces. *Every* one of the tooth brushes, including the controls in the break room, showed evidence of the bacteria."

Ever since that episode, every time I walk into a toilet and see someone's else nasty turd sitting in the bowl, the first thing that comes to my head, and mind you I envision this in my mind every single time, is this nasty person's turd spraying particles of fecal material into the air and landing on me. I envision millions and millions of fecal matter molecules spraying into the air. So, now I am paranoid about it. >_______> And yeah, it will happen when I flush my own sh%t but rather be sprayed with my own sh$t then a turd belonging to someone else >.> <.< And besides it's effing revolting to go into a stall with a turd floating in the bowl.

HollyTsiaussis

1

CrimsonHellkite

that could be a loaded question, what if there are no other open stalls? my first thought is move on to next stall...if there are non ill use my foot to flush(i always use my foot to flush in public restrooms), and if ya gotta go ya gotta go...flush it an use it...ill use wad of toilet paper and wipe down the toilet making sure not to touch any of it and using enough so it wont soak through the tp...worst case scenario, crap in the garbage can...

hikeout470

I saw that show, and you are right. That is why I am super sensitive about smelling it. I assume I am smelling those particles that landed on the toothbrush.

StarGeezer

3. If the matter has reached the urgency where I need to use a public restroom stall, chances are it's not going to wait to find a suitable alternative. If it's just a matter of flushing, and I don't have to deal with "dribbles" on the seat or floor, then it's all good. Skid marks on the seat, however, are a deal breaker. Just sayin'.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

Wanna know why I choose #1? Because ever since I saw a mythbuster episode a while back about how if you flush a toilet with the lid up, do germs and bacteria from the bowl go airborne and land all around the bathroom.

According to that episode, "n episode 12 of Mythbusters (see http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/00to49/episode_08.html )they did a study of tooth brushes in the bathroom, about 50 toothbrushes hung at varying distances from the toilet. As a control, they put one toothbrush in a glass in the break room (about 50') from the bathroom, and covered it with a glass. Each toothbrush, they would wet with warm water each day for 2 weeks. At the end of it, they had the toothbrushes checked for a specific bacteria found in feces. *Every* one of the tooth brushes, including the controls in the break room, showed evidence of the bacteria."

Ever since that episode, every time I walk into a toilet and see someone's else nasty turd sitting in the bowl, the first thing that comes to my head, and mind you I envision this in my mind every single time, is this nasty person's turd spraying particles of fecal material into the air and landing on me. I envision millions and millions of fecal matter molecules spraying into the air. So, now I am paranoid about it. >_______> And yeah, it will happen when I flush my own sh%t but rather be sprayed with my own sh$t then a turd belonging to someone else >.> <.< And besides it's effing revolting to go into a stall with a turd floating in the bowl.

Yeah, after is episode I was a "1" also, but then I got to thinking about the 50' control and figured that no matter what i did someones spray would end up on me anyway, so I became a "2." However, I started at a job that has automatic flushing and it never takes down the paper on the first flush, so out of frustration I've become a "3."

AlsDonkBoxSquat

that could be a loaded question,

AAAAAAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

MayMaydoesntrun

3...I'm not scared of no stinkin' $%*%...

I'm a RN..and I have a very poor sense of smell..it's all relative.

kennie2

1

ChantalGG

3 i will also clean up pee, if it is clog however, i will not use it.

cometnurse

Any of the above depending on how full my bladder is and if there are any open stalls! :happy:

MovesLikePuma

AAAAah cmon, flush and use. Now if it is going to invade my personal space, like I have to smell something that came out of another person, or clean the seat, I find another stall. I honestly cannot understand why people have to leave a mess in a public restroom. I mean really people.

Definitely this.

godroxmysox

if it's pee/toilet paper, i'll flush and use it.......if it's poo, i'll just find another stall

Froggy1976

and for those that hover, please clean up your residual... I also foot flush.

Yet another reason to hover. Even if cleaned up you still know someone probably sprinkled and wiped it off with paper. Yuk! Hovering is the way to go but yes do please clean up after yourself.

luv_lea

1.

I'm a germaphobe, and pretty much hate public restrooms anyways.

mikeyml

OMG, at work one time I opened the stall to find this huge log (really impressive, I'm not kidding) and no paper floating in the bowl. I chose option 1.

Maybe there was no toilet paper and they forgot to check. Or they were waiting nearby to watch your reaction haha

poisongirl1

I usually will do 3, flush and use, unless there's a lot of stuff in the toilet and there's lots of other available stalls, then I'll take option 1.

L2M1D52

1

dandydalek

1. That's just gross.........and I don't usually sit on public toilets either. I hover lol.

me, too. lol