Public Restroom Flushing

I'm not afraid of sitting on a toilet, using my hand to flush. I wash my hands. But don't ever try to shake my hand because I don't know if YOU wash your hands. When you offer your hand, I'll just tell you I have a cold.

My favorite are the people who line the seat with toilet paper then leave it there when they are done. Seriously? If you can't sit where my *kitten* has been, what makes you think I want to clean up the paper where your *kitten* has been?

My favorite are the people who line the seat with toilet paper then leave it there when they are done. Seriously? If you can't sit where my *kitten* has been, what makes you think I want to clean up the paper where your *kitten* has been?

Amen!!

Totally squat and foot flush. I don't know why people think if things look clean they are clean. Kitchen counters and phones look fine and are covered in ecoli; looks can be deceiving. I'm glad one other poster mentioned singing their ABCs. That is essential. I'm mortified with how horribly people wash their hands--hardly any soap and just a few seconds under the water. I actually prefer to use alcohol hand sanitizer, which is more effective than soap when no grim or dirt is actually on hands.

Oh and the door touching issue--I never touch it. I'll usually just nudge the bottom of the door closed with the bottom of my foot and nudge it back open when I'm done. I've never had anyone bust in on me and I'd care a lot less about that then touching the filthy door. If it's a single stall bathroom and I wouldn't have the heads up of hearing people walking past other stalls--I use something long to flick or push the lock closed (and toss it and use something new to flick it open).

Basically, I never make contact (with a paper towel or otherwise) with one single thing in a public restroom.

On another note--what do you do with your purse? I saw a recent statistic that a majority of women will put their purse on the floor of the restroom (and that it's contributing to large amounts of ecoli on restaurant tables)! That strikes me as so foul. I wouldn't put mine on the door hang--let alone the floor. I don't get how people don't consider how transferable bacteria is...

Is this why we que so long in the ladies!?! People cleaning seats, making a covering for the seat then trying to hover over it. Then flushing it with feet or wrapping tissues around their fingers to flush it!

Get in, pee, flush, get out, wash hands and get the hell outta the germ pit ASAP

I flush it with my hand, knowing full well that I am going to wash my hands in the next thirty seconds, and that I possess a strong and adequate immune system.

I am not afraid of germs.

This. I grew up in the sticks of Mexico, my immune system is Fort Knox.

I must have a good immune system. I'll wipe the seat if there's pee (probably left by hover pee-ers), sit, flush with hand, touch the handle, wash my hands, turn off the faucet, dry hands.

The only thing "special" I do is open the door with the paper towel, then hold it with my foot as I toss the towel. If the garbage can is too far away, or it was an air-dry, I open the door with my sleeve or my pinky finger.

I can honestly say I've never gotten sick from using a public toilet. I also work at a veterinary clinic, and even though I wash my hands several times an hour, I've trained myself to not touch my face while I'm at work. I've bypassed numerous office-wide colds, but I do still manage to catch one maybe once a year, usually because I didn't know someone was sick and used the phone right after them.

If there's nothing nasty on the flush handle, and the bathroom overall looks pretty clean, I use my hand. I'm going to wash my hands afterwards anyway.


However I do use paper towels to open the bathroom door when I'm about to exit. Because there are some nasty people who use the restroom and don't wash their hands.

I still use my foot to flush, but I don't hover anymore. I check for pee and then sit on down. I'm a renegade.