Am I the only one who sits right down on public toilets?

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04 Mar 2017, 6:46 am

You do your business, and get out.

That's the crux of it.



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06 Mar 2017, 5:24 pm

I sit right on the toilet, too. I also don't wash my fruit and veggies when I'm cooking.



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07 Mar 2017, 9:24 am

I wipe the public toilet with toilet paper first, then put strips of toilet paper on the seat, then sit down. When I am done, I wipe the seat with more toilet paper, to clean up for the next user. Problem solved.


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07 Mar 2017, 10:59 am

questor wrote:
I wipe the public toilet with toilet paper first, then put strips of toilet paper on the seat, then sit down. When I am done, I wipe the seat with more toilet paper, to clean up for the next user. Problem solved.

How does that get rid of germs?



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07 Mar 2017, 11:18 am

starkid wrote:
questor wrote:
I wipe the public toilet with toilet paper first, then put strips of toilet paper on the seat, then sit down. When I am done, I wipe the seat with more toilet paper, to clean up for the next user. Problem solved.

How does that get rid of germs?

It doesn't, so I really don't get why people line the seat with toilet paper. I've known people use antibacterial wipes, at least that probably does something though it seems unnecessary to me.



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07 Mar 2017, 11:31 am

iliketrees wrote:
starkid wrote:
How does that get rid of germs?

It doesn't, so I really don't get why people line the seat with toilet paper.


To have a barrier between the skin and the toilet seat.



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07 Mar 2017, 11:38 am

starkid wrote:
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How does that get rid of germs?

It doesn't, so I really don't get why people line the seat with toilet paper.


To have a barrier between the skin and the toilet seat.

To achieve what exactly?



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07 Mar 2017, 11:48 am

iliketrees wrote:
starkid wrote:
To have a barrier between the skin and the toilet seat.

To achieve what exactly?

to prevent the germs on the toilet seat from reaching the skin



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07 Mar 2017, 11:55 am

starkid wrote:
iliketrees wrote:
starkid wrote:
To have a barrier between the skin and the toilet seat.

To achieve what exactly?

to prevent the germs on the toilet seat from reaching the skin

Seems pointless, does this actually have any added value?



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07 Mar 2017, 11:58 am

iliketrees wrote:
Seems pointless, does this actually have any added value?

Probably no one knows how well it works.



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07 Mar 2017, 8:33 pm

I only sit, and never squat.

Females at your place must be fussy. :|
From where I live, you cannot go fussy (toilet seat or not) unless you're a rich man's spoiled brat of a daughter or a germaphobe to demand a cleaner toilet, then you will have to hold.

Though, everyone will admit it is gross, they have little to no chance of complaint. So either females here have guts or does not care. :lol:


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07 Mar 2017, 8:45 pm

Edna3362 wrote:
I only sit, and never squat.

Females at your place must be fussy. :|
From where I live, you cannot go fussy (toilet seat or not) unless you're a rich man's spoiled brat of a daughter or a germaphobe to demand a cleaner toilet, then you will have to hold.

Though, everyone will admit it is gross, they have little to no chance of complaint. So either females here have guts or does not care. :lol:

That made me laugh. See my previous posts on places where I have done my business. I suspect that they would adapt if they had to. It's sad when people have such a narrow comfort zone.

Lots of celebrities adopt germphobia as soon as they can afford it, here.


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07 Mar 2017, 10:50 pm

I am a little taken aback by people thinking avoiding sitting on a public toilet seat is somehow first world or entitled, if I'm understanding the posts.
I lived in Tokyo for five years. It is common in public and occasionally in private homes that toilet seats as we know them do not exist. I have used many many toilets that are basically a glorified hole in the ground that flushes. There is no structure above this hole. They do not think of this as much archaic as sanitary. Don't ask me what they do when they are ill. It is also not that unusual to come across the bidet/toilet combo with a heated seat in a department store etc. They go to great lengths to keep these clean, much more so then we do in the USA. The home where I lived had basic american style toilets.



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08 Mar 2017, 12:44 am

beady wrote:
I have used many many toilets that are basically a glorified hole in the ground that flushes.

I like those. They're much better than pissing outside.



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08 Mar 2017, 2:58 am

If I have to use a toilet, I just sit on the potty and do it. I do not squat.


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08 Mar 2017, 9:08 am

It's hard to get used to squat toilets.

They even have them in Italy. I had to use one once in a railway station there. I didn't do it quite right.