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Most women hoover above toilet seat in public toilets to pee?

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summerfinn · 07/06/2023 07:55

I was out this weekend and had to use the toilet to pee. I normally hoover above toilet seat to pee in public toilets and was thinking to myself this is difficult especially if I need to do a long pee🙈😂 Is this what most women do too or am I being extra germ conscious and should just wipe the seat and sit down? Sorry if tmi but I'm just curious

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Lollipopsicle · 07/06/2023 09:00

Bit of hand sanitiser on some loo paper, wipe the seat all the way round, and then I sit.

BertieBotts · 07/06/2023 08:58

I have never hovered and never caught anything from a toilet seat.

PenelopeTitsDrop3121 · 07/06/2023 08:58

I've never felt the need to hover. Why? It's only everyone's backs of their legs touching the seat surely? I'm sure hovering makes more mess.

justteanbiscuits · 07/06/2023 08:56

So so so grim. And I bet you're one of those women who claim that sharing a toilet with men would leave urine splashed everywhere. Nope, it's blood hoverers who leave toilets seats gross. Just wipe with tissue (or an antibac wipe if you must) and sit. Please.

ThisNameIsNotAvailable · 07/06/2023 08:56

I neither hover, nor hoover. Although admittedly have hovered at Glastonbury and also on a home visit at a particular house when I’d been out all day and was desperate (I wouldn’t normally use toilets when I’m doing home visits).

BridgetRandomfuck · 07/06/2023 08:54

Never hover, always give the seat a wipe with toilet paper, sometimes with a dab of hand sanitiser if it looks messy. Can't stand hoverers, they ruin it for everyone else...

Hayfeverjogon · 07/06/2023 08:54

There was an article I read once about how you can tell the personality of someone who uses a Shewee and stores it in a bag 😂

Kiwano · 07/06/2023 08:54

I never hover, people who do and leave splashes are a total pain.

RoxyMuzak · 07/06/2023 08:52

cyncope · 07/06/2023 08:51

What disease do people think they are going to catch from putting the back of their thighs on a surface that the back of someone else's thighs have been on??

Do people not sit on benches in changing rooms or saunas either?

Back-of-Thigh disease? You can't be too careful!

rinseandrepeat1 · 07/06/2023 08:51

I carry a miniature antibacterial spray in my bag and normally spray the seat, wipe, then sit.

ghostyslovesheets · 07/06/2023 08:51

Nope - not even on festival toilets

cyncope · 07/06/2023 08:51

What disease do people think they are going to catch from putting the back of their thighs on a surface that the back of someone else's thighs have been on??

Do people not sit on benches in changing rooms or saunas either?

Muddygreenfingers · 07/06/2023 08:50

SmartHome · 07/06/2023 08:47

Hoverer here. And I wipe if there's a splash, which there usually isn't.

I think I've done this since I saw a cleaner in a motorway service station wiping all the toilet seats in a row with a single cloth 🤮

I'd.never sit on a public loo seat unless I'd wiped it myself first with a wetwipe or something.

But they're wiping each seat with actual cleaner as well, which kills germs?

I don't know. Wouldn't bother me that much.

Oldermum84 · 07/06/2023 08:49

I'm far too lazy to hover.

Figgygal · 07/06/2023 08:49

Literally never crossed my mind not to sit tbh

Muddygreenfingers · 07/06/2023 08:49

Oh my god.

So those who hover, spray the seat with piss, therefore making it even dirtier for the next person. Basically making the world an even dirtier place.
Just sit on the damn seat.

Tidsleytiddy · 07/06/2023 08:49

ShowOfHands · 07/06/2023 07:55

I used to do this until my Dyson got too unwieldy to lug round the shopping mall so now I just take a dustpan and brush instead.

Nice one 👏🏻

JustDanceAddict · 07/06/2023 08:48

Never hovered!

SmartHome · 07/06/2023 08:47

Hoverer here. And I wipe if there's a splash, which there usually isn't.

I think I've done this since I saw a cleaner in a motorway service station wiping all the toilet seats in a row with a single cloth 🤮

I'd.never sit on a public loo seat unless I'd wiped it myself first with a wetwipe or something.

rinseandrepeat1 · 07/06/2023 08:47

ShowOfHands · 07/06/2023 07:55

I used to do this until my Dyson got too unwieldy to lug round the shopping mall so now I just take a dustpan and brush instead.

This made me chuckle Grin

TolkiensFallow · 07/06/2023 08:45

No, most people don’t do this. It’s totally neurotic.

Hollyppp · 07/06/2023 08:43

WimpoleHat · 07/06/2023 07:59

It’s a bit of plastic. Just sit on it. I don’t see the problem. Wash your hands afterwards.

Same as this.

I just sit. I don’t think you can ‘catch anything’ and hopefully we are all showering fairly regularly so literally it’s a non issue.

Its actually terrible for your pelvic floor to hover as you don’t fully empty your bladder and it causes weakness

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 07/06/2023 08:41

Op are you a cis woman or someone trying to pass as cis female? Do you also carry spare tampons with you at all times & try to initiate conversations at the sink?

LakeTiticaca · 07/06/2023 08:41

Toilet seats are manufactured from materials that don't harbour germs on the surface. Just give it a wipe round with bog roll if you wish, then sit and pèe at leisure 😉

Tortiemiaw · 07/06/2023 08:38

My mother used to do that! Or put loo paper all over the seat. I had no idea it was still a thing !

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