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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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MogsEgg · 07/06/2023 08:23

toomuchlaundry · 07/06/2023 08:20

Why do people hover?

Surely the door handle poses more threat than your arse touching the loo seat

Well you wash your hands in the sink after touching the handle. I doubt people washing their arses in the sink too 😂

Lightningrain · 07/06/2023 08:22

No, I always sit unless the seat has been left in a horrific state (probably by a hoverer).

What’s going to happen to me if my thighs touch a piece of plastic that others have also sat on? Not a lot.

Apparently it’s not good for you to hover as you don’t fully empty your bladder.

YinYogi · 07/06/2023 08:22

I’ve never hovered. Or put loo roll over the seat. Or any of that stuff.

What are you worried about? Just wash your hands thoroughly and shower later in the day.

Keitharingsbitch · 07/06/2023 08:21

I thought this was another bit of cleaning I'd been lax on! Depends how gross and busy the toilet is. As in if it's a well used but clean looking toilet I'll still hover.

toomuchlaundry · 07/06/2023 08:20

Why do people hover?

Surely the door handle poses more threat than your arse touching the loo seat

LizzieSiddal · 07/06/2023 08:19

I do t worry about it unless there’s visible piss in the seat. If I get a few germs on the back of my thighs it’s not going to harm me. I will just make sure jeans/skirt goes in the washing machine that night and that I have a shower.

JandalsAlways · 07/06/2023 08:19

JandalsAlways · 07/06/2023 08:18

I always do this, everyone I knows does this!

Have never left any mess either! Straight in the bowl, bulls eye.

Crfafft · 07/06/2023 08:19

Sirzy · 07/06/2023 08:02

I thought it was hovering which actually poses more risk as it increases the chance of UTIs and similar?

I read this too. I always sit, wipe the seat with a bit of paper first

Kittykatmeowzers · 07/06/2023 08:19

Hovering is supposedly bad for the pelvic floor. Something to keep in mind

JandalsAlways · 07/06/2023 08:18

I always do this, everyone I knows does this!

Florissante · 07/06/2023 08:18

Sigmama · 07/06/2023 08:03

I've always thought hoverers were slightly deranged and germ obsessed

My thoughts exactly. Sit on the darned toilet seat; you're not going to catch an STD or whatever else it is that worries you. If you must, give it a quick once-over with a bit of toilet paper but leave the hoover at home.

MogsEgg · 07/06/2023 08:17

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 07/06/2023 08:12

How is this less gross than just sitting down and peeing? 😂

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Because I'm dealing with my own pee and not countless other people's? And I've never got a drop of my own wee on myself or the seat.

I keep it in my bag at all times for going walking. (I only use a backpack) and once in ASDA, all the toilets were absolutely minging, I couldn't physically go get a cleaner to sort it as I was desperate, I didn't want to clean up other people's mess so I used the she-wee.

I also have a knee problem and sometimes when it's having a bad flare up it locks in a bent position and I just don't want to risk sitting down and getting stuck 😂😂 so that another reason I use it.

I was just offering an alternative for people who don't like touching the seat but don't want to hover.

If its not for you then that's absolutely understandable but there's no need to mock someone else for doing something that has absolutely no bearing on you.

Morestrangerthings · 07/06/2023 08:17

MrsMitford3 · 07/06/2023 07:56

The problem with the hoverers is the splash usually left on the seat.

Please wipe it as I find it even grimmer to have to clean previous users wee

Yes to This post!

Seriously there will come an age when hovering and peeing comfortably will no longer be possible. Sit down, because eventually age will demand you do. Have a shower at the end of the day.

Hugasauras · 07/06/2023 08:16

No I sit down, and if you are a hoverer and piss all over the seat and don't clean it up then you are the problem and a dirty ticket to boot.

NoWeaponsOnTheTable · 07/06/2023 08:15

I just don't understand the hysteria around public toilets.
I sit and, shock horror, don't wipe the seat. If they are especially grim I might even just use antibacterial gel on my hands afterwashing them but I'm generally not that fussed. I have an immune system 🤷‍♂️

mynameiscalypso · 07/06/2023 08:15

The only thing that grosses me out sometimes about sitting is when you sit on a warm seat. I don't know why because I don't care about germs at all in this context but it always makes me feel a bit odd. That said, I always sit because of the mess otherwise, the fact you're not going to catch anything from sitting on a loo seat and the point that a couple of PPs have made about UTIs. The latter was a point made in one of the potty training books I read and the importance of being in the right position to fully empty your bladder.

DitheringBlidiot · 07/06/2023 08:14

Hovering is how people end up pissing all over the seat. It's dirty and disgusting.

Aslanplustwo · 07/06/2023 08:12

I have never hovered (nor hoovered) and I don't wipe the seat either. Somehow I have managed to get to almost 64 without catching anything - and I use public loos quite a bit.

Cat1066 · 07/06/2023 08:12

This reminds me of a friend I once went on a weekend break with. She refused to have a bath in the room because 'someone else's bum has sat in that bath'!!!

Just sit on the seat. There's nothing worse than having to wipe off the wee left by the hoverers.

soundsys · 07/06/2023 08:12

NeedANewPhone1 · 07/06/2023 07:59

I sit. The seat touches the back of my legs. I don't use this body part for eating or anything else and I cover it with clothing. I wash my clothing. I don't worry about germs from this scenario.

Exactly this!

DonnaBanana · 07/06/2023 08:12

If you’re going to hover then put the seat up and do it. There’s no reason to have the seat down if you’re not going to sit on it

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 07/06/2023 08:12

MogsEgg · 07/06/2023 08:02

I bought a she-wee and use that now.

No need to touch the seat at all, shake it off into the bowl, wipe it with a bit of tissue and pop it in a waterproof case I've got them rinse it once I'm home.

I love it. Also use it when I go hiking because I've got a small bladder and like to drink alot of water.

Really recommend one if public toilets gross you out.

I have a little bag with the she-wee, a mini packet of wetwipes and hand sanitiser.

How is this less gross than just sitting down and peeing? 😂

Snugglemonkey · 07/06/2023 08:11

MrsMitford3 · 07/06/2023 07:56

The problem with the hoverers is the splash usually left on the seat.

Please wipe it as I find it even grimmer to have to clean previous users wee

This

Xrays · 07/06/2023 08:10

MogsEgg · 07/06/2023 08:02

I bought a she-wee and use that now.

No need to touch the seat at all, shake it off into the bowl, wipe it with a bit of tissue and pop it in a waterproof case I've got them rinse it once I'm home.

I love it. Also use it when I go hiking because I've got a small bladder and like to drink alot of water.

Really recommend one if public toilets gross you out.

I have a little bag with the she-wee, a mini packet of wetwipes and hand sanitiser.

This is insane. You’re far more likely to get germs from faffing about with all that, and putting it in and out of your bag than you
are from just sitting on the toilet and washing your hands properly afterwards.

Sapphire387 · 07/06/2023 08:09

I neither hoover nor hover in the public loos. Agree with those who say it means you don't empty your bladder properly if you do. Grim.

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