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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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Amaksy · 09/06/2023 00:09

I used to hover till I read a magazine article saying it was bad to do that because you don't fully empty your bladder when you squat so now I give the toilet seat good wipe then sit down. Thankful for alcohol wipes/ gel so that's useful if worried about infection etc.

Kanaloa · 09/06/2023 00:05

HerbsandSpices · 08/06/2023 23:48

Can't squat. Not that flexible. There's lot of people who do this weekly, or more. Not with young kids obviously, so the demographic here might be not so that way leaning.

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Perhaps you personally can’t. But hovering still isn’t the ideal in that case, so it’s not like anyone would be suggesting it as the best option.

myfaceismyown · 09/06/2023 00:04

Growing up in the 60s/70s my DM taught me to lay toilet paper on the seat before I used it. I mean cover it completely.... As an adult I realised this could block the loo, mean the paper would run out for sunsequent users and is environmentally unfriendly. I give the seat a quick wipe with one sheet of paper and a squirt of hand sanitiser. Saves my sanity, my thighs and the planet.

Stompythedinosaur · 09/06/2023 00:02

Nope, I sit my arse on the toilet seat. What exactly am I going to catch via a bit of plastic having contact with my butt cheeks?

HerbsandSpices · 08/06/2023 23:48

Kanaloa · 08/06/2023 22:32

You would squat, not hover. At least I presume. And either way it’s hardly a daily or even regular event for most people to have to go to the toilet on a hike.

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Can't squat. Not that flexible. There's lot of people who do this weekly, or more. Not with young kids obviously, so the demographic here might be not so that way leaning.

TrashyPanda · 08/06/2023 23:25

Was brought up with phrase “you have to eat a peck of dirt before you die”

im 60, never even had a UTI and always sit down.

Jumpingthruhoops · 08/06/2023 23:22

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 08/06/2023 18:21

And they can get in via the skin of your thighs!!!

Although chances are they're there already, as they commonly reside on skin. Sorry, but you aren't a completely sterile environment yourself.

Keep hovering and you might well give yourself a UTI, though.

How do you feel about handrails?

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I trying to avoid handling any 'communal' touching points where possible. Handrails, door handles, lift buttons and everything in between. Never really been ill with anything or had a UTI.

TrashyPanda · 08/06/2023 23:12

Jumpingthruhoops · 08/06/2023 18:09

Maybe this?

'Streptococcus and Staphylococcus are two kinds of bacteria that have been found on toilet seats; the first can cause throat infection and impetigo, the second can cause skin infections, including boils and cellulitis. And viruses, such as the common cold virus and hepatitis A, can be found on toilet seats as well.'

Which is why I, too, have always hovered! (And that's if I can bring myself to use a public toilet in the first place!)

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You aren’t going to catch either from a loo seat unless you lick it or have an open wound

Strep is usually passed via respiratory droplets from sneezing, coughing, or speaking, whereas staph bacteria are commonly found on the skin and pass through skin-to-skin contact. Staph bacteria can cause infection when entering the skin through a cut or scrape

piedbeauty · 08/06/2023 23:11

No, I sit to pee/poo. Unless the seat/loo is disgusting. Then I go elsewhere.

MontyJinks · 08/06/2023 23:11

Good god yes! Always have hovered and always will. My thighs of steel never let me down. I do always wipe the seat after though, I'm not a monster 😉

Deckchair1009 · 08/06/2023 23:05

What if you need a poo? Like a quick post coffee and had a curry the night before poo? Can you hover that?

DuesToTheDirt · 08/06/2023 23:03

HerbsandSpices · 08/06/2023 22:29

I know this is about public toilets but how do you get on if you're camping and there's no toilet (and it's a hike in, so no, you won't be carrying a camping toilet, just a small shovel)? You have to hover. Never had a UTI and my pelvic floor is just fine doing this.

Squatting is not the same as hovering.

crazyaboutcats · 08/06/2023 22:38

I hate the hooverers and no one did it no one would need too!

Kanaloa · 08/06/2023 22:32

HerbsandSpices · 08/06/2023 22:29

I know this is about public toilets but how do you get on if you're camping and there's no toilet (and it's a hike in, so no, you won't be carrying a camping toilet, just a small shovel)? You have to hover. Never had a UTI and my pelvic floor is just fine doing this.

You would squat, not hover. At least I presume. And either way it’s hardly a daily or even regular event for most people to have to go to the toilet on a hike.

HerbsandSpices · 08/06/2023 22:29

I know this is about public toilets but how do you get on if you're camping and there's no toilet (and it's a hike in, so no, you won't be carrying a camping toilet, just a small shovel)? You have to hover. Never had a UTI and my pelvic floor is just fine doing this.

Pepsi2001 · 08/06/2023 22:17

I take wet wipes in my bag and clean the seat first then sit down. I don't have the energy to hover x

T1Dmama · 08/06/2023 22:05

I admit to being a bit germophobic so I apply hand sanitiser and wipe it

JaceLancs · 08/06/2023 22:04

I never hover - if it’s grim I wipe before I sit diwn

Sigmama · 08/06/2023 22:03

Hnrtwt

Sigmama · 08/06/2023 22:03

Has anyone explained the logic of the hover, sorry hnrtht

Oldgardener · 08/06/2023 22:00

Sit down. Why not?

Wantosleep39 · 08/06/2023 21:57

I hover but I am so good at it. There won’t be any splash on the seat. Even for long wees. I go very close tilt my bottom backwards and it works 😂 it takes a lot of practice 💪💪

MrsMiddleMother · 08/06/2023 21:54

Always sit down properly

DeadbeatYoda · 08/06/2023 21:52

summerfinn · 07/06/2023 17:08

When I hover if there are any drips on the seat I wipe them up. The first night in a hotel bed makes my skin crawl . Thinking of who slept here before me. I'm weird I know 😂 judging by reply's to my post

@summerfinn
It is foul to be leaving your urine on the seat because you're worried about germs. That is the most selfish thing I've heard all day. It doesn't matter if you wipe it afterwards. It's you who are being filthy, not the people before you.

Blueink · 08/06/2023 21:22

I wipe the seat before and after and wash my hands as others have said

Please don’t hover above an unlifted seat especially it’s antisocial, had a few disturbing toilet experiences caused by hover accidents left for the next person

Hovering also not good for complete bladder emptying which can cause urine infections