Do you sit on a public toilet seat or hover?

[Sprinkleofspice]

I’ve never got the hang of hovering even though I have fairly strong thighs. Increasingly I’m seeing pee on the floor or seat in public toilets (not just in outdoor buildings but train stations, shopping centres etc.) which makes me think more women are hovering nowadays - which in turn seems to actually be making toilets/seats dirtier. I would love it if they all had the spray dispenser in the cubicle to wipe the seat but I very rarely see this.

So, do you hover and if so how do you do it while not touching any part of the toilet with your clothes and relaxing enough to get all the pee out? I was also going to ask how you aim into the toilet but it seems like a lot people can’t manage that bit!

Can't hover either, I cover the toilet seat with paper and sit

I sit. It's fine. I think some people have gone way OTT worrying about all this and it's really not such a big deal. A few hungover shits in festival loos will help with perspective. Hold your breath if req, do your business, get on with your life.

I think that I read that hovering is unhealthy because you are likely not to empty completely.

Sit. Who can be bothered hovering, unless there is actually something unpleasant on the seat and no other option.

I don't construct a toilet paper covering either.

It needs 30 layers to make any difference. Seriously. Something I had to look into for our business, but it was so long ago I no longer have the references.

I sit, unless it's absolutely awful. Side-eyeing every South West train toilet I've ever had to use 🤢

If it's not visibly dirty/wet I'll sit. The backs of my thighs sit (wearing shorts) in any location, a toilet seat is no different. I will hover if it's the only loo available & is wet.

Hovering is how you end up leaving piss all over the seat for the next poor person.

Sit

if necessary, i can put down paper but i dont really worry and i sit

Hovering is disgusting, gets piss all over the toilet seat. Just grim.

Carry a disinfectant spray to use on the seat if you're that paranoid about germs.

Sit. The hovering is leaving drips on the seat. People are obsessed with germs.

I sit. I don't see the point of hovering.

I try to remember to look at the seat before I sit down and wipe any wetness if there is any. Not doing this is always an unpleasant surprise. The toilets at the shopping centre I used to go to a lot though had such a powerful flush that the flush would spray water onto the inside edge of the seat, which was what got me into the habit of checking.

It's a plastic nonporous surface so the amount of germs that are likely to be present there are absolutely miniscule. And even if there are some germs, transferring to my bum skin is not the end of the world. They're not going to do anything much from being there. I change my pants every day, my trousers every couple of days. I wash myself in the shower. I have never eaten a sandwich using my bum cheeks. I wash my hands after using any toilet. My immune system is functional and can handle most germ exposures anyway.

It's very unpleasant to sit in someone else's mystery fluid but it is not dangerous in any way.

Use elbows for doors, hover and do the flush with my foot . I try to avoid touching anything

No I sit. Hovering is bad for you as it results in in complete bladder emptying causing potential UTIs and long term pelvic floor dysfunction.

I hover. Then wipe the seat down after, it’s not that difficult. I can’t sit down on a seat others have used it makes me ill to think about it, but my DPs brought us up that way.

Forty years I've been hovering, and never had a UTI. And pelvic floor just fine, thanks, after multiple DC.

Why flush with your foot, if you're going to go wash your hands right away?

It's quite gross to put your foot on something that most other people will be touching with their hand.

I sit. I’m going to enjoy the chance for a quick sit down and rest my legs and feet for a minute.

I don’t have the leg muscles for hovering.

I hover. I have NEVER weed on the floor or the seat! I always check the seat and wipe if there are splashes from when it’s flushed.

I only ever hover if it's particularly disgusting (festivals usually) I work in a public building so use public toilets daily, I've seen everything from 1s, 2s and 3s smeared on seats. Some people are just rank

Irony is if everyone sat then no-one is peeing on the seat, so blame the hoverers

Sit. Unless it’s filthy / wet and I can’t clean it I’ll just hover.

Sometimes I give it a quick wipe down with toilet paper, but there are obviously germs that you can’t see, but ultimately I’d rather have germs on my bum cheeks than on my hands.

Exactly and then it gets dirtier and dirtier compared to everyone sitting down with their clean cheeks

it amazes me that people hover on toilets when they eat food prepared by others with gay abandon. Although I worked in an international office where hr had to send memos to everyone not to assume the gargoyle position (squatting with feet on seats) on toilets as it was breaking the seats off, and this does happen in my gym too, and it’s not great for aim, judging by the state of the toilets .