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AIBU?

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To not want my ass to touch the sanitary bin?

46 replies

chickenfactory · 27/02/2013 15:40

I have to use public toilets when I'm out working- anything from a supermarket to a McDonalds. I'm a size 14 so don't consider myself huge, AIBU to expect a cubicle to be large enough to fit the sanitary bin in so I don't have to touch it? Why don't they design them so they aren't wedged up against the seat?

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BlissfullyIgnorant · 27/02/2013 15:43

Oh dear...just like every other annoying thing in life; designed by blokes who don't think about practical issues like cleaning or touching things with your bottom.

PhyllisDoris · 27/02/2013 15:43

Because they are designed by men, I would think. Will be interesting when all public toilets go unisex, as is being discussed in the media this week.

WorraLiberty · 27/02/2013 15:46

I don't think I've ever seen a sanitary bin wedged up against the toilet seat?

MrsHoarder · 27/02/2013 15:51

Worra: in our department the sanitary bins aren't wedged against the seat. Its so badly designed that they have to go in front of the toilet and you have to slide them in front of the door to sit down.

One of the service stations on the M6 has lovely toilets, the toilet is sensibly off-centre in the cubical so the sanitary bin fits comfortably down one side. Cubicles are no bigger, and its much more comfortable.

Agree with the men comment. They don't envisage such things in toilets so don't generally design for them.

ISeeSmallPeople · 27/02/2013 15:54

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chickenfactory · 27/02/2013 16:22

Mrshoarder off centre - Genius.

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Enfyshedd · 27/02/2013 16:28

The worst toilets I've experienced have been the ones where I've had to stand over the toilet to close the door behind me!! Really not fun if you've got a bag of shopping with you as well.

Just noticed x-post with ISeeSmallPeople.

Agree with the annoyance of parking half a bum cheek against a sanitary bin though. 'Tis gross.

laptopdancer · 27/02/2013 17:42

Ah yes, I was recently at an establishment where the sanitary bin was wedged against the seat. I moved it before sitting. I dont know what was worse..moving it or having it hit my arse . Horrid.

Lovelygoldboots · 27/02/2013 17:44

I have wedged myself in one of those cubicles trying to leave whilst heavily pregnant. The sanitary bin thing is gross.

mrsstewpot · 27/02/2013 17:50

Yes yes I understand entirely; the scraping of your side bum or hip against the sanitary bin. Yuck!

Also, said bins or nappy bins with no pedal opening function - wtf is that about?

Purple2012 · 27/02/2013 17:52

Our local hospital has tiny toilets. Anyone bigger than a size 16 would struggle to fit in them.

monkeysbignuts · 27/02/2013 17:57

I float over the toilet seats in public lol. Don't want my arse to touch any of it :/

iloveshortshorts · 27/02/2013 18:00

Same here hover all the way

ChaosTrulyReigns · 27/02/2013 18:04

Isn't hovering not recommended?

mrsstewpot · 27/02/2013 18:07

I have bad knees and a big bum - hovering is really difficult!

Sallyingforth · 27/02/2013 18:07

I never sit on a public toilet seat. Just lean back with a hand against the cistern or wall.

INeverSaidThat · 27/02/2013 18:11

I cover everything with loo paper before I sit.

Viviennemary · 27/02/2013 18:12

I think it would be so easy to develop a phobia about using any kind of public toilet it's probably best not to think about it too much. YANBU.

piprabbit · 27/02/2013 18:16

I quite like the short sanitary bins that sort of fit under the toilet - but they obviously fill up faster and need more emptying.

Personally, I think that ladies toilet designers will be first up against the wall come the revolution. Where do you put a baby in a buggy while you wee? If there isn't room for an adult to get into the toilet and shut the door with out having to climb round the toilet, how on earth is an adult plus two small children and shopping going to manage it? Bag hooks should be compulsory. I shouldn't have to rub against a crusty sanitary bin. Rahhhhh .

MrsKoala · 27/02/2013 18:16

Or what about the toilet cubicles where you can't open or close the door if you are actually in the cubicle? I sometimes think it's some kind of test, how do you close the door which skims the front of the bowl if one side has a sanitary bin alongside it and one side has a huge silver loo roll cylinder? The prize is being able to pee with the door closed

piprabbit · 27/02/2013 18:18

MrsKoala - you have to stand on one leg (which will pressed up against sanitary bin), while you hold the other leg over the toilet bowl. Then you swivel, reach behind you, shut the door aaaaand relax.

KirstyoffEastenders · 27/02/2013 18:24

She-wee and female urinals, anyone?

FlouncingMintyy · 27/02/2013 18:29

Is it the seat hoverers who sprinkle? And why is it that if someone has sprinkled on the seat, the next person in doesn't bloody well feel it until they stand up?? Happened to me again at work today.

iloveshortshorts · 27/02/2013 18:29

Chaos why isn't it recommended?

Gosh i hope i haven't been harming myself.

GangstaGranny · 27/02/2013 18:47

Hovering isn't recommended because your pelvic floor muscle needs to relax for you to wee properly. If you hover your pelvic floor won't relax and you won't empty your bladder properly. This then means you will have to go again sooner than if you'd fully emptied but more worryingly is that, if you repeatedly hover, you are at far greater risks of bladder infections.

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