to not want to use downstairs loo

[Silvercatowner]

OH thinks I am. He runs a counselling business from our house. Clients occasionally use our downstairs loo. We have loos upstairs. I cannot use the loo if a client has used it (unless it has been cleaned). On a scale of 1 to 10 how weird is that?

[Ludways]

I never use our downstairs loo, I'd rather go upstairs to our main bathroom, I just prefer it.

[HoneyBooBooChild]

I go up two flights of stairs to use my toilet rather than the other two in the house. I don't feel comfortable on the others, god knows why!

[DoJo]

It's the hoverers that piss on the seats! Nothing makes a toilet more dirty than someone who thinks it's dirty and so pisses all over the seat just in case! It's almost impossible to piss on a toilet seat when you're sitting on it...

[Famzilla]

I had no idea there was such insanity over toilet use until I joined MN. Honestly, the hysteria about loos on here is fucking ridiculous.

[LoveVintage]

We are shortly moving house and for the first time ever will have an upstairs and a downstairs toilet. I have been hugely excited about this. Had no idea of the can of worms it will in fact open.

[thenightsky]

It's the hoverers that piss on the seats! Nothing makes a toilet more dirty than someone who thinks it's dirty and so pisses all over the seat just in case! It's almost impossible to piss on a toilet seat when you're sitting on it

Exactly this!

[Hakluyt]

Ok -I'll say it. It is utterly ridiculous to not want to use a loo that someone else has used. Stop telling each other it's OK and normal- it isn't. It's precious and silly. There are people all over the world who would give anything to have access to a loo at all- what makes you think you are better than them?

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Hovering means you probably aren't emptying your bladder properly. Which can lead to UTIs.

[AgentProvocateur]

On a scale of weirdness? 10. You really need to get some help with this. It must limit your life.

[JassyRadlett]

Yeah, people have big issues. But are then perfectly happy to go to the toilet in their own bathroom which is slightly inconsistent.

[givehimaninch]

I hover with skill - I would never wee on the seat! (note ocd) I notice that lots of other people do, though.
The absolute worst are seaside toilets- yuk. I'd use your downstairs loo anytime over those.

[JassyRadlett]

And hoverers, stop hovering. You're the problem.

[thenightsky]

*holding8 you seriously put paper on your own toilet seat if other person has used it???

It's only the back of your thighs that touch it. Do you not sit on seats out and about in summer or on holiday whilst wearing shorts?

[HoneyBooBooChild]

I have no problem using public toilets but started getting a bit panicky at work the other day, at the thought of people having sweaty bums and using the one toilet we share. Really grossed me out. I will occasionally antibac the seat myself before I use it so I don't catch sweaty bum disease

[wafflyversatile]

Famzilla

I had no idea there was such insanity over toilet use until I joined MN. Honestly, the hysteria about loos on here is fucking ridiculous.

It's not MN that brings it on (I don't think) it's just people will admit to it here.

[IloveJudgeJudy]

I agree it's not just on MN. I was having a discussion at work recently. Four colleagues. Two of us would go as usual in any toilet, including work toilet. Other two would not go to the toilet at work. They would maybe go for a wee if they absolutely had to, but would rather have a really bad stomach ache than go to the toilet. I just cannot understand it at all. It must be so bad for you. Going by my (very random) survey, it appears that 50% of women won't go to any toilet other than their own.

[IloveJudgeJudy]

I need to add that some female colleagues do make very disparaging remarks if someone has emptied their bowels in the work toilet as if it's a disgusting and needless habit. Perhaps that is part of the reason many people won't go there.

[WitchWay]

My aunt had a toilet fitted in her under stairs cupboard just for her - she had a lock & key! She was totally fed up with sharing with a husband & three sons

[wafflyversatile]

I go to the toilet as often as once per 1.5 hours at work. How do they cope?

[OnIlkleyMoorBahTwat]

I'm always totally baffled by all this toilet angst. I go when and where I need to go for number 1s and 2s and I don't know how people hold it in, especially considering the high percentage of women that have given birth that have urinary problems.

We all do it, whether it's you, me, your boss, that posh woman, or even the Queen.

Get over it people.

[Iamsuperluigi]

YANBU and YA not weird. Mind you, I might not be the right person to ask. When I have a friend at home for coffee, I wash the cup after, but make a mental note not to use it until someone from my family has used it, then only it can be washed again and used by me

[RuddyDuck]

Op, how do you manage at work?