Public toilets - sit or hover?

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Do you sit, hover or play it by ear?

It's bloody disgusting to sit. I don't even think I can come up with an appropriate adjective. It's frankly vile. I don't mean to come across as hysterical or whatever but frankly I'd rather remove my own finger nails with a wrench. As I have already said, people are welcome to what they want.

Oh no it isn't Vlad

You have some pretty serious issues.

Here is the thing Vlad. You think that sitters are disgusting and us sitters think that the hovers are crazy.

You have some pretty serious issues.

LoniceraJaponica

Yup. Thanks. If not wanting to sit on toilet seats makes you think I have serious issues then I think I can somehow continue to cope in life. It might be difficult considering I care so much what you think but maybe I might just manage. It will be hard because I of course have always wanted your approval and always wanted to be in agreement with you, but i'll manage. As I said, it's awful considering I wish everyone shared your opinion - I think everyone should share their opinion with you first before deciding on it but there we go. At least I was blessed to have you comment on my opinion. Sorry I didn't run it past you first. We should all be more like you. Then the world would be a better place.

I'm just confused anyone can describe doing a normal thing like sitting on a toilet as disgusting
I can't see men hovering over a toilet

SnickersWasAHorse Exactly my point. There was no need for any name calling or telling anyone to get a grip or that they have issues or are mental. I said from the start 'each to their own.' If you prefer coffee and I tea then that's that. No need to make it personal. I admit that I find it despicable but I won't tell anyone they're mental or have issues because they sit.

but I won't tell anyone they're mental or have issues because they sit.

Instead you just say its disgusting and liken it to sharing needles with an addict

I just cover the loo seat with loads of paper and sit. I think it is just human nature to think that nobody could possibly be as clean as you are, and therefore you have to defend yourself against anything which might be 'dirty'!

'If not wanting to sit on toilet seats makes you think I have serious issues '

No no, it's likening it to eating vomit off the street, sharing needles or saying you'd rather remove your own fingernails that suggests you may be a little bit anxious.

Sit or hover, I don't care but honestly nothing from a loo seat will attack your bum cheeks. Honest.

Instead you just say its disgusting and liken it to sharing needles with an addict

Because for me it is. It is like that for me. It makes me feel physically sick. I won't however tell anyone they have 'issues' or are mental. I am speaking for myself and expressing my personal opinion. I know that's a novel concept, isn't it....

Then you have serious issues and should consider seeing a doctor about germ phobia - its not healthy to think like that.

“To me (sitting) is one of the most disgusting things I've ever heard of. It's a bit like eating someone's vomit from the street but there you go.
For me it's disgusting. It's a bit like sharing a needle with an addict
I'd never sit. Don't think I could be payed to be convinced otherwise at all even. It's frankly disgusting imo.”

Vlad I think this goes beyond finding public toilet seats a little unsavoury. It’s a massive over-reaction.

“I think it is just human nature to think that nobody could possibly be as clean as you are”

And ^^ this is not

And I agree with Natsku. The germ phobia is not healthy.

Do you have children? Have you ever changed a nappy/cleaned up children's vomit?

This a fantastic question and is something that has pondered me for a while. I never take a chance and always hover.

It has already been established that:

a) You can't catch anything from a loo seat
b) It is bad for the bladder

So why do people still hover?

i am now going to think that any woman with muscular thighs is a hoverer

I don't mean to come across as hysterical or whatever but frankly I'd rather remove my own finger nails with a wrench.

This thread just keeps on giving

sit! Obviously as long as there is no shit smeared on it!! In which unfortunately in some places I've just not used the loo at all (thank God for core exercise)

Doesn't it just Bored

Bonkers

Then you have serious issues and should consider seeing a doctor about germ phobia - its not healthy to think like that.

Thanks Nat, I'd rather not see waste the NHS' time and resources because I don't like sitting on toilet seats. Pretty sure there'll be a team of doctors waiting to section me because I don't like sitting on toilet seats. But I'd rather they used their time and knowledge to treat patients with real need. Perhaps I should ask my GP if I'm ok because recently I've switched from eating white pasta to brown pasta. I can no longer stomach the taste of white pasta and thus I'm sure this will be a cause of concern for them. I might ask them in the meantime if they can treat me for not-sitting-on-toilet-seatness. I'll let you know what they prescribe.

Have you ever changed a nappy/cleaned up children's vomit?

I've dealt with far worse bodily fluids and functions than a child's nappy or vomit. I can assure you. It wasn't fun and it was rather disgusting but for whatever bizarre reason I still didn't like sitting on toilet seats then and I still don't now. I know it's odd that people live their lives differently to others but I've always thought 'each to their own' - a very bizarre concept, I know.

Yes Vlad each to their own indeed. Just try a bit of perspective and stop likening harmless things to vomit or sharing needles. Maybe you're not weird just a tad melodramatic.

I never take a chance and always hover

Take a chance on what? What do you think will happen?

Neither. I use a shewee
I hope you put the loo seat up

I wonder if the germaphobes realise that our skin is already swarming with bacteria (the mutualistic variety) and it is this that out competes the harmful stuff. So potentially sharing some bacteria with other people is usually not an issue. Personally I always sit unless there is evidence of shit on the seat as hovering means I can't empty my bladder properly. I simply can't get at all worried about bacteria on stuff. It makes me wonder how long germaphobes would last in a zombie apocalypse

Oh come on, surely you can be a bit more hysterical than that. Let's try 'it's a bit like getting someone to shit in your mouth' or 'it's a bit like jumping into the sewer and guzzling all the turds'.

Squoosh

Those of you who put paper on the seat before you will sit down - do you think the paper is a barrier to germs?

I always sit btw (and never cover the seat with loo roll either).

I am knocking 60 and have never caught some strange bum disease from my "disgusting" preference for sitting on public loos.........
not even from Glastonbury