To put paper on the seat when using the loo in public?

[BrownEyedGirlv2point0]

I've had people argue that it is ridiculous to do this. I, personally, feel more comfortable. I know it wastes more paper but it's better than squatting to avoid actually touching the seat. Plus, if someone has left a mess there before me, I'll know. They say you can't catch anything from touching a seat but it still creeps me out. What do most people do?

Gosh there is a special place either hell for you paper nest builders... .

If it looks filthy go to another cubicle....

Take alcohol wipes and quickly wipe seat... Takes... 10 secs

It takes exactly the same time to urinate when you hover than when you seat, and the odd occasion when you have to do it is not going to cause you any bladder issue.

Paper in the toilets is also there to be used, so use I will, and I don't let my kids to sit on public toilets. They don't use door handles either, what's the point of washing your hands if you do?

I don't really care if people sit or not, I do find it amusing that others are so bothered about the way we use the loos.

I think you all do have bum disease and just dont know it as your used to being dirty. Hey, whats a few extra bum germs. Nasty.

So "bum disease" is symptom free. Fantastic! Why bother to hover?

You really should let your kids sit on public toilets (even if you spray/wipe first) otherwise you're passing on your issues. It's something to work on.

I hadn’t thought of doing that but will from now on. Quite often I go in a loo and sit down only to find that somebody has peed on the seat and I get it on my bum and the tops,of my legs. Ugggghhhh

Surely if you put paper down over pee then you just sit on pee-y paper?

surely everyone inspects the seat before sitting down...
and of course after finished hovering

The eternal mystery of "why is the queue for the toilets always 15 people deep and then when you get there, theres no bloody paper" is finally resolved.
It makes me laugh when I think of the hundreds of years we've happily coped with hands in the dirt, and now there are people who cant cope with briefly touching their buttocks to a plastic seat.

Hovering is disgusting. I sometimes toilet paper the whole seat if I feel the need but I generally only use public facilities that I know are usually very clean and failing that avoid using them altogether (I have a bladder of steel) but I do occasionally get caught off guard/take an airplane long haul so out cones the loo roll.

We must have this thread like 2 or 3 times a week. It's always the same. You're either in camp A or camp B. Camp As will never sit and find anyone who does disgusting. And Camp Bs sit and find those that hover rather bizarre. The two camps will never reach agreement. I'm firmly in camp A.

I have a friend who discovered the whole family had worms and the doctor told her that people catch it from tiny eggs left on toilet seats that are invisible to see with the naked eye.

It's something to work on.
Why should I? What makes your way better than my way? I am not policing your toilets habits, and I won't change mine.

I hover and don't drip wee on the seat. You're not suspended in mid air trying to aim fgs! You hover a bit, stay hovered while you get the loo roll and wipe your fanny. No wee on the seat

I am an expert hoverer. Can't sit on a public loo seat, or even loos seats at work.

I am not concerned about catching anything, it's just the thought of putting my bare arse on the seat. Never going to happen.

I have a friend who discovered the whole family had worms and the doctor told her that people catch it from tiny eggs left on toilet seats that are invisible to see with the naked eye.

There are two main ways that you can catch threadworm. The first is by direct contact with an infected person. The second is by coming into contact with an object or surface that has become contaminated through contact with an infected person. This could be anywhere, from a toilet seat, bedding, toys, kitchen bench, clothing, door handles, food or furniture. The eggs can even survive in swimming pools. www.wormtreatment.com/dyn/283/Pinworms-and-Threadworms.html

Better not leave the house!

Yes and if anyone caught them from a toilet seat then I would assume they don’t wash their hands after visiting the toilet. Which is basically what they’ve just admitted to.

"If you wouldn’t press your naked bum against the random strangers naked bum who walked into the toilet before you then paper the seat! "

Really not the same. Germs and viruses don't live as long on inanimate objects.

Why do you need to ask strangers on the internet whether you can do a perfectly harmless thing in the privacy of a toilet cubicle.

Apart from using a few extra sheets of loo paper and maybe holding up a queue a little bit there are literally no reasons not to do this, do you struggle with decision making in general?

You're either in camp A or camp B. Camp As will never sit and find anyone who does disgusting. And Camp Bs sit and find those that hover rather bizarre. The two camps will never reach agreement. I'm firmly in camp A.

‘Disgustingly wasteful and completely irrational’ might be closer to my view of the paper nesters.

‘Disgusting and irrational’ covers the hoverers, given how many drip and don’t clean up after themselves.

I have a friend who discovered the whole family had worms and the doctor told her that people catch it from tiny eggs left on toilet seats that are invisible to see with the naked eye

But worms don't live on the back of your legs? Presumably to catch worms you'd have to wipe your naked bum, the actual 'working part' across a seat that someone else had dragged the working part of their bare arse across.

I have a friend who discovered the whole family had worms and the doctor told her that people catch it from tiny eggs left on toilet seats that are invisible to see with the naked eye

Presumably he meant she ingested them, though, not that they somehow crawl their way over the seat and up your bottom! Bloody good argument for washing your hands thoroughly after you've used a public loo, but nothing to do with sitting on the seat.

Why bother to hover

And there we have an excellent slogan for a campaign. More catchy than my idea, which is 'just sit the fuck down'.

Would someone like to design a poster for the back of public toilet doors?

What about just carrying a small pack of anti-bac wipes around in your handbag and just cleaning the seat with those before you use it?

I don't have the time to read 6 pages but...in case it's not been said already...

hovering is anatomically bad for women. Your pelvic floor doesn't fully relax, so your bladder can't empty completely.

This means you are likely to have some wee left which can harbour bacteria and eventually lead to a UTI.

Here

femaleurologyaz.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/is-squatting-when-urinating-bad-for.html

Why bother to hover

because I prefer it that way, my legs are more than strong enough to make it a very easy process. I can't see anyone changing their habits because of this thread.