To think you should dangle above not sit on a festival toilet?

[malificent7]

DD and others spend ages lining festival loo seats with toilet paper so that they can sit down. AIBU to think that this is disgusting and that everyone should learn the art of dangling when doing a poo or wee on a gross festival toilet?

It's better for you to sit than hover people who hover get cystitis more often allegedly

Or take antiseptic wipes with you.

Buy the paper loo seat covers? Time saving and more efficient.

Or stop stressing about pointless stuff. Festival toilets are usually disgusting because they are long drops, not because of the seat.

My legs are too short to let me dangle

How does dangling encourage cystitis? Is it the position of the bladder or something?

People who hover over public toilet seats create the need for other people to hover over public toilet seats, by splashing all over the place. If everyone just sat down there would be no wee on the seat.

Hovering means that the bladder doesn’t always empty properly, thereby bacteria have a greater probability of growing in the residue. Quite apart from the mess people make on the seat. A quick wipe with anti bacterial is all that’s needed if you’re that fussy.

I just sit.

Then later I wash, when I get home I have these magic machines. I stand in one and it pours warm water over me, we're so impressed we bought some bubbly stuff to use with it. My other magic machine miraculously cleans the clothes that have been touching my filthy loo infested skin.

I just can't concern myself with the toilet germ thing.

Even with my Health Anxiety it doesn't bother me.

Buy the paper loo seat covers?

Lol I barely have room for my debit card in a summer festival outfit let alone loo seat covers.

Do what you gotta do OP. Especially after darkness it's not worth the risk of sitting down I doubt you'll get an infection from one weekend of hovering.

It's people who dangle over them who make them disgusting for everyone else. I can't stand this! Am forever cleaning toilet seats with loo paper so I can sit down on them. If everyone sat on them then all toilet seats would clean.

@mswales is right

I sat on a public toilet seat once years ago, I now have a prosthetic arse cheek due to toilet seat spider cum.

That’ll learn ya, Harry.

I have a Spider-Man type hook so I can suspend myself from festival loo ceilings. This means I can spray liberally over the whole cubicle. It’s most effective when I’ve eaten something dodgy from one of the food vendors. If you’ve ever been to a festival, you’ll no doubt be familiar with my work. I often leave an empty beer can as a calling card too, and decorate the space with trails of loo roll, leaving none for anyone else.

A she wee is the way forward. The you don't have to sit on it at all. Unless you need a poo that is.

Hovering is uncomfortable and bad for you. So YABU

Rachie

If people didn’t hover they wouldn’t be so grim in the first place

I use a wad of toilet paper to wipe clean and dry the seat as long as it’s only a bit wet.

Then I sit.

It’s hoverers who get it all pissy for the next person!

Shewee is my festival essential!

@Shockers oooh I think I have seen your work at festivals! High five!

We went to Radio 1's Big Weekend and they had toilet attendants who just repeatedly cleaned up and replenished the loo rolls. I still used my seat liners tho. The loo's were still usable at the end of the day.

You can't catch anything from sitting on a loo seat. Yes I wipe it if there's obvious "dribble" on it, but I've never felt the need to hover.

I sit as well. The trick is to have a torch or a phone that’s still got battery, so you can quickly check there’s nothing horrible on the seat before sitting down when using the portaloos after dark. Apart from that, I’m not too fussy. And festival toilets have got better in recent years, ime. There seem to be more and they’re emptied more frequently. But you do have to accept that it’s not like being at home, and, 😱 other people use them!

Every time I come back from glasto I have an arse and thighs you could bounce a coin off. My squatting over / hovering technique is sublime