closing toilet lid before flushing

[garlicandsapphires]

Big signs up in work loos to close the lid before flushing.
Does everybody do this?
Surely you need to see inside to make sure everything is gone, in which case you'd open, close to flush, open again to check, close again for the next person.
Do people really do this? on public loos? AIBU to not do it?

You should because it sprays...... but to be VERY honest with you, in public toilets I avoid touching the lid......

Always close the lid when flushing, ever since I realised the germs fly up when flushing & my toothbrush/the sink is next to the loo!
I have bern known to open & check everything has flushed after though.

Yes definitely close the lid before flushing!

I would do it in public loos as well, unless really really grotty (you would obviously wash your hands directly after).

It's disgusting not to. You're basically spraying wee and shit in the air.

Yes, I think its become much more of a norm. I get annoyed if visitors to our house don't do it. As a family, we were advised to do it by doctors about 15 years ago: someone was immune-compromised due to chemo and they said a lot of germs circulate through droplets so everyone should get into the habit of closing the lid. In public toilets, I find most people don't stay long enough to check everything has gone: they flush and walk out the door.

Since we all started doing it, I've noticed its much more common. In a private home I always would, in a workplace, I think I would, in a toilet in a shopping centre I might prefer people didn't because so often your'e confronted with horrific things in the toilet, I'd rather have a clear visual as I approach!

I put lid down then flush then check then put the lid back up.

If you don’t you get spread of germs from tiny water particles mixed with bacteria from your shit/ wee.

ARE you basically spraying wee and shit in the air though?

I don’t do it, urine is sterile so I can’t get excited about my own particles to be honest with you.
I also spend a lot of time cleaning out hen houses and stables and am covered in animal shit particles no doubt. I think it boosts immunity!

@garlicandsapphires

ARE you basically spraying wee and shit in the air though?

Yes!! Make sure your toothbrush is not out in the open

I don't . I've got a soft close toilet lid and it takes a while to close, I'd be in there all day.

I've never done this! I'm suspicious when I see a closed lid in case I end up staring at a big jobbie someone couldn't flush

@garlicandsapphires

ARE you basically spraying wee and shit in the air though?

Yes

@garlicandsapphires

Big signs up in work loos to close the lid before flushing. Does everybody do this? Surely you need to see inside to make sure everything is gone, in which case you'd open, close to flush, open again to check, close again for the next person. Do people really do this? on public loos? AIBU to not do it?

Not envy

You do know your spraying droplets containing urine and faeces everywhere? (where's your toothbrush at home?)

Just check and flush again afterwards if necessary. What's watching it going to achieve?

It's disgusting not to. You're basically spraying wee and shit in the air.

Yes, you are basically staging a Bobby Sands protest by not closing the lid.

I'm thinking of fitting one of those door spy-holes in the toilet seat lid so I can check that 'everything's gone' without having to lift the lid again.
Hmm, may need some lighting in there too... Or perhaps fit a RING doorbell. That would work.

The new toilets which you have to close the lid to be able to flush, and then reach under the rim to open them when you go in - they really give me the heebie jeebies

I do it at work, with my foot. And re-open it to check it's gone.

Yes, I always close the lid. You are spraying wee and poo particles up to 15 feet away otherwise.
www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/a22777060/close-the-toilet-seat/

You can drink urine, if you shove your toothbrush in a cup of it you’ll come to no harm. Such hysteria over nothing!

@Megan2018

You can drink urine, if you shove your toothbrush in a cup of it you’ll come to no harm. Such hysteria over nothing!

No urine is not sterile, it's a myth www.sciencenews.org/blog/gory-details/urine-not-sterile-and-neither-rest-you Plus, what about the poo?

Oh no so I've been cleaning my teeth with shit and wiping my arse with toilet paper already covered in shit and my drying my hands on the towel that's already covered in shit. I'm doomed.

@Megan2018

You can drink urine, if you shove your toothbrush in a cup of it you’ll come to no harm. Such hysteria over nothing!

And faeces?

And there's a difference between drinking fresh urine with urine that's been in a not necessarily recently cleaned toilet bowl.

Definitely. I also insist that everyone else at home does, which means the seat is down my default.