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closing toilet lid before flushing

139 replies

garlicandsapphires · 22/10/2021 12:15

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?

OP posts:
etulosba · 22/10/2021 19:14

I’m always surprised by people who find it acceptable to fart everywhere, especially in bed. That’s poo particles floating about.

I’m glad our bathroom hasn’t got a toilet in it.

Createdjustforthis · 22/10/2021 19:15

Why do you think the lid exists?

SirSamuelVimes · 22/10/2021 19:15

I read something ages ago that said you're basically fucked either way.

Lid up, spray up to six feet away.

Lid down, all the spray sits in there and when you open the lid the movement of the lid is like releasing a vacuum so you get blasted in the face.

Best option is to stop caring about it and move on.

doublemonkey · 22/10/2021 19:21

You have Kim and Aggie to thank for this. All those swabs!

Fecal matter on the top of the curtain rail ... fecal matter on the toaster..

Grim.

flossletsfloss · 22/10/2021 19:24

Good god, no way I have time for this!

BrilliantBetty · 22/10/2021 19:29

I never heard of this poo & germ flying out thing.

Sometimes I close sometimes I don't but if I do it's more so the bathroom looks tidy.

Peridotty · 22/10/2021 19:32

Yes I also close before I flush and then lift it up to check. I wouldn’t do it in a public loo though. I minimise touching things!!

SickAndTiredAgain · 22/10/2021 19:33

@CuriousUnderTheStairs

I never do. In fact I find it really annoying when visitors leave the lid down and I have to put it up before using the loo.
I always think the polite thing to do in someone’s house is leave it as you found it. So lid up or down depends on what it was when you went in.
Chipsinthewoods · 22/10/2021 19:33

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

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.
Grin
DappledThings · 22/10/2021 19:36

Just because you have it closed wouldn't mean as a guest I realised that was such such strong preference that not doing it would make you so cross. If I did notice at all it wouldn't really register with me that it was something I was expected to copy. If you then exploded at me rather than just mentioning I'd think you'd lost the plot.

butterpuffed · 22/10/2021 19:50

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

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.

Love it when someone has a sense of humour, not many in MN

AutumnLeafy · 22/10/2021 20:16

@garlicandsapphires

ARE you basically spraying wee and shit in the air though?
Yes
Nayday · 22/10/2021 20:38

Poo is in the air, everywhere I look around
Poo is in the air, with every sight and every sound
And I know that mumsnet's not foolish
I know that you're being wise
Because you must believe in poo particles
Even though you can't see them with your eyes

Poo is in the air!
Oh oh oh oh
Poo is in the air!

Mumsnet anthem.

Astrak · 22/10/2021 20:46

I just use a bucket. I make sure it doesn't get too heavy so I can still lift it and chuck it out of the side door. It all gets washed away quickly enough. I make sure there's no toilet paper in with it. Not a very nice thing for other people to see.

hartof · 22/10/2021 20:50

I'm wondering if you work at the same place I do! I only started in March, home worked all through the pandemic so was quite surprised to see signs to shut the lid to stop the spread. Recently turned into a wall full of memes too from the sign.

daimbarsatemydogsbone · 22/10/2021 21:37

@AllThingsServeTheBeam

Never shut the lid on the loo in my life. I should probably be dead
yep me too.
daimbarsatemydogsbone · 22/10/2021 21:40

@Createdjustforthis

Why do you think the lid exists?
To stop stuff falling in of course. It's certainly been around as an idea since way before the University of Scatalogical studies started worrying about shit particles flying around.
Astrak · 22/10/2021 21:55

I'm surprised the human race has survived . . . Maternal grandmother was of the opinion that "we all eat a peck of dirt before we die". Look it up - it's quite a lot. MGM lived until she was 88, and died smiling.

Dojacatpaws · 22/10/2021 22:00

Yes can't say toilet seats particularly bother me, I also have a great immune system, maybe I'm just less scared of germs

Thepennysjustdropped · 22/10/2021 22:07

Yep. Particles can be shot up to six feet away. It's called the aromiser effect, or something similar to that.

Thepennysjustdropped · 22/10/2021 22:07

Atomiser

Rainbow0821 · 22/10/2021 22:17

Never done this. Never known anyone in 'real life' do this either.

Rainbow0821 · 22/10/2021 22:19

@Nayday

Poo is in the air, everywhere I look around Poo is in the air, with every sight and every sound And I know that mumsnet's not foolish I know that you're being wise Because you must believe in poo particles Even though you can't see them with your eyes

Poo is in the air!
Oh oh oh oh
Poo is in the air!

Mumsnet anthem.

This is brilliant !!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
MrsDThomas · 22/10/2021 22:23

The lid is there for a reason. Shut it.

And who wants to walk into the bathroom with the lid up? I dont.

DappledThings · 22/10/2021 22:26

And who wants to walk into the bathroom with the lid up? I dont
I do. Hate seeing the lid down, I assume there's something in there that couldn't be flushed away.