I sat down on a public toilet seat today

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Uhhhhh I don't know what happened. I didn't line the seat with paper and I didn't hover. Will I be ok? I'd it likely I'll catch something terrible? I just really needed the loo and just rushed in and then my bum was on the seat 😬

Maybe you'll get impetigo or scabies crabs.

Same as you would with the people you live with or at a friends/families house.

You absentmindedly touch a bannister at work or hold on to a pole on the tube. The world is full of germs.

Well you won’t catch anything but you probably do have bits of other peoples wee/dead skin cells/poo particles on you which I don’t really fancy

Unless you never leave your sterile home, you end up with peoples skin and bodily fluids all over you. In fact, having it on. your bum cheeks is not a big deal compared to having it on your hands and transferring to your mouth etc.

I remember the VD signs in public loos. It makes me chuckle when people refer to Valentine's Day as VD.

So yup OP you've got VD as a sign in an 80's bus station said so

Proudly bumcheekdisease-free since 1983

Extraordinary.

My mother used to do this. Terrible faff it was for a little girl desperate for a wee

How are you all getting wee/poo/skin/bodily fluids on your bum cheeks? When I sit on the loo the only bit that touches the seat is the back of my thighs. My bum is over the toilet “hole” and not on the seat.

I check the seat for piss, then sit down
every time

People aren't. Or if they do come into contact with bodily fluids it's because people have hovered and pissed on the seat.

Put your affairs in order, you’re going to DIE.

Ever touch a computer keyboard? Considerably more germ-infested than a humble toilet seat. YABVVVU.

It is a proven fact that the absolutely most filthy part of any loo, apart from the floor, is the door handle / lock. Hope that’s helpful.

My fear of public toilet seats is that I’ll sit on something wet or sticky before I realise it’s there. I think if you didn’t encounter something awful at the time, you’ve come through the experience unscathed.

You need to burn your arse off with acid, then you’ll be fine.

You would have got all of them on your hands from touching the button or handle when flushing and opening the loo door anyway.

Oh my chrst😱. You should probably call nhs direct for some advice . I'll share my own horrific story with you whilst you wait. Earlier this week I got on my usual bus to work & THE SEAT WAS WET!!!!. I had to get off at the next stop & call my husband to pick me up so I could go home & shower with bleach. Stay strong op 👊

The whole point of your skin is to keep the germs out OP

This has happened to me too, on a train. I just thought the seat was cold, but when I got off at least half an hour later realised my jeans were soaked. Was on a night out so put up with it and didn’t dare sniff to see what it was.

Been left with a lasting fear of cold train and bus seats.

I am with you.
i carry disposable toilet seat covers. Sitting on a public toilet is just like pushing your bare cheeks against someone else’s. I don’t want their skin flora to be part of mine. I don’t want to sit on someone else’s urine or poo or catch some types of hepatitis.
other countries think we are gross, they wash the toilet seat each time.
Britains hand hygiene is also looked down on too

Literally what would you catch? It’s skin on a (I assume) visibly clean surface. Unless you have open sores which could get infected you will be completely fine. I mean it’s not like you use your bum for much else, you didn’t make sandwiches with it afterwards for instance.

Yeah, but….

Has your arse fell off yet?

They have to give her free nappies, wipes, formula and shit until the kid is 5. It's the law. Tell her to get a solicitor on to it.

You can't catch anything thru yr bum