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I sat down on a public toilet seat today

191 replies

anewername · 29/04/2022 22:44

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 😬

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CorsicaDreaming · 30/04/2022 05:43

womanchild · 29/04/2022 23:25

I have tried the paper on the loo seat option.. but I find the downdraft from lowering oneself towards said seat results in all the paper fluttering away anyway and therefore totally ineffectual 😁

It will normally stick if you sprinkle the seat liberally with wee first.

CorsicaDreaming · 30/04/2022 05:47

Tangofandango · 30/04/2022 00:14

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.

Ohh to have such a dainty botty @Tangofandango

Vampirethriller · 30/04/2022 06:04

Public toilet seats do get cleaned throughout the day. More than home toilets.

Tothepoint99 · 30/04/2022 06:09

NoAprilFool · 29/04/2022 22:46

Seriously? What do you think you’re going to catch through the skin on your buttocks???

Grin
torquewench · 30/04/2022 06:18

I used to work in a golf club. In the (members, not staff) ladies loos, each toilet had an automatic loo seat cover dispenser. You pressed a button, and the cover whizzed round and was replaced with a fresh one. Hours of fun!

BarbaraofSeville · 30/04/2022 06:30

I also can't tell if the OP or all the other 'I never sit on public toilets or even use them unless I am desperately desperate for a wee' people are being serious.

I've clearly been brought up wrongly because I go in, check to see if the seat is dry, wipe if necessary (because even if its just clean water splashed out during the last flush it doesn't feel very nice) and sit down and do what I went in there for.

FindingMeno · 30/04/2022 06:33

I will push my bladder to the point of bursting rather than use a public loo and when I have to I hover.
I'd rather find a discreet bush any day.
I never question why I'm like that, or what the consequences of not being like that are.
My bodily functions, my rules.

BorisJohnsonatemyhampster · 30/04/2022 06:45

I feel your pain OP. I’d probably run all the way home and immediately jump into the shower. I’ve never sat on a public toilet without either hovering or using tissue.

Many people are disgusting. Don’t forget, this is the country who’s Prime Minister had to demonstrate how to wash hands properly on tv. You also regularly see threads on here with a vocal minority loudly proclaiming how little they shower. The smells of some people on the bus….putting my bum where theirs has been…vom

Luculentus · 30/04/2022 07:09

Justkeepon · 29/04/2022 23:04

Not being funny but my mate Sharon got pregnant that way and she didn't even know she was pregnant until she went into labour and she gave birth in the lift in asda and the security guard had to deliver the baby and the bany ended up being twins and she gave one to the security guard as a thank you. Same asda that she sat on the toilet seat in as well.

Bloody Asda, it's all their fault, last time my friend went in there she found her husband having group sex at the checkout. 😀

Luculentus · 30/04/2022 07:12

VladmirsPoutine · 30/04/2022 03:01

I am 100% sure the same people who see no problems with sitting on a public toilet seat also see no problem not showering daily and think washing chicken is repugnant. I am sure about this.

And I'm sure you're wrong.

Theala · 30/04/2022 07:14

VladmirsPoutine · 30/04/2022 03:01

I am 100% sure the same people who see no problems with sitting on a public toilet seat also see no problem not showering daily and think washing chicken is repugnant. I am sure about this.

Being neurotic about germs doesn't make you morally superior, you know, just neurotic.

KilmordenCastle · 30/04/2022 07:14

Bloody hoverers weeing all over the seats 🙄
It's gross, please stop!

Luculentus · 30/04/2022 07:14

How do all these people who worry so much about contact with other people's wee cope with nappies, children's vomit and worse?

Benjispruce4 · 30/04/2022 07:23

I always sit. I’m still here and my thighs haven’t gone gangrenous yet.

CounsellorTroi · 30/04/2022 07:24

Lining the seat is anti social. Causes blockages and causes the toilet paper to run out quicker.

Those who are terrified of touching the lock - do you limbo dance under the door?

Benjispruce4 · 30/04/2022 07:25

@VladmirsPoutine I shower daily. I never wash chicken as it’s not necessary and just splashes bacteria around the sink.

veronicagoldberg · 30/04/2022 07:26

Oh, get a grip. Germophobes are pathetic!

TroysMammy · 30/04/2022 07:37

Do not sit upon this seat the crabs in here can jump six feet.

pixie5121 · 30/04/2022 07:37

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Simplelobsterhat · 30/04/2022 07:38

This thread is such an eye opener. I knew some people hovered or put paper down, but I had no idea how many or that those people were so sure it was the 'correct' way to use a toilet that they would start a thread in panic they didn't do it (or is it a joke thread? I can't tell, but I can tell some of the replies aren't).

Anyway, it's clear now why public toilets so often have wee on the seat, thanks 😡 Also, surely putting paper down involves more touching things with your hands therefore more chance of transferring germs in a way that would actually matter and wouldn't actually protect you from anything really nasty on the seat? I don't get it...

Oh and I also thought washing chicken was unhygienic and strongly advised against? So confused!

pixie5121 · 30/04/2022 07:39

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Fairislefandango · 30/04/2022 07:41

Wow, yet another MN germphobic thread. I'm 50, OP, and I have never in my life hovered over a toilet seat or covered one in tissue. I guess it's a miracle I'm still alive.

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anewername · 30/04/2022 07:42

@PurpleDinosaurpark I stood in a wet spot at the toddlers soft play this week too. I thought hopefully it's just a split drink, but I'm probably riddled now.

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comehithershallot · 30/04/2022 07:43

The ironic thing about this is that if EVERYONE just sat down and used the toilet properly then the toilets would, on the whole, be a lot more hygienic to use.

It's those who hover, don't have full balance/control and spray their urine everywhere that cause all this hassle.

Kanaloa · 30/04/2022 07:44

FindingMeno · 30/04/2022 06:33

I will push my bladder to the point of bursting rather than use a public loo and when I have to I hover.
I'd rather find a discreet bush any day.
I never question why I'm like that, or what the consequences of not being like that are.
My bodily functions, my rules.

So pissing in a public place like a dog is somehow preferable to a public toilet designed to urinate in?

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