1,000 Chinese Toilets and squatters rights

[Magdalen]

Begs the question -- what would happen if they all flushed at once?

But on a more serious note, I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss the (very private) matter of (public) toilet usage in America. It has come to my attention that many many people fail to rest their buttocks on the actual toilet seat, prefering to squat above the surface. This creates a problem when the intended deposit is mis-directed. Maintenance staff in any public facility can only do so much!! On behalf of all Americans (our glass of piss and vinegar clearly half full) I respectfully request that whenever you use our public facilities, please sit and Do Not Squat over our Toilets!!!:Soapbox:

[newmod]

Maybe the title should read "squitters" not "squatters" ;)

[thethinker42]

On behalf of all Americans (our glass of piss and vinegar clearly half full) I respectfully request that whenever you use our public facilities, please sit and Do Not Squat over our Toilets!!!

I went into a McDonald's once and found that someone had evidently decided to remain seated for the entire performance. From what I observed, they prefer to sit in the back row, rather than taking a front row seat, and apparently they didn't just have to pee...because there was copious amounts of #2 ALL OVER THE BACK OF THE SEAT. I don't just mean some Hershey smears...I mean a BUTTLOAD OF POO, in some places a couple of inches high, all over the seat. For whatever reason, she couldn't be bothered to...you know...WIPE IT OFF.

It later occurred to me...how many people DO THAT, to varying degrees, but DO wipe it off...just wiping it off with a piece of TP and calling it good once there's no longer any visible evidence of their fecal festival...but not disinfected in the slightest? In other words...how often do I park my ass on the remnants of a poo parade without even knowing it?

And being that I am a woman, and thus use women's restrooms, and women have That Time every month...well...bloodstains come out of porcelain or plastic pretty easily too.

I'm not a germaphobe. Not even close. I don't sterilize everything I come in contact with (though there are a few PEOPLE I'd like to personally sterilize...), nor do I insist on dipping my hands in boiling antiseptic after every visit to the bathroom. I believe some exposure to germs is healthy, and prefer not to live in a surgical-sterile environment.

But I have my limits.

And sitting on someone else's Shittastic Cleaning Job is beyond my limits.

I proudly hover in public restrooms. But I also, unlike many men with whom I've shared private residences, I have pretty damn good aim and leave the seat as pristinely (deceptively) clean as when I came in.

So, I disagree. Hover, by all means...but learn to aim. Practice at home if you must.

VIVA LA DISGUSTING PUBLIC RESTROOMS!!

[newmod]

Did you include the butthead style avatar specifically for this post thethinker42???

[benbradley]

Geez, I just had to read this thread while eating lunch...

[newmod]

Geez, I just had to read this thread while eating lunch...

I guess despite all the 7s today is not your lucky day :)

[trumancoyote]

You fools. Why hover when you can just use four strips of TP to cover up the nasty thing?

[thethinker42]

Did you include the butthead style avatar specifically for this post thethinker42???

No, but it does seem rather appropriate. :)

[thethinker42]

You fools. Why hover when you can just use four strips of TP to cover up the nasty thing?

But the ninja Chuck Norris bacteria can eat right through the TP and TOUCH YOUR BUTT!!!

[Magdalen]

If you have no open sores or wounds on yer arse, ye needn't worry. And if you do have any wounds, then you've got bigger problems than sitting on a public toilet.

now thinker42 has some valid points, and the most important one is Learn to Aim. Or as my granny's needlepoint above the toity says, We aim to please, you aim too, please!

As for that incident at MickyD's, perhaps that was the only means of comment left to a rather ignorant customer.

[thethinker42]

If you have no open sores or wounds on yer arse, ye needn't worry. And if you do have any wounds, then you've got bigger problems than sitting on a public toilet.

Oh agreed...but I still don't want to shake my booty in someone else's cooties.

now thinker42 has some valid points, and the most important one is Learn to Aim. Or as my granny's needlepoint above the toity says, We aim to please, you aim too, please!

LOL Exactly

As for that incident at MickyD's, perhaps that was the only means of comment left to a rather ignorant customer.

Knowing the staff at that McD's, that wouldn't surprise me. But still...

[Evaine]

When I was a little girl, many moons ago, I was told not to touch public toilet seats by my gran, because you never knew what you'd catch from them. I don't bother so much now, but I used to put my hands on the toilet seat and sit on my hands, rather than just hovering above.

[Tiger]

In Japan, once I got around to the what-to-do-with-your-dropped-pants question, squatting toilets made pretty good sense. My only piece of advice is that you put your wallet in your front pocket before you begin...

[DragonHeart]

And that is precisely why I never use public restrooms unless it's an emergency. I won't even use the bathroom at my workplace. I'm not a germaphobe by any means, I'm just so thoroughly disgusted by public bathrooms that I refuse to use them.

~DragonHeart~