Peeing while standing up...

[angellica]

I do the same thing but it is not logical since we cannot catch anything from a toilet seat.

But then I will often go home and clean and feed the snakes (handling rodents) while eating at the same time and it does not bother me.

I wouldn't eat without washing my hands first, especially if I handle animal feces, or really animals in general. I'm a germophobe.

 

[angellica]

Is that the reason??

The germs aren't going to kill you. I've used a public toilet, and I've never gotten sick from it. I don't lick the toilet.

You probably get the same number of germs from using the handle to the washroom when you leave, and that is something you use to eat with.

I don't touch that either! GERMS!!

 

[a.d.ivNonasNovembres]

I don't touch that either! GERMS!!

Eat your germs! Or you'll get allergies!

 

[OphidiaPhile]

Eat your germs! Or you'll get allergies!

This is why allergies are on the rise.

 

[angellica]

Eat your germs! Or you'll get allergies!

I already have allergies .

 

[OphidiaPhile]

I already have allergies .

Your germaphobia will continue to contribute to that and they will only get worse.

 

[rambot]

If you are REALLY worried about germs, you should be drinking toilet water instead of from water fountains.
See, toilets are cleaned with VERY strong bleach that actually kills germs. Fountains, that come in contact with people's mouths, need gentler cleaners and leave plenty o little creepy crawlies around.

Just a tip!

 

[Flibbertigibbet]

If you are REALLY worried about germs, you should be drinking toilet water instead of from water fountains.
See, toilets are cleaned with VERY strong bleach that actually kills germs. Fountains, that come in contact with people's mouths, need gentler cleaners and leave plenty o little creepy crawlies around.

Just a tip!

Eww. I have to revise my non-germaphobic status to allow for phobia regarding mouth germs from strangers.

I'm glad I don't like water.

 

[morningstar2651]

Who do guys think they are that they do this? Do they think they are special? Do they think they are better than women?

I just don't get it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McINyNKLXGk

 

[morningstar2651]

On the subject of germs...did you know that a keyboard tends to be far worse than a toilet seat?

http://www.geek.com/articles/news/your-toilet-seat-is-cleaner-than-your-keyboard-20020514/

 

[geekgirlkelli]

Do you know what all germs are on the seat of a toilet? Would you touch it with any part of your body?? It's gross so if it takes 5 minutes to cover it with toilet paper, it's 5 minutes well spent.

Oh HECK no! I never sit in a public restroom, neither do most other women I know. Squatting's the way to go. That's what takes so long. It's not easy, hovering your butt a few inches over your seat, trying not to make more of a mess and keeping your balance...

 

[geekgirlkelli]

As long as we are talking about this, there is one thing that really annoys me: Being in a gay club, using the urinal, and having a woman come into the men's washroom to use the stall because the women's stalls are full.

I understand needing to go bad, but so many women have done this. It's hard enough to go with another stranger in the washroom, and even more difficult, and embarrassing, with a woman walking by, saying, "oh, don't mind me..."

Funny you mention that. A few friends were up visiting this past week and I took them to Niagara Falls so they could catch a glimpse. We all needed to go potty and the women's restroom was closed for cleaning. So we made a beeline for the men's room, the one token guy in the group guarding the door for us.

Yes, women do this quite frequently. I guess most women aren't nearly as prudish about bathroom activities as guys are. It is just a necessary bodily function, after all. In some parts of Europe there are no stalls and no separate bathrooms for men and women. Just a big open room lined with toilets.

 

[a.d.ivNonasNovembres]

In some parts of Europe there are no stalls and no separate bathrooms for men and women. Just a big open room lined with toilets.

Where? I've been in a fair number of toilets throughout Europe (Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern) and never seen that.

 

[geekgirlkelli]

Where? I've been in a fair number of toilets throughout Europe (Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern) and never seen that.

Germany has them. Not sure what other countries may.

 

[Flibbertigibbet]

Funny you mention that. A few friends were up visiting this past week and I took them to Niagara Falls so they could catch a glimpse. We all needed to go potty and the women's restroom was closed for cleaning. So we made a beeline for the men's room, the one token guy in the group guarding the door for us.

Yes, women do this quite frequently. I guess most women aren't nearly as prudish about bathroom activities as guys are. It is just a necessary bodily function, after all. In some parts of Europe there are no stalls and no separate bathrooms for men and women. Just a big open room lined with toilets.

Tell me where so I can avoid them like the plague! I do not go to the bathroom as part of a pair or a group - I can't even pee if someone is standing right outside the door, unless it is an absolute emergency. This sounds like the ultimate in social torture to me.

 

[a.d.ivNonasNovembres]

Germany has them. Not sure what other countries may.

Crazy perverted Germans XD

I guess I never have been in *public* toilets in Germany, though I've been in service station toilets where you have to pay (but get a voucher to spend at the service station to the value of the entry to the toilet price - basically to ensure only customers use without paying).

 

[OphidiaPhile]

Germany has them. Not sure what other countries may.

I have also seen them in Belgium and the Czech Republic.

 

[JustMeSee]

Oh HECK no! I never sit in a public restroom, neither do most other women I know. Squatting's the way to go. That's what takes so long. It's not easy, hovering your butt a few inches over your seat, trying not to make more of a mess and keeping your balance...

I hate going into a men's public bathroom after women were there. They always pee on the seats.

 

[OphidiaPhile]

I hate going into a men's public bathroom after women were there. They always pee on the seats.

That is so true, and there is nothing more disgusting than used feminine hygiene products on the floor.

 

[Flibbertigibbet]

That is so true, and there is nothing more disgusting than used feminine hygiene products on the floor.

Unless they are in the clogged up toilet along with...um...other things. I have to say that it has been my experience that women's public restrooms are much nastier than men's. Perhaps explaining why some women choose to go to the men's room (much to some guys' chagrin.)