Public toilets: how do you flush?

[Maddy McCall]

Poll question: Public toilets: how do you flush?

This poll is provoked by another poster's comments that it's difficult to find a flushed public toilet. So of the choices below, which do you do? IF other, by all means, tell us what!

[jono]

1. Nothing wrong

with flushing with your hand, assuming you WASH THEM afterwards. :) (I do usually grab a paper towel to turn off the tap.)

[xJlM]

7. Some rest rooms have no manual flush

And no paper towels. And then, you have to open the door by the same handle the guy before you used, and he never washes his slimey self...

[jono]

11. I use a paper towel for the door, too

Of course, this is obviously void in instances where there are no paper towels, in which case I do a couple of Kegels and hope I can make it home.

[bif]

2. Always use my foot.

Boy do I hate it when they put the handle way up in the air--Karate kick!

[flamingyouth]

6. Yeah, me too!

ha ha

Good for the thigh muscles, though, I think.

[Piperay]

22. Me too...

I wouldn't touch the handle with my hand for anything. :scared:

[commander bunnypants]

3. I like to be sanitary.

Public toilets are pretty nasty


DDQM

[xJlM]

4. I'm not going to sit down

I can take a leak anywhere, and kick the handle to flush. But otherwise, not unless it's some sort of emergency.

[arwalden]

5. Foot Flush Or Elbow Flush. I Use A Paper Towel or Tissue To Open The Door

as I exit.

BTW: Public restroom doors should PUSH outward. There should be no need to touch and twist a doorknob with your bare hands... nor should I need to pull a handle with my bare hands.

It's just a thing I have about getting other people's hand-germs.

-- Allen

[Maddy McCall]

13. I do all of the above n/t

[BurtWorm]

8. Knowing how many people use their feet

which means their dog and pigeon-shit coated shoes, I think I will stop using my hand to flush.

[sybylla]

9. With the foot - hate those auto flush

The convenience is great but I wish they wouldn't flush before I turn around to see that it is automatic. Startles me every time. I'd pee myself if I hadn't just gone.

[Don_G]

10. If The Sink Is Working

With my hand, otherwise I'll use my foot or elbow.

[Nikia]

12. I don't have a public toilet phobia

I use my hand and am not nervous about using them unless it is a porta pot or other non running water toilet. I always wash my hands after using the rest room. If you are nervous about public rest rooms, you might as well be nervous about touching anything else in public places as well.

[U2Fanatic]

14. flush with my foot

I won't sit on the seat either, I hover.

[alwynsw]

15. I use a 12D

...toe tap

[supernova]

16. Motion-sensor flushes

take care of that problem. The M-S flush toilet is in a lot of public places here. It's nice. You don't have to worry about touching the toilet.

[Maddy McCall]

23. but when they don't work, you have to touch *gag*

And they frequently don't work. Give me the big-target handle and I am happy. I am a foot-flusher.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

26. Um, the flusher thing is on top...Why are you gagging?

[Uzybone]

17. With my hand

and wash them after. There are probably as many germs on the toilet handle as there are on cab doors, building doors, elevator buttons, money etc.

[LynneSin]

18. Nothing but foot baby!!

:shrug:

[Snow]

19. Don't you know all this hygiene is bad for you?

You've got to get out and in touch with the world, hands in the earth, feet on the ground.......

[Buns_of_Fire]

21. Which reminds me of a joke...

Herman walks into a public restroom, washes his hands, steps up to the urinal, and proceeds to take care of business.

Dubya walks into the same restroom, and heads straight up to the urinal and does his thing.

After both are finished, Herman heads for the door, while Dubya starts washing up.

Dubya says, "Hey! Didn't your momma teach you to wash your hands after?"

Herman says, "No. My momma taught me not to piss on my hands."

(Barrrrump -- ding! Thank you, thank you, I'll be here until the 25th, be sure to tell all your friends...)

[Maddy McCall]

24. I'll use my hands when I am working on a dig...

or planting my garden. But I ain't touching anything that could give me a stomach virus or worse.

[mr blur]

20. Afterwards

Usually.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

25. I flush with my hand...and then I wash them...

Why does everyone freak out about the restroom? 89% of the people using the restrooms are just as clean as you are. I know it's the 11% you have to look out for, but come on. All the paranoia is not going to prevent you from getting something. Washing your hands and flushing before and after might help...Oh, and those little tiny papers that you put on the toilet isn't going to keep you from getting some disease. It's the equivalent of duck and cover in the 50s. If you just calm down and take it easy, life is sooo much better.
Duckie

[SmileyBoy]

27. I try not to use public toilets.

There's a communal toilet shared by me and four other guys in my dorm suite. I then just use my bare hand to flush and wash with anti-bacterial soap right away.

[corarose]

28. I HATE PEOPLE THAT DON'T FLUSH

What the hell do they think that handle is on the toilet for DECORATIVE PURPOSES?

[Piperay]

31. I'll say...

it takes about two seconds to put your foot up there and give it the ole flush, that shouldn't be too difficult for anyone! :hurts:

[Padraig18]

29. I use my foot.

I can't believe anyone would use their own HAND!!! YICK!!!! :scared:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

30. You WASH that hand SECONDS later.

What's the big deal? As long as you're not licking it, I think it's ok.
Duckie

[ProudGerman]

32. I'm with you

I'm not getting this no touching hysteria over public restrooms. The same people who are doing bathroom stall gymnastics to flush have no problems touching elevator buttons shortly after the guy with the severe flu just wiped snot all over his hand and touched the button. They are grabbing door handles all day long, and have no clue if someone infected with ebola just sneezed all over it.

Its not like people are pissing and shitting on the flusher handle. Even if they were, you are washing your hands in the next few seconds anyways.

Like George Carlin said, if you don't use your immune system to fight the little things, the big stuff will kill you quick.

[Snow]

33. Heheh. Ready for another gross-out from your friendly

epidemiologist? Unfortunately, I don't have the reference on me, and this was some years ago, buuuttttt,
Some bacteriologist types (and you know how they are) were interested in spread of fecal-oral diseases in households. So they gave a bunch of families, some with little kids, knee-biters, rugrats, some without, a dose of drink with a fluorescing dye - the kind you shine a uv lamp at & it glows pretty colors. Within a matter of a very few days, every person in every household was glowing all over with the dye, and a fair amount of furniture etc was glowing as well. The households with little kids got there quicker, of course, but everybody got there in the end (heheh, can't resist a bad pun).