Flushers of the world UNITE!

how about the guy that just fouled the air in a restroom, you hear no flush either, and he just walks by the sinks and looks at it like it is some kind of IED. walks out, the next time you see him he is cramming finger food in his craw.

This is a topic that I get very heated about too. I have several random things to say on this:

1) I've heard that in female public restrooms, many women are germaphobic so don't sit on the seat, but hover instead. Then their germaphobia extends to not cleaning up their own mess when they're done.

2) On a personal note, (prepare for TMI), I've heard from a medical perspective that the female urethra cannot be sufficiently emptied unless the woman is sitting or fully bearing down in a squat. So in public restrooms I always find the cleanest stall I can, then neurotically cover the seat with tissue (many, many layers!) and I sit. (Mind you, this is only in tolerable bathrooms. I've opted out of visiting many-a-bathroom before.) When I'm done with my business I clean up any scraps that I may have left or that others have left before me. I do this with a thick wad of tissue in my hand as a barrier. I do this quick clean-up as a quiet act of service to others who will visit the 'troom after me. Then I wash, wash, WASH my hands!! (I've never been sick or gotten any weird diseases from my little clean-ups.) That all takes only a minute or two from entering the bathroom to exiting. I wonder why no one else wants to keep bathrooms nice?

3) This topic reminds me of a question that popped up on our home "Family Feud" game, something along the line of: Name 6 things that people do in public restrooms that they'd never do at home. I couldn't come up with any of their top answers, and I guess that just means I'm not a guilty party to treating public facilities any worse than I treat my own. Some of the answers were: Writing on the wall, leaving trash on the floor, wads of wet tissue on the ceiling, etc. C'mon, people!!!!!

Oh, and I don't think this is a new problem since automatic toilets have been installed.

I have three non-flushers in my house. Or I guess at least one. My boys are such pigs. I hate to go in the bathroom IN MY HOUSE and find a lovely surprise in the toilet. It is so gross. Of course, no one will ever take responsibility. I think I need to install a hidden camera and find the culprit.

My youngest very rarely ever flushes. He's far more likely to wash his hands than he is to flush the toilet.

I've read that in public restrooms the stall closest to the door is usually the cleanest because far fewer people use that one. I understand that because you feel kind of exposed. But now I always pick that one.

Of course, I avoid using public bathrooms if I can help it.

I was lucky enough to get projectile vomiting sick at a local Thai food place. It was a really clean, pleasant bathroom. Cleaner than mine at home, I think!

Both my older brother AND my first husband used to be proud of their creations, so proud, in fact, that they would often call you in there to see.

"it's big - like a dinosaur".

OH my gosh, that was great.

When I went to Italy I only went to the bathroom in the hotel or a museum. The public ones or ones in restaurants even were just gross! A huge culture shock to me was the co-ed bathrooms. I walked to one that I had just seen a woman come out of and was like, there's one room? Maybe the mens is some where else. Then I saw a dude come out of a stall! I suddenly didn't have to go as badly as I thought I did...

In my line of work I see many public restrooms in truckstops all over.

I used to work in an office for a company that had truck drivers. It seems to be a redneck thing. (I'm in the Southeast.)

That's a commn conception, and not entirely untrue. There are a lot of uneducated, redneck truckers. But there are also a lot of others. I am college educated and know many fellow truckers who are as well.

I didn't mean to imply that all truckers are rednecks. Just the non-flusher ones.

I work in a medical facility.. and I can't bear to use the public restroom. I walk 5 minutes out of my way to go to a private bathroom that only employees are allowed it. It never seems to be left "unflushed" or unsanitary... which is completely opposite of the public rest room for PATIENTS... I don't put toilet paper on my seat, I'm not worried all that much about germs.. but those toilets are never flushed. And the one time I tried to flush them (I do the lightly kicking the handle with my foot so my hand never comes in contact), they were stopped up and immediately began to run over.. which caused me to run from the bathroom as though it were plagued and start doing emergency calls to Housekeeping.
I don't know why public restrooms are like this.. I've watched patients walk right past me without washing their hands.. *shakes head* kind of makes you wonder why they were sick in the first place..