Using the toilet at a public restroom.

[Profile Name™]

Do you pretty much just sit down?
Or are there certain things that you do first?
Or are you like heavily and possibly overprepared?

Here are some examples:
- You might check several toilets before selecting which one to sit on.
- You might notice some drops of liquid or other stuff on the seat, and get a huge wad of toilet paper and wipe it off.
- You might lay sheets of toilet paper across the lid, so you have a protective barrier between it and your cheeks.
- You are a female with a purse or are an overly prepared male, so you either have some sanitizer lotion, a baby wipe, or something to disinfect this public toilet lid. Hell, maybe you are at the grocery store and you already grabbed some cleaning supplies from the restroom or one of the grocery store aisles.
- You squat, but don't let your butt touch the lid.
- You don't like the cheap, thin, narrow, sandpaper like toilet paper, so you brought your own. Or maybe you are in the grocery store and said "f this" and grabbed some expensive tissue and took it into the restroom with you.
- You sprayed the entire restroom with deodorizing spray first, so you can enjoy your few minutes without smelling a lot of stink.
- You waited and waited until everyone had left the restroom because you wanted to be in there alone.
- You try to cough a lot or whistle or make noises because you hear weird noises in the stall next to you. You just want them to stop making that noise or at least drown the sound out.
- You refuse to touch the sink faucet, the dryer button, or the door handle with your hands. You use a towel, part of your sleeve, or your shoe instead.
- Any other ideas that you have.

User submitted examples:
- Stand as far away from the toilet bowl as possible while it is flushing.
- Try to only use public restrooms in high end shopping malls, or wherever you think is safest and best.

[WERElektro]

I don't use public restrooms.
I'd rather explode.
The last time I used a somewhat public restroom was in september 2017 ... at an airport in greece ( heraklion / crete). With a 2 1/2 flight ahead, I hardly had a choice. It was ...not so clean. Half the toilets were broken , the drain blocked because people flush their toiletpaper down... even though one is told to throw it in the bin.
But other countries have other standards...so I can't complain.

Well what can you do except taking some paper to wipe the seat clean... as clean as possible.
Oh... and I had to go to the toilet during the flight regardless ~~

[Profile Name™]

I don't know why people can't just use the toilet without stopping it up. If you take a huge dump, flush the toilet in between dropping each log. If you put tissue in the toilet, flush it before adding more tissue. It isn't that hard.

@Spawn of Totoro - You bring up some credible situations. Thanks.

[EolSunder]

There isn't any problems with public toilets, its just a myth. You can't get sexual diseases from a toilet, you can't catch bad things from a toilet. People have been cleaning toilets for their whole lives, using public restrooms their whole lives, they haven't gotten 1 single thing from them. It's just a silly myth.

People who put paper down are laughable. People who try and squat and not touch anything are silly. You think if there was any "magical toilet disease" that some toilet paper on the seat is going to stop it? LOL. please. The problem isn't with toilets, sexual diseases are not transmitted that way, the problems are with public areas and germs on doorhandles, and places your hands make contact.

You are worried about toilets? Did you ever consider how many people have pushed that dirty shopping cart before you? And it's never washed?. How many people use the handle on the door to the restroom to open and close it, how many hands have been on that gas pump before you filled up your car?

The human body is made to resist and fight such basic germs and bacteria, it isn't going to do anything to you. Only cold virus's really make any impact on humans. Stop being silly and just use the toilet and stop with the sillyness.

[{루루}RuRu]

You're sticking your naked bum to a seat some other stuck his naked bum to.

That's gay af.

[EolSunder]

your grabbing a shopping cart that some other guy stuck his hands on that wanked off a few hours ago, any difference? Stop being stupid and being afraid of stupid things.

[Spíosra]

I do my best to try and be alone. I'm especially nervous when there's a swarm of people moving in and out of the restroom.

One time I was struggling to get my zipper pulled down because the stupid thing was like pushed into the top for some reason, if that makes sense. It was embarrassing!

[Nemmy]

I never in my life used public toilet

[Profile Name™]

SpíosraCeilteach eredeti hozzászólása:

I do my best to try and be alone. I'm especially nervous when there's a swarm of people moving in and out of the restroom.

One time I was struggling to get my zipper pulled down because the stupid thing was like pushed into the top for some reason, if that makes sense. It was embarrassing!

I marked yours as the new best answer, if that is okay. I just like how you focused on the other aspect of my question. Other than precautions, you talked about how you like being alone in the restroom. I am like that too. If it is crowded and I can wait a few more minutes, I will wait. And yes, not being able to get it out when needed and fumbling about is embarrassing. Good first hand personal account of real life experiences. Thank you.

[Azza ☠]

Just in and out, standing taking a pee, no talking or making a sound... I'm a dude though.


I understand for a girl, there's more involved, such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxxsP7VWVN8

[Spíosra]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

Just in and out, standing taking a pee, no talking or making a sound... I'm a dude though.


I understand for a girl, there's more involved, such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxxsP7VWVN8

You never feel nervous at all?

[Azza ☠]

SpíosraCeilteach eredeti hozzászólása:

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

Just in and out, standing taking a pee, no talking or making a sound... I'm a dude though.


I understand for a girl, there's more involved, such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxxsP7VWVN8

You never feel nervous at all?

When I was a preteen, I was quite a joker when it came to public bathrooms.

My friend scored (won) some VIP Gold Class movie tickets to the cinemas. We went upstairs and found the bathroom was very upper class and clean, but there was a guy at the front who hands towels, soap, and male's perfume sprays, etc. So we had to play the part of being some rich sob kid. Head to the urinals closest to his view and do a south park butters (pants down, holding tshirt up) pretending to pee on the wall next to it, trying to freak him out. We even tried some manly perfume and offer him our chewing gum for a tip.

Now the public toilets downstairs on the way out where a different story. We wanted to compare them. So much used, one of the urinals was almost overflowing. So a group of us kids (11 of us), all took turns taking a pee in it, trying to get it to overflow.... ahh gees.

[Black91]

A bunch of germaphobes. i don't wash my hands after. Nor, do I always remember to lock the stall door. If I am at a mall (or similar) and I have food, I will finish it while I ♥♥♥♥♥. Sometimes I even pull out the flask.
FYI whiskey does make a good laxative

[Spíosra]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

SpíosraCeilteach eredeti hozzászólása:

You never feel nervous at all?

When I was a preteen, I was quite a joker when it came to public bathrooms.

My friend scored (won) some VIP Gold Class movie tickets to the cinemas. We went upstairs and found the bathroom was very upper class and clean, but there was a guy at the front who hands towels, soap, and male's perfume sprays, etc. So we had to play the part of being some rich sob kid. Head to the urinals closest to his view and do a south park butters (pants down, holding tshirt up) pretending to pee on the wall next to it, trying to freak him out. We even tried some manly perfume and offer him our chewing gum for a tip.

Now the public toilets downstairs on the way out where a different story. We wanted to compare them. So much used, one of the urinals was almost overflowing. So a group of us kids (11 of us), all took turns taking a pee in it, trying to get it to overflow.... ahh gees.

Eww.

[Azza ☠]

SpíosraCeilteach eredeti hozzászólása:

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

When I was a preteen, I was quite a joker when it came to public bathrooms.

My friend scored (won) some VIP Gold Class movie tickets to the cinemas. We went upstairs and found the bathroom was very upper class and clean, but there was a guy at the front who hands towels, soap, and male's perfume sprays, etc. So we had to play the part of being some rich sob kid. Head to the urinals closest to his view and do a south park butters (pants down, holding tshirt up) pretending to pee on the wall next to it, trying to freak him out. We even tried some manly perfume and offer him our chewing gum for a tip.

Now the public toilets downstairs on the way out where a different story. We wanted to compare them. So much used, one of the urinals was almost overflowing. So a group of us kids (11 of us), all took turns taking a pee in it, trying to get it to overflow.... ahh gees.

Eww.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV3zy-mCsOc

I seriously did that, song and all, hahaha!

[Profile Name™]

Do you guys ever eat food while sitting on your home toilet? Since some of you don't seem very grossed out by public restrooms, why not - right?

To answer my own question, I have ate food while sitting on my own toilet on rare occasions although I haven't done it in a while and am planning to stop doing it from now on.