Do you flush with your shoe in public restrooms?

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Jugernot

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Heh, I thought I was weird for flushing with my shoe... hell I even do it on urinals.
 

Lady In Red

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I try not to use a public restroom since they are so dirty.

If I have to go then I usually will flush with my shoe and after washing my hands I will push open the door with my foot. :)

 

KK

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I use my hand then wash it off in the water below. :)

Also how many of you have went poo poo in a restroom where the lights were on a timer. I went to a staples back in march and the damn lights went off on me while wiping. Boy was that difficult.

KK
 

quincy2002

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To better express my feelings towards this subject I have composed the following haiku:



A sacrifice of
Taco Bell, on a piss-smeared
Alter, I will make.


Thank you.
Very good.

 

iamme

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yeah, i usually use my foot w/ regular toilets.

urinals are kinda high to use your foot, aren't they?
 

TheNinja

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Originally posted by: X-Man
No public restrooms for me, I always return to base to offload cargo. ;)

$hitbrick (from American Pie) is that you? Yes I'll use any bathroom and wipe the seat first if need be. And I'll usually flush with my shoe, no need to take any extra risk or anything.
 

BatmanNate

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After having given this more thought, I decided that using your hand is even less desirable. So many people use their foot, the very same foot mind you that is standing on the piss soaked floor. :Q
 

bozack

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Nothing is more of a pain in the rear than a toilet with a broken seat, the most common are the ones with one mounting point broken so if you shift your weight the seat picks up from underneath you and slides over into the most annoying position possible.

The worst is when you go into the shady places where the seat has just been ripped off altogether, now that sucks.

I wonder how many of you that hate public bathrooms have lived in a dorm before?? or if you work in an office building?...also what your feelings on public laundry facilities are?

personally while it is kinda gross, I try not to think about it too much, life is too short and heck it could be worse.

I used to know a kid in college that would bring a bottle of spray disinfectant into the bathroom with him, spray off the whole toilet and then wipe it down before he used it...needless to say he didn't have many friends, not because of that alone but more you know what type of a person that is if he is that anal in the bathroom.
 

Winchester

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Originally posted by: rudeguy5757
Originally posted by: X-Man
No public restrooms for me, I always return to base to offload cargo. ;)

me too...if I really cannot hold it, then I find a compusa...they have the best bathrooms in my area....and yes, I have gone into compusa just to use the bathroom



Same strategy
 

Ynog

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For all those that don't use your hands to flush the toilet, how do you get out of the bathroom.
You use a towel to open the door. What about coming in the restaurant. You bring a towel there.
For touching anything. Cause I got news for you. People don't wash their hands. So they are touching
everything on the way out and in. Unless the handle is covered it doesn't hurt to use your hands then
wash them.

I am willing to bet there is more germs on a door knob or phone then on a toilet handle.
 

I haven't touched my hand on my dorm toilet handle since I've been here. Feet, always. At a urinal, I use my elbow.