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Public Restrooms routines

c_la_vee — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:02:09 GMT

Do you have one or do you just walk in and do your business without any concern?

Just curious

Here is mine and you might think I exagerate but don't care! LOL

I walk in and take a napkin if they have them.

With it I open the door to the stall and latch it closed without touching a thing.

Discard the towel and take some toilet paper and wipe the seat off well, flush it down to get cleaner water. I use another piece of toilet paper to touch the flush handle.

Take 4, yes 4, toilet seat covers and put 2 sort of up and down, making sure to cover everything so that there is over-hang, the other 2 go sideways so now the seat is completely covered.

I don't bother to tear the covers open as they open when you sit down.

When finished, I have to flush 2 or 3 times with all that paper but it always works.

Always use a piece of toilet paper to touch the flush handle and another to unlatch the door and open it.

Wash hands with soap, use a paper towel to open door to restroom.

If I go in to a restroom that is gross, I will hold it, I will do anything but use that restroom. I would rather go outdoors behind a bush than use a filthy restroom.

Airplanes are another problem for me because people seem to get sloppy in them so I have been known to hold it, even on long flights, until I get to the next airport. I never drink tea or coffee on planes because they are diuretic.

In the airport, if they have an airline or American Express lounge, I go there.

What's your routine?

Re: Public Restrooms routines

scatcat — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:06:54 GMT

I walk in, go to the bathroom, wash my hands and walk out

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:08:09 GMT

I use a seat cover if they have them and put tp on the seat if they don't. I wash my hands and leave.

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:08:44 GMT

@scatcatwrote:
I walk in, go to the bathroom, wash my hands and walk out

Me too, I just try to make the best of the situation.

Re: Public Restrooms routines

suzyQ3 — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:10:25 GMT

I open the door with my hand. If there are no dead bodies or bodily substances on the floor, I proceed. I wash my hands before I leave. I close the door again with my hand. The only variation is that sometimes I reapply lipstick.

I have my own demons, but hyper concern about public restrooms isn't one of them, unless of course you count the fact that I don't actually sit on the toilet seat. I forgot to include that in my routine.

Re: Public Restrooms routines

OKPrincess — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:11:09 GMT

I use my a piece of my clothing to lock the door. If there aren’t seat covers then I wipe the seat with antibacterial gel kept in my purse. Wash hands and use paper towel to open the door and leave.

Re: Public Restrooms routines

c_la_vee — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:11:28 GMT

@deepwaterdotter, @scatcat

That's fine if it doesn't bother you, I used to be like that when I was a kid.

Re: Public Restrooms routines

gizmogal — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:11:51 GMT

Not only do I think your post is WAY Too Much Information, but I think even asking people about their personal habits like this, even in public facilities, is just nosy and intrusive. There’s a limit to the casual disclaimer of “just asking; you don’t have to answer.” Or “why did you read it, if you're so offended”?

You’ve achieved consummate rude. I’m not even going to look at this thread again to see if it’s getting further posts. Hopefully, my reply will inspire a Mod to remove the whole thread.

No one should know your fastidious personal habits in public bathrooms. Or be asked about theirs.

yeah, just my opinion.

Re: Public Restrooms routines

c_la_vee — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:14:15 GMT

@suzyQ3 LOL if only! I'm not talented that way, (not sitting on seat) it will all end up in my shoes LOL

Re: Public Restrooms routines

c_la_vee — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:16:44 GMT

@gizmogal

That's fine! I don't mind that you have an opinion, Thank you for sharing!

@OKPrincess That's a pretty good routine too

Re: Public Restrooms routines

suzyQ3 — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:17:48 GMT

@c_la_vee, it is a special talent and one of the very few ways in which I am actually dexterous.

Re: Public Restrooms routines

RoughDraft — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:18:09 GMT

LOL. If I had to go through that protracted ritual, it would be too late!

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Carmie — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:18:13 GMT

I walk in use the rest room,wash my hands and use the paper I dried my hands with to open the door to leave, if possible.

I have digestive problems and have had to use dirty restrooms that I wish I didn’t have to. My choices are limited in an emergency...have an accident ( which I have, many times) or use the dirty facilities. I will cover the seat if it is dirty.

i hate when women straddle the toilet and do not sit down. They leave the seat wet for the next person.

I saw a program on TV where they checked public restrooms for germs. Most of the toilet seats were clean, the sinks and door knobs were full of germs.

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scatcat — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:20:23 GMT

I remember years ago someone asked Dr Oz if you could catch anything from a toilet seat. He replied “No. it’s plastic”.

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GCR18 — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:23:02 GMT

Cover the seat and touch as little as possible, wash hands on way out.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:24:09 GMT

I open the bathroom door with my bare hand, open the stall door with my bare hand, drop my drawers and sit down on an uncovered seat (yes, sit all the way, no squatting for me), take care of business, put myself back together, open the stall door with a bare hand, wash my hands, open the bathroom door with a freshly washed hand, and leave.

I don't clean the grocery cart handle off either.

Re: Public Restrooms routines

c_la_vee — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:26:23 GMT

@RoughDraft @suzyQ3 LOL!

@Carmie @scatcat

I also heard about the handles being the dirtiest part but while I'm at it, I just clean and cover everything I can

Re: Public Restrooms routines

Kachina624 — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:28:03 GMT

@c_la_vee. Do you flush paper towels down the toilet? You say you discard it in the stall. If you flush it, shame on you.

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Peaches McPhee — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:29:44 GMT

No time for all that. When I have to go, I have to go.

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suzyQ3 — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:33:55 GMT

@Carmiewrote:
I walk in use the rest room,wash my hands and use the paper I dried my hands with to open the door to leave, if possible.

I have digestive problems and have had to use dirty restrooms that I wish I didn’t have to. My choices are limited in an emergency...have an accident ( which I have, many times) or use the dirty facilities. I will cover the seat if it is dirty.

i hate when women straddle the toilet and do not sit down. They leave the seat wet for the next person.

I saw a program on TV where they checked public restrooms for germs. Most of the toilet seats were clean, the sinks and door knobs were full of germs.

@Carmie, I am highly insulted at your slam against the high-risers among us. I don't know about my fellow perchers, but I have never, ever left an errant drop. It's all in the positioning and heck, who knows, maybe in the size of one's derriere.