Comments on: The One Where Some People Will Get Too Disgusted To Ever Return http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/ misszoot.com - the mundane life of a horribly geeky mother of 3 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Basia http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-648497 Basia Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:14:34 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-648497 I'm a hoverer/squatter (my mom used to hold me above the seat until I was able to do it myself.). However, I lift the seat (like a man, I guess) so I don't sprinkle the seat. Then I place a few seat covers in the toilet bowl so the toilet water doesn't splash up on me. Finally, I open the door with a toilet seat cover, flush, and run like mad to get away from the toilet spray. Next, I use a paper towel to turn on the faucet, I wash my hands, use another paper towel to turn off the faucet, and then use it to open the door. I drop it into the nearest trash bin (hopefully there's one right at the door so I can drop it in on my way out and run out before the door closes. I've even waited for someone else to open the door so I could sneak out at the same time. Of course, I'm a major suffer of OCD. My sister, in contrast, is a sitter/no liner/dip her hands in water/grab the doorknob. My husband says, "And she's still alive." It's comforting to read what you all have written here, and, as my husband (and a few of you) would say, "You're all still alive." I’m a hoverer/squatter (my mom used to hold me above the seat until I was able to do it myself.). However, I lift the seat (like a man, I guess) so I don’t sprinkle the seat. Then I place a few seat covers in the toilet bowl so the toilet water doesn’t splash up on me. Finally, I open the door with a toilet seat cover, flush, and run like mad to get away from the toilet spray. Next, I use a paper towel to turn on the faucet, I wash my hands, use another paper towel to turn off the faucet, and then use it to open the door. I drop it into the nearest trash bin (hopefully there’s one right at the door so I can drop it in on my way out and run out before the door closes. I’ve even waited for someone else to open the door so I could sneak out at the same time. Of course, I’m a major suffer of OCD. My sister, in contrast, is a sitter/no liner/dip her hands in water/grab the doorknob. My husband says, “And she’s still alive.” It’s comforting to read what you all have written here, and, as my husband (and a few of you) would say, “You’re all still alive.”

]]> By: LaLa http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-591920 LaLa Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:59:52 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-591920 I'm with you Zoot, I can't be BOTHERED to hover. It hurts and that's what the gym is for. I do however use a piece of toilet paper to flush (because of those skanky foot flushers) and a piece of handtowel to open the door. Apparently there are more germs from the spray of a flushing toilet than actually sitting on it, but that could be an urban myth... I’m with you Zoot, I can’t be BOTHERED to hover. It hurts and that’s what the gym is for.

I do however use a piece of toilet paper to flush (because of those skanky foot flushers) and a piece of handtowel to open the door.

Apparently there are more germs from the spray of a flushing toilet than actually sitting on it, but that could be an urban myth…

]]> By: Zoot http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-591912 Zoot Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:53:16 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-591912 I do want to pop in and say that while I'm sure there are diseases you could get from a toilet seat - AIDS is NOT one of them. Here is a good article about the myths surrounding AIDS: http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/top-10-myths-misconceptions-about-hiv-aids I do want to pop in and say that while I’m sure there are diseases you could get from a toilet seat – AIDS is NOT one of them. Here is a good article about the myths surrounding AIDS:

http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/top-10-myths-misconceptions-about-hiv-aids

]]> By: Casey http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-591784 Casey Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:35:34 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-591784 OK, I simply can't get on board with this one. With disesases such as AIDS and such I'd rather be safe than sorry, esp since women's restrooms can be so deplorable? I applaud you for your honesty, though!! The bathrooms at my work are a prime example. The women here wouldn't know a courtesy flush if it bit them in the behind! Apparently they also thinkthe floor is the same thing as a garbage can. And this is an office! Yikes. OK, I simply can’t get on board with this one. With disesases such as AIDS and such I’d rather be safe than sorry, esp since women’s restrooms can be so deplorable? I applaud you for your honesty, though!! The bathrooms at my work are a prime example. The women here wouldn’t know a courtesy flush if it bit them in the behind! Apparently they also thinkthe floor is the same thing as a garbage can. And this is an office! Yikes.

]]> By: Becky http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-591771 Becky Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:11:58 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-591771 I love this post! I found you from Hola Isabel. I too am a sitter, but a foot flusher. But now that you say all that, I wonder at my reasons for foot flushing. Maybe I should reevaluate. Those toilet seat covers though? I never use them. They have them at my work, and sometimes I will pretend to use them just so that people won't think I'm "one of those." I know there are people who use them every time (I've been there for 9 years, you eventually run into the same people over the years) and so I always wonder if they think less of me. Hope not! I'll check you out again for sure! I love this post! I found you from Hola Isabel. I too am a sitter, but a foot flusher. But now that you say all that, I wonder at my reasons for foot flushing. Maybe I should reevaluate.

Those toilet seat covers though? I never use them. They have them at my work, and sometimes I will pretend to use them just so that people won’t think I’m “one of those.” I know there are people who use them every time (I’ve been there for 9 years, you eventually run into the same people over the years) and so I always wonder if they think less of me. Hope not!

I’ll check you out again for sure!

]]> By: Isabel http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-589995 Isabel Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-589995 Is it weird that this SHOCKS me. I thought the entire world was as against germs as I am. I mean, HAVE YOU SEEN THE DATELINE EPISODES WHERE THEY TEST THE GERMS IN HOTEL ROOMS? Yeah, I won't even touch the remote for the tv in a hotel room. I put a sock over my hand first. I am not kidding. Dude, maybe I'm the odd one here. But still, I will use my foot to flush. And I'll feel good about doing so. Is it weird that this SHOCKS me. I thought the entire world was as against germs as I am. I mean, HAVE YOU SEEN THE DATELINE EPISODES WHERE THEY TEST THE GERMS IN HOTEL ROOMS?

Yeah, I won’t even touch the remote for the tv in a hotel room. I put a sock over my hand first. I am not kidding.

Dude, maybe I’m the odd one here.

But still, I will use my foot to flush. And I’ll feel good about doing so.

]]> By: Capn John http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-589748 Capn John Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:40:45 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-589748 There are people worse than the Hoverers, and they are the Squatters. Have you ever entered a stall and seen footprints on the seat? Some people will actually stand on the seat and squat. In one of the stall's in the men's room in my office the back wall was covered with...stuff. Yes, this was a guy who'd crouched on the seat and sprayed the wall. Forget “bottom-of-the-shoe-on-the-bathroom-floor germs” on the flusher handle; now you're dealing with excrement sprayed on almost every surface. And how the **** can people make such a mess then just walk out and leave it? I've even gone so far as to clean up other people's messes because I don't want someone coming in behind me thinking I made it. @ 35 Birdgal - Some people have quite clearly demonstrated that they are not prepared to live by society's standards and those people should, literally, be taken out so the rest of us don't have to put up with their shit, literally. I don't care whether that means taken out the back and shot, or dumped on a desert island in the middle of nowhere. Actually I like the second option, as long as we can have webcams set up so we can see their faces when they finally realize they've fouled every last toilet and nobody has cleaned up after them. Mwah hah ha! There are people worse than the Hoverers, and they are the Squatters. Have you ever entered a stall and seen footprints on the seat? Some people will actually stand on the seat and squat. In one of the stall’s in the men’s room in my office the back wall was covered with…stuff. Yes, this was a guy who’d crouched on the seat and sprayed the wall. Forget “bottom-of-the-shoe-on-the-bathroom-floor germs” on the flusher handle; now you’re dealing with excrement sprayed on almost every surface.

And how the **** can people make such a mess then just walk out and leave it? I’ve even gone so far as to clean up other people’s messes because I don’t want someone coming in behind me thinking I made it.

@ 35 Birdgal – Some people have quite clearly demonstrated that they are not prepared to live by society’s standards and those people should, literally, be taken out so the rest of us don’t have to put up with their shit, literally. I don’t care whether that means taken out the back and shot, or dumped on a desert island in the middle of nowhere. Actually I like the second option, as long as we can have webcams set up so we can see their faces when they finally realize they’ve fouled every last toilet and nobody has cleaned up after them. Mwah hah ha!

]]> By: Operation Pink Herring http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-588646 Operation Pink Herring Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:08:19 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-588646 I'm also a sitter (sans paper protector thingy), and I'll go one further and admit that I don't wash my hands every time I use the bathroom. Dude, I can manage to use the bathroom without peeing on myself, so I don't see the need to scrub my hands every time I visit the loo. Plus, I hate how the soap in public bathrooms makes my hands smell. I'll take the germs over the public restroom soap smell! I really hope I don't regret admitting this later. I’m also a sitter (sans paper protector thingy), and I’ll go one further and admit that I don’t wash my hands every time I use the bathroom. Dude, I can manage to use the bathroom without peeing on myself, so I don’t see the need to scrub my hands every time I visit the loo. Plus, I hate how the soap in public bathrooms makes my hands smell. I’ll take the germs over the public restroom soap smell!

I really hope I don’t regret admitting this later.

]]> By: lynne http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-587204 lynne Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:50:56 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-587204 Hee hee see what happens when you post about something contentious and oh so close to everyone's heart a butt load of comments. Everyone has to pee eh. I used to be a hoverer as when I was six my older sister put the fear of germs into me but since my intiation into Glastonbury toilets http://www.new-age.co.uk/glastonbury-toilets.htm aged nineteen, I've been a sitter in resturants and other public restrooms unless their really filthy and then I revert to hovering and gingerly touching any surface that is remotely neccesary. I do wash my hands with soap and water and in festivals I carry that instant hand wash stuff. I do think paperliners are kind of neat, but we don't have them much in the UK. I was overjoyed by them during my first visit to the states and the generous measures of whiskey. I am not a foot flusher but used to work with one (male- maybe he has been exposed to much worse than I) and did go backpacking in Europe with a girl who doesn't like to poo outside of her home toilet. Incidentally have any of you come across a hole in the ground type of loo that I have been faced with in resturants in Paris and Verona? Although they are getting fewer now. Hee hee see what happens when you post about something contentious and oh so close to everyone’s heart a butt load of comments. Everyone has to pee eh. I used to be a hoverer as when I was six my older sister put the fear of germs into me but since my intiation into Glastonbury toilets

http://www.new-age.co.uk/glastonbury-toilets.htm

aged nineteen, I’ve been a sitter in resturants and other public restrooms unless their really filthy and then I revert to hovering and gingerly touching any surface that is remotely neccesary. I do wash my hands with soap and water and in festivals I carry that instant hand wash stuff. I do think paperliners are kind of neat, but we don’t have them much in the UK. I was overjoyed by them during my first visit to the states and the generous measures of whiskey.

I am not a foot flusher but used to work with one (male- maybe he has been exposed to much worse than I) and did go backpacking in Europe with a girl who doesn’t like to poo outside of her home toilet. Incidentally have any of you come across a hole in the ground type of loo that I have been faced with in resturants in Paris and Verona? Although they are getting fewer now.

]]> By: Ash http://www.misszoot.com/2008/07/24/the-one-where-some-people-will-get-too-disgusted-to-ever-return/#comment-586986 Ash Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:27:53 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3682#comment-586986 EXCELLENT! i have pretended to care on a few occassions. But honestly?? I dont! Most toliets in NZ dont even have those toilet liners. Its seen as a waste of money. The only time i have actually used on was at the airport, and it was a novelty thing. It stuck to me, and i havnt had the need since. YAY for all the people who dont care about toilets and everything related! EXCELLENT! i have pretended to care on a few occassions. But honestly?? I dont!

Most toliets in NZ dont even have those toilet liners. Its seen as a waste of money. The only time i have actually used on was at the airport, and it was a novelty thing. It stuck to me, and i havnt had the need since.

YAY for all the people who dont care about toilets and everything related!

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