Lets talk about public toilets / myLot

Kenya

July 1, 2008 3:14am CST

tell me, when you go to a public toilet, you find the seat up do you use you hands to bring it down so that you can sit comfortably and go about your busines or what do you do? Maybe you use your foot?

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6 responses

GloomCookieLex

@GloomCookieLex (6073)

• United States

1 Jul 08

Where I live, if the seat is up that usually means they were just cleaned, so I use my hand. I wash my hands afterwards, anyway, so I don't really see the problem.

kwenge

@kwenge (2487)

• Kenya

1 Jul 08

hey Gloom, I dint mean where you live/your house! I meant the toilets in a supermarket, office, school or anywhere public where you do not know who really was there before you! Thanks for your response.

GloomCookieLex

@GloomCookieLex (6073)

• United States

1 Jul 08

Yes, I'm aware what you mean. In the area I live in, the toilet seats are only up after they've been cleaned.

kwenge

@kwenge (2487)

• Kenya

2 Jul 08

So you only use it when its up or what do you do? How many times do they clean in one day? Thanks again for replying.

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ifglan

@ifglan (1152)

• China

2 Jul 08

LOL It's an interesting but very common phenomenon.I will not use my hands to bring it down,it's dirty.Maybe i will use my foot,but from my experience,i neither use hands or foot,i just keep half-standing though it's not comfortable,but time takes not so long,i can bear.hahah....

half stand

kwenge

@kwenge (2487)

• Kenya

3 Jul 08

Hey ifglan, first of all I like your avator! Heheheeeeeeee you do your thing half-standing? you are not the type who even carry magizines,novels or even newspaper to go read while doing their thing! Anyway thanks for your response.

lkbooi

@lkbooi (16070)

• Malaysia

2 Jul 08

Hi kweng, when using public washroom I always try my best not to touch anything with my hands in the confined room. So I do exactly as what you ask in the last question when seeing the seat up

In our country we usually find toilet pans or bowls with seat or without seat in the public toilets. I always pick the type without seat as it’s more hygienic and convenient for I don’t have to bother much about whether the toilet seat is down or up.

kwenge

@kwenge (2487)

• Kenya

2 Jul 08

Hi friend lkbooi, thanks a bunch for your response. I also do just as you do. I try not to involve my hands when doing business in that room. If not careful you might catch a disease from those places.