# A poll, of a somewhat TMI nature. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779 "2008-11-08T06:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/41 "2008-11-08T16:53:00Z")
Male. Lift the seat and then pee. is that a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/42 "2008-11-08T16:55:35Z")
It IS gross and it’s jaw-droppingly rude to do at someone else’s house. At home, though - not all that big a deal. . . . Wait - he peed on the _seat?_ I was thinking the rim for some reason. What the hell guy doesn’t lift the seat?! Unless . . . do you have one of those toilet seat covers that doesn’t allow the seat to stay in the up position? If you do you might not know it since you’re female and never lift the seat. Does that toilet have a toilet seat cover? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/43 "2008-11-08T17:10:58Z")
> [@Charger](#): > > Oh, and male, by the way. If you were female, I’d have to give you a whole lot of points for playing your POTS game. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/44 "2008-11-08T17:16:19Z")
Male. Clean it up. The guy was a jerk. Sometimes I have to sit down on a potty, it’s not just a “respect the woman” thing, it’s a “Let’s not make each other have to sit on piss” thing. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/45 "2008-11-08T17:33:06Z")
Male. Gross. You were totally right. I’ve sometimes been visiting & missed the bowl & I damn well clean it up. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/46 "2008-11-08T17:43:38Z")
[quote=“picunurse, post:30, topic:471779”] No, he’s more like a little brother… he’s mostly afraid of me. [QUOTE] So he’s kinda like a puppy? Looses control when intimidated. 😃 I handle urine on a regular basis and it’s no big deal to me, in fact I had an encounter with menstrual blood in a bakery restroom recently and I just cleaned it up, no big deal. Having said that it’s lame not to clean up after yourself in someone elses’ home. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/47 "2008-11-08T18:00:01Z")
Yes it’s sterile, but it’s still gross not to clean up after yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/48 "2008-11-08T18:50:03Z")
> [@RoOsh](#): > > Male. > > It’d bother me, but If it’s not oddly discolored or anything, I’d just wipe it off and go. But I’d be irked about it, but not enough to confront him- everybody makes mistakes, maybe he’d just had too much to drink or something this time around… > > Now if the pee was a different color than normal clear yellow- I’d bring it up. And I wouldn’t go just yet. That’s more fascinating to me first. (If i’m a public bathroom it’s the same policy- if its yellow, i clean it and move on (unless there’s a clean stall that I can use and this one’s got a ton of pee on it), but a little bit, i’d just clean it and go- unless it’s that diff. color, then I’d pick another spot. > > But nothing to go an embarrass a guy over- that’s kinda rude. Accidents happen. Uh, yeah, accidents happen. Clean it the fuck up, then! I go for embarassment; however, if he’s not embarassed about leaving piss on the seat for someone else to see, clean up or sit in, it’s not likely you’ll be able to shame him! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/49 "2008-11-08T19:09:23Z")
‘If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be sweet and wipe the seat’. Or just piss in the sink. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/50 "2008-11-08T19:15:00Z")
“If you sprinkle, when you tinkle, be a sweetie and lift the seatie,” it the way I’ve seen it. I was raised by women though. I can’t imagine not lifting the seat. It’s just the way it works. Now, ask me if I _lower_ the seat afterwards. No. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/51 "2008-11-08T19:17:15Z")
Pissing in the sink avoids the leaving the seat up argument as well. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/52 "2008-11-08T19:48:26Z")
Male. Leaving pee on your host’s toilet seat is unconscionably rude. It is hard not to get a stray drop someplace, depending on how things come out, but for that reason lifting the seat before peeing standing is the only acceptable thing. It’s true, occasionally a seat is obstructed from opening all the way and will not stay up. I imagine this is much less unlikely in a household without males. It is generally tactically difficult to hold the seat up with one hand while peeing, unless one is in a state of near-complete undress. Leaving pee on the seat in this kind of situation, though, requires either tremendous thickheadedness or a warpedly inappropriate sense of justice. One should always glance about the toilet for forgotten unpleasantnesses. There is the particular circumstance of toilets that flush so vigorously that the flush water, perhaps clean, splashes the seat. This only happens in public toilets and other places where the toilet has no tank and uses a larger supply line, I think. Whether this deserves somebody making a scene over is debatable. I think it depends on how reluctantant the somebody is about confrontation. If I was the guest in this situation, though, I would be very embarrassed and think that I deserved the uproar. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/53 "2008-11-08T20:02:13Z")
Female. Exceedingly rude and immature: “Hey, my friend is extending me hospitality out of the goodness of her heart, she’s _just like my mother_ and can follow me around cleaning up after me like I’m a toddler.” Also, disgusting. If I’m not having sex with you, and you’re not dying, I want nothing to do with your bodily fluids, thanks. And if you believe that I’m capable of grabbing some toilet paper and wiping it up after you, then _so are you_. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/54 "2008-11-08T21:05:25Z")
Male. Behavior was disgusting, rude and thoughtless. Deserves utter contempt and public shaming. Please post his photo and full name and address. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/55 "2008-11-08T21:10:08Z")
I might have handed him some Clorox wipes and redirected his rude inconsiderate ass back into the bathroom to clean up after himself. Urine is sterile until it leaves the body. Then it becomes contaminated with airborne bacteria. Basic biology 101. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/56 "2008-11-08T21:14:20Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Urine is sterile until it leaves the body. Then it becomes contaminated with airborne bacteria. Basic biology 101. > > Ew. Yeah, but it’s not that bad. Didn’t Unca Ceci do an article on it? I think toilet seats, even with a little pee on them, are cleaner than kitchen counters & faucets. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/57 "2008-11-08T21:19:28Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Yeah, but it’s not that bad. Didn’t Unca Ceci do an article on it? I think toilet seats, even with a little pee on them, are cleaner than kitchen counters & faucets. Still doesn’t excuse the rudeness, though! ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/58 "2008-11-08T21:20:23Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Yesterday my husband invited some friends over. One of them (male) used the bathroom and peed on the seat! > I went a bit nuclear. > All the guys thought I over reacted. Even my husband asked what I was so excited about, after all, it was just urine… Urine is sterile. > Yes, most urine is sterile.. while it’s inside the body! He thinks it’s just a girly ick thing. I think almost anyone would find it gross. > So, what do you think? Please, include your gender. I think it is now your husband’s chore to clean the bathroom, particularly after he has guests. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/59 "2008-11-08T21:22:42Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > Or just piss in the sink. Or the bathtub. Peeing in a toilet that is not a urinal is annoying. But I love peeing outside, and I’ll choose that over anything else if I can. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779/60 "2008-11-08T21:27:25Z")
Oh, I found the article I was thinking of. [Here it is.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1317/does-flushing-the-toilet-cause-dirty-water-to-be-spewed-around-the-bathroom) [QUOTE=Cecil Adams] As Professor Gerba’s research would later determine, however, the bathroom was hardly the most dangerous part of the house, microbe-wise. The real pesthole: the kitchen sponge or dishcloth, where fecal coliform bacteria from raw meat and such could fester in a damp, nurturing (for a germ) environment. Next came the kitchen sink, the bathroom sink, and the kitchen faucet handle. The toilet seat was the least contaminated of 15 household locales studied. “If an alien came from space and studied the bacterial counts,” the professor says, “he probably would conclude he should wash his hands in your toilet and crap in your sink.” Talk with this guy for a few minutes and you realize that everything people think they know about household cleanliness is wrong. You think a guy’s apartment is bound to be germier than a woman’s? Uh-uh. Single men tended to have lower bacteria counts, since they never cleaned and thus didn’t spread the crud around. (Remember this, lads, it may be useful ammunition someday.) Women’s public restrooms contained twice as much fecal bacteria as men’s, probably because the women were accompanied by sanitary napkins, grimy small children, and babies in need of a change. [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-of-a-somewhat-tmi-nature/471779.md?page=4)