# Disgusting Pigs in Bathrooms **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092 "2011-01-18T18:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/21 "2011-01-19T11:57:26Z")
> [@fjs1fs](#): > > I’d especially like to hear from some “offenders” out there–although I doubt anyone will come forward and say, “Oh yeah, that’s me, I never bother flushing the toilet and so what if I piss all over the seat!” Oh yeah, that’s me, such a mess, everytime! Have you noticed the big mess people make? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/22 "2011-01-19T13:44:48Z")
Oh, God, the half-dried gelatinous piss-blobs :eek: The ladies’ room also has the joy of people leaving “surprise packages” on the baby changing station instead of throwing them in the trash can right next to the damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/23 "2011-01-19T14:26:12Z")
> [@Baboonanza](#): > > Apparently ‘stage fright’ is relatively common, and not necessarily directly linked to cock-related shyness. I think it’s more of a subconcious thing, certainly the person I know who has it is otherwise very out-going and confident. > > It’s still no excuse for pissing on the seat though. It’s not an excuse at all. I sometimes prefer the toilet for pissing, but for God-sakes I pick up the fucking seat–someone’s gonna sit on that–WTF!!! If you’re worried about germs on the underside of the seat (which is the only side my hands touch)–that’s why they have SOAP AND WATER in the goddamn bathroom. Same exact point goes for those hoverers, of which my wife is one. She cleans up when she’s done (at least at home). I would think germophobes would want to wash their hands, no. And in this case, we’re talking about touching YOUR OWN PISS and cleaning it off. Because you’re a germaphobe you’re gonna make me have to clean off YOUR Piss! Again, WTF!!! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/24 "2011-01-19T15:24:19Z")
Re using your foot to flush. How the hell else are you supposed to flush the ones which are a button flat against the wall? And I’m not talking the new ones with a button a baby could push (and they are only there in case the auto flush doesn’t work) I mean the flat silver disks that you have to put your whole body weight behind just to be able to flush them. I don’t bother trying to use my hand on those, it’s MUCH easier just to use my foot. Are they designed that way to make you use your feet? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/25 "2011-01-19T17:12:09Z")
They ought to just rig the flush handles to a pedal, anyway. It’s easier any more sanitary. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/26 "2011-01-19T17:46:18Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > They ought to just rig the flush handles to a pedal, anyway. It’s easier any more sanitary. It’s really no more sanitary at all for anyone who actually washes their hands after using the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/27 "2011-01-19T17:55:15Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It’s really no more sanitary at all for anyone who actually washes their hands after using the toilet. Yeah, but what if in between taking a shit and washing my hands my nose itches and I have to do an emergency nose pick? Now I have shit-nose. Is that what you want? People walking around with shit-noses all day? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/28 "2011-01-19T19:26:38Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > More and more I think the day of Big Brother will be a good thing. Camera’s everywhere. Nobody getting away with shit because you can’t prove it. No he said / she said / we said / they said / testimony not remotely related to reality crap. > > And, I hope the revolution of Big Brother STARTS in the damn bathrooms. I hope it starts on the roads, so everyone gets busted for their illegal driving habits all the time. THEN it can move to the bathrooms. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/29 "2011-01-19T19:30:24Z")
Let’s compromise and start it at the rest stops. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/30 "2011-01-19T19:36:28Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It’s really no more sanitary at all for anyone who actually washes their hands after using the toilet. That doesn’t mean I like getting any of that nasty stuff on my hands. Yes, I wash (very well), but I’d prefer not to be filthy anyway. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/31 "2011-01-19T19:41:38Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > That doesn’t mean I like getting any of that nasty stuff on my hands. Yes, I wash (very well), but I’d prefer not to be filthy anyway. For the most part, you’re no more likely to get sick or in any way adversely affected by flushing the toilet than you are by touching an [ATM keypad](http://consumerist.com/2011/01/atms-are-as-dirty-as-toilets.html), or money, or any one of the thousands of others things that people touch with the germ-carrying, unwashed fingers every day. And at least, flushing the toilet, you’re within easy reach of a basin with soap and water. You can’t say the same about an ATM. People who whine about flushing toilets with their hands should probably just stay home all day with their collection of Purell. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/32 "2011-01-19T19:47:37Z")
Ass-gaskets are fine, if that’s your thing. I might think that you’re a bit paranoid, but I’m not going to begrudge you your comfort. However, if you don’t want to touch the toilet seat with your _ass_, what makes you think I want to touch your ass-gasket with my _hands_? I mean, how selfish and inconsiderate. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/33 "2011-01-19T20:28:57Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Trust me, it’s just as bad in the ladies’ room. I have been in public restrooms where every toilet has been the victim of a “hoverer” who wouldn’t dare rest her immaculate buttocks on the filthy ol’ toilet seat, but has no problem spraying it like a dog marking a lamppost. > > I just don’t understand why they can’t carry a pack of those paper toilet seat covers… Screw the ass-gaskets (that’s the term of art, you know); what I wonder is why, if they’re going to hover anyway, why they can’t lift the seat and hover over the rim. If they miss the bowl and pee on the rim, at least nobody’s gonna sit there. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/34 "2011-01-19T20:40:13Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > People who whine about flushing toilets with their hands should probably just stay home all day with their collection of Purell. Nah… They have those travel ones now for the paranoids who like to stay on the go. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/35 "2011-01-19T20:53:15Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > For the most part, you’re no more likely to get sick or in any way adversely affected by flushing the toilet than you are by touching an [ATM keypad](http://consumerist.com/2011/01/atms-are-as-dirty-as-toilets.html), or money, or any one of the thousands of others things that people touch with the germ-carrying, unwashed fingers every day. And at least, flushing the toilet, you’re within easy reach of a basin with soap and water. You can’t say the same about an ATM. That doesn’t change the fact that I do not want it on my hands. > [@](#): > > People who whine about flushing toilets with their hands should probably just stay home all day with their collection of Purell. People who complain about other people not wanting to get disgusting crap on them ought to stay home in their smelly, shit-stained pajamas and whine on a private intranet so the rest of us don’t have to listen. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/36 "2011-01-19T20:55:06Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > That doesn’t change the fact that I do not want it on my hands. > > People who complain about other people not wanting to get disgusting crap on them ought to stay home in their smelly, shit-stained pajamas and whine on a private intranet so the rest of us don’t have to listen. no u ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/37 "2011-01-19T21:09:27Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > That doesn’t change the fact that I do not want it on my hands. > > People who complain about other people not wanting to get disgusting crap on them ought to stay home in their smelly, shit-stained pajamas and whine on a private intranet so the rest of us don’t have to listen. I’m all about doing what is necessary to make yourself comfortable but what you fail to consider is that instead of you flushing the toilet using your hand which I presume has been protected by a wad of toilet paper you use your foot which has been walking all over the germy floor. Thank FSM that technology has mostly taken care of this with autoflushers. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/38 "2011-01-19T21:50:11Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > I’m all about doing what is necessary to make yourself comfortable but what you fail to consider is that instead of you flushing the toilet using your hand which I presume has been protected by a wad of toilet paper you use your foot which has been walking all over the germy floor. Well, that’s perfectly logical and all, but you forget that the most important part, for the ew-I-don’t-want-to-touch-it crowd is the I. It’s all about them. They don’t really care if _you_ then have to touch a flush mechanism that has had their dirty boot all over it; they are only concerned with what makes their own lives easier. > [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Thank FSM that technology has mostly taken care of this with autoflushers. My biggest problem with autoflushers on regular toilets (not urinals) is that some of them are so damn sensitive or poorly-set that they flush before i’m ever finished doing my business. And they will then flush again when i make a move to wipe. And sometimes they’ll flush again when i actually finish and pull my pants up. It’s an incredible waste of water. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/39 "2011-01-19T21:51:29Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > This past Christmas, my 96yo grandmother caught my sister in law hovering; according to my mother’s report, Grandma said (loudly enough to be heard all through the flat, she’s deaf as a doorpost) “my God, I never thought I’d see something filthier than my husband, may he rot in Hell! Is there something wrong with your hips, girl?” YES! Go, Grandma! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092/40 "2011-01-19T22:18:57Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > People who complain about other people not wanting to get disgusting crap on them ought to stay home in their smelly, shit-stained pajamas and whine on a private intranet so the rest of us don’t have to listen. No People who don’t want to do something nasty have no right to do something in such a way that forces other people to do something even MORE nasty. Its not a race to the bottom you know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-pigs-in-bathrooms/568092.md?page=3)