# Fuck you, public toilet lid down-putter! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062 "2011-08-17T18:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snow\_Pea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/1 "2011-08-17T18:47:15Z")
Why the living FUCK do you do this? I’m no germaphobe, but certainly do not want my hands unnecessarily touching surfaces which just had contact with some stranger’s bare buttocks and were just inches from their spewing orifices. Normally, I enter the stall, do a quick glance to make sure there is no urine or whatever on the toilet seat, sit down, do my business, wipe, flush and leave. The only thing I had to touch was my own clothes and the clean toilet paper. But no. Some fucktards decide to reach out with their bare hand and put the motherfucking toilet lid down just befor they leave. The underside of the lid is now touching the toilet seat, which they may also have sprayed with urine if they are one of those fuckhead hoverers. Now, when I arrive, I am forced to hook my thumb under the rim of the lid, having no idea what’s under there, and lift the goddamn thing back up. You are forcing the next user to touch the toilet seat/lid with their hands. WHAT THE FUCK??? Why not just leave it alone??? Fuck you. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/2 "2011-08-17T18:50:02Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > The only thing I had to touch was my own clothes and the clean toilet paper. And you still would only have to touch the clean toilet paper if you used it to put the lid EITHER up or down. Next? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/3 "2011-08-17T18:54:01Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > The only thing I had to touch was my own clothes and the clean toilet paper. And you still would only have to touch the clean toilet paper if you used it to put the lid EITHER up or down. Wipe any contact points, using hot water (or any water) with the TP. Not the end of the world, since you’re not a germaphobe. Next? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/4 "2011-08-17T18:54:12Z")
Chicago’s skanky, not-missed-by-anyone Village Theaters had one redeeming feature - spring loaded toilet seats! At least, they did in the men’s room. As soon as you stood up, it sprang to upright. The evil toilet seat pissers could not piss on this seat unless they actually held it down. Now of course the hovering fuckwads could probably manage it in the women’s room, but that is not my problem. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/5 "2011-08-17T18:57:30Z")
Um, may I suggest you use your foot? I’ve been using public toilets for (counts on fingers and toes, adds…) a long time and I don’t think I’ve ever used my hand, nor have I given it more than half a second’s thought. ---
**Author:** ![Snow\_Pea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/6 "2011-08-17T18:58:07Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Chicago’s skanky, not-missed-by-anyone Village Theaters had one redeeming feature - spring loaded toilet seats! At least, they did in the men’s room. As soon as you stood up, it sprang to upright. The evil toilet seat pissers could not piss on this seat unless they actually held it down. Now of course the hovering fuckwads could probably manage it in the women’s room, but that is not my problem. Nice, but I"m not talking about the _seat_, I’m referring to the stupid, useless LID. Which serves no purpose whatsoever in a public toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/7 "2011-08-17T19:06:34Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > Nice, but I"m not talking about the _seat_, I’m referring to the stupid, useless LID. Which serves no purpose whatsoever in a public toilet. When you flush a toilet with the lid open, an [aerosol effect](http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1839) coats the entire bathroom with bacteria-laden mist. Closing the lid before flushing it is actually more hygienic, though all bets are off in public bathrooms. Some may flush with the lid open and others with it closed and the net effect is the entire bathroom is still regularly coated with a fine mist of toilet water. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/8 "2011-08-17T19:06:35Z")
> [@snow pea](#): > > why the living fuck do you do this? > > I’m no germaphobe, but certainly do not want my hands unnecessarily touching surfaces which just had contact with some stranger’s bare buttocks and were just inches from their spewing orifices. > > Normally, i enter the stall, do a quick glance to make sure there is no urine or whatever on the toilet seat, sit down, do my business, wipe, flush and leave. The only thing i had to touch was my own clothes and the clean toilet paper. > > But no. > > Some fucktards decide to reach out with their bare hand and put the motherfucking toilet lid down just befor they leave. The underside of the lid is now touching the toilet seat, which they may also have sprayed with urine if they are one of those fuckhead hoverers. Now, when i arrive, i am forced to hook my thumb under the rim of the lid, having no idea what’s under there, and lift the goddamn thing back up. You are forcing the next user to touch the toilet seat/lid with their hands. What the fuck??? Why not just leave it alone??? > > Fuck you. > > That is all. Oh my God, NO!!! REALLY? You had to touch a toilet seat lid? WTF is this world coming to. tsk-tsk. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/9 "2011-08-17T19:07:22Z")
I’m not sure what the big deal is about touching even the seat. You’re going to wash your hands upon leaving, right? What exactly is likely to happen to you with the extra step? ---
**Author:** ![Snow\_Pea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/10 "2011-08-17T19:08:42Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Um, may I suggest you use your foot? I’ve been using public toilets for (counts on fingers and toes, adds…) a long time and I don’t think I’ve ever used my hand, nor have I given it more than half a second’s thought. Oh great, so now the stupid useless lid has god-knows what on it not only from people’s asses and hands, but also their shoes and anything/everything they’ve walked on. Brilliant! :rolleyes: Why not just L **EAVE . THE . FUCKING . LID . ALONE**?? ---
**Author:** ![Snow\_Pea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/11 "2011-08-17T19:09:42Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > When you flush a toilet with the lid open, an [aerosol effect](http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1839) coats the entire bathroom with bacteria-laden mist. Closing the lid before flushing it is actually more hygienic, though all bets are off in public bathrooms. Some may flush with the lid open and others with it closed and the net effect is the entire bathroom is still regularly coated with a fine mist of toilet water. They do it in porta-johns too. Which do not flush. WHY?? ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/12 "2011-08-17T19:14:09Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > They do it in porta-johns too. Which do not flush. WHY?? My guess would be to try to keep the stench from filling the bathroom although that, too, is probably a lost cause. ---
**Author:** ![markm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@markm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/13 "2011-08-17T19:19:19Z")
New goal in life: Close every single toilet lid I come across, even if I don’t use that stall. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/14 "2011-08-17T19:19:51Z")
If you’re so fragile, maybe you should pack in some rubber gloves. I thought most public restrooms didn’t even have lids on the toilets anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/15 "2011-08-17T19:22:19Z")
How the hell our delicate species survived the millions of years before the invention of soap I’ll never know. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/16 "2011-08-17T19:25:39Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I’m not sure what the big deal is about touching even the seat. You’re going to wash your hands upon leaving, right? What exactly is likely to happen to you with the extra step? What if an emergency happens, like I have to pick my nose or scratch my ear, between the the time I touched the lid and washing my hands? Now I have shit nose and shit ear. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/17 "2011-08-17T19:27:09Z")
Where are you people finding public toilets with lids? Other than the very, very rare small-town restaurant, most of the public bathrooms I’ve encountered just have those split seats and no lids. I’ll take a score of lid-droppers over a single hoverer. I’m all for having hoverer-only stalls in all public facilities so the rest of us don’t have to deal with their filth. ---
**Author:** ![Snow\_Pea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/18 "2011-08-17T19:28:15Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > If you’re so fragile, maybe you should pack in some rubber gloves. I thought most public restrooms didn’t even have lids on the toilets anyway. I’m not fragile, I’m just fed up with idiots who insist on forcing the next user to put the fucking lid **back up** and making them touch shit they otherwise would not have to. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/19 "2011-08-17T19:32:10Z")
Did you leave your immune system at home? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062/20 "2011-08-17T19:47:36Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > I’m no germaphobe Well thank god for that. Otherwise you might have been compelled to write a mewling, prompted-by-germophobia Pit thread. Phew! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062.md?page=2)