# I was peeing in Denny's **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213 "2001-12-06T13:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/21 "2001-12-06T18:36:46Z")
Thank you Otto for the bathroom instructions. :rolleyes: Count me in as someone who will always kick the flusher in a public restroom. I’m no so much afraid of germs but I certainly don’t want someone’s pee or poop on my hands. Also, there are others besides me who kick flush with shoes that have been on the floor under the toilet with God knows what (pee drips, tampon splash). Nope. I’m a kicker and will always be a kicker. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/22 "2001-12-06T18:37:27Z")
I just have a couple questions **Parsix** , what do you do if it’s a bathroom with hand-dryers, and you don’t find that out until AFTER you have done your business? Or, what if the paper towel dispenser isn’t pull down, but one with the turn cranks? Do you use your BARE HANDS to turn that disgusting crank, covered in filth? Eww… Honestly, it ain’t gonna kill you. Flush with your hands (people who do not flush for ANY reason of their own fault are disgusting,) wash your hands with some soap and hot water, use a paper towel to turn off the faucet if you’re that paranoid, and leave. As a back-up, in case of no soap, or if you don’t trust the soap, always carry a small bottle of that anti-bacterial hand cleansing stuff that doesn’t need soap or towels. (Oh, and I agree about the dispensers that are high up, what’s the deal with THAT?) (And in the words of Willy: “My God, that paper towel dispenser’s almost empty! It’s on double red lines!”) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/23 "2001-12-06T19:00:42Z")
I would advise most of you folks to forget a career as Nurse’s Aide. Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Parisx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@Parisx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parisx)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/24 "2001-12-06T19:01:29Z")
I’m not a complete freak, just a bit concerned. In answer to your question… If there is a hand dryer, I use it. If it is a crank on a paper towel dispenser, then I crank and go, otherwise, I just make resonable effort to keep my hands clean. There is a place called the “Oyster Pub” here in Daytona Beach that I go to sometimes, they have hand dryers. I am so well known, sometimes I will step to the waitress station and wash my hands. They have papertowels and a nice sink to wash hands in. I’m not really a freak…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/25 "2001-12-06T19:24:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > (Oh, and I agree about the dispensers that are high up, what’s the deal with THAT?) Probably to keep the germ-o-phobes from trying to operate the dispensers with their feet instead of their hands. ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/26 "2001-12-06T19:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > In really filthy restrooms (a la “Trainspotting”), I turn around and drive really fast on teh way home. Count me in on the kickers. I never “sit down” unless they have the seat covers. If the stalls weren’t flushed, I won’t go either. Here’s the best case scenario. The doors are the kind you can push open by leaning or kicking them. A trough, self flushing(where the water is always running), or auto flusher. I don’t always wash if I just piss. The reasoning is, I took a shower that morning, then got dressed. That part of my body should be among the cleanest. Unless I pissed on my hands, what’s to worry about? My face, arms, and neck have all been exposed to the air, yet I dont’ have to wash my hands when I scratch my forearm. ---
**Author:** ![jmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmonster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/27 "2001-12-06T19:41:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > They have these amazing things in public restrooms called “sinks.” After you flush the toilet or urinal, your next project is to go to one of these sinks and turn the “faucet” so that “hot water” appears from the “spigot.” Then get some “soap” on your hands and “wash” them. “Rinse” the soap from your hands and then “dry” them on a “paper towel.” Then use the towel as a buffer between you and the germs on the door as you push it open, and dispose of the towel in the nearest wastebasket. Or in the alternative, open the door by walking out backwards and pushing it with your big paranoid ass. Your forgot about the part where “you” have to “turn off” the “water”, using your “clean” “hands” to “touch” the faucet “that” you just put your “germy” hands “all over”. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/28 "2001-12-06T19:49:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Probably to keep the germ-o-phobes from trying to operate the dispensers with their feet instead of their hands. Germs don’t scare me in the least, but the possibility of poop or pee from someone’s hands after an inadequate butt wipe is something I don’t want to touch, thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/29 "2001-12-06T20:04:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Unless I pissed on my hands, what’s to worry about? Ball sweat? ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/30 "2001-12-06T20:07:43Z")
My friend has a theory that he doesn’t wash his hands in bars because women pick up the scent and are attracted to it, unknowingly of course. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/31 "2001-12-06T20:24:47Z")
Now that’s just silly. It’s gotta be the sloping forehead they’re drawn to. > [@](#): > > Or in the alternative, open the door by walking out backwards and pushing it with your big paranoid ass. Bwhaa! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/32 "2001-12-06T21:15:02Z")
I had no idea people flushed with their foot. That’s just piggish. “OK, I don’t want to get any germs, so I’m going to load the area of contamination with even worse germs” That really boggles my mind. Just use a big wad of toilet paper! I sure as hell know I’m gonna, after yer shoes have been on it. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/33 "2001-12-06T22:56:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Just use a big wad of toilet paper! I sure as hell know I’m gonna, after yer shoes have been on it. My point exactly. I know I am not the only one to use my foot. I’m sure not going to put my hand on a place that has touched many poop/pee/tampon splash/puke spots on the floor. Why waste a big old wad of toilet paper when a carefully placed gentle karate kick will do the trick? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/34 "2001-12-07T00:38:07Z")
How ironic. Considering most of you don’t touch the handle to flush with your germy hands, it should be pretty clean when I reach for it next time. Thanks for the courtesy! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/35 "2001-12-07T01:18:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lucki Chaarms \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Nutty Bunny \* > > \*\* > > Dude! Have you seen a Denny’s restroom?? \*\* > > Have you ever seen a Denny’s restroom… ON WEED? > > LC \*\* You mean there are some that are not on weed? I have no restroom quirks. I touch the handle of the door, toiler, urinal, and sink. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/36 "2001-12-07T01:36:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Thanks for the courtesy! You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/37 "2001-12-07T01:57:54Z")
As some of you may know, I’m a microbiologist. Many of the lab classes I’ve had during the course of my education have had us do the fun little experiment of swabbing various areas of a building and seeing what grows. There’s _always_ someone who gets various bathroom surfaces, and they _always_ turn out to be the cleanest surfaces tested by anyone. Seriously, bathrooms are generally cleaned far more than anything else, simply because people are so paranoid, and so they end up being all but germ-free. Now, I don’t know if this necessarily applies to your local Denny’s, but generally speaking, bathrooms are no cause for alarm. I’d suggest taking a closer look in the kitchen, myself, as someone else pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Spider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Barking\_Spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Spider)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/38 "2001-12-07T02:24:31Z")
I always push the flush handle with the back of my hand, or my foot if the handles down low enough. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/39 "2001-12-07T02:48:46Z")
Oh, so that’s why my food tasted funny. You bastard! 😃 -Syko ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-peeing-in-dennys/97213/40 "2001-12-07T04:01:02Z")
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