# If you pee on the seat--WIPE IT OFF!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 13, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073 "2001-11-13T05:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/1 "2001-11-13T05:09:29Z")
I am so sick of going into a public restroom and finding piss all over the seat! I have gotten into the habit of wiping the seat off whether or not I see urine on it. But when I’m pregnant (as I am now), time doesn’t always allow for this precaution. Apparently, it’s those who don’t lower themselves onto the seat fully who manage to leave such copious quantities of pee. Now, if you’re so damn fastidious that you can’t sit on the seat, then don’t you think you could make sure you don’t leave a souvenir for the rest of us? For pity’s sake take 10 seconds and wipe up after yourself! Even if others behind you are the type to sit suspended above the seat, I’m sure that they would not find a urine-covered pot a pleasure to view. It’s gross and it’s rude. Yes, there are people who are paid to keep public restrooms clean, but they _ain’t_ paid to be your mommy, so be a grownup and clean up after yourself!!! ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/2 "2001-11-13T05:12:42Z")
Why would a person have the seat down if they’re not going to sit on it when they do their biz? ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/3 "2001-11-13T05:19:36Z")
Like others have said before – these wussies don’t want to sit on a dirty toilet seat, so they piss all over it? All in all, a public toilet is probably cleaner than most places you’d sit. It gets scrubbed with bleach once a day or so. ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/4 "2001-11-13T05:35:36Z")
Um. Hmm. Mayflower, preach it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone in the ladies room and found piss and all kinds of other nasty stuff on the seat, and it is just disgusting. What? Folks can’t turn around and see they’ve left a mess on the seat as they prepare to flush the toilet? Have some consideration, people. ---
**Author:** ![BalmainBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@BalmainBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BalmainBoy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/5 "2001-11-13T05:51:03Z")
Men leave the toilet seat UP Women leave the toilet seat WET ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/6 "2001-11-13T07:05:00Z")
“If you sprinkle when you tinkle, Be a sweetie, and wipe the seatie.” ---
**Author:** ![Bossk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@Bossk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bossk)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/7 "2001-11-13T07:12:59Z")
Jesus Christ, I suppose you want us to flush now, too? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/8 "2001-11-13T16:42:13Z")
I’ve made the decision that next time I see someone walk out of a stall and I go in and there is pee on the seat, I’m going to go back out and say “Ma’am! You pissed on the seat, wanna get back here and wipe that up???” But since I made that decision, I have yet to have the opportunity. The stall is always empty and waiting with no sign of the culprit. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/9 "2001-11-13T16:56:29Z")
I once found a toilet seat at my department at the university _completely_ wet with urine. It wasn’t a few drops, it wasn’t a lot of drops in one place, it was covered all around the ring with piss. What surprised me most was the fact that this wasn’t a “regular” public restroom, this was at uni, where no one who doesn’t belong there goes to pee. I wrote a note and stuck it on the door, saying something like “Someone thought it would be a good idea to piss all over the seat. He or she must be very proud.” ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/10 "2001-11-13T20:06:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soda \* > **I once found a toilet seat at my department at the university _completely_ wet with urine. It wasn’t a few drops, it wasn’t a lot of drops in one place, it was covered all around the ring with piss.** I have seen this happen at a gas station toilet–_huge_ drops _all around_ the seat. Kinda makes you wonder if they were peeing while hula-hooping. How the hell else do cover the ENTIRE SEAT?? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/11 "2001-11-14T00:21:03Z")
Hey - I do the Human Hovercraft[sup]TM[/sup], but I _ **ALWAYS** _ clean up after myself. At least part of the reason that I _DO_ the hovercraft is because of nasty, peed upon seats. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Lesath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@Lesath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lesath)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-pee-on-the-seat-wipe-it-off/93073/12 "2001-11-14T00:31:19Z")
I feel your pain. At this nasty ass all girls school I’m at, I refuse to use the bathrooms. All the janitors are male, which means they can’t clean in there until everyone is out of school, and even then, the place only gets scrubbed on Wednesday and the weekend. 3/4ths of the pampered little bastards here don’t want to sit on the seats, and therefore sprinkle without wiping it off. Half of them don’t even flush. It stinks when you walk by the bathrooms. Stupid bastards.