# Urine on toilet seats **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705 "2003-07-24T20:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ms.Fisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Ms.Fisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Fisk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/1 "2003-07-24T20:10:35Z")
When I use the ladies’ room at work, I usually wipe the seat before I sit. I know that diseases are generally not communicable via toilet seat, and that urine is antiseptic, but sitting in someone’s pee is just gross. I use the same stall every time. After several days of wiping the seat each time, I got overly confident. This time I just sat…IN URINE! :smack: I take responsibility for not wiping the seat in this case. But even if I were religious about wiping the seat, I would still have this issue. I just wouldn’t be so angry about it. Why can’t you NOT PEE ON THE TOILET SEAT! Do I need to put up a sign? I thought this went without saying. DON’T PEE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE SIT! I understand that you may not like to sit on the seat yourselves. Put down a layer of tp or something. But don’t subject others to the very mess you are trying to avoid. Stupidhead. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/2 "2003-07-24T20:17:01Z")
Urine is only antiseptic briefly… then it starts accumulating bacteria. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/3 "2003-07-24T20:19:57Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t just toilet water? The toilet flushes here at the office are so violent, they often end with droplets of water landing on the seat. Now if you used your handy, dandy, urine analysis kit to test the fluid, I’ll kindly shut up. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/4 "2003-07-24T20:28:23Z")
It was probably just spit. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Fisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Ms.Fisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Fisk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/5 "2003-07-24T20:30:44Z")
It was definitely urine. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/6 "2003-07-24T21:06:57Z")
This is one of my pet peeves. At my last job, I got so damned tired of wiping pee off the seats I wanted to scream. One time some induhvidual apparently was so afraid to get her delicate bottom anywhere near the seat she pissed all over the damn floor as well as the toilet. GAH! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/7 "2003-07-24T21:16:56Z")
I remember being in High School and sometimes finding a stall where everything was dripping wet. Seems like some people do it on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/8 "2003-07-24T21:25:42Z")
Exactly. I don’t know why someone can’t clean off their own body fluids. I walked into our bathroom the other day and there were nice little yellow puddles all over the seat\*. And the smell of the bathroom! ack. \*We have one bathroom shared by all. The previous occupant had been a male visitor to the facility, otherwise someone would have heard about it. ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/9 "2003-07-24T21:35:27Z")
I can’t go into any public bathroom (and I am a woman) without finding urine all over the seats. What I think is that women are afraid to sit down (maybe because they somehow think that you can get AIDS from a toilet? Certainly I have only seen this post-AIDS) so they squat, and this happens. And then I have to decide whether I’m going to squat because if I don’t I have to either sit in it or get it all over my fingers wiping it up. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/10 "2003-07-24T21:38:09Z")
You learn something new every day. I always figured that this was only a problem for men. If you’re going to use the squat method, why they hell not lift the seat first? Haj ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/11 "2003-07-24T21:42:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > **You learn something new every day. I always figured that this was only a problem for men. If you’re going to use the squat method, why they hell not lift the seat first?** This is a truly brilliant question. Why _don’t_ women lift the seat?? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/12 "2003-07-24T21:46:14Z")
> [@](#): > > I always figured that this was only a problem for men. If you’re going to use the squat method, why they hell not lift the seat first? That is an excellent point **Haj** This is a fair popular toilet slogan in Men’s rooms, perhaps you should put up a sign _If you sprinkle when you tinkle be neat and wipe the seat_ That said, I’ve heard that grossly obease people have difficulity urinating, esp in small stalls. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/13 "2003-07-24T22:10:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*You learn something new every day. I always figured that this was only a problem for men. If you’re going to use the squat method, why they hell not lift the seat first? > > Haj \*\* Probably because if a woman lifted a toilet seat it would cause some sort of a rupture in the fabric of space/time or something. ---
**Author:** ![im2evil4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@im2evil4u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/im2evil4u)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/14 "2003-07-24T23:49:06Z")
In the ladies room of our office there is a sign on the wall opposite the toilet (at eye level once you sit) **If you sprinkle when you tinkle please be neat and wipe the seat** There is one on the wall behind the toilet near the sink that asks **Did you sprinkle? Better double check since we’ve had to clean up after you many times recently** Just the other day I had to create YET another sign. This one is taped to the front of the door and states in bold letters. NOTICE TO ALL FEMALE STAFF In recent weeks the problem of urine on the toilet seat has become intolerable. Cleaning up the urine of others is unsanitary and GROSS. If you really feel the need to urinate on the toilet seat have the courtesy to clean up after yourself. If this continues, the door will remain locked. The key will be located around on a chain my neck and I personally will escort you to the bathroom and inspect the seat once you are done. **I am not kidding!** ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/15 "2003-07-24T23:50:01Z")
This happens to me everyday. I am one of about 5 guys in the office and its a men’s bathroom. One of these days I’m going to catch the jackass and give him remedial potty training. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/16 "2003-07-25T00:06:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*You learn something new every day. I always figured that this was only a problem for men. If you’re going to use the squat method, why they hell not lift the seat first? > > Haj \*\* Someone I know once answered that question by saying she didn’t want to touch the seat to lift it. My answer was that you can kick the darn seat up with your foot if you’re that disgusted by it. ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/17 "2003-07-25T02:12:34Z")
> [@](#): > > If you’re going to use the squat method, why they hell not lift the seat first? Sorry if it’s TMI but: On the rare occasions that I do give up and use this method, (because of previous use of it as above) I always, always lift the seat first. So in other words, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/18 "2003-07-25T06:14:26Z")
Do you not have toilet seat covers? Nice trick here if you do, take cover, fold in half, rip out middle, place double ply on seat and sit sideways. No wiping others pee… ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/19 "2003-07-25T06:17:44Z")
And: how to pee standing up: [http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html](http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html) When you are really desperate, you can take a file folder/piece of paper, etc and place the end “fold” against yourself and direct the urine into the toilet or closest tree. Disposing of the evidence is not always pleasant though… ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/20 "2003-07-25T13:51:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ms. Fisk \* > \*\*Stupidhead. \*\* Hey! I work with that guy too! Anyway, [down](http://www.boners.com/content/789969.1.jpg) with potty squatters! (Anybody see the obvious problems with these drawings?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705.md?page=2)