# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/21 "2003-07-25T14:29:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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?** The stand-squatting requires incredible funambulist balancing skills that can be mastered only by a few great acrobats – one must be able to pee without dribbling on one’s clothing, avoiding the sea,t and not losing one’s balance. A nimble task requiring a lifetime of practice. Long pee? Why you’re thigh muscles become strained – you shake, you wobble and eventually you come crashing down in the most unseemingly and inelligant way! If you keep the seat down, at least when you’re legs give out you drop onto the somewhat icky toilet seat. If you’d raised the seat first, why then your tusch would drop onto the cold procelain of the _Dreaded Underseat_ which is frequently the site of bright yellow, dried pee, stray pubic hairs and other nasties! _squeamish-faint_ \ In the public restroom stall "you hear the voice of every older female relative you hve ever known saying ‘Don’t sit! If you sit you get bum cancer!’ " \ ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/22 "2003-07-25T17:57:21Z")
When I was at school there was a special song all about this: “Don’t wee on the loo seat, Don’t wee on the loo seat, Don’t wee on the loo seat, Wee in the sink”. Brings a tear to the eye. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/23 "2003-07-25T18:05:39Z")
I just refuse to sit on the seat (at all) I squat. And I flush the toilet with my foot. I don’t want other peoples germs on my hands! ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/24 "2003-07-25T19:50:03Z")
So…do you clean up after yourself if you sprinkle the seat? The question really isn’t “do you sit/squat,” it’s “do you have the decency to clean up after yourself if you get your pee on a common toilet seat.” ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/25 "2003-07-25T21:05:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Glory \* > \*\*So…do you clean up after yourself if you sprinkle the seat? The question really isn’t “do you sit/squat,” it’s “do you have the decency to clean up after yourself if you get your pee on a common toilet seat.” \*\* I’m thinkin’ that if she flushes with her foot, then cleaning up after herself is a rarity (unless she can get toilet paper on the seat and push it around with her toes.) You know, Isabelle, most bathrooms have a sink with soap and running water. That usually deals with those “other people germs.” (BTW lotsa people don’t wash their hands so forget about the toilet flush-handle – just you _imagine_ what on the doorknob!) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/26 "2003-07-25T22:25:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*You know, Isabelle, most bathrooms have a sink with soap and running water. That usually deals with those “other people germs.” (BTW lotsa people don’t wash their hands so forget about the toilet flush-handle – just you _imagine_ what on the doorknob!) 😉 \*\* Amen! That’s precisely why I can’t be bothered with all of this contortionist stuff in public bathrooms - because whatever other people’s germs I get on my hands will be washed off right away! It’s really quite simple, and presumably most people can refrain from touching their face/sticking their hands in their mouth or whatever in the couple of seconds it takes to walk from the stall to the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/27 "2003-07-26T01:58:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*I just refuse to sit on the seat (at all) I squat. And I flush the toilet with my foot. I don’t want other peoples germs on my hands! \*\* This is me!! I will clean the seat if I miss a bit…UNLESS someone was there before me and neglected to do it. Then…ugh…I’m sorry. I wouldn’t clean a public bathroom for goo gobs of money. On the plus side for me, I’m good at holding it, and rarely go in public anyway. I will walk out of a bathroom that is NASTY without going, no matter what. And, if Isabelle does that, she probably does what I do to avoid touching anything else. Open lock using as little as possible, walk quickly to the sink, get paper towels first…scrub hands with soap and warm water, use paper towels to dry hands, open door with paper towels. Throw towels away as you walk out the door. Voila ~J I will not use the hand dryers (as a side note). I use my shirt to open the door if there are no paper towels. ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beryl_Mooncalf_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/28 "2003-07-26T06:54:09Z")
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**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/29 "2003-07-27T03:12:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kanicbird \* > \*\*I’ve heard that grossly obease people have difficulity urinating, esp in small stalls. \*\* This is true. I’m what you’d probably call grossly obese and it can be difficult. But that in no way mitigates the responsibility of a person to clean up after themselves–finding someone else’s pee on the seat is just plain disgusting, and fat or not, if you get yours on there, you should wipe it up! And _ **please** _ remember–the same holds true for pubic hairs. If you’ve deposited one on the seat, brush it and flush it! ---
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/30 "2003-07-27T04:42:58Z")
I absolutely hate a splattered seat. I am a squatter but I always “clean up” afterward. /hijack I also hate port-o-lets. Beyond hate. I have actually been completely, slurring drunk ready-to-pee-my-pants drunk and have walked out them because of the disgust factor. So, imagine the ick factor when my husband and I were in the Carribean at some beach bar and we realized that all they had was a port-o-let. Hubby went first. He came back and gave it rave reviews. Encouraged me to go. I swear to God, it was the CLEANEST bathroom - forget POL - I’ve ever seen. You could’ve eaten off the floors. /hijack ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/31 "2003-07-27T05:23:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spiff \* > \*\*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?) \*\* You mean the part of the drawing where the pants are?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morrigoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Morrigoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrigoon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/32 "2003-07-27T10:29:18Z")
People who get towels before washing their hands piss me off - you’re getting germs on the towel handle! You’re creating the very situation you’re trying to avoid. If you’d all just get your towels after washing, nobody would have to get them before! Besides, it’s not like the door handle, which is touched by people who _haven’t_ washed their hands. I mean, you’re only getting paper towels if you need them because you just washed your hands! ---
**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/33 "2003-07-28T01:53:02Z")
I had to use the restroom at a restaurant. It had only four stalls in the women’s restroom. All the toilet seats were spattered with drops of yellow urine. I walked out and had to hold it in until I got home. ---
**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 28, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705/34 "2003-07-28T17:38:10Z")
I just saw a doctor in the ladies’ room. After she left, I checked the stall she had used. The toilet seat was up. Maybe she knows something. My bet is that she pees standing up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urine-on-toilet-seats/190705.md?page=1)