It irks me personally.

Well, they tend not to. I squat over the toilet, so they don't touch the floor because they're not pulled all the way down. But I wouldn't freak out if they did.

Chris wrote:

It irks me personally.

I know what you mean.

I won't even put my purse on a public restroom floor.

Never gave it thought.

One time a co-worker dropped her big purse right into the bowl. Now THAT would greatly upset me!

I don't like it, no.

LOL, I thought I was the only person who thought this!

I also get a bit disgusted when I see ladies put their purse or shopping bags on the floor. Ain't that what the hook is for?

FireIce918 wrote:

LOL, I thought I was the only person who thought this!

I also get a bit disgusted when I see ladies put their purse or shopping bags on the floor. Ain't that what the hook is for?

IF there's a hook. On vacations I actually take my own, one of those plastic over the door hangers.

Bluesmama wrote:

IF there's a hook. On vacations I actually take my own, one of those plastic over the door hangers.

Great idea! I'll have to remember that one.


And perhaps even worse than your pants or other items touching the bathroom floor, what grosses me out is when people walk into the bathrooms, barefoot, at the beach. Ugh! Nevermind your pants or purse touching the "stuff" that is probably on the floor--how 'bout your bare feet??? At that point, there's no sense in "kick-flushing", either, if you're just going to step in it anyway. . . .

[quote="Hyacinth Girl"]

I go into the restroom barefoot when at the beach. Can't be any worse than the stuff I walk on in the sand. Did you know urine is actually a deterrent to athletes foot?

Urine is not some deadly chemical or for the most part even a biohazard on intact skin. No worse than walking barefoot on the farm as a kid, squishing cow shit thru my toes. (actually, you don't run the risk of getting hookworm in a pissy bathroom.)

Sometimes ppl overreact to the thot of 'germs' more than the reality of them.

It irks me too but luckily it don't happen very often.

[quote="Shale"]

Well, after you work in a lab for 25 years, testing peoples' urine, feces, blood and anything else that comes out of the human body, I'll not be convinced that it's no big deal to come in contact with someone's bodily specimens, no matter how it happens.

Urine is an ultra-filtrate of blood, and can also harbor some of the nasty-ass bacteria and viruses from the blood whence it came. So no, I won't be pissing on my feet to avoid athlete's foot--flip flops work just as nicely.

Some of those viruses out there can survive outside the body for given amounts of time, so in my opinion, it's better to be safe than sorry.

I don't like it when I have to touch a door handle to get out of the rest room.

Alan Smithee wrote:

I don't like it when I have to touch a door handle to get out of the rest room.

I NEVER touch the door handle. Always use a paper towel.

Nystyle709 wrote:

I NEVER touch the door handle. Always use a paper towel.

Sometimes there are only the electric hand dryers.

Public baths suck. In a perfect world we would never have to use them!

I can't squat, so I have no choice I have to sit. I can't figure why women have to pee on the toilet seat. I try to keep my pant legs from hitting the floor, and will hang my purse around my neck if there is no holder for it. It ain't gonna hit the floor either. I also do not touch the doors after I wash my hands. I use my blouse tail or a jacket bottom.

Suzi wrote:

I can't figure why women have to pee on the toilet seat.

I can't figure out why they do a lot of the things they do. Anyone who has the idea women are "clean", have NO idea.

CeCe wrote:

I can't figure out why they do a lot of the things they do. Anyone who has the idea women are "clean", have NO idea.

UM sorry but I have heard how dirty female bathrooms are compared to mens, but it ain't true. I worked for a while as a janitor in schools all over the Abbotsford area, and believe me the boys rooms were always much dirtier than the girls (of any age) K through high school). Women manage to pee on toilet seats, guys manage to pee on everything, throw toilet paper and towels all over (keeps the trash cans tidy ya know?), and throw fruit at the mirrors. They shouldn't be allowed mirrors either they just pee on those too when they weren't throwing oranges at them..

Its annoying but if my pants are that long then I will roll them up so things like that dont happen. There are worse things I'm concerned about as far as bathroom germs go.

Suzi wrote:

UM sorry but I have heard how dirty female bathrooms are compared to mens, but it ain't true. I worked for a while as a janitor in schools all over the Abbotsford area, and believe me the boys rooms were always much dirtier than the girls (of any age) K through high school). Women manage to pee on toilet seats, guys manage to pee on everything, throw toilet paper and towels all over (keeps the trash cans tidy ya know?), and throw fruit at the mirrors. They shouldn't be allowed mirrors either they just pee on those too when they weren't throwing oranges at them..

LOL you should see some of the ones I've been in. I swear a time or two I thought someone had stomped a litter of mice to death.

NASTY. I avoid public restrooms like ebola, swine flu & lassa fever.

Well, in the '70s I cleaned the public restrooms at the French Market and the women's were often disgusting (shit on the back of the toilet seat). The mens' was generally dirty but never shit on the toilet seats.

That was probably because women can't stand to sit on a public toilet seat. However if the seat is cold it is safe no need to squat over the seat.