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Ok Ladies! Public Bathroom Etiquette. PLEASE.
- Jan 27, 2008 at 1:54 PM
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Ok, first off, flush the damned toilet. You don't want to touch it? Use your foot.
So, squatters. Why are you squatting in a toilet in a place like the mall or grocery that you KNOW is getting cleaned at least somewhat frequently? It is not as though those sorts of places don't offer the little toilet seat covers is EVERY stall, and I really am sick of entering a public stall, the only one available, or the one with the changing table and having to wipe piss of the seat before i can use it. And if you MUST squat, please either grab some toilet paper and lift the seat rather than dowsing it in urine, or at least wipe up after yourself. Now, I mentioned the tiolet stall with the changing table. I understand that there are disable and handicapped citizens for whom these stalls were meant in the first place, but, if you can get out of the chair, on the toilet, and back, you can grab some tp, wipe real quick, and be done. I would if I were capable.
For those with small children, or yourself, if you get FECAL MATERIAL on the seat, and don't clean it up,or if you neglect to clean up your child's poop when you are in the stall with them, I must ask you: are you TRYING to get people sick? You know, you may not have any kind of crazy disease and ailment, but there is a LOT of harmful bacteri, viruses, and some parasites that are residual in the human colon and your and my poop as a result thereof. And then if you ate something that has given you food poisoning that has caused diarrhea all over the seat, why why why would you just leave that there? Would you not at least TRY to wipe some of it into the toilet, and/or report it and assist in the cleanup? Is your embarrassment really worth the health risk to others? EW. And guys, I have been there, and cleaned it up myself, and I have also seen the biggest public yucky of this nature at a movie theater, unreported, no attempts to wipe it up at all, in a WOMEN'S restroom....
On your period. And mine. Those little magic boxes with goodie bags? First off, NOT intended to be trash cans for your new makeup of jewelry, not for the pear you decided you don't feel like finishing, not for flushable items like toilet paper and cotton tampons. They are for you and I to put our sanitary napkin wrappers, used pads (preferrably wrapped up in tp), tampon applicators IN THE BAG. If the bag is full, it won't kill you to carry a tp wrapped personal item to a different trash can. I promise. If it's not in the bag, someone has to touch it directly and completely defeats the purpose of having it there in the first place. They are there to ensure you privacy and keep you from flushing non-flushable yuckies that clog toilets and make ickier messes, and with a little bag for cleanup so NO ONE should have to touch it but you, and then save the rest of us the health risk.
If you throw paper towels onthe floor next to the door in order to "teach" the business to put a trash can next to the door, you are not teaching anyone anything except that you are an idiot, a brat, and a selfish person that cannot be troubled to take anymore precious seconds that need be taken in order to bring the paper towel to a different trash can, or open the door with her foot and reach out to throw the towel away. Have you looked at the architectural setup of the restroom? If you were on crutches or in a wheelchair, could you navigate the door (that does not hold itself open for you, bereft of a handicapped open button), enter the restroom, and get back out without getting stuck or just blocked by the obstruction? No one is going to learn to put a trash can anywhere from just putting trash on the floor. Cleaners enter the bathroom expecting to sweep up trash. And so they do. Why not instead request to speak with a manager or supervisor and make the request politely, professionally, and respectfully, and illustrate why you would like to see this change take place? If it is at all possible, they will help you, and be glad you brought your issue up instead of taking a trashy, dirty route that costs them time and money because you couldn't be bothered to throw your trash away.
Turn off the water when you are done with it.
If you are nursing in the restroom, I will report the occurrence to a manager or supervisor, and insist they go and invite you to a more acceptable, sanitary, comfortable place to nurse. NO ONE should have to eat in the loo. Ew. Especiallya little baby, or toddler, or what have you. I am sure by the time you are nursing a five year old their immune systems are so buffed up by your milk that a little fecal bacteria floating in the air (which it does) will not hurt them if you are too shy to nurse a child in public. Lots of stones thrown for nursing older kids, and I might do it to avoid the lawsuit or ridicule. I am not not not saying that if you want to nurse a five year old you are a freak and should nurse in the bathroom to save all our prudish and pure eyes from such an act of perverted depravity. I myself may nurse to that point and longer. I am saying though that if you are voluntarily nursing an older child in the loo, if that's where you are more comfortable socially and your child doesn't think it's yucky, go ahead. For those with younger babies with less developed immune systems, please don't ever nurse in the toilet.
The point of all this is that we have all encountered at least one or two of the above. And it does not look good, it sickens most of us, and is filthy, inconsiderate, and unsafe.
Someone has to clean up the toilets after you. Mothers and fathers. Your kids. Mine. Got a sixteen or seventeen year old working at a grocery, fast food place, or movie theater? They are cleaning up b/s like this EVERY shift. We must must must be more considerate of these people who are PEOPLE who have to clean this up. Would you treat your bathroom at home the way you treat these public toilets? Would you leave fecal matter or menstrual residues on the toilet seat when cleaning the bathroom in your son or daughter's chore at home? Would you be please with your significant other for treating you, your family, and your home that way? Why would you do this in public? Just because the people who work at these establishments are strangers does not mean they are not people just like you, and when you think of what I just said, and piss all over the seat anyway, and just leave it there, and then don't flush, and splash big puddles of water while washing your hands, and grab some paper towels, open the door, and throw them on the floor, you are essentially pissing on the hands of people you may know or may be related to someone you know, and trashing their workplace without a care for them in the world. Show a little respect.
And when you do the above WHILE AN EMPLOYEE IS PRESENT IN THE RESTROOM CLEANING. What kind of person does that make you?
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Pet peeves. This is a major one. I concur on all you have written. Disgusting and LAZY.
Another pet peeve: people too dang lazy to push their carts to the corral. You do not see this kind of laziness in Europe. I have to say that Americans are some of laziest, most inconsiderate, self-centered, egotistical people I know. Not saying much since I am one, too. UGH!
All I can say is DID YOUR MOTHER NOT TEACH YOU ANYTHING???
I see what you are saying about nursing in the bathroom, but my FAMILY and almost everyone I ever went out with insisted that I go to the bathroom and nurse there. Or wait until we got home. Maybe I should have been more assertive, but when my husband parents were the ones who drove us to the place we were it is very hard to not keep the peace. I am military and we spent a lot of time moving. I have had to live with my in-laws while my husband was out to sea and they have driven 16 hours to help us move and help us with errands. They were so concerned about perverts seeing or my being innappropriate or my father in law seeing (he leaves if I nurse / at a restaurant if I he was the one leaving when they had come up to help us it just wouldve seemed rude on my part. I guess I never thought of it as filthy, just uncomfortable and unnessessary. :-(
It's like no matter what someone is going to be offended by you.
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AMEN! well said!!!
I wish people had to do some of these jobs...maybe they'd be more considerate. I used to clean hotel rooms while in college and quickly realized what pigs many people can be. Do they treat their homes the same way??
Lisa
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