Bathroom Standard Operating Procedures

[[AK]The Beast]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that, Nuts--I'm a moderator. There's a link on your poll that simply says "Edit Poll" in the top-right corner--I clicked on it and was able to fix it. If you're not a moderator of this forum, the link may not even be there for you--or it may not work if it is.

[[AK]Bribo]

I try not to touch anything. I flush the urinal with my elbow and flush the toilet with my foot. I wash with soap and use the paper towel for the door handle on the way out.

I've found myself doing this after years of watching people walk right out of the shitter and walk right out the door. That's just plain gross.

[[AK]The Beast]

I try not to touch anything. I flush the urinal with my elbow and flush the toilet with my foot. I wash with soap and use the paper towel for the door handle on the way out.

I've found myself doing this after years of watching people walk right out of the shitter and walk right out the door. That's just plain gross.

I, too, do the "foot flush" on the bowls as much as possible. I figure it's a little harder to "befoul" the urinal handles, and I'm washing (or as we say here in Delaware, "warshing") my hands immediately afterwords for those incidental germs.

The ultimate, of course, are the "touch-free" toilets that they have in our main student center and nicer restaurants like the Iron Hill Brewery. All you have to watch out for there is the "backspray" that occurs when the sensor thinks you've stepped away before you're actually done. Nasty.

[[AK]Nuts]

I'm definetly a paper-towel-the-door guy. And actually (just between you and me) I go to the empty floor upstairs where there are no offices and use that restroom. Everytime I go in there the water is still blue and the sinks are still spotless. 3 urinals and 4 stalls for the 170 men on this floor just barely meets the OSHA regulations. So you can imagine what the place looks like by 5pm.

I do the foot flush too, but you got to have the door already open as there aren't any lids to prevent the misting action that occurs when a toilet flushes. (Try it at home... put red food coloring in your toilet. Surround the area around the toilet with paper towel. Now flush. The misting action can go quite far. Now image that mist after a night of mexican food. )

Now I'm not germophobe (sp) but I draw the line in public restrooms.

Document on Public Restrooms in America - Laws (pdf)

OSAH regulation: waterclosets vs employees

One to grow on: "Medical studies show the importance of regular urination, with women generally needing to void more frequently than men"