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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 2, 2015 23:26:29 GMT
I'm still waiting for a response to my question, why does it matter how any one before you flushes if you're going to thoroughly wash your hands once you leave the stall? I'm a foot flusher and a paper towel holder when I open the door.
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Post by birukitty on Mar 2, 2015 23:27:56 GMT
The automatic flushers - I do like these, but somehow it always seems to flush before I'm done. That's gross For those that are foot flushers (because the handle is too gross to touch, and you prefer the fecal plume on your shoes/legs) - do you wear your shoes in your house? Sorry, couldn't resist bringing in another topic that is near to my heart For the record, I'm a 'regular' flusher, only because I've never thought about doing it differently. And I'm a bit clumsy - lifting my foot that high would probably throw me off balance, I'd bounce around the stall, drop my purse on the floor and accidentally set my foot down in the toilet. To answer your second question since I'm a foot flusher-no I don't wear my shoes in my house. I was raised by a German mother. There were your outside shoes and your "house" shoes. Once you came in from the outside, your outside shoes came off immediately. And your "house shoes" (these weren’t always like slippers, mine currently are Uggs boots) went on your feet. Your "house shoes" were never worn outside so they stayed clean. I'm 54 but this is such a habit that I still follow it today. It's comfortable for me. Debbie in MD.
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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 2, 2015 23:29:34 GMT
Oh and I take off my shoes once I enter my house. Not because I am worried about germs, but because I really don't like to wear shoes. If I'm inside I'm barefoot unless it is cold enough for fuzzy socks.
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 2, 2015 23:33:50 GMT
I don't even think about it TBH. I'm more grossed out by the sloppy wet sinks that my kid will have to drape the whole front of her shirt, jacket, arms, etc. over to try to reach the water stream from the stupid automatic faucets to wash her hands. Especially with so many restrooms not having paper towels available these days and there's not even anything to attempt to wipe up the mess beforehand. OH yes, anything wet around a sink in a bathroom really grosses me out. I would actually rather not touch a wet sink and have my hands dirty (I do wash, I just try not to touch anything as much as possible.) It just skeeves me out to no end.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 23:40:16 GMT
There are poo bits everywhere all the time no matter what people think they're doing to keep poo bits from being everywhere all the time.
Wash your hands with soap and water. Thoroughly. Often. And keep them off your face as much as you can.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Mar 2, 2015 23:57:22 GMT
I was raised by a German mother. Related Tangent: Just last week, I read that many men in Germany sit down to urinate at home because the feeling is that standing urination is unsanitary. As as far as the rest of all these bathroom threads go, I'm a little surprised that I'm still alive, considering the bacterial perils I court every day.
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Post by myshelly on Mar 3, 2015 0:09:11 GMT
No, no one wears their shows inside my house.
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Post by pjaye on Mar 3, 2015 0:29:20 GMT
You foot flushers would have to hold on pretty much all day if you come to Australia (at least where I am). I haven't seen any of those 'lever' flushers in forever, just about every public toilet I have been to has a button type flush, either on the wall or on the cistern...where the button needs to be pressed in, therefore no way could it be foot flushed (unless you are a barefooted acrobat with very dexterous toes): So what do you do when you have a variation of one of those flushers? Just not flush?
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Post by AllieC on Mar 3, 2015 0:36:26 GMT
You foot flushers would have to hold on pretty much all day if you come to Australia (at least where I am). I haven't seen any of those 'lever' flushers in forever, just about every public toilet I have been to has a button type flush, either on the wall or on the cistern...where the button needs to be pressed in, therefore no way could it be foot flushed (unless you are a barefooted acrobat with very dexterous toes): So what do you do when you have a variation of one of those flushers? Just not flush?
Yes! I have been thinking about this, I would need to be a gymnast LOL Honestly, I do not worry about germs. I sit on public toilet seats, I flush with my hands, don't hold doors open with paper towel and wash my hands thoroughly afterwards. I go about my day without worrying about it all. I wash my hands again before eating and food preparation and have never been sick from "germs".
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Post by myshelly on Mar 3, 2015 0:37:49 GMT
You foot flushers would have to hold on pretty much all day if you come to Australia (at least where I am). I haven't seen any of those 'lever' flushers in forever, just about every public toilet I have been to has a button type flush, either on the wall or on the cistern...where the button needs to be pressed in, therefore no way could it be foot flushed (unless you are a barefooted acrobat with very dexterous toes): View Attachment So what do you do when you have a variation of one of those flushers? Just not flush?
I've never encountered one like that here, so it has not been an issue.
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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 3, 2015 0:39:07 GMT
A button like that would not prevent me from flushing. People who don't flush at all are the real monsters.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 0:45:38 GMT
If there's a button to flush, I use my stiletto heel.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 1:02:17 GMT
I find it hard to believe that standing at full height you are 9 feet away from the plume. How do you deal with having to touch things like cash or gas pumps? For the 556th time in this debate, it is NOT about touching things with your hand. I do not care about touching things with my hand. I can wash my hands anytime. No, sadly you cannot get a full 9 ft away. The point is the be as far away as physically possible. And remember, EVERY time this issue has come up, it's been said 556 times that foot flushing has nothing (or at least very little) to do with NOT wanting to touch the handle. Yet here we are repeating ad nauseum and surprise...NEXT TIME this topic comes up, it will also be repeated 556 times.
Carry on.
LOL
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Post by utmr on Mar 3, 2015 2:16:46 GMT
And remember, EVERY time this issue has come up, it's been said 556 times that foot flushing has nothing (or at least very little) to do with NOT wanting to touch the handle. Yet here we are repeating ad nauseum and surprise...NEXT TIME this topic comes up, it will also be repeated 556 times.
Carry on.
LOL Its less about the "right" and more about the comforting knowledge that, no matter what ever else happens in the world, some things are a constant. We can always squabble about foot flushing, shoes on/off in the house, parents at preschool parties, uncrustables and kitten heels.
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Post by Rainbow on Mar 5, 2015 6:03:26 GMT
I can't get my short stubby leg high enough to be a foot flusher. So, I pull my shirt up over my nose and mouth, take a couple pieces of tp, hit the handle, drop the tp in the swirl, and turn my face away. That is a great solution!
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Post by gypsymama on Mar 5, 2015 12:45:14 GMT
i don't know how some of you fragile flowers ever manage to leave the house
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Post by sweetpea4utoo on Mar 6, 2015 20:54:45 GMT
<-----------turned into a foot flusher because of you foot flushers from the last debate.
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Post by greenlegume on Mar 6, 2015 21:36:46 GMT
<-----------turned into a foot flusher because of you foot flushers from the last debate.
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