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Post by katlady on Apr 4, 2016 20:02:58 GMT
Say you go to the restroom and the front box of toilet seat covers is empty. Have you ever been able to tear through the back of the empty box to get to the second box neatly?? And then, because the opening is all jagged, you can't pull out the seat cover without it tearing.  They need to make the perforation on the boxes better. Lol! |
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Post by kate on Apr 4, 2016 20:22:28 GMT
I never knew there might be a second box hiding behind the empty one - the things you learn from the RPs...
If the first one is empty, I would line the seat with TP.
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Post by gracieplusthree on Apr 4, 2016 21:03:40 GMT
I never knew there might be a second box. I don't use the covers, never have known anyone to contract anything from the backs of their thighs and butt cheeks touching a toilet seat, granted if its got pee on it i wipe it off or try to find a better toilet if there are more than one ---I'm totally not germ phobic at all and would figure the seat covers are probably germy too since they are right there in the stall with the toilet
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Post by librarylady on Apr 4, 2016 21:04:32 GMT
I very rarely even use those covers. I only bother with them if the general restroom looks "not so clean."
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 4, 2016 23:37:54 GMT
I'm a hoverer, but I put them down when DD has to go because she's little and has to sit on the seat.  Now I know to check and see if there's another box if the one in front is empty! I learn something here every day! |
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Post by annabella on Apr 5, 2016 0:24:39 GMT
I never use them because I often find the toilet seat is a different shape from them. I just line the toilet with toilet paper, seems thicker anyway.
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Post by Zee on Apr 5, 2016 0:29:54 GMT
I would just use tp
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Post by iowgirl on Apr 5, 2016 0:31:21 GMT
Hoverers are the reason people need seat covers. Gaaaa.... |
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 5, 2016 0:36:31 GMT
I have never noticed a second box. I would just use tp or throw caution to the wind and not use anything
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 5, 2016 0:36:55 GMT
Hoverers are the reason people need seat covers. Gaaaa.... Nope, I have good aim and I hover very close to the seat.  |
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Post by johnnysmom on Apr 5, 2016 1:48:38 GMT
I'm a toilet cover failure. I can never get them on right and they end up falling in before my butt even gets close. So I throw caution to the wind and just go without.
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Post by katlady on Apr 5, 2016 3:01:52 GMT
I am surprised most of you did not know there is sometimes a second box. I should have taken a picture of the one I saw today. I must spend too much time in public restrooms.  |
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Post by Kate * on Apr 5, 2016 3:35:38 GMT
eta: I've seen those and it was a bear trying not to rip the box to shreds to get to the new butt gaskets.
The restrooms here don't have seat covers, not even at the airport. So you get used to going without. I always carry a pack of flushable wipes and use those to wipe down the seat first (I don't always flush them, there's always a bin next to the toilet because people like to throw their TP instead of flushing it). No point in putting down TP either - since it is so humid, you could end up with the TP stuck all over your skin. And those wipes come in handy more times than not as many bathrooms don't have TP either. In one restroom in a highly touristy area, there is a lady who charges $.50 for a few squares of TP. She tells you not to throw it in the toilet, but use the bin instead. She also hovers around the door waiting for a tip on the way out. |
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Post by pjaye on Apr 5, 2016 3:45:09 GMT
I don't use toilet seat covers (they aren't common here but I have seen them a couple of times), I also don't hover. I sit on the seat like a normal person. If the seat was that disgusting...then I wouldn't use it cover or not. I'd wait and find another public toilet.
You can't catch anything from toilet seats and if a stray germ or two makes it onto my bum...so? I'm going to be showering at the end of the day and changing my undies and if I have the need to touch that area with my hands before my shower, then I'll be washing my hands anyway.
I don't get the aversion about sitting on a seat...what exactly do you think is going to happen as a result?
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Post by vanessa on Apr 5, 2016 6:53:38 GMT
I don't do any of those those things nor do I foot flush (gross). In 42 years I have never caught anything from the toilet. If it's that gross, I just don't use it. I think people are a little crazy over it. And hovering doesn't allow you to completely empty your bladder and I have never had a bladder infection so...
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Post by craftykitten on Apr 5, 2016 7:07:37 GMT
We don't get those toilet seat covers here, so I just use TP.
I know it probably doesn't make sense from a scientific point of view, but it's just a 'feeling'. I was brought up in a very germ-paranoid family who would always cover the seat, wouldn't touch handles etc (and would probably have foot flushed except we don't have those kind of flushes in the UK). So this is a leftover from that, and it makes me feel better.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 5, 2016 7:17:14 GMT
They're not very common here. I usually just sit on the seat and don't 'hover'. If I was at all concerned, I'd tear some strips of TP and lay them over the seat.
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Post by gar on Apr 5, 2016 7:38:48 GMT
I don't use toilet seat covers (they aren't common here but I have seen them a couple of times), I also don't hover. I sit on the seat like a normal person. If the seat was that disgusting...then I wouldn't use it cover or not. I'd wait and find another public toilet. You can't catch anything from toilet seats and if a stray germ or two makes it onto my bum...so? I'm going to be showering at the end of the day and changing my undies and if I have the need to touch that area with my hands before my shower, then I'll be washing my hands anyway. I don't get the aversion about sitting on a seat...what exactly do you think is going to happen as a result?  Surely it's your thighs that touch the seat anyway, not anywhere 'delicate' that could absorb those nasty germies  |
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Post by AllieC on Apr 5, 2016 8:23:05 GMT
I don't use toilet seat covers (they aren't common here but I have seen them a couple of times), I also don't hover. I sit on the seat like a normal person. If the seat was that disgusting...then I wouldn't use it cover or not. I'd wait and find another public toilet. You can't catch anything from toilet seats and if a stray germ or two makes it onto my bum...so? I'm going to be showering at the end of the day and changing my undies and if I have the need to touch that area with my hands before my shower, then I'll be washing my hands anyway. I don't get the aversion about sitting on a seat...what exactly do you think is going to happen as a result?  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 9:49:49 GMT
I've never even seen covers in a public toilet not really a thing here.
Front bum cooties!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Apr 5, 2016 9:50:15 GMT
We don't get those toilet seat covers here, so I just use TP. I know it probably doesn't make sense from a scientific point of view, but it's just a 'feeling'. I was brought up in a very germ-paranoid family who would always cover the seat, wouldn't touch handles etc (and would probably have foot flushed except we don't have those kind of flushes in the UK). So this is a leftover from that, and it makes me feel better. When I asked, American friends told me that 'foot flushing' mostly meant using ones foot to operate the normal handle of the loo to flush instead of a hand.....so you could do that here - unless you have the press button type of flush of course! Most public loo's now seem to have the automatic sensor type of flush so you would be spared doing gymnastics when out. |
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Post by BarbaraUK on Apr 5, 2016 10:01:21 GMT
Paper seat covers aren't commonly available in public toilets here but I'm not at all germ phobic so I wouldn't be digging through boxes to get one anyway. |
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Post by Scrapbrat on Apr 5, 2016 11:28:14 GMT
I don't use toilet seat covers (they aren't common here but I have seen them a couple of times), I also don't hover. I sit on the seat like a normal person. If the seat was that disgusting...then I wouldn't use it cover or not. I'd wait and find another public toilet. You can't catch anything from toilet seats and if a stray germ or two makes it onto my bum...so? I'm going to be showering at the end of the day and changing my undies and if I have the need to touch that area with my hands before my shower, then I'll be washing my hands anyway. I don't get the aversion about sitting on a seat...what exactly do you think is going to happen as a result? I have to agree with this. If the bathroom in general or the toilet in the particular stall that I've selected is that dirty or gross, I'd just not use it. |
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Post by katlady on Apr 5, 2016 16:12:06 GMT
I use seat covers out of habit. If there is one, I will use it. If there isn't any, oh well, no biggie. I am not a germophobe, but it is hard to ignore years of your mom yelling at you to use the seat cover! I imagine my mom would cringe if she knew I didn't always cover the toilet seat! |
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Post by grinningcat on Apr 5, 2016 16:19:35 GMT
Toilet seat covers are stupid. People need to get over the germaphobic crutch of using them or hovering. I roll my eyes every time I hear one being ripped from the dispenser.
Just sit and go... get over it.
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Post by littlemama on Apr 5, 2016 16:59:35 GMT
I am somewhat germaphobic - I wash my hands as soon as I walk in the door from anyplace, especially if a shopping cart was involved (I do not wipe the cart at the store though). It has never once occurred to me that I might catch something on the backs of my thighs from sitting on a toilet. If the seat is wet, I either wipe it up or find another toilet that is clean. Otherwise, I just use the toilet like normal.
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They need to make the perforation on the boxes better. Lol! 
Now I know to check and see if there's another box if the one in front is empty! I learn something here every day!
