Okay, look. I understand that there are people out there who are paranoid about germs. I suppose if you’re going to be paranoid about something, germs are as good a thing as any to be paranoid about, so I try to look past this.
And although I know that tissue paper does not, in fact, possess any antiseptic qualities, and that placing a layer of it upon a toilet seat prior to sitting on it will not particularly protect one from the horrible toilet-seat germs that the rest of us somehow manage to overcome – fine, whatever. We all have our own psychological crutches to bear, and if a ring of toilet paper somehow manages to temporarily curb your fear of germ-inflicted death… well, maybe it’s a bit wasteful, but what the hell, I can overlook that too.
But just because I tolerate said tiny piece of everyday insanity should not lead one to conclude that I am particularly interested in sitting on your buttsweat-encrusted paper-pulp barrier-wad, people. If you really feel the need to cushion yourself from the evils of buttgivitis with an ass-crown of white tissue, okay, but for fuck’s sake flush it afterwards.
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Oh yeah?
Look what I found in the bathroom at work a few years ago.
You’re missing the part where it doesn’t matters whether or not YOU catch the germs.
Congratulations. You’re society’s sacrificial lamb.
There should be a corollary to this rule that addresses those who, in their fear of germs, hover over the seat, and then think it is MY problem to deal with THEIR inability to hover without actually peeing on the seat. Ew.
Seriously, people can be so stupid.
It’s weird because folks who really fear germs don’t use the public bathroom for a sit-down. I sure as hell don’t. You know that there are some guys (ex-cons, probably) who use the stalls without the doors? Not that’s inconsiderate! It can also be a fetish, I guess.
This happened to me all the time when I lived in dorms. The worst part, is when it’s clearly been there for several hours, and other people have managed to, for God only knows what reason, pee all over it. Now, not only is it butt-sweat encrusted…etc., but it’s also piss-soaked and essentially welded to the seat.
On top of this, we also had a guy who, on top of using the paper layer, ate sunflower seeds while on the john. Not only would you have that little toilet paper atrocity to deal with, but there’d be seed shells coating the stall floor.
Ah…college!
I use the TP shield. Not because of germs, which I know aren’t really an issue, just because the seat tends to have something shiny or streaky or crusty or whatevs on it, and it squicks me.
I’m with Salmo on this one, though I make sure to flush the damn thing.
In looking up squick (a useful term, now that I know it), I found it to also be an onomatopoeia for skull-fucking, in some cases specifically with newly created holes. Ah, the internet.
Be glad you’re not a woman. Some (really fucking stupid) women have an issue with sitting on the seat, so they’ll just like…hover over it and pee all over the damn place. GREAT JOB GUYS
I carry around hand sanitizer. Apply and wipe off before use.
I’d much rather see that than to see what I’ve had to deal with at work one too many times.
In other news, to respond to Dayv, I feel sorry for the person who had to self-cath. Catheters are NOT fun in any way, shape, or form, but it’s got to be hell to try to use one in a public bathroom. Dropping one’s keys on the floor is bad enough. I wouldn’t want to drop *that* on the floor while trying to get ready to use it!
Ew. Those, and the evil foot flushers.
At the college where I work, most of the middle-aged women who are secretaries for our IT department think it would be disgusting to use their actual hands to touch the lever to flush the toilet. So THEY PRESS THE LEVER USING THEIR MOTHERFUCKING SHOES. Somehow, this is more disgusting than what Quinctia described or when there are lovely brown ass-marks on the toilet seat.
…What? My mother trained me from childhood to be a foot-flusher! I… I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to do that!!
Thinking back, the levers are kind of high, aren’t they?
Sorry guys.