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why do people flush with their foot/shoe?
I don't understanding this. When people do this I just think why can't they just wash there hands with soap and water after using the restroom. Also, when they use there foot/shoe, pesticides and any gross bacteria that is already on the shoe is transferred to the flush leaver. I don't want to touch it either, but I don't want to add to it. Why not just practice good hygiene?
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Re: why do people flush with their foot/shoe?
I don't get it either. I'm not a huge germaphobe anyways. I do the basics, wash hands, sanatize ,,etc. I don't use my foot to flush and I don't use a paper towel on the door handle when I exit.
That reminds me, I have to go use the restroom.
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Sorry, but I'm not touching that lever. No way. Yes, I plan on washing my hands, but I do not see the need to touch something that I know is covered with germs from shoes/feet, feces/urine, sneezes, etc.
This. It's disgusting.
I completely agree. Super nasty and knowing that others use their feet too deters me 100%. I wish everyone would just switch to the automatic ones lol.
This
Because...
1) Other people have just gotten done wiping their ass and I don't want to touch anything they might touch.
2) Other people use their shoes and I don't want whatever is also on their shoes on my hands.
I hate public restrooms!
If it was meant to be flushed with your foot do y'all think there should be a flush button the ground where it would be easier to reach with your hand.
I understand that it is germy, but, again, soap and water...
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Hey, you asked for my reason, so I gave it to you.
Yes, it is easier to balance on 1 foot than leaning way over to touch a nasty germ-covered handle. I'm 5'10" (not super tall, I know) but some bathrooms make me feel like I've been sitting on the floor with my knees above my shoulders. I took ballet. It's easier to balance than to lean all the way down.
Why do I care if it wasn't meant to be flushed using my foot? I prefer using my foot, and I still use soap and water. "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!"
This is going to sound like a smart ass question, but I really need to ask. How many people get shiot and pee on their hand when they use the restroom?
I know I use toilet paper and typically that is all that touches my body. While I do understand if you are a germaphobe and this is your thing. This excuse about pee and poop being on the handle is funny to me.
I don't care for public restrooms either and I'm okay with germs. I run into them everyday and I'm not going to clean or sanatize everything or everyone I come in contact with. I follow the simple rules and I'm sick maybe twice a year.
this. Unless it is like the lever at home. But if it is just the rod that sticks out, I foot it all the way.
I practice good hygiene, but I don't assume that those around me do as well.
I am a full fledged foot flusher.
Say that 5 times fast.
One time I while in a public restroom and there was an elderly woman with her caregiver or daughter, any ways the caregiver was yelling at the elderly woman while she was in the stall. This elderly woman was holding her shiit, no joke.
Found this article on foxnews.com. I'd like to point out this quote:
"When you do flush, make sure you exit the stall immediately after, or else the airborne particles that fly around after you press the lever can get into your lungs and give you a cough or cold"
So I would dare to say that if the bacteria flying around in the stall can get into your lungs and give you a cough or cold, then it's probably on the handle of the toilet, too...
Or this article from MedicineNet.com and this quote:
"Germs in feces can be propelled into the air when the toilet is flushed. For that reason, Philip Tierno, MD, director of clinical microbiology and diagnostic immunology at New York University Medical Center and Mt. Sinai Medical Center, advises leaving the stall immediately after flushing to keep the microscopic, airborne mist from choosing you as a landing site. "The greatest aerosol dispersal occurs not during the initial moments of the flush, but rather once most of the water has already left the bowl," he says."
So as you can see, the feces doesn't just come from other peoples' hands. They also come from simply flushing the toilet.
Toilets without lids spew fecal matter when flushed. Check it out. Its gross. Thats why its recommended not to keep your toothbrush near the toilet, and why I am super anal about keeping the lid down.
And as far as the wiping poo on her hands question goes...I've known someone who somehow got crap all over his shirt sleeve while wiping.
Toilets without lids spew fecal matter when flushed. Check it out. Its gross. Thats why its recommended not to keep your toothbrush near the toilet, and why I am super anal about keeping the lid down.
And as far as the wiping poo on her hands question goes...I've known someone who somehow got crap all over his shirt sleeve while wiping.
I'm not in any way a germophobe....but that doesn't mean I can't find things gross. The levers are gross, and always seem to be wet, and I don't really feel like bending over the fecal-matter-spewing bowl when I flush. I can lean away, flush with my foot, and be out of there.
And if you wash your hands anyway, what do you care if I get something from my shoe onto the lever?
I flush with my foot because toilet water is aerosolized upon flushing. I want my face as far away from that feces bomb as possible. I aslo put the toilet lid down when flushing at home. There are actually medline articles documenting the spread of enteric viruses.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033465
What about the people that pee or get poo on their hands then touch the lock on the door to unlock the stall to go wash their hands?!? I know u cant use your foot to unlock the stall door?
Makes you think twice about going in when someone just came out. Ex. Long line at the bathroom! They exit, you enter.... hummm.... I to use my foot!
Foot flusher here. When's the last time you think the cleaning crew took a Clorox wipe to the flush handle? Public restrooms are not sanitized. My work bathroom drives me nuts because I even doubt how often they wash the floor, let alone sanitize the doors, handles, etc.
Thankful that we have automatic faucets and paper towels (wish we had automatic flush). We also have hand sanitizer by the door. I make it a habit to take some in one hand while opening the door with the other.
Sorry for the absence; I had to get home to the little man. Just going through what everyone said and here are my responses...
I guess it would be easier for some one that is 5 ft 10 in to flush with their foot. I'm 5 ft so I wouldn't know.
I don't really care. I was just really annoyed at the time and while I was in the restroom 2 min before writing this there was a women who could hardly hold her balance and had to go at the leaver with her foot a 2nd time b/c she missed the 1st. I was just thinking, "why bother if you're gonna touch the walls of the stall?" I think that's just as dirty.
I totally agree, that I have flushed the toilet with my hand and have never gotten sick or a cough from fecal matter going into my mouth.
Life would be easier if they were all auto flush and why can't doors be pushed instead of pulled.
Wow! I don't think I've ever gotten this crowd fired up in this way. Love you guys! I guess I'll waste a square of paper to flush the toilet.
I guess I'm lucky b/c I know they clean at work everyday, and they also provide Lysol in both bathroom stalls. We also have mouth wash, hair spray, lotion, and hand sanitizer.