I've been thinking a lot about those who squat, though I prefer the term helicopter, over a toilet seat to pee and those foot flushers. Let's address the issues one at a time:
- Squatters
These are folks who prefer to not sit on the toilet seat but helicopter or squat over it. This can be pretty messy, even when you're really good at it. (Since I was in the Army, and had to learn to helicopter because of the combat boots - I know just how hard it can be.) What happens when you have an encounter with someone in the doctor's office who didn't clean up after leaving a urine specimen? Is it really surprising? I mean come on, if you're going to pee on a toilet seat, and you know someone is right behind you - surely you're not going to leave it. I mean I know people do but it amazes me. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, maybe it's one of those wild flushing toilets that leads you to believe you're going down the drain or riding on white water, but man - if it's yellow, clean it up! - Foot Flushers
Look we know you're out there. I may not catch you in the act, but if I'm brave enough to touch the handle to flush - could you be kind enough to keep your shoe off of it? I could use a paper towel to flush, or even toilet paper. But there are days when the stall is lacking in both. (When will I ever remember to always look before I pee?)
When I was pregnant and peeing for profit, err, I meant doing urinalysis screenings on a frequent basis, I gave a lot of thought to this topic. But seriously, it doesn't end with the birth of the baby - can you imagine these toilet seat conditions with a curious, potty training toddler?
What are your pet peeves when leaving a urine specimen?
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When I read her commentary I cracked up but, I admit, I am and will forever be a “foot flusher.”
My biggest pet peeve when leaving a urine specimen is that, sometimes, when the office is backed up, the specimens from a person or two before me are still sitting in the little window thing.
It wouldn’t bother me as much if the cups used were the sterile ones that included lids, but these are just small, open containers. I shudder to think what would happen if, when putting my specimen in, I bumped someone else’s!
umm…i say get a life! you’re complaining about foot flushers and squatters? i understand pee on the seat but foot flushers??? lets face it, germs will always be in bathrooms, id rather touch a handle that everyones put there shoe on rather than people who sloppily clean themselves and flush w/ their hand leaving obscene traces of urine,blood, semen, vaginal fluids and fecal matter on…thats what soap, hot water and 45 second of good scrubbing are for! i think some one women turn into uptight whining women when they become pregnant…especially first time moms. besides how many minutes out of a 24 hour day do you spend in a bathroom anyways? worry about something worth worrying about, like the economy and our war and government!!!
Sorry, I’m squatter and foot flusher. But I always clean up toilet seat after squatting. There still other people’s urine mess every time I need to go pee. It looked as if someone trying squat while they’re drunk. Let not forget the pee on the floor around toilet! Let not forget people never wash their hands after using toilet!!!!! If you’re complain about squatter and foot flusher, lady, there’s whole world full of germs and I’m afraid shake their hands cuz you don’t know where their hands have been. Enough said!
Diana,
I just want them to clean up. They are welcome to foot flush and hover all day long!
So Nikki is reading About.com/pregnancy and complaining that it’s about pregnancy and not war? And then bashing first time moms? Nice.
Pee on the toilet seat is a huge pet peeve of mine. How hard is it to wipe up after yourself? I really don’t want to have to clean up someone else’s pee. Ick.
I am a foot flusher on those public restrooms mainly because those toilets are the nastiest thing ever. And I’m talking like toilets you find in a stadium kind of public. I only hover or cover the seat with toilet paper before I sit on it. In a doctor’s office they are kept clean so I don’t do either. I can understand doing these things in public, but not a doctor’s office. If there’s ever a problem with a doctor’s office bathroom you can tell someone to get in there and clean it please.