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By gigi , at 02/04/2010 11:28 AM to People

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It’s a revolting topic, but I need to vent on it. Women’s public restrooms.

People generally speak of men’s rooms as the nastiest places on earth. I've only been in a couple of men’s rooms (in emergency situations), so I can’t really comment on that. I can tell you, however, that women, by and large, are disgusting when it comes to public restrooms.

So here is my impassioned plea to the offenders – whether at malls, at gas stations, or even in my office (which is totally ridiculous):

You don’t want to sit down on the seat. I totally understand that. But here’s the thing – you piss on the seat, you damn well better clean it up. You don’t want to wipe up your piss? Guess what – neither do I! Neither does anyone else! In fact, I can guarantee you that me and the rest of the universe don’t want to clean up your piss even more than you don’t want to.

You don’t want to touch the flush handle. I understand that, too. So use your foot. Or if you can’t do that, wrap some toilet paper around your hand. Don’t just NOT flush! As much as you don’t want to get germs from the handle, I don’t want to look at what you’ve left behind about a zillion times more.

It all boils down to basic consideration for your fellow (wo)man. If only people would show the same consideration for others that they'd like to have shown to them...

Tags: manners, public restrooms

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rainy , at 02/06/2010 1:14 PM
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It is almost as if there is a whole new segment of the population that doesn't know how to use modern plumbing.

I recall, while visiting Disneyland 20 years ago, we engaged in a conversation with the cleaning crew on Restroom duty. They told us stories of tour groups from around the world - specifically from the third world - who had no clue how to use a toilet, toilet paper, and a sink with faucets.

I agree that today's restroom etiquette is, for the most part, disregarded to the point of health hazard status. Or perhaps Third World status.