Porta-Potty Etiquette

[Stickygreen]

[quote="Clar-i-ty"]For the record: I was not fucking in the portajon. That's just gross![/quote]

I heard people fucking in the port-o-craper around 3:00 and Hummer, i think it was like friday morning.


so fuckin gross !

[DoriumLux]

For the record: I was not fucking in the portajon. That's just gross!

I heard people fucking in the port-o-craper around 3:00 and Hummer, i think it was like friday morning.


so fuckin gross !

Are you sure? Maybe they were just having troubles...Well, I hope so. They are much more pleasing places at BM to do that kinda thing...

[brcprincess]

If I hover does it make me a bad person?

I always feel uneasy when I read the "Anti Hover" propaganda on the portaloo door.

But that's not enough to make me plant my butt. I have never sat on a public toilet seat in my life, I have no intention of starting at BM.

I wipe the seat afterwards.. does that make it okay?

[Oubliet]

You lines the seat with a couple of pieces of TP and THEN sat down?

Peeing all over the seat is kinda disgusting.


If you wipe it up afterwards, are you usingany disinfectant solution, or are you just rubbing your pee all over the seat?

[brcprincess]

[quote="Oubliet"]You lines the seat with a couple of pieces of TP and THEN sat down?

Peeing all over the seat is kinda disgusting.
If you wipe it up afterwards, are you usingany disinfectant solution, or are you just rubbing your pee all over the seat?[/quote]


I use wipes.

Then throw them in the portaloo..

lol.
Just kidding.

[gyre]

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[brcprincess]

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Okay, so I did it.
But I don't know what it is.

Not the first time.

[gyre]

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[CapSmashy]

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[theCryptofishist]

I wipe the seat afterwards.. does that make it okay?

You do realize that you are exposing yourself to germs in a much more hazardous way than if you just sat down? You're getting it on your hands--much more likely to have small cuts and which go everywhere including mouth and eyes--rather than the nicely cusioned butt.

[ygmir]

"If I hover does it make me a bad person?

I always feel uneasy when I read the "Anti Hover" propaganda on the portaloo door.

But that's not enough to make me plant my butt. I have never sat on a public toilet seat in my life, I have no intention of starting at BM.

I wipe the seat afterwards.. does that make it okay?"
...........Asks brcprincess


You might consider the following:

I carried a pump spray bottle of Lysol and cleaned the porta potties before and after I used them, seat and lid, hopefully, to leave it nice and "spring fresh" for the next person......no incense, though.....just a fresh pine and lemon scent........

......suggests Ygmir.........

[AntiM]

Why not simply raise the seat and hover over the hole? Bigger target, after all. You can't piss on the seat if it is raised unless you're really, really talented.

[misfit]

>>>>I heard people fucking in the port-o-craper around 3:00 and Hummer, i think it was like friday morning. <<<<

it was 3:30 & hummer...
and they were just cleaned..........

[Intubater69]

Don't be like Tinkles,
she stands and she sprinkles
o'er the seat and it stinkles.
Naughty-potty Tinkles!

LMFAO

[Elorrum]

I am a pine tree, and I would love to come to burning man and hang out in the porta potties and freshen the air, but I'm not allowed.

[theCryptofishist]

Sit down, Elorrum, and have some cookies. The men in the white coats will be here soon.

[troyds]

The PPs on 7 o'clock were not bad, but I swear I heard music, ballet, x-mas or some sort of classical coming out of the can. It was rather refreshing. LOL!

[brcprincess]

Why not simply raise the seat and hover over the hole? Bigger target, after all. You can't piss on the seat if it is raised unless you're really, really talented.

Now that is an excellent idea!

[DoriumLux]

Why not simply raise the seat and hover over the hole? Bigger target, after all. You can't piss on the seat if it is raised unless you're really, really talented.

Now that is an excellent idea!

Why, yes it is. That is why courteous men always lift the sit before they pee in the toilet. I would never yell at a man for leaving the seat up, especially if it means that I won't have to sit in or clean up urine all over the toilet. Please do this and tell the other hoverers to do the same. Thanks!

[gyre]

Some women are even courteous enough to leave the seat up for men.

[brcprincess]

Why not simply raise the seat and hover over the hole? Bigger target, after all. You can't piss on the seat if it is raised unless you're really, really talented.

Now that is an excellent idea!

Why, yes it is. That is why courteous men always lift the sit before they pee in the toilet. I would never yell at a man for leaving the seat up, especially if it means that I won't have to sit in or clean up urine all over the toilet. Please do this and tell the other hoverers to do the same. Thanks! :)

I would love to tell the other hoverers, but I don't know who they are.

I guess I could ask around?

[DoriumLux]

Now that is an excellent idea!

Why, yes it is. That is why courteous men always lift the sit before they pee in the toilet. I would never yell at a man for leaving the seat up, especially if it means that I won't have to sit in or clean up urine all over the toilet. Please do this and tell the other hoverers to do the same. Thanks!

I would love to tell the other hoverers, but I don't know who they are.

I guess I could ask around?

You should just complain about urine on the seat to your female friends and you could say something such as "You know they could just lift the sit like a man if they are going to do that!! It's much more considerate!!"

I think I might just get a megaphone though. I've been wanting one and now I've found a reason.

[brcprincess]

Why, yes it is. That is why courteous men always lift the sit before they pee in the toilet. I would never yell at a man for leaving the seat up, especially if it means that I won't have to sit in or clean up urine all over the toilet. Please do this and tell the other hoverers to do the same. Thanks! :)

I would love to tell the other hoverers, but I don't know who they are.

I guess I could ask around?

You should just complain about urine on the seat to your female friends and you could say something such as "You know they could just lift the sit like a man if they are going to do that!! It's much more considerate!!" ;)

I think I might just get a megaphone though. I've been wanting one and now I've found a reason.

Voila! I have found a way to relieve my "hoverer" guilt and you have found something useful to do with your megaphone.

[Oubliet]

Also, there is the option of using a pee funnel from the Pee Funnel Camp.

You pee standing up without the need to sit or squat.

Afterwards,, you save the funnel in a ziploc bag for the next time.

There are other products that you can buy at home nd bring with you, too.

here's a discussion on such funnels on a backpacking/camping discussion board:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread. ... 306&page=2

[gyre]

Why would anyone hover?
Do some people expel lollipops and rainbows, while it's concentrated evil coming out of everyone else?
It's only a toilet.
Life must be very difficult if you won't use them.

Just hold it until you go home.

[DoriumLux]

According to 20/20 "Fifty percent of American women won't sit on a seat without some type of guard or without hovering," said Allison Janse, author of "The Germ Freak's Guide to Outwitting Colds and Flu."

Apparently, the floor of a public restroom is often the dirtiest surface along with the sanitary napkin disposal unit. "The floor test revealed about 2 million bacteria per square inch. Gerba says that's about 200 times higher than a sanitary surface."

"We found fecal bacteria on about 30 percent of the bottom of women's purses. So you may be moving bacteria from the bottom of the restroom floor to maybe the kitchen sink area when you're going to make lunch," said Gerba."

The cleanest spot? THE TOILET SEAT. "Gerba defines a sanitary surface as something clean enough to eat off of, with no more than 1,000 bacteria per square inch. The toilet seat passed that test, but "20/20" reporter Don Dahler's desk failed."


Not sure about how the porta potty would compare germ wise. However, I still don't think actually sitting down on a dry seat is THAT bad. Plus, there are other options other than urinating on the seat such as flipping the lid, Lysoling the toilet or using a pee funnel.

[gyre]

And yet so many women cuddle and kiss their dogs who spend their time licking their ass and eating their own poop (still trying to figure that one out!).
I wonder what the correlation is between people who make contact with their dog's poop and people that can't use toilets?


From the National Phobics Society-
Several conditions are thought to be behind toilet phobia. These include:

* Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) linked to a fear of contamination

* Agoraphobia - an anxiety disorder commonly - and wrongly - linked to fear of open spaces, but which the National Phobics Society says is often manifest as a fear of feeling trapped, and a need to escape

* Paruresis ('shy bladder' syndrome) - the fear of urinating in the company of others

* Parcopresis ('bashful bowel' syndrome) - the inability to defecate in public toilets

[brcprincess]

Also, there is the option of using a pee funnel from the Pee Funnel Camp.

You pee standing up without the need to sit or squat.

Afterwards,, you save the funnel in a ziploc bag for the next time.

There are other products that you can buy at home nd bring with you, too.

here's a discussion on such funnels on a backpacking/camping discussion board:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread. ... 306&page=2

Another excellent idea.

All I need to touch is the door and the pee funnel.

Keep em coming people!

[Rev_Sysyphus]

The cleanest spot? THE TOILET SEAT. "Gerba defines a sanitary surface as something clean enough to eat off of, with no more than 1,000 bacteria per square inch. The toilet seat passed that test, but "20/20" reporter Don Dahler's desk failed."

The Mythbusters also proved this. There were poo bugs all over their shop in varying amouns, but the toilet seat itself was clean enough to eat off of. They were not sure why though. Was it that the seat was cleaned a lot? Maybe people's butt cheeks are the cleanest most germ free part of the human body?

There are free pee funnels available from pee funnel camp:



They are free and one gets what ya pay for so if these are a bit "rustic" for your tastes you can purchase a more fancy pants version at your local REI or other camping megastore.

For me the PP's were acceptably clean but I did notice a large amount of MOOP dumped into the big communal trough-like urinal for guys (or bold women) that were on one end of the line. I saw all manner of cups, bottles, ciggarette packs & beer cans in the trough.

Jerks? Yep. Probably drunk and/or high. Or maybe stone cold sober and still just tossed it there. With 50,000 people there is bound to have a percentage that care not about MOOP. What can you do?

Even in places where there are large dumpsters such as campgrounds you will STILL see garbage in and around the PP's. And at most campgrounds there are not hordes or drunk and/or high people. These are sober people camping with family and friends tossing garbage in the PP when there is a trash can 10 paces outside. People can be unbelievable sometimes.

But for the most part I found the PP's to be mostly clean and certainly fresh enough for me to use without any phobias acting up. But there were like a zillion of them and I hardly used them all, so I am sure there were some pretty gross ones as well!

I will also reitereate the fact that every single one I went into had the seat up. Indeed the seat MUST be closed for the thing to air out properly. There should be a big red banner that spells this out inside the thing.

[somekind]

What's wrong with a little bit of pee on the toilet seat? Doesn't it act as a disinfectant? I don't feel bad for asking my Gf to let me pee on her (in the shower).