How to be a Yahoo/ What NOT to do

Silver 2 · Post by **Silver 2** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:25 pm

I have to wonder, is that piss all over the seat due to some chick who tries to piss while squatting over the toilet? With the seat DOWN?

Yep, opened a door on a pottie in '02 and there was a chick squatting over the toilet like a chicken roosting, feet braced on either side of the seat. Now I have always prided myself on the ability to take things in stride, once walked in my ex with her current in my bed and simply said "Ah, sorry" but in this case I said "What the hell are you doing? She made distressed noises and I closed the door and stood guard until she came out. She left a mess, though that might have been because she did not lock the door.

Angel Ben · Post by **Angel Ben** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:19 am

BAS wrote: :shock: (Note to self: Just in case the OCD acts up, bring own pottie! Note2: Research portable potties and what to do with the waste....)

You know, every time I go shopping for supplies I stop and think about that when I see the foldup personal potties. I imagine that urine in those evaporates pretty easily, and feces dries up in the sun & heat, as long as you only use it once or twice a day. My big concern would be whether or not it stinks up your camp.

As far as what to do with the waste, whatever doesn't evaporate goes home with you in the car, so that's probably why you really don't see many out there. If you think that watermelon you never ate was gross on the drive back ...

EB · Post by EB » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:29 am

Your camp would smell like a Paris Metro station.

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:17 pm

Please, for the luv of gawd, use the JotS potties! This is what your ticket paid for.

And the next time someone even MENTIONS that they hover over the seat, RIP THEM A NEW ONE!

These are the bints (usually females) that mess the unit up by their actions, so it's them who should bear the brunt of your frustration on the cleanliness of the units.
Fact: if one hoverer misses, the unit is not being used by other Participants, puting a greater load on the adjacent potties.
Plus said fouled unit may not get serviced for up to 6 hrs.

The JotS guys get really pissed off at hoverer messes. It sucks to have to clean up someone else's excrement, and this kind of mess is just plain unnecessary. There was an article in Self magazine a few years ago that many chicks must have read. It describes and justifies hovering to keep from getting cooties. Not one word of it was scientifically valid. NOT ONE WORD. Yet it created a massive shit storm, one that the JotS owner specifically identified to me in 2002. These fucking SHIT FOR BRAINS didn't bother pulling up the lid before they shat.

So get LOUD about it. Your ticket paid for the potties, you have a gawdamn RIGHT to get to use them.

I spent a major chunk of my Poop Patrol time last year educating about this ugly practice. I implore you to help me out by educating your campmates. This shit must STOP! [/b]

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:54 pm

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtoilet.html

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:32 pm

Angel Ben wrote:
BAS wrote: (Note to self: Just in case the OCD acts up, bring own pottie! Note2: Research portable potties and what to do with the waste....)
You know, every time I go shopping for supplies I stop and think about that when I see the foldup personal potties. I imagine that urine in those evaporates pretty easily, and feces dries up in the sun & heat, as long as you only use it once or twice a day. My big concern would be whether or not it stinks up your camp.

As far as what to do with the waste, whatever doesn't evaporate goes home with you in the car, so that's probably why you really don't see many out there. If you think that watermelon you never ate was gross on the drive back ...

Actually, come to think of it, my parents have one for their van when they travel. I could probably ask them how the waste is disposed of. I think the waste is somehow chemically treated in order to keep down the smell. (This is not a fold up type, more like a plastic cube.)

I dunno if I would actually bring one-- it would be more for "emergancies" or for comforting my OCD if I get grossed out by a potty (and, yes, I know that catching something from one of the playa potties is unlikely! There is a reason OCD is classified as a mental illness!

)

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:17 pm

It ain't fucking rocket science. They come with instructions.

Follow those, and your mother's, for christfuckingsakesgoddamnfuckingtinybrainedticketholders.

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:55 pm

um.

While I agree with Bob on the assessment that camp porta-potties are generally pretty self-explanatory, I *would* like to make one suggestion when it comes time to pick one out.

We have two. The second one is great. The first one had some serious design flaws. Specifically, when it comes time to dump it... the handle puts your hand directly in the way of the outflow port. Trying to dump it without use of the handle is pretty unwieldly and results in getting it *everywhere* while use of the handle simply results in getting it on *you*.

Oh yeah... that's a lovely experience.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:38 am

BAS wrote: (and, yes, I know that catching something from one of the playa potties is unlikely! There is a reason OCD is classified as a mental illness! )

Just so you know, I posted that link as an edumacational item for those who try to squat. I"m a little dissapointed actually. I remember the actual column as telling us that using the disposable liners was actually more risky than just sitting on your butt.
And I try not to underestemate the power of mental illness!

Stormy · Post by **Stormy** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:58 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtoilet.html

Right on. Did anyone see the Bullshit (Penn & Teller, Showtime) episode about getting cooties from toilet seats? They found far more bacteria on hands, faces and hair than on asses.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:56 pm

Stormy wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtoilet.html
Right on. Did anyone see the Bullshit (Penn & Teller, Showtime) episode about getting cooties from toilet seats? They found far more bacteria on hands, faces and hair than on asses.

The dirtiest spots in a public restroom are the handles on the water faucets and the handle on the paper towel dispenser, or at least that is what the training at the hospital I worked at claimed.

The real reason I was asking about disposal of pottie waste was more from a concern about enivornmental impact combined with whether or not it would actually be LEGAL where I live or not. (Also while I worked at the hospital I found out that the local landfill did NOT like it when someone would slip a box filled with human excrement into the trash and us folks down in Decontamination didn't catch it!)

Then again, I suppose I should follow Bob's advice and, if the potty's instructions say to bury the waste about a hundred yards from camp in a three foot deep hole, I should just assume it is okay....

_tears_ · Post by **_tears_** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:03 pm

Comming from a person who has some bad OCD...

Those potties were amazingly clean.

Yes I did run into a few gross periods where things where tossed everywhere but in the big hole, but over all, they were not too bad.

I also used to keep toilet seat covers with me alone with some sort of hand cleaner I could burn the seat covers at my camps burn barral

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:18 pm

Stormy wrote:Did anyone see the Bullshit (Penn & Teller, Showtime) episode about getting cooties from toilet seats? They found far more bacteria on hands, faces and hair than on asses.

Didn't see that one - but I saw the Mythbusters episode where they checked the toothbrushes for fecal coliform:

http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/html/ ... ridge.html

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:09 am

BAS wrote:The real reason I was asking about disposal of pottie waste was more from a concern about enivornmental impact combined with whether or not it would actually be LEGAL where I live or not. (Also while I worked at the hospital I found out that the local landfill did NOT like it when someone would slip a box filled with human excrement into the trash and us folks down in Decontamination didn't catch it!)

I'm guessing that it is then considered "Hazardous Biological Waste" and has to be in one of those red bags and go to a separate facility with all the needles. . . (I won't even get into the whole "Why diapers don't count" controversy.)

Can you just flush it when you get home?

The invention of Public Health is one of the great triumphs of 19th century medicine. We forget how important it is and we obsess about the wrong things (seats versus faucets), but there is some basic good information and reasons there for why and what to do.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:18 pm

I'm guessing that it is then considered "Hazardous Biological Waste" and has to be in one of those red bags and go to a separate facility with all the needles. . . (I won't even get into the whole "Why diapers don't count" controversy.)

That is what it is supposed to be in. In this case it was in a cardboard box. (For some reason, body parts are put in a different container-- sort of a paper bag. Needles and fluids in plastic box-like containers. In any event, they all get incinerated.)

Can you just flush it when you get home?

That is what I wanted to know. Apparently, the kind my parents have can be flushed-- but some of them I saw in a catalog seem to imply they get tossed in the trash. I was just curious about the final destination for the stuff.

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