https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:27:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233869 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:44:04 +0000 HabesBabe 1233869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sit, and I don't try to cover up my #2 splashes... I'm proud of my poop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233850 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:41:18 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1233850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: there's a local fast food chain here called Pollo Tropical that I eat at because the food is fresh and the bathrooms are impeccable. Well one day I go there and one of the stalls had a shit storm. Seriously there's what poo on the seat and on the walls. I couldn't believe it. I told the manager because it was embarassing. Yeah, a bathroom may look nice when you show up, but for some reason people don't put everything in the toilet when it's a public toilet sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233846 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:41:10 +0000 MCD919 1233846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wipe it off with tp, then sit. The tp prob doesn't do much, but makes me feel better somehow? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233828 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:36:24 +0000 MrsBrewer 1233828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always sit......being only 5'2" there is no way that I would be able to hover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233798 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:30:42 +0000 Boheme 1233798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I avoid. Like seriously, I try to make sure I can go at home. hehe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233777 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:26:22 +0000 shinymama 1233777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually I sit, but with multiple seat covers. The absolute exception to this - in college, and since then - are bars. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233760 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:23:16 +0000 LindsayInNY 1233760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm too short to comfortably hover so I typically sit. Unless the situation absolutely warrants otherwise... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233655 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:59:15 +0000 Lindsay05 1233655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on the facilities. Some places I just cannot get far enough away from the seat. But well kept places I just sit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233634 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:53:29 +0000 MamaJ 1233634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: lol I'm not good at the hover at all. If I can't hold it I will attempt the hover haha :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233603 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:43:24 +0000 PurplePumps 1233603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hover, even for #2 sometimes. I don't know why, i just can't bring myself to sit on a public toilet. If I *have* to sit, I put toilet paper down on the seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233568 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:34:17 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1233568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaJ: Whoa! Not even attempt to hover if they're all gross? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233544 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:26:58 +0000 BSB 1233544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sit if it's clean. If it's not, I use a toilet cover. If they don't have them and it's a dirty bathroom, I'll hover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233539 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:25:54 +0000 MamaJ 1233539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: agree! Hovering tends to lead to pee on the seats. I we all sat that wouldn't be an issue! Haha. </p> <p>I sit. If it's gross I pick a new stall. If they are all gross I hold it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233538 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:25:25 +0000 Alivoo01 1233538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sit, but always put down a seat cover or toilet paper down first! I can't hover! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233484 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:15:33 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1233484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233421 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:04:52 +0000 Mae 1233421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always sit unless the seat is clearly grody. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233410 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:02:35 +0000 BabyMats 1233410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hover unless I have to go so bad and know I just got to sit!</p> <p>@jill_a55: I always try and choose the first stall too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233402 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:00:44 +0000 jill_a55 1233402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: Ditto! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233386 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:57:34 +0000 mrs. bird 1233386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jill_a55: that's why, when given the option, i always choose the first stall! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233372 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:55:51 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1233372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hover for #1, hover closer and throw in toilet paper to prevent splash for #2...I know TMI </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233369 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:55:40 +0000 jill_a55 1233369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sit! I read an article one time about a university doing a study of public restrooms cleanliness vs other things in daily life... a toilet seat is the last thing we come in contact with daily that you need to worry about!! It also said the first stall was almost always the cleanest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233336 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:52:08 +0000 Bao 1233336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't sit I have to hover! @MapleMoose: OMG hahaha gag! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233334 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:51:59 +0000 PurplePeony 1233334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on the state of the bathroom -- I generally sit if it looks like they're regularly cleaned and don't have obvious nasties lurking, but hover if it's one of those "ew, yuck, I don't want to be in here but can't escape natures call" moments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233333 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:51:47 +0000 meredithNYC 1233333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never bother with hovering. I'm just too lazy, I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233320 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:50:13 +0000 MapleMoose 1233320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hover.<br /> I have seen way too much pee splatter, pubes, and other nasty remnants left on public toilet seats for me to ever feel comfortable popping a squat there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233318 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:50:10 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1233318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dillonlion Exactly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233313 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:49:02 +0000 DillonLion 1233313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SIT. And i wish we could all collectively agree on this then there never would be pee on the seat!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233308 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:48:13 +0000 mrs. bird 1233308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hover, but i've seen plenty of things tell me there's no reason not to sit &amp; that there's far less bacteria on the seat than the door handle, it's just a habit now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1233307 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:48:06 +0000 cmomma17 1233307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: I just sit. When you've gotta go, you've gotta go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/public-toilets-do-you-sit-or-hover#post-1229678 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:45:00 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1229678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I typically just sit on it. </p>