Toilet Etiquette

Toilets can be germ ridden places and if enough
care is not taken to adopt hygienic practices we can
contribute to the spread of many types of disease.
We are put off by messy, smelly restrooms, toilets
or urinals and public ones are the main offenders.
So, if you mess it; clean it.
Nobody likes to clean up someone else's mess and
so it makes sense for everyone to clean up after
themselves throughout the day to maintain a high
standard of hygiene and cleanliness.
Some office toilets too need to have a code of
practice put in place for the health and welfare
of the workers because the cleaners usually clean
up only once - at the end of the day.
Some people who are the first to turn up their
noses in dirty, smelly toilets are themselves to
blame for breaches of good toilet etiquette.
Is this because of their ignorance, indifference or
upbringing?
For your information, we have listed the following
common sense and logical rules of restroom,
urinal, or toilet etiquette to bring us back on track:
Top rule therefore – clean up your own mess
Unfortunately not everyone practices good hygiene,
so –
Next rule is, be hygienic – ALWAYS
Then - respect the rights of others to privacy and
cleanliness
Toilet Etiquette - Office/Workplace and
Public toilets
Most of the rules of toilet etiquette that follow aim
to achieve the above:
Do not take reading material into the office
toilet
Don't peek under the doors. Knock if the stall
(cubicle) appears to be occupied
Lock the cubicle (stall) door when you enter. You
may embarrass someone
Guys; choose a spot at the urinal farthest from
anyone already there or at one end if you are the
first
While at the urinal, never turn to look directly
or sideways at anyone standing there.
Especially, do not look in his direction any lower
than his face
Stand close enough to the pan or urinal so you
don't dribble on the floor
Concentrate when you pee so you don't wet the
seat, walls or floor
Sit on the pan if you are unsteady on your feet.
Girls; sitting is compulsory (smile).
Squat only on squatting toilets, pedestal toilets are
for sitting on only
Avoid messing the toilet seat. If you do, clean up
after yourself – properly
Remember to flush the toilet after use
The toilet brush is for cleaning the inside of the
toilet bowl after you have used the toilet
Check whether you need to use it
Don't leave it for someone else to clean up after
you
Flush it again
Ladies' handbags pick up lots of germs if taken
into the toilet and placed on the toilet floor or
handled by germ laden hands
Please, never place them on dining tables or
kitchen bench tops if they have been taken to the
toilet
Girls' sanitary napkins should not be flushed
down the toilet but be wrapped and disposed of in
the sanitary pad disposal unit(nt in Naija sha o)
Leave the stall door ajar when you leave – to
indicate that it is unoccupied
Wash your hands thoroughly after your business
– whatever it is
Authorities would you please post
prominent signs saying - "ALWAYS wash
your hands before leaving the toilet"
Don't litter the place
Don't dawdle in the toilet especially in the toilet
stalls
On your way out, for personal hygiene, use a
paper towel to grip the door handle if possible -
(because we will never train everyone to wash their
hands) or elbow through when somebody opens
it from outside
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