You’ll be happy to know that Europe is a few steps ahead in terms of bathroom hygiene: most public toilets, including those on trains, don’t even HAVE toilet seats. So it’s hover or fall in, I’m afraid.

You can rest easy tonight — I do not pee on toilet seats. One less person MAPSU has to convert! Though I can’t seem to shake my annoying habit of licking all the keyboards in internet cafes.

Sometimes I wonder how people find our site. Who’d have thought our blog would become a forum for discussion on the merits of squatting vs. sitting? I love the internets!

Abby - Let’s get matching MAPSU pink ringer tees!

seriously, how gross is pee on the seat? pretty gross. is that not why you are squatting in the first place? but this is a cyclical problem. someone squats to pee, pees on the seat. other people figure, well, the seats are being peed on, so i should squat.

If you must squat/stand, I do have a few tips from our website:
things you can do instead of peeing on the seat while squatting:

-pee outside. you are squatting anyway. pee outside and then if you want, you can go inside to wash your hands. this also saves water. you could also just pee right in the drain on the floor. maybe you don’t want to pee in front of everyone, but they don’t want to sit in your pee either.

-put paper down so you can sit. i am amazed at how often bathrooms that provide toilet seat covers will have pee on the seats. at least put the cover on the seat before you pee all over it. you can also get toilet seat covers in travel packs.

-bring a little bottle of sanitizer with you and -clean- the seat. if that’s not enough protection for you, clean it after you have peed all over it, instead of just leaving your pee there. you can also get cleaning wipes, like clorox wipes, in travel packs.

-practice squatting at home. i do believe people when they tell me that they have never peed on the seat while squatting. but don’t practice in public. practice at home until you are -certain- you aren’t going to pee on the seat.

-lift the seat. if you aren’t sitting on it, why do you need it there? left it up. penised folks are supposed to, in general. and you know why? because otherwise they accidentally pee on it.

-just sit down. there are more germs on the door handle of the bathroom than on the toilet seat. unless you pee on the seat.

There is another alternative, called the TravelMate. Just visit http://www.travelmateinfo.com.

Please consider our suggestions. Your blatant disregard for the hygiene of others is something that you will have to live with on judgement day.

Sincerely,
MAPSU