Flush it once, flush it twice

You flush it before you sit on it if someone left some poop, or didn't flush their pee. Don't want to get germs.

hi ing, yes it's much cleaner and safer to get rid of germs my friend! when i'm outdoors i don't usually sit in bowls to prevent myself getting germs from it and make sure i flushed first before and after using it. when i'm at my own home i also do it,we are too many in thew house so better keep it clean.though there's only one guy who is our father.it's much safer to keep it always clean.it's not a wastage of water,it's just for your health also. i remember my co worker back then,she was about to fight with a certain girl who didn't flushed the toilet after using it.i just told her not to make a scene,but they were both fighters,my friend! well, the other girl has flushed but the pee is still there,so my friend murmured and then the girl heard her.then they argued...

May be you call it waste of water but i flush twice like you said, may be thrice, i want my toilet clean always, every sunday morning i clean it myself using a toilet cleaner and good brush.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Prof

sometimes when the toilet is flushed, there's that nice perfumey & antiseptic smell that comes out (especially if there is some of that toilet bowl treatment stuff in it). so this 'double-flush' technique may be a way to get the toilet all nice smelling before someone begins a new 'session'

haha.. yeah, it could be waste of water... but yeah, i would flush it twice, before and after if i would notice that its not clean..

i know.. my mom does that. its kind of strange

Do you see the toilet before they flush it? I am not asking this to sound rude, but I am genuinely curious. There are times at work that I will flush it before I use it because I will see that a piece of toilet paper may not have flushed all of the way. I do not want my toilet paper to add to that toilet paper and cause the toilet to clog. So I flush it before and after. I also may flush a toilet twice, once before wiping and once after wiping. It all depends on the situation and my experience in the bathroom.

I have seen people flush the toilet before using it. i sometimes wondered why they did it. All I could come up with was they were afraid of germs. You never know who is using a public facility before you. I really don't see it necessary to flush first, but people have to be comfortable with their environment.

I only do that when I see that there are some particles floating--ewww. Otherwise, no, I go directly to my business and flush it afterwards. Yes, that would be a waste of a lot of water to flush it even when it's clean.

Well it seems like the extra flushes would be courtesy flushes for a person who is dropping a heavy load in the toilet. The extra flushes would eradicate the smells. But for women to just to it without having to drop is like a waste of water. But I guess to each it own.

yep, me too...hmmm I don't know why I do it..may be I feel like the toilet is not clean..or dry toilet may cause the stool to stick.. Crap I think I'm wasting water..am I? don't know.. any way this is perplexing... have a great day/night...

Hi,Ingkingderders! I don't know why to flush twice, either. But I think there may be some reason in it. Most of public toilets I have seen will flush automatically before using and flush again after using, there must be something considered by the designers.

Yep it is a waste of water. I don't know if it's anything to do with cleanliness, and I sure don't do it, but I've heard in Japan some women are really shy about other people hearing them pee. So they would flush the toilet at the same time. Now they have little boxes in stalls that make the noise of a flush. Maybe that's what they're doing? Performance anxiety?

I'm a man and I do this too.But I just do it because when I used a toilet I like it to be clean for me.

I do it now. I do it, one because I have OCD and to flush someone's extra germs and crud out just in case. After I am done, I then flush it and leave the stall. It's a thing with the germs. I usually hit the handle with my foot and move back. Spray from the toilet will shoot germs 20 ft. in the air, and I'm not kidding, put food coloring in a public toilet and see where it goes--you will be amazed. Then after i have sanitized my spot, I do my business and then flush again. Yeah, it wastes water but then again, the thought of me peeing and someone elses business splashes up and gets my rear end kinda grosses me out.

Hi, Ingkingderders. Yes, I used to flush the toilet twice like this when I was staying with my in-laws. And, every time that I looked in the toilet, there was like spit particles. So, I would flush the toilet the first time. Then I would flush it a second time too, once I am finished using the toilet.

if one day i realise that everyone flushes the toilet twice, ill stop flushing em. they would be clean anyways

Hello Ing!, That's a habit of mine when using public toilets and even my office premises toilet, I don't know why but it seems cleaner when have it flushed before using it.That's a kind of thought I guess to have it flush before using it. I just didn't do this at home where I know I'm only the one whose using my toilet.LOL Have a nice day!

May she does this because she feels like the toilet is not clean though it is wastage of water but to avoid germs I also tell my kids to do the same.