I’m sure they can’t be there to ‘save water’, as they auto flush as soon as you stand up, knowing good and well you still gotta wipe your ass and flush again anyways…
You stand up to wipe your ass?
Some people sit, some people stand. Most of the time, neither side is aware of the other side’s existence, and also cannot comprehend how they manage to do it that way.
I can’t even reach for the TP without the damn toilet auto-flushing and getting my balls wet with toilet water. Why the hell would I even think to try wiping while sitting down?
Because it’s harder to reach my ass standing up. Plus, I don’t want my ass cheeks to come together and smear the shit around. Sounds like the sensitivity of the units needs adjustment.
Gotta make sure the poo is smooth and even on each cheek before wiping.
I’m not sure if you’re trying to be silly or not, but how would a person wipe their ass while sitting? Especially on a public auto-flush toilet, where even so much as reaching for the toilet paper causes the toilet to flush and get my junk wet with toilet water…
I lean to one side, which lifts one butt cheek enough to reach my ass. Keeps the butt cheeks spread apart. I’ve never had one flush before I stood up.
Okay, but that still doesn’t answer why would you do that while the toilet is auto-flushing?
It’s unavoidable with these damn things, just so much as reaching for the TP triggers them to flush, getting my junk wet with toilet water. And they flush with the power of a pressure washer, meaning water is spraying everywhere in the bowl.
Act like I wanna get my hands wet trying to wipe while the damn thing inevitably starts the auto-flush… F all that, just let manually flush when I’m done.
I’ve never experienced the toilet auto flushing just from me leaning over. Maybe I’m just lucky that all the toilets I’ve used have been properly calibrated for use, and yours haven’t for some reason.
My experiences are the same as yours. The only time I’ll get an auto flush while sitting is if I lean forward too far
Define ‘too far’…
For these toilets around my area, you’d have to be Stretch Armstrong and literally stretch your arm out to get some TP without triggering the sensor.
Yeah I tend to agree with the comments saying it’s probably something of a calibration issue, but they all seem to do that ☹️
AquaVantage with Zurn wall mounted sensors here, if it counts for anything.
It’s been hit and miss for me. Sometimes I’ll lean forward to get circulation back into my legs and it’ll flush. Other times, I’ve had to press the little manual flush button before I leave the stall.
I can’t phase my hand into the seat, so yeah.
Neither do I lol. I lean to the side to lift one cheek.
Ah. There’s the difference. Standing up is easier/safer for me than leaning to the side.
Because there are a ton of jerks that don’t flush.
This was what I remember about the US restrooms before the auto-flush mechanisms came. 30-50% of the stalls in a ladies room would be unflushed and people would occasionally take their chances flushing it with their foot to get an unflushed one back in use if there was a line. Nice places had someone walk through the bathroom and flush everything, refill the paper towels and wipe down the sinks occasionally. Really nice places had people stationed in the bathroom full-time but they often expected $1-5 in tip for handing you a paper towel. Fuck, I’m only 40 but I’m old.
True enough, but can’t they put the auto-flush thing on a one minute delay or so, at least give me a bit to wipe my ass first?
Are you saying you stand up and then wipe your ass? Like/// really? Holy shit.
Apparently about half of people do this.
Half of all people in the world squish their shit tangling on their sphincter between their ass cheeks before they wipe?
It’s less than half.
There are also the people that don’t wipe at all.
Truly living on the edge.
Let’s not forget those that bring a cup of water and just rinse. shudder
There’s a technique to it which not everyone is skilled enough to employ.
Yeah, its called remaining seated until you wipe your ass.
I do a mix. First couple are sit down wipes, then stand up to finish. If you’re getting it from multiple angles you’re less likely to have skid marks.
Common curtesy goes a long way,
Common curtesy cannot be found today,
Auto flush will take the mess away.
lean forward, it’s the poor man’s bidet.
LOL, cute response! 👍
I do hope you’ve read over at least some of the other comments though.
Convenience and some people forget.
True that. But they could like put them on a delay timer to give me a minute to wipe and pull my pants up or something…
You can tell this isn’t Reddit because the bidet squad hasn’t shown up.
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And then blow dry
LMFAO!
Auto flushing is also not consistent – it really depends on the toilet. I’ve seen some that are very good, doesn’t flush until you get up, and others that are so bad they flush while you’re sitting on it.
I feel like they should tie the auto flush sensor to the door hinge, since any movement there indicates no ones actively sitting on the toilet. Unless you’re one of those people who refuse to the lock the door…
Thank you! Fully agreed, door sensor FTW!
More sanitary not touching others poopy surfaces, and otherwise some people wouldn’t flush.
Having cleaned toilets before, it’s because a startling amount of people don’t flush. In a high school, I’d say about half the kids from the 1980s didn’t, so I can’t imagine they started as adults. In companies I have worked for with auto-flushes, I have rarely seen a mess left in the bowl, but companies that don’t about half the time as well.
True that, and I totally respect the idea of auto-flush, but I also feel it’s ignorantly designed and poorly implemented.
Why are many of them so sensitive? Around my area, most of them will flush while you’re still sitting down because you reached a few inches for the toilet paper.
Why are they so quick to flush? Why not put them on a one minute delay timer to give people a moment to wipe? Plus that would often save an unnecessary extra flush for the used toilet paper.
Or just set the auto-flush on a sensor on the door lock instead, that way it flushes when you leave the stall, not the moment a stupid sensor thinks you stood up.
You might be interested to skim over the rest of the comment thread, I think it made for an interesting conversation haha! 🚽
We have the opposite problem where I live. The auto-flush barely ever works, and more often than not nowadays the manual flush is a tiny button you have to actively search for to find.
Back when I was a student, the auto-flush sensors on the toilets at my university were so sensitive that I could trigger an accidental flush just by leaning forward about 10°. Just the subtle variations in my normal sitting posture could sometimes trigger as many as five flushes before I even started wiping. It was so bad I started carrying a pad of post-it notes in my pocket so I could cover the sensor before sitting down.
Didn’t always work. My previous employer had them on a timer. If they thought you were taking too long, it would start flushing, then again, then more frequently. So yeah, time to stand up for a couple minutes before resuming pooping.
Actually, yet another reason for using the handicapped stall. Sorry guys, but there’s room to standup and even turn around, there’s a hook to keep anything off the floor, and it doesn’t have the timer. At some point the regular stalls became unusable
I’ll be honest, if my employer did that kind of shit to the toilet, I’d start using the trash can instead. I wouldn’t even care if they fired me, I wouldn’t want to work there anyways.
Now on that same note, if it’s taking an employee over 10 minutes to drop a load, they’re very possibly just goofing off on the phone or something, and that ain’t cool.
Gotcha 👍
Electrical tape it is…
Bring back foot pedals!
You mean gas and brake pedals? Or are we going for a clutch pedal as well?..
Okay, nifty simple mechanism, I like it 👍
I usually prefer my toilet with a toilet seat though haha! 😂🤣
I put a small piece of toilet paper over the sensor. Problem solved, and now I can flush at my leisure.
Sounds good on paper (a little pun intended LOL), but the sensors are on the wall here, nothing to lay the paper over.
I guess a piece of tape would work, but like who TF carries tape in their pockets when they gotta drop a load?
Someone will smear shit over the flush handle. Either because they’re an asshole or because things went horribly, horribly wrong.
As someone who saves water at home, I feel wasting a little bit in the name of me-not-having-to-deal-with-someone-else’s-shit is a perfectly reasonable use.
I definitely respect the intent of the things, but can’t they like put them on a one minute delay or something? Like, give me a moment to grab some TP, wipe and pull my pants up first?
As long as I don’t have to deal with someone else’s shit, it’s fine by me.
Some kids absolutely hate them too.
Took a looooong time to get my oldest over it, and he was comparatively very easy to potty train. I think he was 6 when he finally stopped asking me to cover the sensors.
Indeed, they are pretty damn loud too aren’t they?
I was one of these kids. I peed my pants at the airport in like 1992 because I was too scared to use the heavy-duty auto-flush toilet.
