WRITINGS ON THE STALL PAGE

Test Your Germ Knowledge

• 48% of women line the toilet seat with either the paper seat covers or toilet paper.
True

• There are 12 viruses, including Hepatitis A, that live in feces. 
False - there are as many as 120 viruses that live in feces.

• When you flush the toilet, water droplets containing more than 25,000 virus particles and 600,000 bacteria fly from the bowl, hover for a few hours, then finally land on surfaces as far away as six feet.
True

• Public men's restrooms are twice as germ-laden as women's.
False. Women spend more time in the bathroom and also bring in children, a.k.a. walking, talking, bacterial hot zones.

• It is possible to get crabs from a toilet seat, as well as from a sauna.
True

• 10% of people leave the restroom with E. Coli bacteria on their hands.
False.  25 %

• 10 Things NOT To Do In A Public Restroom

• Complement people on their shoes
• Introduce yourself to the person in the next stall.
• Scream " Oh my GOD! What is THAT?"
• Say "Oops.... missed" while squirting water under the walls into other stalls.
• Switch off the lights.
• Collect a door charge.
• Write essay questions on the toilet paper.
• Hang up signs warning of 24 hour video surveillance.
• Knock on the doors of occupied stalls and ask if there is anyone in there. If the answer is yes, ask if they are busy...