Advice You Can Really Use

My dad used to say, “No one likes unsolicited advice.” You didn’t ask for it, but there are 3 very important pieces of advice about going to the bathroom. It seems silly to share them with you because I am sure you all know about them. But I didn’t get this advice until I was well into adulthood and if I can help only one person it is worthwhile.

Advice for public bathrooms:

Foot Flush:
I was at church when Hannah was about 4 years old, and a woman, who I greatly admired, was telling how she taught her young daughter to flush with her foot. She laughed as she described her daughter lifting her foot over the toilet high enough so she could kick the lever and flush. It was like the heavens opened for me. I ran right to the stake center bathrooms and tried it. It worked!

This is easier to do on a toilet that has a lever.
Rachael is my body double for this blog, we took the pictures during church yesterday.
I thought the church bathrooms had toilets with levers.

I can foot flush in snow boots, flip flops, and high heels. Every time I do it I feel so proud of myself, and a little sophisticated.

No Touch Zone:
Don’t touch anything after washing your hands. If there is an air dryer – STAY AWAY. It just blows dirty, germ ridden air on your hands! It’s much better and just as fast to air dry. The best way to dry is with paper towels. Use the paper towel to open the exit door, quickly turn and drop towel into garbage can as you exit bathroom. If there are no paper towels (stupid air dryers) you can either use your sleeve or your very strong left hand pinky (if you are right handed) this allows you to eat your Cinnabon roll mostly without contamination. If there is no garbage can there, you have my permission to just drop the towel on the floor. If enough people do this, all bathrooms will have a garbage can near the door right away.

Does Rachael have the cutest feet or what? And she is a shoe Fashion plate.
She makes Diane (who does a Shoedays blog every Tuesday) look like a beginner.

Summer Bathroom Advice:
I spent half of my childhood in a big pool shaped like a swordfish. There was more than one time that I peed in the pool (sorry Grandpa) because I was too lazy to take off my wet swimsuit. No one taught me how to go to the bathroom in a wet swim suit. Years ago when I was in Mazatlan with my mom, I complained of the difficulty of removing the wet suit to go to the bathroom. She seemed shocked that I didn’t know that rather than peeling the wet swimsuit off to go to the bathroom, you just pull it aside. Simply grab the crotch of the suit and pull it aside while you do your business (sorry, no picture for this one).

You might want to do a dry run of this before you are shivering in a wet swimsuit and needing to pee desperately. Once you have done it you will be amazed at how much easier your entire life is! Teach your daughters, friends and aunts this skill!

Why didn’t I learn this until I was 35? I blame my (otherwise perfect) mom.