It seems to me that an amazing amount of water gets flushed unnecessarily down public urinals and toilets. Not to gross you out or anything, but whenever I use a public urinal that doesn’t have one of those automatic flusher things on it, I always practice the rule of “if it’s yellow, let it mellow…” What’s the point of flushing? I figure I’ll do my part to save water this way, even in public places.
The problem is, I wonder about the next guy who comes along. Does he get grossed out and flush, then again after he’s finished?
This goes for regular public toilets to. “If you pee, leave it be, if you strain, pull the chain!” But does some dude go and flush it twice?
Of course, things get complicated for the ladies. And these days, in airports and other buildings there are those damn auto-flushers that trigger even if you go in a stall just to change your shirt.
These are my thoughts as I ponder a third cup of coffee this afternoon and a fourth trip to the bathroom of the coffee shop I’m sitting in….
What do you all have to save about the subject?
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You’re right, a huge amount of water is wasted by toilets. At home I don’t flush until after I’ve peed several times. In public bathrooms, sometimes I flush and sometimes I don’t. If I’ve taken a really impressive dump I’ll leave it for the next guy to see.