Content

• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

If you travel to different parts of the world, modern bathroom amenities may not always be available to you. This means that sometimes you have to overcome yourself and use the toilet with a floor-standing toilet. Instead of getting scared, see it as an opportunity to get a better look at your body. Start with the first step and learn how to make it healthy and hygienic.

Steps

1. 1 Take your toilet paper with you. Many public toilets with a floor-standing toilet simply do not have toilet paper. This may not be necessary, as you can see from the following steps. But if this is a luxury you cannot refuse, take a bag with you as well. There may not be litter bins, and floor-to-ceiling toilets are designed to flush excrement only and can clog when paper is thrown at them. Therefore, you will have to put the used paper back in your bag until you find the trash can.
   • Even if you don't have toilet paper with you, bring something you can dry yourself with.
2. 2 Pour some water into the toilet. If you don't have a cistern, moistening the toilet bowl will help clean it up after you're done. There should be a bucket of water next to the toilet. If it is not there, take it from the next booth. If it is empty, fill it with water.
3. 3 Take off your pants or lift your skirt. Try to keep your clothes off the floor. If you are wearing slacks or shorts, it is best to remove one leg and press it against the thigh of the other leg. If you are wearing a skirt, tuck the edges of the skirt around the waistband to keep your hands free.
4. 4 Squat down with your heels on the ground. You are most likely used to squatting on your heels with your feet together. But this position is not stable and greatly strains the knee joints. When squatting, keep your feet hip or shoulder width apart and your heels on the ground.It is easier to stay in this position for a long period of time (if you are in Asia, you can see that many people squat in this position when they are waiting for something for a long time). If there is a special footrest, place your feet on it; in any case, place your feet on opposite sides of the toilet and sit down in that position.
   • The direction in which you sit down depends on the toilet. But in fact, it doesn't matter at all as long as all the stool goes into the hole.
   • In Japan and some other Asian countries, the toilet has a slight rounding at the end. It is best to squat with your face towards this curve as close to it as possible, so that if you defecate, everything will fall into the toilet, and not past.
   • If you are wearing pants, make sure nothing falls out of your pockets when you squat. It could end up in the toilet.
5. 5 Do your thing. If you defecate, this process will not be difficult for you. In fact, research shows that peeing in this position is healthier.
   • If you are a male and have a great need, empty your bladder first, otherwise you may wet your pants.
6. 6 If you are female and urinate while squatting (unless you prefer to pee while standing, which is also possible), it can be difficult to direct the jet into the toilet (rather than wet your clothes, feet, etc.)NS.). Follow these tips if you are cowering on a floor-standing toilet or under a tree:
   • Expand the outer and inner labia with your hands / fingers, pulling them up and down. You need to unfold them so that the urine flows out in a stream, and does not run in a thin stream down your legs.
   • Discharge the jet at the beginning and at the end so that it does not leak.
   • Use a special funnel. Search Google "female urination funnel" for more details.
7. 7 Rinse and dry yourself. If you have your own toilet paper, use it, but don't throw the used paper down the toilet, most floor-to-ceiling toilets (even those with a flush mechanism) clog from this. If there is a bucket of water nearby, tilt it with your right hand to let the water flow, and wash yourself with your left hand. (For this reason, in some countries, people do not shake or eat their left hand.) Then wash your left hand. Dry off with toilet paper or a towel.
   • Some toilets have a special flushing mechanism.
8. 8 Rinse it off. If there is a drain mechanism, then this part is obvious: press the button or pull the rope. Either way, pour water down the toilet until you have flushed out any leftover excrement. If the toilet has a flush mechanism, do not flush until you get up, otherwise you will splash.

Tips

• There is no skill without learning. If you are an active and proactive person, practice at home, such as taking a little shower or going on a hike and dig out your little outdoor toilet.

Warnings

• You may not have enough privacy. Some floor-to-ceiling toilets have separate cubicles and some do not have doors. If you are shy, you must overcome this feeling and understand that in this part of the world the natural needs of the body are not seen as something that deserves attention or should be hidden.
• If you are dealing with a greater need, the odor may be stronger than usual, as there is no water in the floor-standing toilet to absorb it.