Regardless of where you are on the seat cover debate, you should be aware that you can stop those stupid flush sensors on public toilets from going off before you’re ready.

Cover that sensor with TP after you first arrive, and it keeps it from going off. Then when you’re ready to roll, take it off and drop it in the bowl and go. You can be like an action hero walking away from a fireball as it flushes, lol

Seriously, it’s just gross getting toilet sprayed, so I’m glad this trick exists.

Nope. If the seat is dirty I’ll wipe it down. The covers are usually wax paper that sticks to you and crinkle while you sit. They are usually not suitable for flushing and should be tossed out in a bin.

Negative. If the seat is that untrustworthy, I’ll just find a different toilet.

I’ll wipe down the seat if there’s liquid on it, or select another stall if there’s worse. Paper liners are uncomfortable, noisy, wasteful, and don’t actually do anything useful.

The door handle is where you’ll pick up germs, not the toilet seat.

No, in most situations it’s needlessly germ phobic and wasteful. Using copious sheets of paper or a liner which gets flushed or goes in the bin is objectively a bad thing.

City sewers are often a wreck because people treat toilets like a magic black hole.

If I’m going to sit down then absolutely.

I usually do what I call “aerial bombardment” 😎 Just squat over the seat, not actually touching anything and aiming for the side of the toilet, so I don’t get hit by the splashes…

Yes

I’m a man. Why would I need to sit down?

I use covers and I also won’t use a visibly dirty toilet. If there is no cover, I would use tissue. I hate using public restrooms.

I’ve never heard about or seen disposable toilet seat covers, which region of the world is this common in?
How much needless waste do they produce?