It isn’t cleaner for the floor of the shower unless you scrub it afterwards. And other people put their feet there.
Apparently, it is not that much of a concern with newer flushless urinals (e.g. https://www.sloan.com/commercial-bathroom-products/urinals/browse?flush_method=waterfree ).
In old works about exploring africa, I’d read a nice circle around the campsite keeps the lions away. Now I see this https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.backpacker.com/.amp/gear/pee-perimiter
I don’t think a porcelain tub is permeable, pee really should slosh away.
Ironically, when little, my kids wouldn’t pee in the woods. My tales of learning to build a campsite “arrangement” grossed them out. We still laugh.
Inparent-- I bet the shower floor is as equally clean whether you peed or not. A lot of water and soap flowed over that floor.
I just read that urine isn’t sterile after all, although it typically has low amounts of bacteria. But the water that’s just washed your hair and body isn’t sterile, either, because you are covered with bacteria. I don’t think the urine makes the shower any more dirty, as long as it drains–it’s only psychological.
If you’re worried about germs, don’t ever use a keyboard or telephone! MUCH more unsanitary than a shower.
^ And doorknobs and handrails. shudder
^^ Not to mention the touchscreen at the CVS Minute Clinic – where a lot of the people who touched it before you are sick. (I got a flu shot at one of those places yesterday and wished there had been a place where I could wash my hands before going outside and contaminating my car.)
I am a man and I don’t pee in the shower for what it’s worth 
I also don’t pee standing. I have to sit down. Yeah I am weird like that
^^ And you keep the bathroom floor clean. I sit when I have to get up & go at night because it makes less noise and doesn’t disturb my wife. I bet everyone really wanted to know that.
^LOL I thought I was a light sleeper…
I am a man, and don’t pee in the shower. I also don’t bathe in the toilet. I just keep those two things separate.
If you had a stainless steel floor, I agree it wouldn’t matter (in terms of sterility). But for all those that think a normal shower floor stays sterile just because soap and warm water flows over it – get a clue! All of those cracks in the grout, soap scum on the tiles, hair in the corners, etc. are wonderful growing grounds for bacteria.
As for public showers, however, foot fungus (also not sterilized or removed from the floor by the running water) is probably a more frequent occurrence than any urine-based infection.
Want a less stinky pool that does not reek of chlorine? Do. Not. Pee. In. It!!!
And shower before dipping in.
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/01/517785902/just-how-much-pee-is-in-that-pool
91 " cracks in the grout, soap scum on the tiles, hair in the corners, etc, are wonderful growing grounds for bacteria."
You are right. There are many things that make the shower dirty. So I clean my mine often with bleach whether peeing in it or not.
I have not had a single problem,up to date for the last 50 year, from occasionally peeing in the shower.
Martyn V. Halm, Pre-Conflct Control Instructor/Fiction Author/Agnostic Pragmatic Existentialist.
Answered Aug 12 2015
Not just that, but it’s actually healthy for your feet.
If you have smelly feet, it’s mostly because of clogged pores. Urine is not only sterile, but it also contains a natural ammonia that dissolves sebaceous matter. It’s best to use morning urine. Pee over your feet, let the urine soak in, then shower like usual, taking care to wash your feet with a soap-free body wash afterward.
As a woman I think I would have a hard time peeing over my feet. Too much contortion necessary and I would slip and fall. How would I ever explain that at the ER?
Speaking of using the restroom in areas other than the toilet, I have to share this story that a first-grader told me last year. I’ve removed any identifying information.
***** told me she felt sick at home this morning and, when I asked her what her parents said, she told me they were too busy for her to tell them. She said she told her papa (grandfather) and he told her to come see me. I told her that saying “I feel sick” just takes a second and parents are never so busy that they can’t listen to something that takes a second. She then told me that her parents can’t hear. I told her I didn’t know that because I’d spoken with them before without any difficulty. She told me they both wear “things” in their ears. She said she told her parents last night at 9:00 that she felt like she was going to vomit and they took her outside. I asked her why they went outside instead of going in the restroom, and she reported their toilet is clogged. I asked her how they go to the restroom and she said they “pee in the tub”. I asked her what they do when they need to have a BM, and she said they go a block away and they go in a “cage” that only one person fits in. She said there is a “pipe in a hole and we poop in there and it goes to the dump”. She said a squirrel once went down the pipe and “landed in poop”. She then said, “it thought it was just mud and it ate it.” She said her dad put up cameras to see if there are any animals. I asked her what they would do if they had to have a BM in the night and then she said they have one of those cages under their porch. I asked her if they had one there, why would they walk a block instead at other times, and she said because she needs exercise. When I told her I was going to call her parents and ask them about the above information, she then said “it’s all in my imagination.” I told her we call it a lie when we’re asking important questions and aren’t given truthful answers. I walked her to class and let the sub know she’ll need to carefully consider anything ***** tells her in the future.
In the future, I wouldn’t be surprised to see that girl’s name under best-selling fiction.
92 @BunsenBurner Sweat, body oils, and urine. These are the three reasons why I never ever use pools or sauna. Disgusting! But I love my soaking bath!
That last crazy story reminded me of this. Many years ago my husband was feeling nauseous very late at night. I tell him if you think you might be sick go to the bathroom. Sure enough he vomited in the tub instead of the toilet. I think he was just too sick to think straight.
This is the wackiest thread. But a real show of how strangers can open up, have a kind of group intimacy. Lol. Pretty neat.
I had no idea…