Results: Spitting
1.
1.
How do you handle the need to spit if it arises? a. I get a tissue or napkin.
45%
•
815 votes
b. I spit on the ground.
21%
•
388 votes
c. I spit in the commode, sink or shower.
26%
•
482 votes
d. n/a
27%
•
484 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
21 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.18% | 4 | |
| swallow | 0.09% | 2 |
| trash | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on where I am and what I have handy | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on where i'm at | 0.05% | 1 |
| a,b,or c | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends on the situation | 0.05% | 1 |
| toilet or garbage can | 0.05% | 1 |
| Use a handkerchief or if at home bathroom sink | 0.05% | 1 |
| Swallow it back down | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't spit | 0.05% | 1 |
| Spit In The Grass!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on where i am | 0.05% | 1 |
| It depends | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends | 0.05% | 1 |
| trash can | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends where I am. | 0.05% | 1 |
2.
2.
What do you think of people who spit on the ground/sidewalk? a. It appalls & disgusts me.
55%
•
999 votes
b. If they've got to spit, they've got to spit!
30%
•
550 votes
c. n/a
15%
•
275 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
31 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.49% | 9 | |
| depends | 0.11% | 2 |
| don't do it on sidewalks, find somewhere people aren't going to step in it | 0.05% | 1 |
| only bothers me ifthey do it repeatedly | 0.05% | 1 |
| My other half, spits out the window, in the car, and drives me nuts! | 0.05% | 1 |
| filthy habit | 0.05% | 1 |
| it's a public health nightmare-think Tuberculosis | 0.05% | 1 |
| should spit in gutter | 0.05% | 1 |
| I gag n barf...it's gross. | 0.05% | 1 |
| It depends why | 0.05% | 1 |
| nodt on the side walk | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends if it's a sidewalk or not. | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on the location and situation | 0.05% | 1 |
| The ground is different from the sidewalk | 0.05% | 1 |
| Nothing | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends where your at | 0.05% | 1 |
| spit on the grass | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't like it but it doesn't appall me. | 0.05% | 1 |
| pretty gross, but I guess sometimes it's unavoidable. | 0.05% | 1 |
| prefer done discreetly. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends on the situation | 0.05% | 1 |
| ground ok, sidewalk no | 0.05% | 1 |
3.
3.
If you are a " spitter," what do you usually spit? a. saliva
23%
•
411 votes
b. mucus
29%
•
527 votes
c. food
5%
•
88 votes
d. n/a
52%
•
953 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
18 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.25% | 5 | |
| Whatever | 0.05% | 1 |
| Carbon Black from work | 0.05% | 1 |
| only if I have a bad chest infection. | 0.05% | 1 |
| something that taste bad | 0.05% | 1 |
| Whatever is in my mouth that I don't want to swallow | 0.05% | 1 |
| if I need to spit out mucus I do it into a container or cloth not on the street or sidewalk | 0.05% | 1 |
| This is disgusting | 0.05% | 1 |
| RARE BUT I SPIT FOOD | 0.05% | 1 |
| bugs | 0.05% | 1 |
| tobacco juice | 0.05% | 1 |
| Semen | 0.05% | 1 |
| I | 0.05% | 1 |
| what ever choking me | 0.05% | 1 |
4.
4.
Do you think people should be fined for spitting on sidewalks or in other public places? Yes
39%
•
702 votes
No
32%
•
580 votes
Undecided
20%
•
360 votes
Not Applicable
10%
•
181 votes
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