Originally Posted by
anabolism
Indeed. Just as an example, people bring bags, purses, etc. into toilet stalls and set them on the floor, then they put them on a table in a restaurant or lounge. How is that different from someone walking into a lav and then putting feet on the table? If anything, it's worse, since the bag or purse bottom makes full contact with the toilet stall floor and the table, while feet on a table usually only make edgewise contact.
I do my best to keep my purse off the floor of a restaurant under any and all circumstances. I will hold it in my lap if the seating doesn't allow for it to hang off the back of the chair or sit beside me. I'm phobic about having it touch the bathroom floor-- ugh, for all of the above reasons!