For what it's worth, an article against drinking coffee in the toilet... oh, great, something new to worry about ;-):
"Maybe you’re on your way to get a refill or your heading to the kitchen area to wash it out—and nature calls when you’re on your way, so you figure why not make a pit stop. We get it. But you may want to think twice before you do.
Turns out your coffee and mug could pick up “bathroom bugs” aka fecal bacteria, explains Donna M. Duberg, MA, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. “Depending on how many bacteria we ingest and how healthy we are, we could get mildly to very ill with nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.” Duberg says that it might even lead to catching salmonella, shigella, and listeria, which are all spread through fecal bacteria.
"Think putting on a lid on it will make a difference? Think again. It’s not the liquid inside that cup that’s the problem. (In fact, the hot coffee should keep the growth of bacteria and viruses at bay.) It’s the outside of that lid and mug that could be infested with bacteria. And whatever you do, don’t bring that cup into the stall with you. Duberg warns, “When you flush the toilet there are over 3 million bacteria per square inch of that toilet bowl and the aerosol that flies up can land all over your mug.”"
In my favor:
1) I'm the only one to use the master bath here
2) I run the ceiling exhaust fan when using the commode.
3) The sink where I keep the covered water glass is about 10 feet from the commode.
4) The commode has a bidet seat with a built in sanitizing air filter (supposedly).
If you ever hit up the john with your coffee cup in tow, you may be leaving with a cup full of bathroom bugs. Ew!
www.thehealthy.com