Would you have any problem sticking your hand in your toilet tank to pull the plunger to flush the toilet?

Nope. Done it many times, for various reasons.

It’s sticking my hand in the bowl that I would balk at.

Nope done it also.
By the way you can do a quick fix with fishing line until you get the repair kit.

That is why I always have a pack of surgical gloves at the ready.

Do you use surgical gloves when you get water from the tap Raggy?

I’m having to do that lately in our other bathroom off the hall. Chain gets hung up on the stopper, and while
it will flush fine, the damn water will keep running until I yank the stupid chain out. Drives me nuts at night if I get up to pee and forget to do it. As far as putting my hand in there, no. It’s just water.

I have done it many, many times over the years. It doesn’t bother me at all.

The first time I had to do it, I was initially kind of grossed out by the idea of it. But once you open up the water tank, you can tell that the water from the toilet bowl isn’t going into the water tank. No issues with it after that.

Is your husband being squeamish about it?

Is ok to me. As long as bleach tablets are not used.

Doesn’t bother me to touch it, or to touch the clean water in the toilet bowl (like when I clean the toilet bowl).

As for convenience, obviously I would want it fixed asap so I could flush it the regular way.

Not at all. Water in the tank is clean. Done it many times.

Nope. Water in the tank is clean. I have fixed MANY toilet flushing problems by making adjustments in the tank.

It’s clean water. Why the hesitation?

No one has been hesitating. I wanted to see if anyone would, and why.

Why would we hesitate? Have you been peeing in the wrong part of the toilet @Dutchess_III?

There’s a reason the lid on the tank much heavier than the lid on the bowl. To discourage that behavior.

If the chain gets hung up…shorten it.
Sometimes that works.

I said it was rotted and broken.

The water in the tank is isolated from the water in the bowl, and I wouldn’t hesitate to wash my hands in the tank if necessary. This is of course assuming no one bothers to pee or dump into the tank itself.

I just hate how cold it is.

Nope. Zipties work great until you get to Menards.

Some toilet flapper valves have a plastic chain that won’t corrode. Check it out so you won’t have future problems.

(Fact: Anytime you have two different metals in contact with the same water you will have corrosion. Of course, the weak link fails first.)

Well we’ll be getting a new toilet soon. But I hear what you’re saying.

It doesn’t bother me. I’ve done it a few times.