The Toilet Seat

[Molly]

So we have a co-ed bathroom on my floor at work. Someone (presumably a female) put a sign up telling the guys who use the bathroom to put the seat down for the women. What is it about some women & toilet seats. Is it that much of an effort to put the seat down. I don't expect hubby to put it down when he's finished and he doesn't expect me to put it up when I'm finished.

I just don't understand why this has to be such an issue

[Radbird]

I grew up in household consisting of my mother and three sisters.

I live now with my wife and daughter.

It's a reflex action to put the seat down - I don't even have to think about it.

And who says men aren't trainable?

[jim]

It's such an issue in my house that at some point in the past, I decided to put both the seat and the lid down just to make sure. I know in my case the issue came about at 3am and she decided to be courteous and not turn the light on and fell through.

I found another advantage of putting the lid down though. It turns out that flushing the toilet with the lid up throws all sorts of bacteria into the air. I'm basically a slob except when it comes to my everyday life, but I'm the complete opposite about bathrooms. In public restrooms I refuse to touch anything without a paper towel in my hand, but even at home I'm a little psycho about it. Once I heard that story about leaving the lid up when you flush I always close the lid, then flush. I would do that with or without females in the house.

[Popeye_Card]

I've never thought of not putting the seat back down. I mean, your hand is right there to flush it anyway--doesn't take much more effort to flip the seat down at the same time.

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[clement]

I've never understood why we don't put urinals in home bathrooms.

[Popeye_Card]

I've never understood why we don't put urinals in home bathrooms.

Me either, except that they look tacky. I'm thinking about putting one in my basement bathroom when I re-do it.

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[planet planet]

I've never understood why we don't put urinals in home bathrooms.

Jackpot, clement. Urinals are Popeye's favorite topic.

[clement]

I've never understood why we don't put urinals in home bathrooms.

Me either, except that they look tacky. I'm thinking about putting one in my basement bathroom when I re-do it.

You are now (finally) forgiven for ZZ Top.

[haltz]

I've never understood why we don't put urinals in home bathrooms.

This is why my toilet seat is never down. Why would I want to lift and close the lid when most of the time I'm not going in there to sit down?

I can't be the only person that leaves the lid/seat up.

[Popeye_Card]

Only problem is, where do you find one? Would I have to go to a commercial supplier to even buy one?

I went through a house once where they had one in the master bathroom. They did a pretty good job hiding it around a corner so it didn't look so tacky out in the open.

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