It may be a two way street but etiquette shouldn’t always prevail…
The bathroom in our neighborhood gym is a unisex operation – as in both sexes use it.
And of course, half the time I use it, the toilet lid is down.
So the first thing I do generally is lift it.
And you know, I’m fine with that.
However why should I have to lower it again after doing my business?
That’s DOUBLE-LIDDING.
Besides, the next bathroom user may also be of the male persuasion.
And what of the previous female user who didn’t show the courtesy of lifting the lid for a possible next male user?
Of course, I could just be lazy and leave the lid down while doing my thing, but I’ve got a feeling the ladies might not appreciate that.
Proper etiquette dictates that “what goes up, should come down” – that being the backbone of the toilet seat controversy.
OR IS IT?
Up or down can be a continuous debate.
So why not every man for himself? And for that matter, every woman?
It just might be a step in the right direction in the battle of the sexes.
And don’t even get me started on the pissoirs lining the streets of Paris…
For the uninitiated, a pissoir or vespasienne is” a structure that provides support and screening of urinals in public spaces” invented by the French and common in Europe. It allows for public urination without the need for a bathroom and is to reduce public urination onto building, streets and sidewalks.
Decisions, decisions. Recall needing to ‘see a man about a horse’ age 10 Mexican eatery. Upon arrival my destination, presented these options – ‘hombres’ left & ‘mujeres’ right. A tender Kerouac’s shy bladder instead chose test patience; Montezuma’s Revenge the result (that unfortunate choice mine provided the impetus to learning a new language.)
Now this: ‘up or down’.
Reminds the old belt conundrum; thread left to right or right to left? Bosworth’s Book of Etiquette incomplete (as Brian’s career same ‘in the toilet’) yet still undeterred, an further question presents: how do you roll, moreso unroll when the rush is on? North to Alaska, or submarine style?
Methodology aside, bidet not an option, if when in Rome you are to do as the Romans do, going on holiday to certain parts of Asia/Middle East will convince the uninitiated not only is toilet paper scarce there as an Kansas City sports Champion, but(t) people are customarily known to not eat with their left hand for quite logical hygienic reason.
Moral: when in doubt, defer left, because anything else would be… uncivilized.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxCeJxIs2fk
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According to Charles Gerba, PhD, a professor of microbiology at University of Arizona in Tucson, flushing the toilet with the lid up is not wise. “Polluted water vapor erupts out of the flushing toilet bowl and it can take several hours for these particles to finally settle — not to mention where,” he says. Always flush with the lid down.
“The ‘toilet plume’ may contain fecal bacteria, as well as other microorganisms that may be present in these substances, such as certain viruses,” says Amesh Adalja, M.D., an infectious disease specialist in Pittsburgh.
Nothing to do with courtesy, although you do sound just charming.
FINALLY! An intelligent woman comes to kcc with some facts and figures
to prove her point.
Although I have to wonder about our new little girl Lydia and w. hy the
“unusual” interest in bathroomology!
Whatever the case chuckles really needs to follow this protocol that Lydia so eloquently outlines.
I use the same tree as my dogs.
cowboy…we all figured that out long ago.
harlinator, we all know where you go since you live under OP sewage treatment plant No.2.