Ladies, I Need Your Advice
I had to pee – and once again faced the question I always face when an establishment has but one restroom for both sexes – Do I leave the seat up or not?
Now this may not be a dilemma to many, but to me it continues to be an issue. I was raised in a military family that had a few rules. My mother’s rules often carried more severe consequences than “the colonel’s” – AND one of mom’s rules was – PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWN!
I have been successfully conditioned and have developed the ability to balance on one foot while dancing (because I have to pee so badly) and raising the toilet seat with the edge of my shoe. The same talent (without the dancing) serves me when lowering the seat.
I know, many of you will say why not use some TP to raise and lower the seat? Well, you’ve seen the condition of some of those seats – would you touch them with a ten-foot pole? I rest my case and therein lies my dilemma.
Do I lower a seat like that and obey my conditioning and manners or do I leave it up so the next 10 guys that come into pee that don’t raise the seat don’t leave it a mess for the next poor lass that has to endure the consequences of some near-sighted splash-and-dash nincompoop?
I have been erring on the side of consideration (I think) over conditioning, but I am willing to go with the flow (so to speak). Ladies, if you will – what’s the proper course of action – other than spending the rest of my life steam cleaning restrooms?
Leave a comment to give me guidance
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One response to “When Manners and Consideration Collide”
Hello Open-Secrets,
I can’t find how to leave a comment for the current post on toilet seats but here are my thoughts on the matter. If you are using a uni-sex toilet, it is your responsibility as a human being to PUT THE SEAT DOWN. I don’t care what your dad said to do. Leaving the seat up sends a “screw you ladies” message, I think.
What do you think a woman has to do when she goes in to use the bathroom after you leave the seat up? She has to put it down. Either with her hand or her foot. If everyone uses their foot to raise and lower the seat, it isn’t going to last long which isn’t fair to the owner who is providing a seat for you.
You can always do what we women have to do…which is to wait to go until we can get the seat cover situated on the seat and then sit down. Now that takes time. Believe me, it would be wonderful if men sat to pee.
How long does it take to grab a piece of toilet paper to use as a shield for germs when raising or lowering a seat? Not long at all. Why not consider it a gift that there is a seat there for you in the first place. Have you ever been in some of the bathrooms in Italy and France? They have beautiful white tile bathrooms but in the stalls??? They have holes in the floor.
Of course a hole in the floor would be great for the men…
Sharon