Toilet seat up/ down feud solved
Hello from Sebastopol, California, USA
I was surfing the web for toilet etiquette articles and I saw your site and thought you might enjoy what I’ve written here.
Many places do not have unisex toilets but you all probably have the same problems at home as everyoneelse with toilet seats being left up by the men.
For as long as I can remember I have always put the seat of the toilet down and not only that but lowered the lid too.
It didn’t occur to me until late in life that others of the male persuasion would almost uniformly leave the seat up after using the facilities….. just in case they were going to return, soon, I guess.
Women I’ve known have taken great exception to the seat being in an up position. particularly late at night which prompted this limerick given to me early in 2003 (written by a man) I suppose.
Her feet flew into the airHer face turned crimson redShe felt both cold and wetAnd wished that she were deadNow the moral of the story is:Never sit down abrupt-Always look behind youFor the seat may still be up
Anon
My answer to this is this:
Seat up – seat downAn argument to cause a frownLid down brings fortune goodFair for all its understood
JWM 2003
I’ve since added to this by pointing to good feng shui and the increased good fortune,pleasantness and good humor that abounds by this simple courtesy.
I now make small tent style paper signs for the bathroom to convince people to lower the lid on the toilet for (good feng shui) which appeals more often than not to the feminine gender ……(with the lid down so is the seat), but men also like some of the limericks I offer.
I also make some for the institutional lidless variety……a little more pointed in phrase; these adhere to the wall with double-stick poster tape.
If you are interested and want a few samples……..GoTo:
htttp://www.sonic.net/~ronnie/lids.html
Jim