Seat up or down?

LauraMax

LauraMax

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Another work rant here--we have a single, coed bathroom on our building's second floor. One of my pet peeves is the guys who leave the seat up. Is it wrong of me to be annoyed by this? I mean, it bothers me for several reasons:

1) I don't want to have to touch the seat. The guys already have to when they put it up, right? So no harm, no foul for them to put it back down. I hate to waste paper towels using them to put the seat down so my hands don't have to come in actual contact......
2) What if I'm in a hurry & fall in? :eek:
3) The vast majority of employees here are female. Isn't it just common courtesy to put the stinkin seat down? Or is chivalry truly dead?

My boss actually says the women should put the seat UP out of courtesy to the guys. x( Unfortunately for me he's rather immature & ever since he learned it bothered me I think he does it more often on purpose.

I've never had to deal w/this before. My ex hubby had his faults but he was quite the gentleman when it came to stuff like this. So what are your thoughts? What do you do at home? Anyone have a similar situation at work? Suggestions on how to handle it? It's just so rude & gross!
 
"My boss actually says the women should put the seat UP out of courtesy to the guys. Unfortunately for me he's rather immature & ever since he learned it bothered me I think he does it more often on purpose."



If guys never had to sit down, I'd say sure, maybe we should leave it up for them. But I don't know anyone, male of female, who wants to sit in cold water or touch a toilet set if we don't have to. Sorry, guys, even if women were built the same as you, you'd still have to put it down for some of your own "nature calls." We, on the other hand, NEVER have to raise if for our needs. We win!!!

Sometimes men are just so stupid.
 
Personally it doesn't bother me one way or the other. Maybe that is because I grew up with 3 brothers and I have 2 guys in my household. I have more important things to worry about. Besides it only takes a moment to take a papertowel or tissue paper to put it back down. Guys put it up all the time and I don't recall hearing them complain about it. They only complain because women complain to them about not putting it down. Life is too short to stress over the small stuff. Just wash your hands and leave the bathroom.

I'm not trying to be a smart a**. I'm just cranky because I don't want to be at work. Sorry if this post offends anyone.
 
Seat down. Even guys have to use it this way sometimes. (maybe bring some high-fiber brownies to work someday, and even the men may begin to appreciate leaving the seat down, LOL!)

There are dohickies that you can attach to the seat to make it close on its own after a time, if guys won't do it. I've seen them in catalogs that sell everything you never thought you'd need, but might.

I'm actually one who believes in 'toilets should be completely closed, except when being used.' Not a bad idea, since 'spray' from a flushed toilet can travel 20 feet with each flush. Though many public toilets don't have a top cover, and are not near toothbrushes or personal care items, so they are exceptions.
 
>Superglue the toidy seat to the bowl. ;-)

The problem with that is, then you get 'dibbles' that you have to wipe up ('cuz the guys who make them probably won't).
 
"I'm actually one who believes in 'toilets should be completely closed, except when being used."

Have a sewer rat come in through the toilet once, and they'll close it! It's happened to two people that I know who live in cities...and, yes, very nice neighborhoods and houses; it can happen to anyone!

Since I heard about that, DH and I ALWAYS shut the lid!
 
Oh, I just wanted to add. That I would rather be "inconvienced" by putting the toilet seat down than by a guy not putting the seat up to begin with and then peeing all over the seat. EWWWWWWW!! There is actually a guy at my work that does that. Not sure which one though.
 
In my house the seats HAVE to be down and the lid CLOSED. This is the case because we have a Bengal cat who absolutely loves water and does not discriminate . . . she will jump right into the bowl to play!!!!!:eek: :eek:
 
It grosses me out to see a toilet seat up. Especially since many men can't seem to go without a splatter or two. Who wants to look at that? I hate the idea of a single, co-ed bathroom too. I just recently turned down a job offer because of the bathroom. #1 - it was a single, co-ed bathroom. And #2 - it was right next to the desk that would be mine. GROSSS!!!!
 
<The problem with that is, then you get 'dibbles' that you have to wipe up ('cuz the guys who make them probably won't)>

This can be addressed with an electric toilet seat. ZAP! :7
 
In the overall big picture, whether a toilet seat is up or not is not a big deal. Remember what they say about sweating the small stuff.
 
>It grosses me out to see a toilet seat up. Especially since
>many men can't seem to go without a splatter or two.

LOL this is something I totally do not get! It's such a small projectile with such a huge target......I don't see how they can possibly miss?

Maybe manufacturers should start putting bullseyes at the bottom of the bowl........:7
 
No, it's not a big deal & I'm not losing sleep over it. It's an annoyance & I posted about it for fun.

Why are people here so serious these days? You know, I think Time & Newsweek both have message boards............
 
Don't look at me; I get in trouble for making fun of stuff that people think I shouldn't!!!!}( }(

I'm totally "behind" you on the toilet seat issue, LM!!!!
 
:) :) :) :)

Thanks TeTe. You can make fun of almost anything you want to me. Just leave out flat chests/rear ends, curly hair & cheating men & you're good in my book. ;-)
 
I always used to complain to my husband how tacky the toilet seat looked left up and of course it never bothered him. He said he shouldn't have to close it if I didn't have to open it - something stupid like that. Anyway, I came up with the idea that we both had to close it completely after using the bathroom that way he doesn't feel like he's being picked on. We have now been in the habit of doing this for 2 years and let me tell you, it look so much better this way!

Barbara
 
Please everyone! Play nice and have fun. As mentioned ...don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

"Peace out!" Kip Dynamite
 
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