No no no. In public restrooms better to leave the seat up so that when people pee standing up the toilet water droplets don't get on the seat.
I pee standing up in public and know the mess it can cause.
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If men have to put down women have to lift up. Morality is when the same logic is applied to the other side. Otherwise your being sexist and prejudice.
As someone with common sense and a little bit of decency: complaining about being asked to leave the toilet seat down when it benefits everybody is ridiculous
Unless you like sitting on the ceramic with no seat, I guess.
You like sitting on someone's urine?
Can people do what they need to do without anybody policing them? Seat up or down who cares?
Not according to everybody aggressively commenting here!
If this was a male-only bathroom I'd still totally agree with the content of the sign.
If you want to pee standing, use the urinal. I, as a man, don't enjoy sitting in some other person's pee either.
Extremely silly post. Reactionary gender war nonsense. Everyone can and does and should sit down, that's why it's unisex. It's not that complicated. Stop hitching your identity and ego to the way your dad told you to piss.
This is a shit take literally. Why would I sit down to pee if I don’t have to? That’s more contact with the gross toilet.
You have never had to clean a toilet yourself, have you?
I have. Men with bad aim. Skill issue.
One possible fix is adding a urinal target. I'm sure you could implement a similar concept in a regular toilet.
A urinal target, sometimes known by the specific types urinal fly or urinal bee, is an image or mark placed inside a urinal to encourage users to aim in a particular place so as to avoid messes and reduce cleaning costs.
Perfect aim still splatters small droplets all around. Try placing a newspaper next to your toilet.
Or it was just a lighthearted joke...
ok boss
I once jokingly mentioned to my wife that leaving the seat up is just as convenient for me as leaving it down is for her. To which she pointed out that, of the four different permutations of toilet use between us, 3/4 require the seat to be down, so all in all, it makes sense to leave the seat down.
And dammit, I had to marry a logical autistic, didn't I?
So now I always (try to remember to) leave the seat down.
That's just basic math. +Sit the fuck down when pissing at home. Who is paying you to stand while taking a piss when you could sit down?
autistic women are the best
I tend to sit down to pee most times (at home), so that ratio is even higher for us..
I mean, it'll be less than 3/4 if you always stand to pee, because people pee more often than they poop (of they hydrate sufficiently and there's no health issue). But it'll still definitely be over half, so the result is the same.
This is all personal preference. There is no issue to discuss here.
If you properly close a toilet seat/lid, everyone has to open it before using it, I don't see what the big deal is
Also, if it's not a weird toilet seat that doesn't have a lid, you should be putting it down to reduce the number of particles that get into the air...
That not how that works look at the myth busters episode
Umm, the word is "pooticles"
Closing the lid doesn't reduce the number of particles that get into the air.
Not only does closing the lid do just that, it works the exact way you’d think it would. The lid is not effective at preventing viral spread. Not the only cause for concern when it comes to things exiting the toilet bowl.
Lastly, toilet water is delicious and it fortifies the bones.
A lot of public toilets don't have a cover.
I never understood the whole "you left the toilet seat up" complaint. Never been an issue in my family but have heard "he never puts the seat down" all the time. Is it that much effort to put the toilet seat down when you need to go?
When flushing you should absolutely close the lid. Otherwise water droplets from the toilet get flung all over the place.
But then the next person lifts it and discovers your Toblerone of a shit is still proudly sitting there.
Then you open it after flushing to check and potentially clean skidmarks?
Soft close toilet seats should be standard equipment.
Then putting the lid down is a matter of a single light push.
Did you know this isn't a discussion at all in most of the world? People do whatever and no one is bothered by it. I only ever see this in American media.
It's not a discussion I've ever seen Americans have IRL, only in sitcoms.
This is in Canada, so close enough.
Sit to pee for all. Solves all problems.
I had a cat that trained me to sit down to pee.
The only time I could ever get her to purr was when when I was sat on the toilet. So, of course, I began sitting down to pee in order to maximise her purring and fusses. And it kinda stuck.
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Be careful what you wish for.
I'm a woman and will leave the seat up at work (not at home)
We have unisex toilets and truck drivers use them - they regularly wee all over the toilet seats if left down :(
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