Toilet etiquette shouldn’t need a blog post but unfortunately, misfires, bad aims and not thinking about the next user is practiced by the human race, worldwide.
One of my jobs yesterday was to investigate and fix a leaking toilet.
Imagine my confusion and eventual dismay when what I thought was the smell of someone’s hot lunch was actually coming from the toilet.
Dad and I looked at each other and of course my dad had to say “it smells like fart in here” to which I replied “I thought it was someone’s leftovers for lunch”.
After fixing the toilet, I came across a sign on the wall about toilet ‘etiquette’ and I could not stop laughing.
The “Watermelon” is when a person does a number 2 in the toilet and they hear the ‘plop’ sound as it drops into the water. It advises that if this occurs in a public toilet and someone is waiting to go in after you, act as if it didn’t happen. Everyone has to do a poo eventually.
It made me think about the times I have been fixing a toilet and a person has walked in and done their business in the next cubicle. They’re either busting to go or don’t care or both.
Even worse, I have been in a meeting with other tradesmen to discuss the upgrade of the male and female toilets and one of the tradesmen decided to chuck a leak in the urinal. In front of everyone. In front of me. This happened twice. Both times the builder who organized the meeting shook his head and apologized to me about the behavior of this tradesman.
This is another reason why I don’t like urinals.
Communal whizzing.
While guys point their finger at women who go to the toilet in pairs when in public, something needs to be said about men peeing together into a urinal.
Apparently urinal usage is on the decline because men are becoming more ‘aware’ of peeing around other men and prefer to use a toilet. There was an article about it recently in the Sunday Mail.
Either way, toilets and urinals are there to be used. Keeping them look clean and smell fresh is up to the individual user.
If there’s a brush, use it. If there’s air freshener, spray it. If you lift the lid, close it. If you use it up, replace it. If you miss the toilet, wipe it!
It’s good toilet etiquette and ensures the next person doesn’t have to smell or see what you have left behind from your behind. And it will stop the Plumbette asking “What on earth did you EAT?”
