Is putting the toilet seat down such a big deal?
343935
I teach a student success class at a university and this question comes up a lot in our discussions about "captains of the world" It shouldn't be a big deal.  I think you should look before you sit and if it is a big deal "to you"; then you should be in charge of making sure it is "down".  You become the toilet seat police. That works both ways.  If men wish the seat was up all the time for them; then they become the "toilet seat police."  There are so many more important things in life to worry about :)
577579
I have never understood this.  I have tried it a couple times, like I will come home and bring the mail in the bathroom with me.  But all I get out of it is spending more time than I needed to on the toilet (because I was busy reading instead of getting up and leaving) and a numb rear end.  Toilet seats are not made for long periods of sitting.\n\nI have been told its for peace and quiet, but I could find a much more comfy spot for peace and quiet.
457685
I beleive the shiney side and dull one still more to it...mean the shiney side is to waxy soo it will slide more... but most of the restrooms i have to use...dont carry toilet seat papers!!!....its nasty though... thats why i try to avoid touching them!!!
950131
True, but I'd rather SIT on it, then TOUCH it by putting the seat up.  Most rest rooms these days have those paper guards to sit on anyway.
1056972
The crapping thing is a little too harsh.  Human feces has got to be the most disgusting substance on earth.  If sitting on you is a form of punishment, I'm guessing she's not a petite girl or else your face would be the obvious choice.  I think you should have to wear a donkey tail and ears and have her sit on your back and ride you around some publicly humiliating location.
203397
Why the embarrassment?  Maybe funny, but not embarrassing. The bathroom is THE place to go. If you can't let one rip in the bathroom stall, you can't rip one anywhere.
1001136
Yes, going to the bathroom is a totally normal human activity.  If there were no toilet paper in the bathroom, they should have been embarrassed for not having it in there, not you for needing it.
670647
well for one thing, it is just gross to have to go to the restroom and find the toilet seat up! we want to be able to go to the bathroom and sit down without having to worry about putting the toilet seat down! and another thing...why do guys not put the toilet seat up? some guys dont! i dont want to sit on their nasty urine that missed the toilet on the seat! NASTY!! just put the damn toilet seat down! its not that F****G hard!! geeze!
1061832
I have the same problem. I will try like heck not to use a public bathroom. Now sometimes when I got to go, huh...I got to go. It's funny cause I will not sit my butt on the toilet what so ever. I will go to the handicap stall and hold on to the rails. My butt never touches the toilet seat. Who knows whats been on that seat.
818478
Hovering has it's advantages...those seat covers do nothing, if the seat is wet it goes right through them as well as any toilet paper you put down so what's the point?  Hovering can also be looked at as a strength training exercise, building strong quad muscles in the legs (hey, I'm looking for a bright side here to hovering).   But if I get so much as a drop of tinkly on the toily seat I am considerate enough to wipe it off.  I have never understood how women can pee all over the seat and then just leave it there?  Or worse yet, after going a very messy poo just leaving it for others to walk in on and view.  I pity the poor soul (minimum wage employee's usually) who have to clean it up.  People need to have some class!!!
336394
that question hurts to read...correct your grammar! i dont say anything in the bathroom personally. when i have to poop i hold it until i have a fee moment in there alone. i pee without care though. if its a stinky poop please flush during the poop.
1051691
This is funny.  From an etiquette point of view, they should be free to use your bathroom.  However, I have a friend of mine who gets his jollies off of clogging my toilet from his stool.  So, for him, under NO circumstances can he use my toilet.  I know it is poor etiquette, but I can't afford a plumber every time he stuffs up my toilet with his crap.
858376
Haha, well.....\n\nI had no idea what this question was going to be about, but hey, I'll answer it anyway.  First of all, its gross.  It smells.  Yes, everyone does it, but it's kind of uncouth.  Girls do it too, I worked with one that would come into my office and do it right in front of me on purpose...so it's not just men.\n\nLeaving the toilet seat up?  Well, cause sometimes we fall in.  Have some courtesy.  No, it's not really a big deal, but still....some women hate it.  \n\nWhat else do we hate?  Um......each individual is different.
640037
Because at the time you do it, you're "taking" it to the toilet.\n\nHave you been commiserating over the fact that Beavis and Butthead are no longer on...using this line in their imitation of Andy Rooney, "Why is it that people say, 'taking a dump' instead of 'leaving it'??"
758668
I have sprinkled the seat before, but that is because seat cover or not my tushy is not touching any public restroom toilet.  I do agree that it is only courteous to dry it.  My office restroom even provides Lysol so we go one above that and even disinfect.
627670
I just sit on it without putting tp on it first!\n\nUnless it is really really gross of course, then I just find another toilet.
384440
Well, for me it's tough to predict what comes with laying a little coil in a public restroom, I mean what if I toot and someone hears it or smells it...I wouldn't want someone to know that I was poopin'.  That might not make them like me anymore. Then I would cry and no one wants a somber workplace!