I mean, considerate of you and all but maybe this is just my chaos sitzpinkler enby opinion but if you get into the habit of checking the toilet for a second beforehand because you don’t expect it to be reset for your specific needs this doesn’t happen.
I never expect people to put the seat down for me nor do I expect to put the seat up for them as both require the same amount of effort to rejig the toilet seat and it cannot be counted on who will be using the bathroom next. This feels a little bit “holding the door open for the lady” courtesy. A weird holdover gendered etiquette expectation for folks who stand and pee that just hasn’t been re-examined.
esc27@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve never understood this… are people just blindly launching their butts at toilets? Are the lights off? Is alcohol involved?
Dasnap@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Muscle memory mostly. I’ve done it a couple of times.
esc27@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That makes sense. I guess I’m the opposite. I have a habit of scrutinizing every toilet I sit on because I don’t trust placing the delicate bits over random holes…
Dasnap@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The vast majority of the time it’s fine. It’s seemingly only happened in the past when there’s been a guest over who doesn’t put the seat down themselves. When you have a white seat on a white toilet then it can be easy to make bad calls from subconscious glances.
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t know about you but I look at what I’m about to sit on.
Dasnap@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m talking maybe 3 times in 30 years here, and it’s nothing dramatic, just an ‘ah this is colder than a toilet seat should be’ before standing up again.