The Toilet Seat Dilemma

[Cinjin]

I was trained since gradeschool to put the seat down - so I always do, no matter what.


However, there is something to be said for the fact that the toilet is not a chair, it is a human waste receptacle, and thus the small 3 inch circular collar (not a seat) for which someone has the ability to perch on is not required to be in the "down" position.

Additionally, a male could VERY easily make the argument that the reason he peed all over the "seat" of the toilet is because a female left it in the down position instead of picking it back up for his midnight visits to the bathroom.

As for the "falling in the toilet" complaint: One can VERY safely assume that a man might have to sit on a toilet after another man has left the toilet seat up on a previous visit. Funny thing is: I've NEVER met a man make the claim that he's fallen into the toilet. Hmmm, maybe men are just better at taking the .25 seconds to look down to see if where they are about to sit is an acceptable place to sit.