Bathroom Etiquette

 

So at lunch today my friends and I were discussing a very sensitive issue – bathroom etiquette.  My friend Mary walked into the bathroom after her suite-mate had not flushed.  Usually it’s no big deal, just flush it and do what you gotta do.   HOWEVER, this time it was a liquid and a solid, offensive and disgusting – I know, but it made me think about how one should go about their bathroom business.  It may be a gross topic, but it’s grosser if you have to put up with it. “If it’s yellow, let it mellow.  If it’s brown flush it down.”  – There are no exceptions to this rule.  In fact, unless it is in a private bathroom in your home,  one should ALWAYS flush.”Put the seat down.” – Actually, not only should the seat be put down, but the lid- if there is one – should be put down as well.  There is nothing worse than sitting down to tinkle and falling in the toilet.Woah! I just found an international website DEVOTED to bathroom etiquette.  For all of my loyal readers, here’s the site. A good tip from the site:  Always look back.”If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat.” – A family friend once told us this rule.  I couldn’t have said it better myself.  Honestly, if you don’t notice it, you are being inconsiderate.   Once, again – always look back!”A lady never leaves discarded feminine hygiene products in an open wastebasket…she always properly wraps these items and discretely disposes of them.” – an exert from my personal favorite book How to Be A Lady.  No truer words have been said.  It is nobody’s business what your cycle is, and nobody wants to know.  I hope that next time you use the lavatory you take these rules VERY seriously out of respect for others, thank you.