Monday 31 January 2011

Bathroom etiquette

I am the last person to be hidebound by rules governing socially acceptable behaviour or any other arbitrary regulations  that dictate how we should live our lives.  However, bathroom etiquette surely demands the following.  First, it doesn't matter at all whether the toilet lid is either up or down.  Why should men kowtow to women in this respect?  Toilet lid positioning is a matter of free choice.  Second, when having a shower the user must make sure the bathroom window is open otherwise the person immediately following has to open the window and then endure whatever icy blasts are coming through.  This is iniquitous and should stop.  Third, the International Convention on Bathroom Towels clearly states that used towels must be rotated so that the fresh, dry ones are at the top of the heated towel rail.  It goes without saying that bath towels should be folded at all times.  Fourth, toilet rolls when empty should, (a) be replaced and, (b) disposed of as appropriate.  Fifth, hair trimmings should be wiped clean from basin or toilet bowl.  Sixth, wives should not nag husbands if, occasionally, bathrobes are dropped on the bathroom floor (for convenience and reasons of efficiency first thing in the morning) and not hung on the natty little wooden pegs she painstakingly screwed into the back of the bathroom door (and which anyway have become shoogly lately).  There is no number seven because our toothpaste tube tops are always screwed back on again.

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