Two days ago, I was having lunch in our office's kitchen with my colleagues (Sophie, Alex, Julien & Daniel). Our conversation little by little led to one topic so universally controversial :
Toilet Seat, put down or put up ?
Our office is situated on 2 floors (25th & 26th) - the last two floors of the Admirality Centre -

the building which has got the red coloured advert GOME on the top. In the past, the situation was one Men's toilet in the top floor and Women had their rest room on both floors. I work in the 25th floor and since more than a year now I am using the ladies toilet in the 25th floor (
nobody opposed) for a simple reason that I have to climb every time to wash my hands or redo my tie or answer the nature's call. Today, things have changed. All the toilets have become "mixed" (
not unisex toilets). This means in the rest room, you have two closed WC (
one for Men & the other for Women) and the washing area with the mirror is a common area.
Daniel: [
smiles cunningly] ah, Prash, I heard that you pee while sitting.
Prash: oh ? who told you that ? [
what a question ! now he thinks he is right (you too!) damn !]
Daniel: It seems that the reason nobody opposed the idea of you using the ladies toilet in the past is you pee sitting.
Prash: Well, I think the ladies in my floor didn't bother me using their toilet because I put the toilet seat down after the whiz.
Sophie: I don't know why, you men never bother to put the toilet seat down after...
Alex: Why should we ?
Sophie: Because at home, your sister and mother might use it after you.
Alex: Ya, right, but why is that the mother & sister not put the seat up after they use the toilet ?
Prash: Ah, that is a good question...
Julien: Why should men put the seat down while you women never put the seat up.
Alex: Why can't everyone just look out for themselves when it comes to peeing? Is this too much too ask?
Prash: I don't agree... If you don't put up the seat while you pee, you might spill your whiz on it and women pee while sitting, oh, for that matter, you might even sit on it for the #2...so it is a question of hygiene.
Alex: Good. But that makes no point...Again, why should men put the seat up while they (
women) don't put the seat down ? Do women not want equal rights in the toilet area?
Daniel: I heard many times from women that "
I almost fell in" or "
I sat on the bare toilet"
Alex: And you know why ? because they never check if the toilet seat is down...They take it granted that the seat be down.
Julien: So, Sophie, have you ever fell in ? or sat on the bare toilet ?
[the rest of the conversation is censored for the sanctity of this blog]
**prash winks**
This conversation made me think a bit about Gender Equality (
you ought to know by now that I am very concerned about the gender equality and I shout for women's equal rights). After thinking, I came to conclusion that it is a double standard. Women still want men to be the "gentlemen", open doors, pay for dinner (
not true always), etc... they want to keep all the good things they had when it was "unequal" and take only the good things of equality. Sorry to say this, but if women want equality, they have to take the good
AND the bad.
SO, I have two pertinent questions:1. Why in the world do some men NOT lift the seat? Guys, you ALL know that at some point You will have to sit for #2. So, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING by not lifting the seat for #1 ?
I try to tell my close female friends that men do not always have sex on the brain. But apparently, even as they are simply walking to the bathroom to do #1, they pass some hot woman, their brain shuts off, and they are unable to think about anything except how to get laid. I can’t think of any other possible explanation as to why they would urinate on a seat that they themselves might have to use in the future.
2. More importantly, why do women not only DEMAND that the seat be left down, but make such a BIG DEAL about it? 
"
Oh my GOD, that’s so nasty – so inconsiderate – that man left the seat up!" Ladies, it makes me even sadder that your unceasing and unquestioning loyalty to convention, tradition, and standards has blinded your ability to think logically on this matter. I would think that in a culture full of men who urinate on your toilet seats, you would be THRILLED to see a man leave the seat up after using the toilet. You should encourage such behavior.
I would like to propose a solution: Let’s ALL leave the seat UP – let that be its natural resting position. If we can instill this idea worldwide, then we can all put the seat DOWN when we use the restroom (
men, for #2 only, please) and it won’t be covered in urine, since the
stupid, lazy, sex-always-on-the-brain man will not urinate all over the seat every time he goes to the john.
I know I know, So Much for our lunch break ~!~
(and all this, while I was having my salad)