Occasionally Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Odd question, but it's bugging me. Over the holidays, we had people here a number of times. Each time I would find the toilet paper roll switched around from how I usually hang it. It happened again today. This is at least the fourth time. Now, I don't know the "right" way to hang it (and wouldn't care if there were a "right" way, as I hang it how I like it) but would you ever switch someone's toilet paper roll around while in their house? This was not to put on a fresh roll. This has happened with discrete populations :tongue_smilie: Am I crazy for wanting my toilet paper to stay the way I hang it?? I'm curious about other people's perspectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I would NEVER change the direction in someone else's house. But then again, I don't really care how it's hung. Dh has a preference. But not to the point that he'd change it in a place where he's a guest. Were your guests otherwise laid back? Or were they sticklers about lots of things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 No. I wouldn't. I realize not everyone does things like me, and it's not my job to interfere. Some people, though, have a stronger compulsion to "fix" things that are not "right". If the guests were great, and that's their only infraction, no biggie. But if they started rearranging my furniture or alphabetizing my pantry, I might speak up. :D Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I have NEVER EVER switched the toilet paper roll in another person's house. I am truly laughing out loud at the thought. My guests would wonder why I was laughing so hard in the bathroom. Are you sure it isn't a practical joke? You have made my day. I will be giggling at this thought all day. And I will remember this the next time I visit my sister. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I might if I were the only one using that bathroom (such as an en suite bath in a guest bedroom), but I'd try to remember to change it back before leaving. Certainly not in a shared bathroom, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tara~ Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I may twitch each time I go in and see it the 'wrong' way, but I have control enough not to 'fix' it in someone else's home. ;) That's just weird. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Nope, I wouldn't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMA Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Did they change the roll or switch it? The most important thing is that there is toilet paper when you are using the facilities. Honestly, most people I know just want to change the roll and they don't think about the direction. They think, "I put on a new roll. I'm done." I wouldn't worry about the direction of the roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 No. But, I also wouldn't notice if someone switched it. I am pretty oblivious about it, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I may twitch each time I go in and see it the 'wrong' way, but I have control enough not to 'fix' it in someone else's home. ;) That's just weird. :p :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 IMO, the direction of the roll is irrelevant unless it IS relevant, I know; clear as mud. I my household, right now, I want the paper hanging with the flap touching the wall, so that when our kitten slaps at it, it just rolls around and doesn't leave a pile on the floor (same when I had small children doing the same thing). Otherwise I guess I don't care. I would, however, be courteous of someone else's house and not change the direction unless I forgot during a roll changeover. I would NEVER force my will onto another person's household. If I had a REASON for the roll being the way it is, it would bother me, (I probably wouldn't notice actually). But the ACT of someone doing this would bother me since they would be "saying" I was wrong in their opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Here is another possiblity: how easy is it to accidently get it off? At one relative's house, it comes off when I just pull to get some. ( Now I do pull pretty hard.) So I have to reassemble it. To be honest, I wouldn't have a clue which way it was...as I don't even look. I couldn't tell you how I hang mine up. So is that a possibility?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 1) Maybe they have the habit of holding the paper when they unroll it. When I was a kid, we had no toilet paper holder and that's how we did it. So if they do this, they probably don't notice that they are putting it back on the wrong way. 2) If you hang it with the free side away from you, then an enthusiastic tug is going to unravel the roll. (That's why it's the "wrong" way IMO ;).) Then your guests would have to take it off to re-roll it, and then would put it back on the way they are used to. 3) I liked the suggestion that it could be a practical joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 No, I would not. That seems really odd to me. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 :lol: I'm also wondering if it is a joke. When my husband lived in Europe, where his tp holder had a metal flap on top, he finally had to admit that "over the top" was the only Right and True way to route toilet paper rolls. Maybe you could write notes on the tp with a Sharpie: "Please don't turn me around, it makes me dizzy." :D Or just for fun, how about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddykate Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Maybe they accidentally bumped it, it fell, and when they replaced it, couldn't remember how it was supposed to go??? I don't know...I like my tp hanging a certain way, too, so I feel ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDweller Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I would notice because I do have a preference, but I wouldn't change it. The only way I might is if I was the only one using that particular bathroom during my stay. And hopefully, I would remember to change it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I might would do it at my dd house if it was on the wrong way but only because I know that she puts it the same way I do and therefore someone else woud have had to put it on the wrong way. I would find it strange if someone just randomly changed it when they weren't changing the roll but on the other hand, I do understand OCD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I wouldn't normally change it. However somewhere that my family is the only one using a certain bathroom, like my mom's, I might. Of course, you could just start hanging it correctly :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I have a strong opinion on which way the roll should face. :tongue_smilie: I wouldn't change the roll direction in someone else's house, although I'd surely notice and wonder why they put it on backwards. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 1) Maybe they have the habit of holding the paper when they unroll it. When I was a kid, we had no toilet paper holder and that's how we did it. So if they do this, they probably don't notice that they are putting it back on the wrong way. 2) If you hang it with the free side away from you, then an enthusiastic tug is going to unravel the roll. (That's why it's the "wrong" way IMO ;).) Then your guests would have to take it off to re-roll it, and then would put it back on the way they are used to. 3) I liked the suggestion that it could be a practical joke. Ok.. now I am confused..are you talking about leaving the paper or turning the whole thing so it faces a different way? If you are talking about how your leave the paper??? I'll be honest..I didn't know you could leave the paper different ways... I may leave it a different way if you mean that.. I don't have a clue!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 What, did Monk visit your home? I am very particular about my toilet paper, but I would *never* change it at someone else's home. I wouldn't even change it if it were upside down in my kids' bathroom. Now if they were to leave my toilet lid up, I'd have to go back and fix that, and I'm compulsive about putting the lid down in others' homes too (although I would at least use the toilet before doing that!). :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I am very particular about my toilet paper, but I would *never* change it at someone else's home. I wouldn't even change it if it were upside down in my kids' bathroom. Now if they were to leave my toilet lid up, I'd have to go back and fix that, and I'm compulsive about putting the lid down in others' homes too (although I would at least use the toilet before doing that!). :tongue_smilie: :iagree: Same here, even about the kids' bathroom and the toilet lid. In * my* bathroom the tp roll goes one way, but in the dc's bathroom it goes the other way. Both based on user preference. ;) And toilet lids should always be down! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kertie Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Alright, I'll admit to having done it. (waits for gasps of horror and head-shaking to cease) :lol: But only in the downstairs bath of my best friend's house. I spent the night there a lot in my teens, and that bathroom was the "kid" bathroom. I also kept a toothbrush and deodorant there, and it didn't feel any different than home to me. I have WANTED to change it elsewhere, but have so far always refrained. It makes me feel very Monkish to think of (much less see!) the toilet paper touching the wall. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 But what I find equally "interesting" is that you noticed that. True! :D If the OP doesn't know which way it's supposed to be, then it's surprising that she noticed the change at all. Though I'd never switch it in someone else's home, my conclusion is that the person switching it is doing her a favor, as long as they are truly putting it the "right" way. :tongue_smilie: (JK!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Odd question, but it's bugging me. Over the holidays, we had people here a number of times. Each time I would find the toilet paper roll switched around from how I usually hang it. It happened again today. This is at least the fourth time. Now, I don't know the "right" way to hang it (and wouldn't care if there were a "right" way, as I hang it how I like it) but would you ever switch someone's toilet paper roll around while in their house? This was not to put on a fresh roll. This has happened with discrete populations :tongue_smilie: Am I crazy for wanting my toilet paper to stay the way I hang it?? I'm curious about other people's perspectives. I probably would not switch it unless it was giving me problems for some reason. OTOH I also would not notice if someone else switched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlluminatedAttic Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Okay, I'll admit it, I change the roll to the right way - but only at my sister's house to tease her. She does the same to me. I also tuck in the sheets at the bottom of the guest bed when I'm making it for her because she'll make a fuss about feeling trapped. In turn, when I visit her house I can expect to have to remake the bed if I want to avoid frozen toes. Silly I guess, but we've been teasing each other and giggling about it for years. I would never change the roll in anyone else's house though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trresh Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 My grandma and grandpa could never agree on which way to hang a roll of toilet paper so grandpa installed a second hanger that way they each could have their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 When we stay at the IL's house, there is a bathroom that just the four of us use. ILs do not use it. We stay for a week. I rearrange the bathroom to suit our family...take the TP off the roller completely, line the trash with a plastic bag, remove the breakable doodads to a safe spot, and clear other extraneous doodads off the tiny counter and top of toilet tank so we have some surface area available for our stuff. If we were staying a short time in a different family home in a bathroom we were sharing, I would not do this. But for a long stay with a bathroom that only our family is using, yes I do rearrange it. I also do not mind if a guest in our home rearranges the main bathroom to suit their purposes while they are here, as long as I can still run our kids through it when I need to wash them. I can put everything back when the guests are gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ummm..yes, I do that. :leaving: (The correct way to hang is is with the loose part towards you, so it's easier to grab.) I also straighten crooked picture frames and cancel out the last 4 seconds on the microwave that some one just couldn't wait for but left on the timer anyway. :glare: I'll also let someone know it their clock is more than 5 minutes off. I'm just a little bit OCD. The frame straitening thing annoys my husband when I do it in public (doctor's office, etc.) but I can't stand it if it's off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I have NEVER EVER switched the toilet paper roll in another person's house. I am truly laughing out loud at the thought. My guests would wonder why I was laughing so hard in the bathroom. Are you sure it isn't a practical joke? You have made my day. I will be giggling at this thought all day. And I will remember this the next time I visit my sister. Cat It's made my day that I made your day :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Of course they shouldn't change it! Unless you hung it the wrong way. In that case it is justified. Since it happened so often with multiple guests YOU are clearly the problem. :lol::lol::lol: I'd do it just to mess with someone :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 It wouldn't really bother me if they did it. It's not a big deal to change it back, I'd just shrug and say "Guess it's important to them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I only switch it if DH hangs it the wrong way. I would never switch it in someone else's home. I would definitely notice if someone switched it in my home. And I would immediately switch it back every single time. There is a right way and a wrong way. I will not compromise on this. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 OP here :) I may twitch each time I go in and see it the 'wrong' way, but I have control enough not to 'fix' it in someone else's home. ;) That's just weird. :p That makes perfect sense to me! Maybe they accidentally bumped it, it fell, and when they replaced it, couldn't remember how it was supposed to go??? I don't know...I like my tp hanging a certain way, too, so I feel ya. Four different times with four entirely different populations? The holder is easy to change (slip the roll off, turn it over, slip it back on) but you'd have to be pretty vigorous with the tp to make it fall off. I would notice because I do have a preference, but I wouldn't change it. The only way I might is if I was the only one using that particular bathroom during my stay. And hopefully, I would remember to change it back. I'd have no problem with that at all. And I wouldn't care if it were changed back or not, but for a visit of a few hours in the common downstairs powder room? But what I find equally "interesting" is that you noticed that. I'll freely admit that I like things a certain way :tongue_smilie: True! :DIf the OP doesn't know which way it's supposed to be, then it's surprising that she noticed the change at all. Though I'd never switch it in someone else's home, my conclusion is that the person switching it is doing her a favor, as long as they are truly putting it the "right" way. :tongue_smilie: (JK!) The way it's "supposed to be" in my house is the way I like it! (I am deliberately refraining from indicating the direction I like my toilet paper to unroll :tongue_smilie:) Since it happened so often with multiple guests YOU are clearly the problem. That is a distinct possibility! :D And I just multi-quoted for the first time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Though I think it's bizarre that anyone would change the direction in someone else's home, I also think it's funny that you noticed. ;) I couldn't care less which way it goes as long as the person who uses the last part of TP replaces the empty tube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 It wouldn't really bother me if they did it. It's not a big deal to change it back, I'd just shrug and say "Guess it's important to them." I think the bigger thing is that I would never even consider changing someone else's tp direction (barring changing the roll, but that hasn't been the case with any of these "violations.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (The correct way to hang is is with the loose part towards you, so it's easier to grab.) :lol: And all this time I've thought it was ridiculously easy to grab the toilet paper regardless of which way you put it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 :lol: I'm also wondering if it is a joke. When my husband lived in Europe, where his tp holder had a metal flap on top, he finally had to admit that "over the top" was the only Right and True way to route toilet paper rolls. Maybe you could write notes on the tp with a Sharpie: "Please don't turn me around, it makes me dizzy." :D Or just for fun, how about this? :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 :lol: And all this time I've thought it was ridiculously easy to grab the toilet paper regardless of which way you put it on. Well, if it's against the wall or cupboard, you're more likely to bang your fingers into the wall, or have to scrape against it to get the edge. My Granny taught me this. She was very insistence about it, and changed other people's tp, too. (Now you know where I got it :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 :lol: And all this time I've thought it was ridiculously easy to grab the toilet paper regardless of which way you put it on. You silly girl. It is part of our homeschooling curriculum materials. TP 101. We also debate whether we should fold or wad our toilet paper prior to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ummm..yes, I do that. :leaving: (The correct way to hang is is with the loose part towards you, so it's easier to grab.) I also straighten crooked picture frames and cancel out the last 4 seconds on the microwave that some one just couldn't wait for but left on the timer anyway. :glare: I'll also let someone know it their clock is more than 5 minutes off. I'm just a little bit OCD. The frame straitening thing annoys my husband when I do it in public (doctor's office, etc.) but I can't stand it if it's off. The legend (or was it true?) says that when the Germans occupied Paris, the last gift from the residents who'd left their apartments, were crooked picture frames on the walls. :tongue_smilie:(The order loving Germans would straighten the frame, and that triggered explosions.) Beware! ;) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillian Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I admit I've changed it at close family/friends houses. I have a good friend who it is like a little war between us lol. I switch it to flap over the front. She flips it next time she goes. We have been doing this for years....silly and inane absolutely. I switch it when dh does it because it drives me crazy and he likes seeing me bent out of shape over silly things. I've done it at my aunts house too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 The legend (or was it true?) says that when the Germans occupied Paris, the last gift from the residents who'd left their apartments, were crooked picture frames on the walls. :tongue_smilie:(The order loving Germans would straighten the frame, and that triggered explosions.) Beware! ;) :lol: :lol::lol: I one visited a house where 2 whole walls were COVERED in big picture frames, up to the 17 foot ceiling. Not a SINGLE one was straight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 That's just plain bizarre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I have done it. In my younger years I was quite righteous in my belief that my way was the right way. Somewhere over the last decade or two it no longer became important. I am just happy when there is tp in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 No, never. How strange. With my dd's, I am happy if they actually put the tp on the roll. They usually want me to do it?:glare: They leave the empty roll in the holder and put the new roll on the counter. Actually dh does this too. I guess I am the official tp changer here. What a great job.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 That is one of the rudest things I've heard in a while. TP preference is right up there with the major decisions of life, and you have to respect the TP method of the home you are in. People before things. So the feelings of the home owner come before my need to have the TP hand the way *I* want it in someone's else's home. We have had many guests here, including some pretty... umm.. strong (bossy) personalities, and no one has ever done that to ours. If a roll runs out in someone else's home, I always hang it the way they had it, even if it is wrong. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I did it once. But it was at my mother's house. And she actually noticed and laughed about it - she had accidentally put it on the wrong way! No way would I touch it at anyone else's house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 This is hilarious! I think we need a poll. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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