Pet Peeve of the day. Would it be wrong of me to show my family (husband included!) a demonstration on "how to put on a new roll of toilet paper" ? Backward, forward, I don't care! Just put one on the roll please! Thank you and have a nice day!
Didn't see that episode on Mad About You, but can totally visualize it! Classic! While my husband does get a new roll, he does not put it on the holder. Sigh. Love the funny responses for you all!
Did you ever watch MAD ABOUT YOU? There is a great vignette at the beginning of the show where Paul is sitting on the couch, Jamie comes out with the TP in one hand and the holder in the other-looks at him, puts the TP on the holder and says 'viola'...and walks away. Paul, looks at the dog and shrugs his shoulders.
Still makes me laugh-at least you're not alone!
I make it a huge point to over exaggerate how proud I am of my 2 year old for changing out the toilet paper whenever Daddy is in earshot--i'm hoping my 25 year old "child" will want some praise for doing the same thing for once in his life!
I have done it- I called them all into the bathroom showed them how to put the toilet paper roll on- I have also had demonstrations on how to hang a towel back up, put a toothbrush away and rinsing dishes and putting them in the dishwasher- good luck
Oh L.-
I feel your PAIN!!!
Usually what I get is the 'final' square so that anyone who 'went' before me can rationalize there WAS toilet paper there....GRRR
I heard a 'cry' from the bathroom years ago 'can someone get me some toilet paper?'
I handed in 'one' square.
Les of an issue since...
LOL
michele/cat
I would be happy of my family could just tell me we only have 1 roll left. We don't have a roller for the paper--we keep it on a little cabinet near the toilet, with extra rolls in the bottom drawer. Of course, sometimes I feel like giving a demonstration of how to take the paper out of the package and put it in the drawer.
It reminds me of a Mad About You episode where Helen Hunt's character walks into the living room and shows Paul Reiser's character how to remove the empty and put on a new roll--one word "voila". I think i did actually take the package into our living room one day and show my family how to extricate that very difficult roll out of the extremely possessive plastic wrapper.
I am waiting to see if I get a call today that the milk is almost gone. We will see. Not holding my breath.
I always tease my husband that if he has been home alone for the day, I can take a sweep through the house and know everything he's done b/c he leaves so many "clues."
Oh did you have pbj for lunch? yeah, how did you know? Because I just put my hand in crusty jelly on the counter. etc.
So funny. He is legitimately surprised that I can "figure" these things out!
No, but it's much more satisfying to just prop the new role up on the old roll so that it falls on the floor when he sits down so he has to reach, then curse, then holler at you to come get it for him at which time you sweetly suggest that he put it on the holder.
I'm happy if a roll ends up on the back of the toilet tank.
I definitely have some "Back-To-Basics" trainings held at my home whenever necessary. One of the big ones for us is: if you're emptying the dishwasher & you come across something obviously still dirty, do NOT put it away in the cabinet and do NOT just put it back in the dishwasher. It MUST be manually scrubbed. DUH!!!
Another good one: if you drop something or knock something over, PICK IT UP. If the cat knocks something over, PICK IT UP. If you walk into a room & see some random item laying on the floor & do not know who is responsible for it being there, PICK IT UP.
SHEESH!!!
UGH! My hubbys excuse most of the time..."I don't (#2) at home..so I never use any TP"...OMG, really? Never? Apprently his body clock operates on work-time for that. Not that any of us needed to know that, but yes, we have had this heated discussion before. But both of my family members HAVE learned in some instances the "if Momma ain't happy...." saying does hold some truth to it!
When my daughter (who is 17 today!) was little...she would have "practice" for things like this...replacing the TP roll...even flushing the toilet as that was an issue when she was first using the thing! (closing doors without slamming them, not stomping on the stairs when she was in a mood...things like this also warranted "practice" around here). I think after so many times of being forced to put a roll on, hubby decided he needed to do this as well. Hard to force/teach your child to do such things when you yourself are not doing it. Guess who pointed that out to him?
He has a smart wife =)
LOL. If it works for you, follow it up with an advanced course in how to empty the kitchen wastebasket and install a new garbage bag liner.
I purposely wont put the new roll on the roller either. Sometimes we will use 3 rolls in a row before one of us finally puts one on the roller. The roll just sits conveniently on the edge of the sink counter. It's a fun powerplay to see who caves and puts it on the roller.
it is annoying. when i find myself annoyed by something repeatedly, i try to find ways to avoid the aggravation in the future. for instance, the toilet paper thing - i pulled out our plunger and stacked rolls up the handle and set that next to the toilet. now, if the jerk would just throw the empty roll away!
No, not wrong! Just funny!!!
I know what you mean though!!! Do not like going to the bathroom and finding no toilet paper!! URGH!!!
NO! My husband, for reasons known only to himself, will take the ENITRE roll out of the bathroom to blow his nose. No, problem there, the problem is, he doesn't put it back! So there I am sitting, looking forlornly at the roll, that is now sitting on the sink (our toilet is in a separate room) silently cursing him. GRRR.
lol, they know how. This is a never ending battle!
They actually take it out of the package in the restroom? Hell that would be a pluss one for me!
Well...you can certainly try it. Millions of women have tried...and failed! LOL
My hope lies in the next generation and I am proud to say, my son CAN and DOES change the roll!
The best way to get folks to take care of business with the toilet paper is to say very loudly when the family member in question has a friend visiting, "Is it really too much to ask for you to put a fresh roll of toilet paper on, and not leave everyone using the bathroom after you stranded ?"
haha, I feel your pain! For some reason my hubby doesn't like to pull toilet paper from the roll so I usually have one loose roll and one on the roll. I walked into the bathroom today only to find the one on the roll off! The toilet paper is right under the sink, geez.
Haha could you show my husband too....? Its a skill he hasnt mastered
haaaaaaaaa! No! I had a lesson for my daughter (8) just the other day. She's old enough now to handle it. Better yet is to replace your old holder with one that has the open end so all anyone has to do is "slide" it on. They have been a lifesaver in all my bathrooms except the guest one.
In the last three days I have found TWO rolls soak and wet because the kids refuse to help by putting the TP on the holder.
I found these as my three year old screaming "Mom I need toilet paper".
I say "I just brought you some, isn't it on the holder?"
"No...it fell in the toilet!".
So no I don't think it would be wrong of you...but I know in my house it would be useless after the first demo!
Good luck!! Let me know how it works for you!! I still have this daily fight! What about the toilet seat? As my poor daughter and I are out numbered 5:2 this is a problem in our house! I even went as far as writing ' PUT THE SEAT DOWN" on the bottom of the seat... still get the rude awakings in the middle of the night! Thankfully my hubby knows better than to leave it up and sides with me.
No, it wouldn't.
However, in my house, I am the guilty one. After everything I do all day long, sometimes replacing the toilet paper just seems like too much, so I just set the new role on top of the roller. :)
Ugh.
At least I know I'm not alone, right?
Sadly I have learned in my own experience....these people (men) cannot
learn a new trick (& if they do it doesn't "stick" ha)
I have the same problem in my house & MANY MORE!
I have to laugh so I don't get frustrated.
Having been on the brink of div, posts like this one remind me what people mean when they say "Pick your battles". I need to do more of that myself.
Thanks for the reminder.
I'm off to go change more toilet paper rolls, put the toilet seat down, put the toothpaste cap on, wipe the bathroom mirror of toothpaste/water spray, get a new towlel to put up since the clean one in now on the floor, close all the kitchen cabinet doors that were left open, get a new daily dishtowel...one that if free of crumbs from making lunch sandwiches blah, blah, blah. ;)
God help us.
Calgon take us away (now I know why they made that commercial..I am now living that dream life.) ;)
All in all. I am sure they have some complaints similar to these about us but it can still drive us crazy, right? Thanks ladies for the commaraderie (sp?)!!
Haha, I tried the Mad About You thing with my husband once..but all I got was a passive but cute "yeah, yeah, I got it, silly!" Fast forward years later..and I'm STILL having to scooch to the front of the damn seat to reach for a new roll. ::sigh::
That's a never ending battle in my house too and somehow I'm always the one that gets stuck without toilet paper. I always make sure there's some when I'm done or I'll go get a roll but it never fails - I never have toilet paper. I always have to scream for my daughter to bring me a roll!! :)
