Friday, April 22, 2011

Toilet Paper Warfare

I'd say I'm a pretty low-maintenance kinda girl. I'm not sure if that flys with my roommate though.

For instance, toilet paper has been a great source of tension in the apartment.

You see, our toilet paper roller has super sonic rolling powers, meaning that whenever I use it, about half the roll somehow finds its way onto the floor.

Annnnd... I usually just leave it like that (okay, so maybe that's not a really good thing to do).

But I've stopped because one day, Daniel walks into the bathroom, comes out with fierce indignation, grabs me by the arm, leads me to the bathroom, points and says "Look. Look what you've done." Yes, yes guilty as charged. No big deal. So I kindly roll it back up for him as he monitors me and make sure that the next time I use the Charmin Ultra Soft, I roll it back up.

I also, as a responsible adult, make sure to always re-fill the toilet paper. This takes me a lot of effort. I have to go to our coat closet in the other room, tip-toe to get the huge stack of toilet paper on top of the closet and make sure I don't tip everything over that can fall on me, and then kindly put it BACK ON THE ROLL (Not on top of the toilet).

I was quite happy of myself that I did that. I was pretty sure Daniel would have appreciated that.

However, when he goes in the bathroom, he comes out again with that look again and tells me that I have put on the roll "the wrong way" (the flap under, not over).

EXHIBIT A
My way, the wrong way.



















WHAT?! I had never heard of that. There is no wrong or right way! The bathroom at work has toilet paper that hangs like this, and professionals are the ones who put them on!

Sigh. But to keep the peace, I've now started putting them on with the flap hanging over. Even though it's not even the right way.























4 comments:

Nhi said...

put some extra rolls under the bathroom sink so you don't have to make the dreaded trip to the closet as often! :)

Anonymous said...

Brandon gets on me for not putting the toilet paper roll on the "right" way, too. Or when I leave like three itty bitty sheets left stuck on the roll instead of replacing it with a new one. Who knew men would be the picky ones about things like this?

Min said...

Sorry! A Company is me! I forgot to log out of our Army FRG account!

Elly said...

haha Min! I was pretty sure that was you :) And I was pretty surprised about how picky guys can be. As far as I knew, guys didn't even use toilet paper that much.