Someone's Thinking of Me

As some readers know, I have a "slight" phobia of running out of toilet paper. Today, I received an email with the following picture attached.


As appealing as this looks to the phobic side of me, I really think there may be a problem with the presentation of the marvel in paper products. Who changes the rolls?

My wife insists that I do not change the toilet paper rolls when in fact I do. I insist that we always have toilet paper available at all times. Therefore, if I use the last of it, or even think I may end up using the last of it, I put more on the roll. It is our 3 year old daughter that burns through it and doesn't replace. Besides, I am never home to burn through it.

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). Why is it, they don't sell the Monster rolls you find in the restaurants for residences? Not the sandpaper version, but an Ultra Charmin version. Now that Charmin has started making the Mega roll, that cuts down the amount of changing that takes place, but it still isn't quite there yet. In a house full of women, that narrows down the number of changes to 2 times a day.

I want a large stainless steel wheel attached to my wall that is only changed once every week. Granted, the first few uses are complicated by the wheel's weight, but after you put all of those single sheets of toilet tissue together, you have enough to do the job. And yes, when the end gets stuck up in the wheel holder, it does require you to have that odd scrunched-up, fingertip-grabbing-the-end hand thing. But what are a few disjointed fingers for efficiency?

Lastly, why haven't they made the infrared toilet paper feeder? They do it for paper towels.

Did you know...

The right way to hang any paper product is flap side out. When you consider the state of your hands when you reach for the paper, you don’t want those hands to have contact with the wall or the paper holder or whatever surface that is in the back of the hanging paper. Additionally, on printed paper products, you can't see the pattern if the paper is on the inside.

Comments

QueenSuchandSuch said…
I disagree with the roll having the flap outward facing. My hands are NOT in a condition I would find offensive when I reach for the toilet paper. If your are, then I think we need to discuss wiping techniques. Also when one goes to tear off the sheet that they are going to use, it helps to have some leverage provided by the weight of the role. And you NEVER change the roll. You just put it NEXT to the empty one. That is not "changing" it
11:24 PM
Rigmor said…
Aaah, last time I saw that picture it was under the heading "If women ruled the world" (Although, the seat was also chained to the actual toilet on that one).

I am afraid I have nothing sensible to say on the issue of toilet paper. Erm. So "hello" and "just popping by".
5:04 PM
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