A Sense of Doubt blog post #3592 - Reprint of Hey Mom #288 - The Correct Way to Orient Toilet Paper

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3592 - Reprint of Hey Mom #288 - The Correct Way to Orient Toilet Paper

Still in reprint mode.

This post is classic and so very important.

The majority of people orient their toilet paper correctly. A large number insist on it.

I have been known to change it in other people's houses if they have it wrong.

No, I am not OCD.

I am CDO. Please. Put the latter in ORDER!

Given that this post was published 290 days after my Mom's death, it clearly demonstrates that my blog is mostly about living not grieving. It's about my life. My study. My interests. Not wallowing in grief. It's also a coping strategy. The counting alone helps me immeasurably.

Thanks for tuning in.

LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.


The link to the original post reprinted below

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #288 - Toilet Paper Hanging Direction

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #288 - Toilet Paper Hanging Direction

Hi Mom,

I promise some original content soon. We're coming up on exam week. BUSY.

But i was clearing email, and I spotted this and it's a huge PET PEEVE of mine, so I had to re-post.

I usually do not like following the herd, but in this, I am all right with being part of the 72% herd mentality.

This bothers me SO MUCH that I have changed it in other people's homes or in places of business if the paper is not locked up.

I am strictly an OVER person.

UNDER is just WRONG.

WRONG!

You taught me well, Mom.

Don't even get me started on how the lid must be kept DOWN.

WHAT TOILET PAPER PREFERENCE SAYS ABOUT YOU

What Your Toilet Paper Preference Says About You

If you assumed that hanging a toilet paper roll one way over another was an arbitrary decision, you'd be wrong. Your toilet paper preferences might actually be correlated to your demographic and political identity, research shows.

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS - WIKIMEDIA.ORG

The latest study — a 2004 survey from Bathroom Confidential — shows that 72 percent of Americans favor toilet paper that hangs in the "over" orientation. That's consistent with earlier studies from Georgia-Pacific and the Poretz and Sinrod Survey, both of which found majority support for the "over" paper model.

ERIC ROSENBERG - ERICROSENBERG.ME

Research conducted in 1989 found that younger, wealthier and more liberal individuals were most likely to report a over-orientation preference when it comes to TP. Conversely, older, more conservative, and poorer individuals tend to hang their toilet paper in the "under" style.

That research, which can be found in "The First Really Important Survey of American Habits" by Barry Sinrod and Mel Poretz, found that money was a really important factor in determining how one hangs their toilet paper, as 60 percent of those who made over $50,000 ($96,000 in 2016 dollars) preferred the over style, while 73 percent of those who made under $20,000 ($38,000 in 2016 dollars) go for the under hang.

Asked what he made of the results, Sinrod said "I don’t know, but it’s sure interesting."

And it is interesting! After all, there are pros and cons that come with each respective toilet paper preference, as WendoverProductions reports in a video dedicated exclusively to toilet paper trends. Housekeeping services at most hotels, airlines, and cruises often go for the over hanging model because they're more easily able to indicate when the roll has been changed, for example.

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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you.
Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
- Days ago = 290 days ago
- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1604.20 - 10:10
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2412.18 - 10:10

- Days ago: MOM = 3456 days ago & DAD = 112 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.