That's what we do in our house, I decided it was the easiest way to be sure my son actually lifts the seat. If he has to lift the lid, he'll just lift the seat at the same time.
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This debate always makes me think of Toni's reaction to "closing the toilet lid when you flush."
I didn't know that people left the lid up. Feels a bit like not closing the door of a fridge after you're done.
That's what I do. If you get a soft close seat & lid all it requires is a tiny tap on the lid.
We have a toddler in the house. We keep the lid down because it gives us a few extra seconds in case he slips past us into the restroom and wants to splash around.
The true solution is to have a device you hook up to that extracts the pee and poop from your body, wipes you down, and sends you on your way. There will be no lid, no seat, just one hole in the wall you hook up to.
In this house we do lid up and seat down.
Every family member is asked to sit down.
Both decisions are purely convenience driven:
lid up -> you can just sit down without having to touch or adjust anything. After you're done, you just get up without touching anything (except to flush).
seat down -> I'm unwilling to deal with the mess created by people (myself included) that inevitably happens when peeing standing up. So everybody sitting is the way to go.
Where this fails is guests that are unfamiliar with how we do it. It also doesn't take splashes from flushing into consideration. But in all my years of using the facilities, I have not noticed a significant amount of dirt around the toilet that I would consider problematic.
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