Inconsequential Question of the Day
At my work, there is one bathroom. We have two roll-holders which are the normal roll holders, not those industrial-sized movie-theater mega-rolls. We, the employees, refill the TP rolls as we see fit from a closet near the bathroom.
Let's say you are in the bathroom, engaging in normal bathroom business of the variety you'd engage in if you are not a strangely repressed politician at an airport. One roll appears to be, say, 80% full, and the other, 20%.
Which do you pull from? My answer in comments.
posted by eingy @ 8/05/2008 03:34:00 PM
12 comments
12 Comments:
Instinctively, I pull from the bigger roll. But I've been thinking that the more reasonable thing to do is to pull from the smaller roll. And as a group, we should all do the same thing.
The reasoning is that if one is super-duper close to empty, or actually runs empty, two things are going on:
1. Thank goodness, there is still another almost full roll. Almost all possible emergency scenarios are covered by this backup.
2. There is a high probability that someone, possibly me, puts a new roll in the empty rollholder or on the tank if the lower one is not actually empty. Doubly covered.
If everyone tries to equalize in their *cough* business tractions, there is some higher probability that you'll have two very low rolls without backups. This can't cover *all* feasible emergency situations. And sometimes, rolls are lower than they appear. Oh the horror.
Clearly, pull from the smaller roll. The people who pulled before you may know something you don't.
Larger roll. I feel less guilty about the next person having to replace it. SO MUCH GUILT!!!
Smaller roll for the reasons you describe.
GREAT question! I would definitely go with the bigger role because it's newer and has spent less time in a public bathroom - ewwwww!
...wait, you're supposed to use the paper?!?
Always take from the smaller roll.
Always smaller roll. Less rolling resistance and therefore, less likelihood that the paper will rip inadvertently.
larger roll. i don't need the pressure of being the person who almost emptied the roll.
Wow. My friends are all insane! ;)
tug from the smaller role . . . and as a side note: i took inspiration from the photo and now have the empty rolls in the downstairs bathroom* coupled with markers. (the idea is that while you're "there" you can make your own do-hickies and then pin them to the walls with the tumbtacks i've provided. =)
*the downstairs bathroom also has a basket full of books like "everyone poops", "the gas we pass", "walter the farting dog" and "that's disgusting" . . . =)
LOL @ Angie! That's so hilarious. And so appropriate. :)
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