There are four main types of toilet roll changing behaviour.
1. Some people will use what they need (irrespective of whether this means finishing the roll), and change the empty roll when done. To me, this is the normal, efficient, and socially desirable behaviour.
2. Others will use what they need, and not change the empty roll. This is irritating, especially if it happens regularly, and is also a clear indication that these people don't give a shit (pardon the pungent pun) about other people.
3. Then there are people who leave a nearly empty roll. Unfortunately, I do not have enough data to know for sure why they do this, and - this being a bit of a taboo - I don't dare ask, so I have to guess. Some people who do this are probably like the previous category (don't give a shit, but are full of it), others might do it thinking that we can save lots of trees that way, and some might even have a toilet roll changing phobia, and adapt their toilet paper usage to make sure they don't finish the roll (sick, in more ways than one).
4. Lastly, there are people who see that the end (of the toilet paper) is nigh, and change the roll before that happens. Some of these people will then continue with the old roll (fine), others will start the new one. Curiously, the last type of behaviour (leaving toilet rolls with a small amount of paper left) seems to be contagious, especially in public or semi-public toilets, where you sometimes find three or four of such rolls. And even more curiously, some of these rolls go unused so long that - like bread - they go stale, and have to be thrown away, because no-one wants them anymore. So in fact, changing the roll before it finishes - ostensibly very thoughtful behaviour - has its disadvantages too.
(From the environmental point of view, of course, the most important thing is how much toilet paper you use in the first place. Save a tree: eat less. )
1. Some people will use what they need (irrespective of whether this means finishing the roll), and change the empty roll when done. To me, this is the normal, efficient, and socially desirable behaviour.
2. Others will use what they need, and not change the empty roll. This is irritating, especially if it happens regularly, and is also a clear indication that these people don't give a shit (pardon the pungent pun) about other people.
3. Then there are people who leave a nearly empty roll. Unfortunately, I do not have enough data to know for sure why they do this, and - this being a bit of a taboo - I don't dare ask, so I have to guess. Some people who do this are probably like the previous category (don't give a shit, but are full of it), others might do it thinking that we can save lots of trees that way, and some might even have a toilet roll changing phobia, and adapt their toilet paper usage to make sure they don't finish the roll (sick, in more ways than one).
4. Lastly, there are people who see that the end (of the toilet paper) is nigh, and change the roll before that happens. Some of these people will then continue with the old roll (fine), others will start the new one. Curiously, the last type of behaviour (leaving toilet rolls with a small amount of paper left) seems to be contagious, especially in public or semi-public toilets, where you sometimes find three or four of such rolls. And even more curiously, some of these rolls go unused so long that - like bread - they go stale, and have to be thrown away, because no-one wants them anymore. So in fact, changing the roll before it finishes - ostensibly very thoughtful behaviour - has its disadvantages too.
(From the environmental point of view, of course, the most important thing is how much toilet paper you use in the first place. Save a tree: eat less. )
Much more important is the proper PLACEMENT of the roll.... the paper should roll out over the TOP of the roll, NEVER from behind!
ReplyDeleteGood point. Those would be scenarios 1a1 and 1a2 (scenario 1a being people who replace the roll as soon as it is finished) and scenarios 4b1 and 4b2 (4b being people who place a new roll before the old one is finished, and start using the new one).
ReplyDeleteTogether, we are constructing a virtual (and paperless) tree of possibilities.