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Fireflies Fri 18-Aug-17 12:03:36

PLease help settle this argument for me... I recently had a good friend come to stay and immediately noticed that everytime I nipped to the loo, the roll had been changed round on the hanger so that the end of it fell at the back of the roll, near the wall, instead of resting over the top (if you see what I mean). I realised it was her doing it and we had a good laugh about it - but we both insist our way is the 'right' way! What does everyone else think? Are there other things like this when you just 'know' you're right grin

Aslemma Tue 22-Aug-17 12:28:11

Either
Second
Barth
Dinner.

And loo rolls hung the 'wrong' way apparently. I've always hung them that way and am quite happy to be considered 'non U'. ?

Grannyguitar Mon 21-Aug-17 20:56:26

Quite honestly, I couldn't care less, as long as there is some!

callgirl1 Mon 21-Aug-17 18:14:26

Round
First
Bath
Tea
I only like butter on my scones
and
I put my toilet roll to the front, but the other day I turned as I came out of the bathroom to find it had caught on my skirt and unravelled all the way across the bathroom!

jacqui67 Mon 21-Aug-17 17:18:50

Fireflies Have a look atToilet paper orientation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

jacqui67 Mon 21-Aug-17 17:14:05

I remember reading years ago that the correct etiquette is over the top and not behind, but whichever is right its your house, why would a visitor change the toilet roll round, just rude tbh.

Menopaws Sun 20-Aug-17 19:04:49

Let's go back to Izal in horrid china box on the wall!

LullyDully Sun 20-Aug-17 18:13:55

Wasn't brought up one way or the other. We used Bronco when I was small!

Don't think it matters as many have said. I have only pondered it recently; that is after I retired. Says it all I suppose.

grandtanteJE65 Sun 20-Aug-17 16:41:13

The right way is the way you were brought up to do it, which is no consolation at all if you are married to a man who insists that the roll should hang the OPPOSITE way round.

I decided early on to swallow my distaste over this matter, as it hardly seems worth ruining a good marriage over. I would however infinitely prefer it, if he would only hang the blasted thing the other way round! Loose end away from the wall. My mother insisted on this, as otherwise you could hear the paper being torn off. Quite true in the days of the wooden roller type holder.

I do wonder what she would have made of my son's bathroom, which is so poorly built that everything that takes place there is all too audible in his kitchen?

Does it come as any surprise that I return from visits to DS and DIL constipated?

Greengage Sun 20-Aug-17 00:43:06

If the roll hangs against the wall the end needs to be at the front. If the roll hangs free from the wall the end needs to be at the back. In my house I have one upstairs and the opposite downstairs!!!

sluttygran Sat 19-Aug-17 23:47:11

I'm so confused - I've taken my roll off the holder and put it on top of the cistern. confused

catwoman Sat 19-Aug-17 23:24:54

It is certainly the front. It can then be folded in a peak to show that the toilet has been serviced.

JaneD3 Sat 19-Aug-17 22:52:35

I lived in a number of truly grotty student flats back in the day. If the toilet paper went back towards the wall, it got damp. (Cardiff is a very wet place!) I always put mine to hang outwards!

NaughtyNanna Sat 19-Aug-17 20:56:22

Years ago, I was told that hotels only hang the loo roll "over the top" so that the maids could put the folds in to "prove" they had cleaned the room. All it really proved was that they had gone through the door but I understood this was the reason for over the top loo roll hanging.

MamaCaz Sat 19-Aug-17 20:49:50

This thread is to blame for my turning a roll the other way in someone else's house today. Then I thought better of it, laughed, and turned it back again grin

Despite that moment of madness, I really can't see why anyone would get worked up over this. There are two ways of doing it and neither is 'wrong' - it is simply a matter of personal preference, surely!

CardiffJaguar Sat 19-Aug-17 20:35:45

Are you serious? The most important thing is that there is an actual roll! Get a life ladies.

Jalima1108 Sat 19-Aug-17 20:23:05

DH sometimes puts it on with the end at the back.
I always change it to the front.

The DGD couldn't reach it otherwise!

Shizam Sat 19-Aug-17 20:16:47

I had a complete shock when for the first time in 26 years, someone other than me had put on a new loo roll. Was son's girlfriend, who is lovely and thoughtful. But she put it on the wrong way!! Resisted OCD urge to change it!

acanthus Sat 19-Aug-17 19:49:54

Definitely loo roll to be pulled from the back. This prevents children (and adults) giving the roll a spin and ending up with a heap of paper on the floor and then probably re-rolled. Ugh! However I agree that it was impolite for your friend to have changed it. I also find it a bit naff in others' bathrooms to find the first sheet folded in a V-shape - what's that all about?

Atqui Sat 19-Aug-17 19:44:21

Defo over the top . I was going to mention the children's messy fingers syndrome too , but didn't like to!

0wlfred Sat 19-Aug-17 19:28:47

I'm with you, Fireflies, though I don't think it really matters. However I do think it was extremely rude of your friend to change over your loo roll. I would not dream of doing such a thing.

allule Sat 19-Aug-17 19:10:17

Pulling forward is easier, and so to be avoided if you have toddlers, or cats.

Jackiesue Sat 19-Aug-17 16:50:01

In my experience as a housekeeper, the paper hangs the other way and is put into a point or it is put at an angle against the roll and tucked into the cardboard tube.

Teddy123 Sat 19-Aug-17 15:22:30

Here's another vote "to the front"!

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sat 19-Aug-17 14:42:10

It should be hanging your way OP. In a posh hotel the next sheet can then be folded with the pointy bit at the front.

lizzypopbottle Sat 19-Aug-17 13:44:01

I hate scrabbling at the wall for the end of the roll. Hotels wouldn't be able to do that first sheet folded thing if the roll was the wrong way round!