Burning Question: Over it?
This week’s question is sure to start a rousing debate. We’re talking about toilet paper ladies and gentlemen. When you put your TP on the dispenser do you intentionally place it so the paper comes over the roll or under it? Or are you one of those people who just doesn’t care either way? We’ve heard people proclaim that there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to dispense toilet paper so chime in about where you stand (or sit) on the subject of TP.
And speaking of toilet paper, here’s a post full of a fun ways to keep those extra rolls on hand without junking up the bathroom. Good times.
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Totally had this argument with my girlfriend the other day, I say over, she says under, her reasonsing is that it uses less tp, where I say it uses less the other way (over)!
if we had already installed our bathroom hardware, i would vote b. however, we are exceedingly lazy and have not done this even though we’ve been in our house for almost 3 years and i bought the hardware before we moved in. this makes me hang my head in shame.
Ugh! I use to get so much beef for this when I was a child! I always put it on “wrong” (under the roll). I swear I was made to change it all the time! To this day, if the toilet paper even makes it to the roll, it goes on whatever way it ends up…under or over! Because…to be honest WHO CARES, either way it does it’s job…right?!?!? ….oh the days of my childhood come back to haunt me again ;)
Obviously, Option #2! Although, if you asked my husband, it would totally be Option #3. Argh!
Over, definitely – then you can make a cute little fold at the end like they do in hotels.
Definitely OVER. I don’t know why I’m OCD about this, but it drives me crazy the other way, and I always flip it back. :)
Over the roll. Most definitely.
We always have it coming over the roll. Its the way hubby and I were both raised. I must admit, my OCD drives me crazy if it goes the other way. Its not like I even think about it at this point though, I just naturally put it that way. It doesn’t even seem like I’m really going out of my way or checking the roll…its just become second nature.
I’ve always thought “under” (option 1) looks neater, although my husband disagrees and always turns it to be “over” (option 2)!
OH! There is a right way at our house :) I do not like the paper to come under it!! I have to have it over the roll. Its definitely a pet peeve! Good thing in our house KC is the same way. It drives us crazy!
Ps-this is strange I know, but I had a dream about your and S! Last night, haahahah. It’s crazy. I know.
Thanks for letting me vent! (chuckle)
When I was younger I was a hard core “under” person. Somewhere, somehow, I converted to “over”. I don’t know when or where. It’s odd. My husband is an “under” person. And as much as I love consistency, if my husband puts the roll on “under” I don’t change it. So whoever puts the roll on gets to choose how it goes.
OVER! This is a pet-peeve of mine. I’ve been known to change the TP in the bathrooms at work and even at other people’s homes (wow, I sound crazy). I just think it looks nicer “over” and you can find the start of the roll easier. Team over!
IF ONLY…..I was not so OCD….I have to have it over…..oh well…..:}
I would have to say Over… why? because that way when the TP falls, it doesn’t hit the wall :)
My mom, who knows everything, says that the reason you hang it over is because in the days of patterned TP only the front was printed. If you had it under then you would see the back of the TP and it wouldn’t be as pretty.
I always put it over, with one exception: any time dogs are involved. I don’t know what it is, but the dog we had when I was a kid couldn’t unroll it if it was “under,” so we always had to do it that way. If it was “over,” it’d be all over the house in no time.
This is also the dog who used to peel the paper off of my crayons before eating them, and leave the wrappers in front of my bedroom door, just to make sure I knew it was him. He was always a bit particular. :-)
It definitely has to go over the roll! My husband puts it under and it drives me crazy. It makes it that much hard to grab, because it’s closer to the wall.
OVER! It’s the only right way. And then… I had kids. It’s much easier for them to unroll a whole roll in seconds with it hanging over… so I hang it under in the bathroom they have access to. And will switch it back to over as soon as they gain some TP self control.
OVER. ALL THE WAY.
I never get why this is a big deal? Life is too short to OCD about small things. Thankfully, my husband feels the same way:)
Our 1920′s house has a remodeled bathroom, but has no furnishings such as a toilet paper holder or hand towel rack. We moved in, in June and these items are low on our priority list. So Option C is in effect until further notice! However, when we find just the right furnishings for just the right amount of green Option B will be applied.
We’d have to have a TP holder to put it on to have this debate (the bathroom is still at about the 95% remodel stage), however, I’ve never cared. I just prefer to have TP available when it’s needed!
J and S — what’s your preference?!?
I’m so OCD on this…over, over, over. I even change it in our restroom at work if it is under. When our cats were babies though they would reach up and unroll the entire roll so we went to option 3 for a while. Until we came home one day and saw the larger kitten hop on the toilet and knock the roll down to the smallest one who picked it up so she could see through the tube and she hauled it to the den to shred. That explained all those days when we would come home to a ‘papered’ den.
Definitely OVER! Under is so weird… and wrong.
I like over. Despite my normally crazy ocd, I won’t change it if it goes on the other way, because let’s be honest it’s going to be gone in a few days anyways. Whichever way it goes on is the way it stays.
UNDER UNDER UNDER. I think this stems from when I was a small child and would excitedly pull too much off the roll. It’s so easy to roll it back up if it’s hung under- you just roll it toward you a couple times! It’s much harder to roll back up the other way, trust me.
OVER…definitely. My husband always places it under and I switch it over. That’s how all upscale hotels do it, so must be right! haha!!!
Over…you try being half asleep in the middle of the night and digging for where the TP starts. If it’s always over you can find it with little effort and just slide right back to sleep without ever having to turn on the light. Obviously only matters from a ladies perspective though!
I prefer OVER- but I am thrilled when it actually makes it on the TP Holder and even more thrilled when its replaced or we have back ups. The joy of living with men.
OVER, without a doubt.
I will fix it (just at home) if it’s under.
Definitely over! Just feels right to me. And looks better.
Over the top. No question about it.
Definitely OVER!
I’m not sure that I know… but I think I do my over. I never knew it was such a big deal!
The best man at our wedding gave us one piece of advice for a happy marriage – make sure the toilet paper is always going OVER the roll and life will be great. We’ve stuck to this and are happy as clams…. :)
Over.
Honestly, it didn’t occur to me until someone mentioned it in my mid-20′s that anyone would do it under on purpose. I always assumed that they’d made a mistake if it was going under. I’ve stood corrected several times, but I still don’t see how people tear it off effectively if it’s going under…
It has to be OVER! I agree with Laura about being able to make the fold at the end of the roll. For some strange reason I like seeing the “fold over” in hotel bathrooms.
This is one of my pet peeves. The paper must hang over. I’m so crazy about it that I will change the roll, no matter where i am.
Definitely OVER.
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You will not regret it!
if it was up to me, i would totally pick over. but unfortunately it’s up to the cats (who will shred an entire roll if left on the holder), so now it sits in a basket on the back of the toilet, where they usually leave it alone.
ugh.
I prefer over (#2). If my husband has to put a new roll of TP in the bathroom then it’s inevitably sitting on the toilet tank (#3). When our cat was younger, it was under(#1) to try to prevent him from unraveling a full roll. And yes, we learned that the hard way.
Over, definitely, and I’m also one of those people that changes it in public restrooms or other people’s homes. If it’s under, I always feel like I’m dusting the wall or cabinet with the paper as I’m pulling it off the roll.
Definitely OVER. My roommate always puts it on the wrong way, and it drives me CRAZY but I leave it since she might think I was crazy if I changed it.
Option B. This is important when you have a toddler and never get to pee alone…you can sort of hold down the paper and tear it with only one hand!
UNDER all the way! My husband is an “over” fan and I’m constantly flipping it back. I think “under” looks prettier because you can see the whole roll and exactly how much is remaining. “Over” always looks lazy to me.
Under. No question about it.
Under! Even though I don’t have kids or pets I remember a long time ago being told that if it’s over it’s much easier for kids and especially cats to roll everything off the roll. If it’s under it just flips around and around when a kid or cat is pulling down on the front of the roll.
I’m so glad others are OCD about this, because my husband thinks I’m crazy. But, the toilet paper must go OVER. THE. ROLL.
Definitely over, and I’ve won this argument in my apartment! My sweet husband’s first anniversary card actually featured this exact dilemma – I’m not sure where he found a Hallmark card with illustrations of toilet paper, but the general gist was that despite our differences, we somehow make love work.
OVER! This is a definite pet peeve… even before I was married… I would make my now husband fix it. If it is under at work I change it.
However, what is even worse is just an empty roll… that puts me over the edge.. or a roll with two squares left… like that is going to do the job.