A Community Service Announcement
A recent link doing the rounds lead me to a website explaining 10 common things that we’re all doing wrong. Surprisingly most of the 10 were such highly skilled tasks as breathing, sleeping and defecating. Although it was mildly interesting to know how I was failing at such basic bodily functions, the information seemed a bit redundant. I mean, maybe 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep is less natural than having two shorter sleeps with a brief wakeful period at about 3am. But if I manage to punch out 10 straight hours of quality shut eye, I’m not going to give myself a talking to in the morning for failing to rest properly. And maybe it’s great to know that I inflate my lungs by moving my diaphragm, and not by lifting my shoulders, but this ‘shallow’ breathing has managed to keep me from asphyxiating for 25 years.
Reading this kind of information is a bit like being told that agnostic should be pronounced a-nostic because it’s the antonym of gnostic, and that saying ag-nostic is the grammatical equivalent of pronouncing atheist as at-heist. Although it may be technically true, it’s not going to change the way anyone does things.
So I’ve come up with my own list of common things we’re all doing wrong. It’s a short list - so short infect that it’s only got one thing on it - but I think it may actually change something worthwhile. Here it is:
There is a right way and a wrong way to put the toilet roll on the holder. One way, the loose end hangs down right next to, and almost touching, the wall. THIS IS THE WRONG WAY. PLEASE STOP PUTTING THE TOILET ROLL ON THIS WAY. If you have installed your toilet roll correctly, the loose end will hang away from the wall - in fact, a whole toilet roll’s width from the wall. This configuration allows you to make the pretty arrow fold with the loose end, as they do in swanky hotels, although this is not mandatory. please make sure you always install your toilet rolls this way from now on.
