Accidentally slamming regular toilet seats after getting soft-close
Getting spoiled by soft-close hinges at home trains you to simply let go of lids and cabinet doors. When using standard fixtures in hotels, friends' houses, or unupgraded bathrooms, this habit causes gunshot-like crashes that startle everyone nearby. The realization that the fixture lacks a soft-close always hits a second too late, creating awkward moments.
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Accidentally slamming regular toilet seats after getting soft-close
- 1Upgrading all remaining toilets and cabinets in their own house to soft-close so they don't have to switch habits.Did this help you?
- 2Trying to be hyper-vigilant and careful when visiting other people's homes.Did this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“is accidentally slamming the toilet lid down whenever I go to someone else's house.”source ↗
“I am currently in a hotel and I thought my wife had fired a gun somehow.”source ↗
“We have one in one bathroom and not in the other. I mostly use the one with the soft close lid. On the rare occasion I use the other one, without fail, I forget and accidentally let the seat slam down.”source ↗
“Oh god same. I'm so careful now. Same with cabinets; we just renovated the kitchen with soft close doors. I fok slammed the cabinet at a friend's house and scared everyone.”source ↗
“samee brooo, like this happnd once in my friends home and everyone looked at me like i broke something, it was pretty awkwardd”source ↗
“We finally replaced the seat in the second bathroom. It was *so* annoying. And I'd always remember just a second too late, just before the crash.”source ↗
“Same with soft close cabinets! I accidentally slam cabinet doors and drawers everywhere I go, I'm so spoiled at home.”source ↗