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Welcome to the new Rants/Raves section of Silent-Hope.com! For my first “Rant Of The Week”, I believe it’s best for me to comment on something that irks me down to my bitter core. I’m talking about public restrooms, and the people who refuse to wipe down the seat after they’ve accidentally relieved themselves over it…or even worse, have decided against flushing the toilet after loading their pants; thus showcasing their recentely released bowel movement to whomever is unfortunate enough to come across their case of apple butter splatters. It’s a common experience not only at my work, but also wherever I go and quite frankly it needs to be stopped.

An un-flushed toilet is not only a life-ruining and forever scarring experience for whomever is unlucky enough to have the front row seat to this visual (pardon the pun); but also an indication of just how lazy people have become that they cant even be bothered to flush a damned toilet. It’s not like it is rocket science, or all that difficult to push a lever to spare someone the injustice of having to learn what you had for breakfast. Seriously. Learning to flush the toilet is something that most of us learn upon the age of 3 (or younger), and the only reasonable explanation for why un-flushed toilets are such a common occurrence, is that the aforementioned guilty parties have never formally been potty trained or told how to use a toilet.

So let me help all of you in your quest to become outstanding citzens. Below is a step by step guide on how to operate the marvelous invention given to us by Sir John Herrington in 1756. Use it, and use it wisely:

How To Flush A Toilet For Dummies