RElief STation Etiquette

"REST" in REST room, is an acronym for RElief STation. Unless there is a common mutual agreement to keep both all of the two, hinged seats down at all times, the following is the fairest policy for the toilet. If a man should have to raise the bottom most seat so as to insure a hygienic environment upon his relief, so too should a woman have to lower that same seat to provide a comfortable and hygienic situation for her relief. Neither sex should have to both lower and raise the seat, unless it also involves the cover as well. – Andrew Lerner, 10/05/05