Up or down? Not so clear cut anymore.

This is a post all about piss.   So if that offends you, or if you just think it is a stupid thing to write about, then leave now.  It is also about manners, and what constitutes good manners in our modern era.
 
For all of my life I have been taught that the polite thing, the courteous thing, was to leave the toilet seat down.  Lately I have come to believe that isn't the best idea.

I started thinking about that riding the ferry everyday.  On the boat there are no men's or women's restrooms.  Especially in the afternoon, it is common that when I use one, someone has pissed all over the seat.

On the floor, I am used to it.  You see that in men's rooms where a urinal can be two feet wide and there is still a puddle around it.  I don't think that is (mostly) intentional, especially places where alcohol is served.  But that's not what I am talking about.

As far as that goes, I work in a building that has men's and women's restrooms.  It isn't really a public place.  Our floor doesn't have lot of people on it, and the few visitors we do have are usually from one of the offices above or below us.  It is mostly professionals.  The men's room has a urinal and two stalls.  At least a couple of times a month I find piss all over the floor and all over the seat in one or both of the stalls in our bathroom.

If men are going to be too inconsiderate to bother lifting the seat, then I think that the alternative is for those of us who are considerate to leave it up, or lift it up when we are leaving if we were sitting down.
 So, at the very least in common bathrooms, used by all genders, I think the new normal should be to leave the seat up.