"Where's your bathroom?"
"Down the hall, last door on the left."
"Okay, thanks."
"Oh, you have to jiggle the toilet handle when you're done to get it to stop running."
That last sentence strikes terror into my heart. I am completely incapable of just mindlessly "jiggling a toilet handle." How do you know how much "jiggling" to do? What is the optimum frequency of the jiggling? Optimum amplitude? For how long do you perform the jiggling? There's no feedback. There is no confimation that your jiggling has been successful other than sitting and watching and waiting for the toilet to finish refilling its basin. If it keeps running, you have to repeat the jiggling.
No, I can't do this. I need confirmation. When I am told to "jiggle the handle," I remove the porcelain basin covering and meticulously manipulate the stopper into its correct position. This is the appropriate way to do it. I have no idea how normal people can just randomly jiggle a handle and then go to sleep at night never knowing whether or not their jiggling was successful.
Unfortunately, it is rarely as easy as pulling the top off. The top of a toilet is usually a resting place for a variety of bathroom items. Electric razors. Air freshener. Moisturizing lotion. Various female cosmetics. Other stuff I can't identify.
So, for me to accomplish my task, I have to rearrange the other person's entire bathroom; pulling off every item from the top of the toilet. Now, I could just place the items in a temporary location; remove the top; perform the replacement of the plunger; put the top back on; and return the items back to the top of the toilet. But, I know I am going to probably use the bathroom again. So, why perform this ritual each time I have to take a piss? I just try and relocate everything to a more natural placement elsewhere than the top of a toilet. After rearranging the person's bathroom, then I can much more easily perform the more optimum "toilet handle jiggling."
And, of course, if I've had a couple to drink, I give it 50/50 that I don't end up cracking that porcelain top in two, anyways.
Damn the OCD.
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It is a good thing that the landlord decided to fix our toilet then, and just didn't leave a note saying, "Jiggle the handle, please."
Maybe she has OCD . . .
I haven't put the lid on the tank at my house in at least 6 months. I stand there watching the tank refill. Once I can see it's finished, then and only then can I move on.
Prior to that, I removed the lid each time. Tedious. Even more tedious than watching the water in a lidless tank.
It's so nice to know I'm not alone; I do similar things with many household appliances!
4.00 or less fix it and please do not be anidiot and post more