TP-Cheap vs Oh yeah! That's the Right Stuff!

Have you ever seriously studied toilet paper and the many different types that exist to wipe our behinds? Have you ever noticed that the huge grocery chains that we dump our hard earned money in have the CHEAPEST type out there? Next time you go to Wal-Mart, visit their latrine. Hold up a piece of toilet paper. You can see through it. And they expect you to wipe with that.

And what the heck is with the super-sized rolls? “Oh, we don’t want to keep coming in to the bathrooms to change the rolls” and “we don’t want a customer to run out”. Whatever. Sometimes I have trouble finding the end or even getting the toilet paper out of the darn contraption. It looks like a mini-baler on the wall! Then I think to myself, “What if one of my kid’s were in here trying to go to the bathroom? IF I’m having trouble with the dang toilet paper, they probably will too.”

Then my mind spirals even further to the cute little white (or blue haired) grandma that may need to use the facilities. I picture her little arthritic hands trying to get the toilet paper out. Come on people! Some of the massive toilet paper rolls weigh at least ten pounds. And then they want you to pull out the thinner-than-paper type material that is also translucent enough that you could see through it to read a book. Not only that, but what they call toilet paper can only withstand four-tenths of a pound of pressure though it takes at least five pounds of pressure to unroll the wonder wipe.

I have noticed though, if you go to the restroom in a little business that is not part of a chain, their toilet paper is SUPER SOFT and STURDY. Sometimes it is even quilted! And in some old person’s homes, the toilet paper is actually colored pink or blue, other than the boring standard white. Or in some cases, gray (like the cheap, huge chain stores use). Also, the toilet paper is installed on a roller and easy to get to as well. Those are nice bathrooms.

I have also noticed that quality of the toilet paper also directly correlates to the cleanliness of the bathroom. The cheaper the toilet paper, the more likely that the restroom is not cleaned very well and that you should probably be packing a bottle of germ-x because after you walk out of the bathroom, you really would like to hose off with a disinfectant. The softer, or layered the toilet paper is, the store is more likely to care what their bathroom looks like because they have to use it too. And you don’t need to worry so much if your toddler decides to put his hands on the floor to peer underneath the door either.

Frankly, I am at the point I might start packing my own TP. I know it will get the job done and your sensitive areas won’t feel like you ran sand paper over them. I also know that my children will at least be clean from it and I won’t need to worry about re-wiping them at the next gas station. LOL.

Seriously—do your own poll next time you are out and about. Toilet paper is a serious issue! See what you come up with. And then think to yourself “Is this how her mind works? Does she obsessive over this stuff?” Yes and yes. Just in case inquiring minds want to know.