It’s a real test of patience to share a single washroom with someone who loves to spend time on the toilet seat.
You can relate to that if you have struggled to keep your bladder from bursting while banging on the door and requesting your housemate to get out of their beloved place.
If you have had enough of that for a lifetime and want to have some independence in using the toilet, here’s a product that can help you. Enter the toilet timer.
The product is up for sale on Amazon and does exactly what its name says. It allows a maximum of five minutes per visit to the toilet.
The product description on Amazon says: “The Toilet Timer is for the poo-crastinator taking their sweet time. This is a sand timer that runs for about five minutes.
“Help your loved one get back to the people they are trying to avoid.
“We’ve concocted a special new blend of unicorn magic and gravity that makes the Toilet Timer easy to set. Runs for about five minutes. Just spin to set!”
It is quite obvious that if someone loves to take a long time on the toilet seat, the ticking of a clock in front of them or sand sliding across the bottleneck of an hourglass won’t make a difference for them.
But if you gift them this product, they might get the point you need them to understand.
A reviewer on Amazon who bought the product for this purpose wrote: “This is a cute novelty item, but unfortunately, it doesn’t inspire my husband to move things along any faster.
“I swear, he sits in there and waits for p**p to form in his colon.”
The innovative timer might just be another “cute novelty item” for most people but the seller has a point that it is more than just a timer.
The description on Amazon continues: “The Toilet Timer is more than just a subtle hint for the long-p**per in your family. Did you know that there is actually medical benefit to not lingering in the loo?”
Yes, it is true, you should not be on the toilet seat a moment longer than necessary even if it is your office lavatory.
Replaced!