Nassau Coliseum-Future Shandle Spot

Last night I went to my first NHL game in Nassau Coliseum. After a short ride on the L.I.R.R., which could use some Shandles BTW, I arrived in Heampstead where I was promptly picked up by two hockey loving hockey moms. (Actually I was picked up by some guys I know.)

A short drive past Hofstra and we arrived at regionally famous Nassau Coliseum. The building is 40 years old and it hasn't aged well. It looks as though they used to host Man vs. Beast battles here 2000 years ago. In fact...I think Russel Crow is scheduled to battle a tiger there next week.

This arena is Classic 70's America. I felt like I was haunting an episode of that 70's show, only we were not watching a Ted Nugent concert...we were watching Hockey. Hockey is excellent when watched live and I definitely would like to witness it again. There is never a dull moment on the ice.

Now to the point. There were not many women at this hockey game, and there were even fewer women's restrooms...which was actually a good thing seeing as the men's room line was consistently three times longer than any ladies room line.

To make a long story short...as soon as I entered the bathroom...BAM! bodycheck right into a stall that prominently presents me with a piss covered seat in all its nasty glory. For fear of being attacked as a pervert I didn't take my camera out for a photo and I didnt' touch the toilet seat.

My question is this: Despite the fact we are at a hockey game in a HIGH volume bathroom, had there been a Shandle on this seat would it have been lifted up before it was pissed all over in the first period of the match?

My belief is that with a toilet seat handle, the seat would have been placed in the UP position and left that way until the ice on the arena floor had melted under the warm blood of Russel Crow and that tiger.

The Shandle, Public Crusader?

While it obviously serves as a useful tool for lifting the toilet seat up and putting it back down, The Shandle also serves the public good. Letting anyone personalize the toilets they commonly share in public might just enhance the clean factor.

Think work, gym or church.

Do you ever wonder how many people use the toilet at the Starbucks every day? Some folks apparently go into Starbucks only to use the toilet.

I personally find that Starbuck's bathrooms are pretty nasty and I'd rather use a lower volume toilet at the neighborhood gas station. Maybe all the caffeine makes it hard for people to aim, or clean up after themselves. Perhaps if there was a bright colorful handle on the seat courtesy would increase.

I can't promise there will be less pee on the seat, or more trash in the bin, but The Shandle provides an anonymous reminder that OTHER PEOPLE USE THIS BATHROOM TOO! The nasty, filthy bathroom bandits that are so quick to disrespect the public toilet may just shape up before the ship out.