Lids

This is a delicate subject and I really need to be circumspect. The place where we live has two dunnies, thunderboxes, you know, loo’s. Oh well, I  think my mistake was opening my mouth.
We did not put both of them in. They were here when we bought the place. It is pretty convenient. It means there is no lining up. We can be in the same place at the same time. Well sort of. Different places, but the same place.
One loo has one of them fancy lids. The sort of lid you push till gravity takes over and it lowers itself. I first saw one of them while holidaying at Noosa. I was impressed. It was the sort of thing I thought only rich folk had. Then we got one and that theory went out the window.
This is the first time I have ever had one like this. I have lived in a multitude of places. All of them had, what I like to call, the smallest room in the house. It is a place where I like to read. One teacher said it was a waste of time if one did not read. I really don’t know it is a waste of time, but to be able to do two things at once is always impressive. I sometimes linger longer than I need when I am reading.
My question is, why the fancy lid? All the “little rooms” I possessed in the past had standard lids. Is the fancy lid seen as a labour saving device? Does lowering the lid myself require I exert maximum effort and keep my fluids up (which sort of seems counter-productive in this context)? I sort of see it as the same as having the time projected on the ceiling to save me needing to turn my head in bed to look at the time. Is that really so inconvenient? Does needing to do that make me tired even before I start the day? All I can say is, that it is just as well I can use the remote to determine what I would like to watch on tv. Needing to get up to change channels may be a bridge to far. Fortunately my wife would find me fairly quickly. If it was dark, she may trip over the obstacle I present.
The trouble is, sometimes I forget not everyone has a self-lowering lid. I push the thing and then let gravity take over. The lid crashes down. The implications can be grave. If it is made of plastic then it is noisy, but nothing gets broken. Of course others are ceramic. Letting go can be flush with ramifications. It crashes down as all do, but things can break.
It is not like breaking it is done on purpose. There is no malicious intent. I don’t think “how can I inconvenience these people? Oh I know, I’ll break the lid.” Crash!! There, I did it. Nope. It just happens.
So if I am at your place and you hear a crash, please know it was not scripted. It was an accident. I just forgot. If I remembered, it would not happen. I just can-not guarantee though, that it will not happen.