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Written by Emma Lunn

UK landlords are often criticised for withholding tenants’ deposits for all kinds of unfair reasons but a landlord in Germany has ended up in court for trying to claim damage caused by urine.

The landlord was seeking €1,900 (£1,400) for damage to a marble floor caused by a male tenant missing the toilet bowl while urinating standing up.

There is some debate in Germany about whether men should sit or stand to pee but Judge Stefan Hank in Duesseldorf backed the tenant’s right to urinate standing up.

Some German toilets have red traffic-style signs forbidding the standing position - but those who choose to sit are often referred to as a "Sitzpinkler", implying it is not masculine behaviour.

The judge agreed with an expert's report that uric acid had caused some damage to the bathroom's floor but said men who stand cannot be held account for “collateral damage”.

Men: It would make life easier all round if you just cleared up after yourselves.

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    One should install appropriate flooring for the room in question. You don't put a carpet in a wet room.

    • 26 January 2015 11:29 AM
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