I have yet to understand what people find difficult about this. I'm far from being good as housework, but this never gave me an issue - just bend the mattress a little, boom. Maybe US mattresses and sheets are somehow more difficult?
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
242 points (99.6% liked)
Bikini Bottom Twitter
4620 readers
89 users here now
Ahoy, me buckos! Welcome to Bikini Bottom Twitter! Your digital reef for the latest salty gossip and treasure tales! And while you're at it, be sure to drop by the Krusty Krab for a delicious Krabby Patty so I can get yer mon- err I mean, 'cause they're the best treat under the sea!
Rule 1 - This is Bikini Bottom Twitter, all posts should be Spongebob related in "(Old-School) Twitter-like" form
Rule 2 - Political posts, as long as it follows rule 1, will be permitted, so long as you behave yourselves.
Bikini Bottom Municipal Code §33-07: Anti-Tankie Ordinance Residents are prohibited from circulating tankie ideology or other authoritarian propaganda on Bikini Bottom Twitter. Offenders will be permanently banned from BPT by the BBPD faster than Plankton is ejected from The Krusty Krab.
Rule 3 - Please no reposts within the last couple days, at least
Rule 4 - All posts should be at least above a "Squirdward-krusty-krab-shift" level of effort
Rule 5 - Be chill, be a Patrick not a squidward.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
People put their bed against the wall
And ... ? So do I. You can still easily bend a mattress that's next to a wall.
yeah but I have to walk around to the other side of the bed to reach the other top corner
that's a long walk for a guy who just carried an arm load of lightweight sheets up two flights of stairs, like let's have realistic expectations here
I just put my knees on the mattress. It's like halfway between standing and sitting!
Some people put their full size bed against the wall and have a mattress thicker than the fitted sheet is meant for
I still don't understand what difference it makes when the bed is against the wall. "full size" mattresses aren't harder to bend enough for fitted sheets than small mattresses, unless they're also thicker, which AFAIK isn't the norm.
Are you tall
No. Why is it so difficult to lift up the edge of a mattress for so many people? Are you trying to always do it from beside the bed somehow?
I think people are just bad at it. I genuinely don't know what to tell you
Yeah, but can you fold em after a wash?
So you grab the elastic part and shake it out by that. Then try to find the seem. The fold it once or twice, now you roll and ball the rest of it up and cram it in the cabinet before it unrolls.
i just roll the elastic band ones into a tube. its more stable.
Fold in half > nest the pockets > fold into quarters > nest the pockets > flatten out as much wrinkling from the pocket as possible> fold rest of way like a flat sheet
Look like a praying monk while doing all of that lol...!
I actually finally learned how to do this at 42 years of age, and I was so happy. Problem is now I can't tell a normal sheet from a fitted sheet when they're folded.
... fitted sheets aren't the normal ones?
I believe fitted sheets have the elastic to fit around a mattress, while a normal sheet does not have the elastic and typically goes between you and the comforter.
Sheets without an elastic seem impractical to me.
In my culture we use fitted sheets on the bottom and normal sheets stay between you and the blankets or other covers.
I've noticed when travelling this is not how it's done in some places though where there's nothing separating you from the covers or duvet.
Why is SpongeBob naked with shoes on?
Lost ya drawers
That wasn’t a fitted sheet, it was your pants!
Especially if the bed's in a corner and you're too short to reach
Especially if you're using those suspender strap clips that you need to lift up the mattress for to clip them on. I feel ya.
I went back to springs, the mattress is no joke heavy.