Isn't that where you place one of your myriad of step stools?
Wife has one of those damn squatty pottys. I want to toss it in the trash. I like to have my feet closer to the bowl for better balance and leverage when I deliver the package to the bowl. I prefer to forward lean into it. This thing takes away my freedom to do that. Just have to remember to move it before dropping my pants to my ankles, otherwise the thing is hard to move out of the way.