Friends staying here and poorly

Nothing to do with 'bad luck'. Stomach bugs are ingested. Getting them repeatedly is a hygiene issue.

True, hot is all that's needed.

I wouldn't use boiling water then cold as it can crack the sink... if made from porcelain

Do not ask a cleaning service to come if you have norovirus. It’s highly contagious and completely unfair to have a cleaning company to clean up this sort of thing.

Sorry to be graphic but when I was 14 I ran to the toilet at my grandparent's house and explosively vomited in the sink (I was sick in the sink because I was hoping not to be sick and maybe splash my face with water and I'd be okay). It went everywhere but even though I continued all night to be really ill with norovirus I managed to clean up after myself. Your friend is a grown adult and should be cleaning up after herself. Luckily I was sick at my grandparent's, if I was sick at a friend's I'd be even more mortified and try my best to clean up. I'd even pay for a new toothbrush or whatever needed replacing.

Tell them to clean up after themselves and sort it out.

Or they should offer a cleaning service for something like this. Especially bc she has children at home. It’s the only decent thing to do. I never leave with someone I loved or cared about and just brush off like, oh well, I was sick. It doesn’t absolve you of the responsibility of making her home whole again.

I had an email from our doctors the other day saying theres 2 types of norovirus going around, so if you have one then don’t be surprised if you are poorly more than once , its great isnt it?
With the cost of living crisis , you cant afford to take any days off,
Still we’ll be ok… look whos in charge …..

I had norovirus. It was absolutely horrible. After each bout of D and V, I managed to spray detox everywhere and slosh bleach down the loo because I didn't want my DH to catch it, but felt so terrible that I honestly wouldn't judge anyone for not doing the same. I've had food poisoning and sickness bugs in the past (I have a problem in this area) but this particular Norovirus is far worse than anything I've ever had before. No wonder so many people have been hospitalised with it.

Got food poisoning once that necessitated the basin and the loo. It was vile.

I would leave some cleaning products (basin, cloths, bleach, vinegar etc) outside their bedroom door or in the bathroom and if they don’t pick up the hint then tell them you would like your bathroom left the way it was when they arrived

That's disgusting.

They can't help if they're ill but they wouldn't leave it in their home. Tbh I'd be asking them to clean it up or go back to a hotel

I realise that, but I was replying to someone asking ‘who throws up in the sink?’

I think @Mumtobabyhavoc means that with Noro it explodes from both ends simultaneously so if you’re being sick in the toilet, you’re also likely spraying diarrhoea all over the bathroom. It makes more sense to sit on the toilet and vomit into a receptacle (if there’s one available) or indeed a sink if that’s your only option.

They're unwell and your friends. If it were me I'd just clean up, make sure they're ok and hope they leave soon. Pretty sure you'll be fine

I don't think it was the vomiting that was the issue. It was an adult not wiping up their own vomit, leaving it for a child to come into contact with.

If you’ve got violent diarrhoea so you’re sat on the toilet and you’re vomiting at the same time as is common with norovirus then surely, if the sink is immediately next to the toilet, the sink is the best option? Otherwise, if the toilet was in reach I can’t see why you would use the sink! I’m just trying to think of a sensible reason 🤣

I actually really feel for your friend. I got food poisoning when I was staying at an ex's house years ago and I was ill out of both ends. Thankfully I got it in a bin and the loo, but he had to rinse everything out and scrub things down in between each bout because I was in no fit state. My ex was so worried about me he sat with me while I slept because I looked so unwell he thought it was going to end up as a hospital job. Its the only time I have ever been unable to clean up after myself.

Also having worked in a nursery, noro can hit fast and hard with zero warning. We've had more than one staff member go from feeling a bit warm or having a minor headache to suddenly being violently ill in the bin because there was no warning and no time to run across the building to the only staff toilet. I've never judged. I don't think ANYONE would choose to have their stomach bug immortalised by 20 x 2-3 year olds if they had another option.

Maybe they were using the toilet when they got sick. That happened to me once, the sink was the only option.

Going back the op should have told the person she and her daughter had been ill. I was wrong but I’m still clean your own sick. Unless your a baby

Hmmm, I think the person knew and went anyway. I’m going to have to back and look.

Eurgh I'd be very annoyed about this. I've been incredibly poorly with flu or other bugs and always cleaned up straight away when I've been sick on the floor or something, even though I thought there was a good chance it would kill me! I'd do that even in my own house as you're sharing the space with other people. It's really disgusting not to clean up after yourself in someone else's home. But it is likely they caught the bug from you so hopefully you won't catch it again.

I haven't vomited for years. But I could never vomit in the loo. Makes me feel worse. The further down your head goes, the worse it is. Loos always smell 🤢

They need to clean it up - that's disgusting

This is awful! Hope they have apologised profusely. Tell them, nicely, that they can't expect you to clean up their sick and they must sort it out themselves. You are not a cleaning service.