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Help! I've broken the toilet lid in a hotel!

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Boxingshibes · 06/03/2025 16:34

I've managed to break the lid of the toilet of the hotel I'm staying in. Anyone done anything like this and how much will I be charged? I'm too scared to ask them.
My hotel stay is paid for by work so they may charge the work card.
I could probably pay up to £75 but I don't get paid till next week. Argh!!
Anyone done anything similar?

OP posts:
BobbyBiscuits · 06/03/2025 16:45

I'd act like I was almost injured. Toilet seats/lids shouldn't break upon a person using them correctly. So it broke. You didn't break it.
Tell them to please replace it asap as it's a health and safety hazard.

spirit20 · 06/03/2025 16:44

I'd phone to reception and put in a complaint that you almost injured yourself on their faulty toilet seat. Most toilet seats don't break when you sit on them, so there must have been something wrong with the seat.

Original poster
Boxingshibes · 06/03/2025 16:42

I sat heavily and leaned back and the lid cracked. I've no idea how i managed to do it. But I'm scared I can't afford it.

OP posts:
WilmaTitsDrop · 06/03/2025 16:38

You should probably tell us how you broke it?

SometimesCalmPerson · 06/03/2025 16:37

How did you break it? If it was a reasonable accident then as long as you’re honest then they should be good willed about it and let it go. If you were doing something obviously stupid, then you should pay.

Teenagerantruns · 06/03/2025 16:37

Just call reception, tell them the toilet lid is broken and they will fix it? Why would you be charged?

BarnacleBeasley · 06/03/2025 16:36

Unless you broke it by jumping up and down on it, they probably won't charge you. I would expect to tell them the toilet was broken and for them to send someone up to fix it.