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loo roll

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incandescentglow · 03/05/2025 00:16

evening wise mumsnetters

ive been thinking tonight about loo roll useage (happy bank holiday i hope yours is as thrilling as mine) and i was wondering how long it takes for one person to use up one toilet roll

i will be the first to admit im heavy handed with a loo roll i do use too much BUT I am currently house/pet sitting for a family friend for two weeks and they have left me three loo rolls... 3 loo rolls for 2 weeks, they have vastly underestimated me haven't they

so say you were living alone, how long would one loo roll last you id like to know how off piste i am

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XenoBitch · 03/05/2025 00:41

BobbyBiscuits · 03/05/2025 00:39

There must be more in a cupboard? I'd say if there isn't then you'll need to bring your own. Or just shovel loads of bog roll from the big dispenser in the pub toilets into your handbag. I won't tell on you I promise!
In my student days I had a mate who once literally took the whole giant roll off the dispenser in McDonald's and brought it triumphantly back to the flat in a huge rucksack!
Maybe you shouldn't go that far 😂

Edited

My mum has a cleaning company, and during Covid, people were stealing loo roll from offices all the time.

BobbyBiscuits · 03/05/2025 00:39

There must be more in a cupboard? I'd say if there isn't then you'll need to bring your own. Or just shovel loads of bog roll from the big dispenser in the pub toilets into your handbag. I won't tell on you I promise!
In my student days I had a mate who once literally took the whole giant roll off the dispenser in McDonald's and brought it triumphantly back to the flat in a huge rucksack!
Maybe you shouldn't go that far 😂

happytobee · 03/05/2025 00:39

I live alone but only at home half the week, I probably run out once every 2-3 weeks so maybe one a week or just over for someone at home all the time? The one downstairs is hardly used and I go through 1 every month or so

XenoBitch · 03/05/2025 00:34

When I was growing up, I was not allowed any more than 3 squares of loo roll... for anything.
So as an adult, I probably get through 2 to 3 rolls a week on my own. Life is too short for limiting loo roll use.

Solmum1964 · 03/05/2025 00:24

Are they standard size rolls?
Tesco do longer rolls, equivalent to one and a half rolls as well as double rolls.

Nameftgigb · 03/05/2025 00:20

I have an actual subscription for loo roll as my family go through so much. But even I have to say that as a single person, you must have some issues to go through more than 3 rolls in 2 weeks on you’re own