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Workman did a giant poo in my downstairs toilet and it won't go.

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Poodlelove · 22/09/2025 19:25

Today I had 2 men working in my garden , they were recommended to me by a colleague.4 hours work.
After a couple of hours one of them asked to use the toilet , he took off his shoes and was quick and didn't think any more of it.
An hour later the younger fella knocks on the door and I am on a work call , he points to the direction of the toilet and I just nod.

Ten minutes later he is still in there , I had to make another call so didn't think any more of it and then they had finished.

Anyway I had to dash out so got ready and needed a quick wee ( wee is only allowed in my downstairs loo ) and there is such a big poo in the toilet that it is actually out of the water AND it won't flush.

What on earth am I supposed to do ?

My Mum said stand on a chair and pour boiling water from a height 🤢 That doesn't work.
My husband isn't home until 9pm tonight , he is going to have to deal with it , but he said he wants his dinner first.
I could not poo in someone else's house.
Surely he could have held it in or scooped it out himself , or actually told me.
I have found an old ice cream container and some marigolds and as soon as hubby has eaten he can scoop it out.

OP posts:
ChristmasFluff · 23/09/2025 19:35

Blondeshavemorefun · 23/09/2025 11:38

I don’t have disposable gloves

doubt many houses do

They are really useful - the surgical type with powder are the best, I find. I use them for any mucky job, for cleaning up body fluids, or whenever I'm using chemicals, and for dyeing my hair.

Well worth having them, and they aren't expensive.

independentfriend · 23/09/2025 19:22

Would you rather he'd left a poo somewhere other than a toilet? Those are the options: poo in a toilet that can be flushed or poo anywhere else.

It's naive and ableist to believe everybody can wait till they get home. I certainly couldn't. Do read about faecal urgency. (And I'm not discounting that some people only feel able to poo in their own loos or certain other loos that feel safe enough). Just have some empathy for other people who have bodies that work differently.

If the loo is struggling, see if there's a hippo bag or similar in the cistern to make it use less water and remove it temporarily. If it isn't flushing properly after you've done that you'll need a plumber - and this is probably worth fixing even if that loo is usually only used for wee, in case of injury that confines one of you to the ground floor.

I wouldn't use warm water to flush - I think that will generate a smell in a way cold wouldn't. But yes, lots of cold water from a bucket of the flush isn't doing the job.

Frightenedbunny · 23/09/2025 19:03

You need a shitstick. Give it a quick stabbing to break it up then flush!

Cherrytree86 · 23/09/2025 19:01

He sounds absolutely vile.

pure misogyny not cleaning up his own massive shit but leaving it for you to sort out.

prick.

Daftypants · 23/09/2025 18:47

Ugh he’s disgusting 🤢 of course yes he needed to use your loo but for goodness sake he ought to have cleaned it up ..imagine leaving that for anyone else to deal with 🤢
if I were you I’d just keep periodically flushing it and put lots of bleach / loo duck down

RudyRudester · 23/09/2025 18:45

Onegingerhead · 23/09/2025 18:26

OP posted it yesterday. I want to know the fate of the turd. Is it still there?

It's trending on Twitter
#twitterturd
She's too busy replying to people

Chinsupmeloves · 23/09/2025 18:39

NiftyTraybake · 23/09/2025 18:35

*turdpedoes

Have I been saying it wrong all these years? Lol 😆

Rpop · 23/09/2025 18:39

Yerdug · 23/09/2025 18:02

You need the shit skewer. A sword like bbq skewer we use to chop up giant stuck turds.

Don’t get it muddled up with the bbq skewer!

NiftyTraybake · 23/09/2025 18:35

Chinsupmeloves · 23/09/2025 18:30

Break it up, soapy water and swish more water down. My DS does torpedoes sometimes and this is the only way lol 😆

*turdpedoes

Chinsupmeloves · 23/09/2025 18:30

Break it up, soapy water and swish more water down. My DS does torpedoes sometimes and this is the only way lol 😆

Onegingerhead · 23/09/2025 18:26

OP posted it yesterday. I want to know the fate of the turd. Is it still there?

RudyRudester · 23/09/2025 18:25

Calliopespa · 23/09/2025 18:21

I just can't help but feel there is some sort of showmanship involved - firstly for doing whatever needs to be done to produce such a whopping intransigent turd, and secondly for leaving it there as an exhibit.

Could stick a little American flag in it
The Trump Turd

Calliopespa · 23/09/2025 18:21

I just can't help but feel there is some sort of showmanship involved - firstly for doing whatever needs to be done to produce such a whopping intransigent turd, and secondly for leaving it there as an exhibit.

NiftyTraybake · 23/09/2025 18:19

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 19:51

You could always play a pipe and see if you can charm it out into your ice cream box?

Hopefully not a euphemism.

Blondeshavemorefun · 23/09/2025 18:18

Hummingbird10 · 23/09/2025 18:15

He wants his dinner first! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sausage sarnie

Hummingbird10 · 23/09/2025 18:15

He wants his dinner first! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yerdug · 23/09/2025 18:02

You need the shit skewer. A sword like bbq skewer we use to chop up giant stuck turds.

Si35 · 23/09/2025 17:59

He couldnt do the job without going to the toilet first , it was stopping him bending over😉

EmotionallyWeird · 23/09/2025 17:58

I've always found the best way to get rid of offerings like that is to pour in the biggest bucket of water you can manage at more of less the same moment as using the flush. Of there's only one of you, flush first and have the water to hand so you can pour it in straight after. I personally wouldn't ask DH to do it, having a pair of balls is not a prerequisite for dealing with crap.

MMUmum · 23/09/2025 17:56

Covering it with lots of loo roll will flush it

Arlanymor · 23/09/2025 17:45

I'm worried that the OP hasn't been back. It's eaten her hasn't it?

Blondeshavemorefun · 23/09/2025 17:44

Sharptonguedwoman · 23/09/2025 15:03

Disposable gloves in the medical kit.

For the first poo

then what 😂

ImWearingPantaloons · 23/09/2025 17:43

User2346 · 22/09/2025 19:54

Loads of washing up liquid and boiling water. It melts the shit fat so breaks it down. I have boys who regularly do large boulders 💩

This

Topseyt123 · 23/09/2025 17:29

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 21:08

Why not? Wipe it on the curtains and it'll be fine

No. Put it in the dishwasher. 😉

Calliopespa · 23/09/2025 17:26

CoffeeCantata · 23/09/2025 16:49

Well in the case of some blokes…I do wonder what on earth they’re eating, I mean… I have had the dubious pleasure of occasionally seeing the poo of makes in my family and there’s never been a Drain Blocker.

if they’re doing hard manual work I guess they’ll get very hungry and eat a lot more than my pen-pusher husband.

How much better a pen-pusher than a poo-pusher!

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