AIBU to expect air freshener in toilets when visiting friends?

We have reed diffusers in our toilets. Really good ones from Aldi. I’m not a fan of anything glade at all. Failing that, open a window or carry a poo pouri spray in your bag?

I have ibs i carry poo pouri with me all the time. I don't expect air freshener in loos.

Spray air fresheners make me want to throw up. Far more so than the smell of bodily functions.

And this is why people want to cover it up with comments like that

Yes, comes on with the light but doesn’t do much to be honest. Takes out some steam after a shower or bath but it’s not great
work toilets don’t have extractors

Fellow vegan, can confirm.

Hate air fresheners,also you cannot use a nice smell to cover a bad one.

No idea, unless she has been eating asparagus. That can make your pee smell a bit.

But I really don't get the air freshener requirement. Any immediate smell usually dissipates quite quickly.

I never said I use it after a wee

Just have your big smelly shit before you leave home.

No to air freshener - it smells bad. Opening a window is much better.

I do burn incense at home - Japanese sage - but that is just a general thing, not in the loo.

This thread had reminded me of an ex boyfriend who used to very obviously go for a shit and then spray an insane amount of air freshener. 25 years ago and I can still remember the cloying artificial lemony smell. I’m hesitant to say shit would have been better, but maybe it would have been.

Open a window ffs I’d only be annoyed if there wasn’t loo roll.

But air fresheners don't work to cover up that smell. They just combine with it to make an even worse smell. Open a window or switch on the extractor fan.

No, do not use them, they are terrible fake chemical smells. Really unhealthy. I don’t know any person that would use them.
If ever I have visitors over, I might light a small candle in the bathroom.

But air fresheners smell worse and are bad for the environment. Cleaning the loo and opening a window is better.

I assume that you have a built in extractor fan if you don't have a window? Most new build bathrooms without windows have an extractor.

I only remember one person saying that (up to this point anyway) and it was the vegan.

You don't need to bleach daily, let alone every time you poo! I only use bleach once a week, minimal quantities. Excess bleach is not healthy for humans any more than it is for the environment.

I lift the seat before brushing, rinse it in a second flush, let the excess run into the loo and return to holder. It doesn't drip. I grew up in houses with septic tanks where bleach kills the bacteria you need for them to function so this is all I have ever done.

It is not as if anyone is eating out of the loo!

They smell really gross and chemically. I wouldn’t normally voice this, but seeing as you judged first, I think they are quite tacky

Nope. There is toilet cleaner. You might find a body spray in the bathroom cupboard.

I have bowel issues and would only poo in a friend's toilet or small shared facility (such as one of the options at work) if I couldn't possibly wait. No one deserves to be next in line after that! Major and anonymous public toilets are fair game.

Some of those reed diffusers are awful
One we bought gave us banging headaches within the hour.
Binned never bought one again

Am I the only odd one that doesn’t have a window? People keep saying open one, I’ve got two bathrooms and neither have windows
none of the toilets at work have windows either

"I get some people may be affected by asthma but surely if you had asthma you wouldn't use it?"

Surely you've answered your own question there - if someone suffers from asthma they won't have it in their house therefore won't be there for you to use!

Anyway, just open a window if you really feel the need to poo at a friend's house, something which in nearly 40 years of life I don't think I've ever done...Just hold it until you're home if you're that worried.

Yes, some people have bowel issues etc but if they get caught short that frequently and were so paranoid about leaving a smell, I'd say the onus was on them to come prepared with poopourri or perfume or whatever.

I hate air fresheners, crack a window if your shit stinks. Teenage dd insists on spraying perfume after using the loo and she usually leaves the window closed, you go in after her and feel like you have been pepper sprayed! Ugh