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AIBU to expect air freshener in toilets when visiting friends?

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HangryBrickShark · 09/09/2026 23:11

Is there an expectation that people's toilets should have an air freshener in? Like a spray air freshener?

We always have air freshener in both our toilets in case friends or family get caught short when visiting us or even to freshen the bathroom after having a wee if necessary, so I hate it if I go to a friend/family members house and they have none.

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

We have a glade air freshener at work that sprays into the space where the wash handbasins are for example.

OP posts:
Fairyyqueen · 17/09/2026 13:23

Air fresheners aren’t good for us, just open a window

Anarchy99 · 17/09/2026 14:02

Fairyyqueen · 17/09/2026 13:23

Air fresheners aren’t good for us, just open a window

As many posters have pointed out, that isn’t always an option, particularly in workplaces

iloveanearlynight · 17/09/2026 15:50

Fairyyqueen · 17/09/2026 13:23

Air fresheners aren’t good for us, just open a window

Here we go again... MANY TOILETS DONT HAVE A WINDOW TO OPEN. What a valuable contribution you made to the thread...

NancyThompson · 17/09/2026 16:31

iloveanearlynight · 17/09/2026 15:50

Here we go again... MANY TOILETS DONT HAVE A WINDOW TO OPEN. What a valuable contribution you made to the thread...

All the more reason not to spray toxic chemicals in an enclosed space then.

Anarchy99 · 17/09/2026 16:40

NancyThompson · 17/09/2026 16:31

All the more reason not to spray toxic chemicals in an enclosed space then.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

IdaGlossop · 17/09/2026 16:53

Give me the natural smell of shit over the artificial odour of an aerosol any day. And why pay for chemicals when you can open the window for free?

Here are my DD's and my tips for when your bowels move in the house of another:

  1. Sit twisted on the seat, your hand poised over the flush.
  2. Await the turd landing.
  3. The second the shit hits the water, flush. (Benefit: less time for the stench to permeate the room)
  4. Wipe your arse as a second part of the process.
  5. Flush again.
  6. Open the window, if there is one,
  7. Plaster on smile.
  8. Rejoin host.
NancyThompson · 17/09/2026 17:13

Anarchy99 · 17/09/2026 16:40

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

I get migraines from the stuff, and I'm far from the only one. It's also an endocrine disrupter.
Enjoy if you like the artificial floral + shit aroma, I'll avoid.

Anarchy99 · 17/09/2026 17:46

NancyThompson · 17/09/2026 17:13

I get migraines from the stuff, and I'm far from the only one. It's also an endocrine disrupter.
Enjoy if you like the artificial floral + shit aroma, I'll avoid.

I don’t like it but neither do I like going into the lav when one of the blokes at work has just laid a cable.

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