Work toilets have a 'V.I.POO' in each one?

[StopTheSundayBlues]

New workplace. We have three levels. One floor has a toilet each (male and female).

The ladies have V.I.Poo sprays. As far as I know, the men do not according to someone I work with, when I made a light hearted joke about the toilets having the sprays in. He said there wasn't one for the men.

Would the strike you as odd? Somewhat lighthearted.

There's a little printed sign that says "Before you have a poo, spray this in the loo. It stops unpleasant smells, so we don't all think this is hell!"

He said there wasn't one for the men.

I just wonder how many men would read the directions and use it appropriately, even if provided. My DH never uses it tho' it's available in the bathrooms.

To be fair, I know when the topic comes up, it's surprising the number of people who think Vi Poo or Poo Pourri are air sprays rather than something to spray on the water so they tend to think they don't work well rather than realise that they're using the product in the wrong way.

The worst thing is sitting there having a wee and the smell of someone else’s poo escaping into your cubicle, yuk

No! The worst thing is when you hear someone going for a wee and they let out that little fart that comes with it

I used to work with a phantom pooer.

Until one day I innocently went into what I thought was empty loos (complete silence), sat down and was weeing when I nearly passed out from a stench wafting under the cubicle. No idea how she manage to poo so silently!

I have never finished faster and was back at my desk busily "working" with a surreptitious eye on the door to identify the phantom.

Not going when you should makes you smell of shit.

Whaaaat?? How does that work then?

I think it's a great idea, I hate sitting in a cubicle next to someone who is taking a massive shit. I now work in a three person office two women and one man, we are all self employed and the bloke does horrendous shits in our one staff toilet so I've lined up around 6 bottles of VIPoo in there and we can all relax now. I didn't hint either, I said, "Use this next time". He does.

We have one shared loo that opens out directly into the office and my desk is closest to the loo door.

I think it’s grim to settle down for a massive shit at work and walk out stating “oooo Mexican last night” after 10 minutes. We have neutradol and it is almost as rank as the poo smell.

I might get a bottle of VI Poo. I’ll pass on the poem though.

Oh ffs. All people poo. It's a natural bodily function. Yes, poo stinks. Sometimes more than others.

Given the men's loos hasn't been similarly supplied with twee rhyme and spray, you know it's a woman you work with who has taken this upon themselves.

I would be offended if someone told me I had to spray before I pooped. I appreciate not every likes bad smells but in return people should appreciate a toilet is for human waste products.

I think it's a great idea. I have a health condition which makes poo visits embarrassing. Yes I know we all crap etc but my heart sinks when I realise it's unavoidable that I need a shite. I have an impulse type spray that I take with me because I certainly wouldn't want to go in after me and rather people know I've been and smells nice than know I've been and not be considerate

I thought that stuff was harmful to aquatic life and is environmentally awful. I poo, it smells, same with my colleagues, one of whom has IBS. We are all very understanding of each other and would prefer a smelly toilet to overuse of chemicals.

I wouldn't worry about the environmental impact since hundreds of mumsnetters are pouring copious amounts of bleach down their loos every day and after every poop

The toilets at my work are pristine. There are cleaners who works day shift and the whole office is kept to a high standard.

I notice the toilets in particular are lovely because everywhere else I’ve worked, bar none have been terrible.

Last job I had I worked out the average annual pay on my floor would be in excess of £120,000 a year. As well as the loos frequently being grim, some fucker was wiping her snot on the cubicle walls ... right next to the loo roll!

"I used to work with a phantom pooer.

Until one day I innocently went into what I thought was empty loos (complete silence), sat down and was weeing when I nearly passed out from a stench wafting under the cubicle. No idea how she manage to poo so silently!

I have never finished faster and was back at my desk busily "working" with a surreptitious eye on the door to identify the phantom."

Wtf? What is a phantom pooer anyway? We used to say this at my work too.

What you actually mean, isn't it, is somehow who poos without your permission?

Get over yourself. She probably goes silently so people don't point her out and say 'oh that's the phantom pooer, giggle giggle!'

Toilet etiquette is just polite. It means you don't have to walk through any one else's stink. The first toilet statistically is the cleanest, that's for wees.

What I "actually" mean, was that the phantom pooer was the one person who would leave skidmarks all up the toilet bowl, despite there being plentiful toilet roll and toilet brushes available to use.

Why should anyone have to clean somebody else's shit for them?

Also, ffs, lighten up!

Wow. I am quite impressed - I thought they were quite expensive.

At work we have a person who uses the shower toilet for a poo first thing in the morning - instead of the normal staff cubicles. The room is poorly ventilated and the stench is pretty bad when I arrive shortly after them to use the shower. They have started using VIPoo and it smells LOVELY now

If you are reading this I am so grateful! Please carry on!

This is why every office toilet space should have a window.

I work in a modern building, but no windows in the toilets. They were rank in the summer heatwave.

What is VIPOO

I am so glad you asked It's something similar to this:

The state of the toilet is a thing as well.

I work in an office with a self contained toilet and basin.

We have alcohol gel, antibacterial hand washing foam and a toilet brush in ours (NHS) and very often, I'm using the gel and the foam on the toilet, seat and surrounding floor before using the toilet myself.

Rank. Rank. Rank.

@tempname111, choosing to use the product yourself is one thing. Ordering someone else to is quite another.

I bought VIPOO for our work loo too. Don't care that it's natural, the smell of other people's shit makes me gag. I have my poo at 7.15am every day in the comfort of my own bathroom, why can't everyone else train their bowels to be similarly civilised?

I poo as soon as Ive eaten breakfast, and before a shower, which means no pooing at work . But when we go camping the cubicles are 4 in a row and the walls don't go all the way to the floor, sometimes the smell and noise of another woman pooing has me in fits of giggles and gagging at the same time. My answer is flush as soon as it's out, eat plenty of fruit and veg and drink lots of water so it's not a long job. Shit doesn't stink if it's out and flushed in less than 10 seconds!

This is why every office toilet space should have a window.

Yes. The smell from ours knocks you back out of the door some days. And people never clean the bowel after themselves.

We had a phantom pooer at work too. Someone would leave an unflushed turd in the bowl every morning. No paper or anything. At least a bit of VIPoo would have covered the smell.

We also had a snot wiper on the wall. Made me gag.

bowel = bowl

Im gobsmacked at how common snotwiping is.

We had one at our place, a few years ago. I didn’t realise it was a thing.