If you don’t have a toilet brush…

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…what would you want guests to do with ‘below the line’ skid marks?

Had overnight stay this weekend with some friends and I felt terrible leaving a mess but there was nothing available. No cleaning products or toilet brush in bathroom.

This reminds me of when I worked in a nursery years ago.
We had an older lady helper who was very brash and extremely proud of her working class roots.
She was loudly outspoken about how she was there to help and therefore help she would.
She only worked about 2 hours every morning, from opening time.
Every week she would insist on emptying out the toilet bowl (for the staff and parent/visitors toilet) with her bare hands, scrub it, then take over the toast making and serving duties at the breakfast table.
She insisted on doing both these jobs, despite being told the toilet didn’t need cleaning this way and other staff could do the toast.
She refused to use any offered gloves, declaring that she wasn’t afraid of hard work and she was proud to do a good job.

She would pounce on each child coming in and insist they sat at the table and eat toast, even if they really, really didn’t want any.

The manager was terrified of her and wanted to sack her but didn’t have the guts!

No way am I shoving my unprotected hand into a random toilet bowl, wadge of disintegrating bog roll or not. Given that there are no cleaning materials provided in this scenario, I'd have no idea what state of hygiene the toilet is in or what chemicals have been used and may be present.

Just use a sodding toilet brush. or special fairydust or whatever it is they deem hygienic to use

How is a toilet brush used solely for that purpose less hygienic than a hand that touches anything around the house/ face???

This thread is batshit. Toilet brushes are disgusting but sticking your hand down the toilet and removing skid marks on the toilet bowl is fine. Ffs 🤢

Toilet brush, washed/changed regularly. Hands never in shitty water. Surely that's what civilised society does.

It's YOUR shit you are dealing with. It came out of your body. No one is asking you to eat it, just literally sort YOUR shit out. Disposable paper makes more sense than a toilet brush with stories of ye olde poo.

Plus any chemicals would of been flushed away 😅

And if one was so concerned about the hygiene of a toilet, they shouldn't use it anyway lol

Bleach

Who does this for guests?! Come and use mine

there's a silicone toilet brush, bleach, toilet cleaner, poo pourri spray, baby wipes, tampons, pads, nappy bags, a bin and Aesop hand wash and hand cream

the downside is you might get a cat supervising you

First of all why are you staying in someone else’s home who wouldn’t have toilet bleach, are they students or something? Secondly I use Domestos every day. No skids in my loos.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 stop it. People clearly flush first, wipe if need and then flush again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

No ones sticking their hand in the water whilst their poo is still in it hahaha.

Well quite! Just squat over a hole, right?!

🍿brilliant

You seem quite emotionally invested in this.

Eww, it doesn't!

Me too! Grim!

If things get tricky use the cat to wipe yourself. They self clean and will be as good as new in no time if you have to second wipe afain to remove some stubborn chicken jalfrazi dingleberrys.

Brilliant 🤣🤣

chip away with their nails? It’s a fresh mark that will wipe away, she’s not leaving it for days 🙄

So toilet brush users- how are you then getting the poo off your brush? Quick rinse under the tap? 🤢 Or are you just popping it back in its holder?

This thread has had me absolutely howling 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I really needed a good laugh so thank you ladies!!!!

p.s we don't have a toilet brush in our bathroom 🤪🤪🤪

Brush user here
My brush appears clean. I swill it in the clean (well, freshly flushed water). It's silicon. If it isn't clean, I don't care that much because all I use it for is cleaning the loo!

I never understand the germy toilet brush fear. As long as you are using bleach as part of the toilet clean it's game over for germs whether they are in the toilet or they are on the toilet brush. Bleach is a ruthless germ killer. Odds of survival for tiny microscopic germs clinging to the toilet brush for dear life being dunked in bleach as part of the clean is practically zero.

Because you wash poorly. I wouldn’t advertise the fact that you have poor sanitary practices.

Team hand in the loo here. I’d double flush first. That normally sorts out most skiddies.

Toilet brushes are gross.

It’s like picking your nose. Ok to pick your own, grim to pick someone else’s. But of course, a hand wash afterwards is necessary.

Or do some people never pick their own nose? Or ears?

This threat is wild! If someone stuck their hand down my toilet, they would be leaving without touching anything on the way out. Then I'd have to bleach the sink and door handle, and burn the hand towel!

What's the objection to toilet brushes? Never heard of this or people not having one. Its sole purpose is cleaning the toilet, not like you are using it on other surfaces. What's the problem? People would really rather put their hand into shit than use one? Bizarre