Peed in my mop bucket...

[georgethecat]

In laws came to visit 2 days after I had ds (so a bit more sensitive princess). They had travelled on a 4 hr flight & a 2 hr car journey to visit. Before they came to our house they went to Tesco (2 min drive from house) with full disabled facilities. They know we do not have downstairs loo.

So anyhoo as soon as arrived at our place a grand fuss was made about relative needing loo and unable to use stairs - fair dos. Before I was aware relly was offered my mop bucket to pee in, in the kitchen.

This is not a disablist post, I just found the whole situation really odd. 1. If you continence issues are that bad might you be prepared with a travelling commode type affair? - dignity and all that. Also if you are able to travel that far would continence issues be that pressing?

Dont care that much really, have invested in a new mop bucket, didnt make a fuss, just interested in others views

With you all sitting around having tea and sandwiches?

Thankfully we were in the next room but yea it felt like that.

Yes, they probably should have planned ahead and gone at Tesco. I wouldn't have bothered buying a new mop bucket though, just cleaned it thoroughly with bleach etc. By the time you've brought up a child I'm betting your mop bucket will have seen worse that a bit of pee!

I'm not sure you actually needed to buy a new mop bucket! What's wrong with squirting loads of washing up liquid in it and hosing it down.

Odd thing to do. Odd thread

I would have bought a new
Mop bucket.

Mind I did go out and buy new walking boots after... ahem walking in the country... Rather than clean them lol.

No idea wtf I have walking boots for

No I found it funny really too & I'm not prissy clean. Admittedly I had been coveting a new mop bucket. I just had a few spare moments and thought I'd bounce this odd visitation on a few bods.

Oh come on.... who of us here hasnt peed in the old mop bucket once or twice when caught short/ watching Neighbours?

Huh?

Huh?

Where'd everyone go?

I knew someone who peed in a bucket and then dribbled it round their henhouse. To keep foxes away.
They didn't get a new bucket each time though.

When my relly needed help in this area we looked to camping equipment. She-pees, porta toilets, pee bottles. All very useful when this becomes an issue, and we're all gonna get old and may need help in the same way one day!

Didn't assume for a minute you were disablist OP! You raise a good point. If anyone else is facing similar issues I'd recommend a good look round the camping shops. My relly had a lot of pride and the bottles that seal it in and the portable toilet options were easier to face than the bucket or potty option.

Did it work?

Meh perhaps I'll put the old one on freecycle for a chicken keeper, fully broken in pee bucket.
I'd hate to be frowned upon for my decadent use of buckets.

Thanks Sue, perhaps I'll do that in preparation for her next visit.

The fox thing? Don't think so. I've heard good things about Lion poo though.
It's good for compost heaps. I'm sure it'll be snapped up on Freecycle

Its a good job they only wanted to pee

Couldn't you get them to pee on your compost heap? That's what I want dh to do, it's a great compost accelerator.

Selfish bugger claims he might be arrested though.

My Dad was disabled and couldn't get up stairs. He used to take a bottle everywhere in a Vodaphone carrier bag. My DBs and I can't look at the Vodaphone logo with a straight face any more

My non-disabled Nan used to pee into a mop bucket in the kitchen, all the time when we were young. I don't think she ever got used to having an inside loo! It does get very splashy though.

I've peed in my mop bucket, as has the dds. We only have one toilet and when you need to go, you need to go.

It also doubles up as the puke bucket.

I use it for mopping dog vomit and piss and cat shite off of the floor, how much worse can our pee be?

It gets rinsed in bleach after use, so does the mop.

Did the disabled relative actually get out of the car at Tescos? If they can't make it up your stairs easily then getting in and out of the car and dragging themselves into Tescos is probably a major mission, hence waiting till they got to yours where they would be getting out of the car anyway. It's pretty undignified having to pee in someones mop bucket, I'd be mortified. You can't help feeling a bit awkward about it but try to be sympathetic rather than shocked, it can't be easy for the relative in question.

About the fox thing - I think I read (maybe on mumsnet!) that it needs to be male urine.

I once peed in a bucket to avoid a spider in the bathroom.

That was the deciding factor to me selling the house and buying one with 3 loos.

When I was growing up my mum had a large stainless steel kitchen bowl known as The Big Silver Bowl that was used for everything, and I mean everything - cooking, baking, cleaning windows, poorly children puking, and more. I'm sure it must have received the odd wee too. It was always thoroughly cleaned afterwards and nobody thought anything of it. It is now my Big Silver Bowl and resides like a grande dame in my kitchen drawer.

Erm, not sure what my point was going to be actually, sorry. Nappy brain.

I'm sure it's fine and dandy if you can plan ahead with your peeing, but I can go from one minute not needing to go and 5 mins later absolutely bursting so I can see how it can happen.

A new mop bucket, really? Just swill some bleach round it!

Trying to imagine in my mind how she peed in the bucket as they are quite low