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To judge someone on their toilet ?

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KeepOnKeepingOnAndOnAndOnAndOn · 22/04/2014 18:35

I know I probably am...

I am no snob, but ...

Jesus Christ, what is it with folk and not cleaning their shitters?

I immediately lose alot of respect for someone who has a filthy toilet. Ok, so a one off fine. Esspecially of kids live there. But I have been to a few mates houses and their toilet is always filthy. I now cannot eat there and always equate them as being grotty :/ its awful, I know.

Am I abnormal? AIBU?

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KeepOnKeepingOnAndOnAndOnAndOn · 22/04/2014 20:06

Where

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YoureBeingASillyBilly · 22/04/2014 20:08

Steff- i think shape of the toilet and also bum position has something to do with it. I know my 4 yo sits quite far forward on the loo whereas my big ass is further back.

steff13 · 22/04/2014 20:11

Steff- i think shape of the toilet and also bum position has something to do with it. I know my 4 yo sits quite far forward on the loo whereas my big ass is further back.

Hmm, that does make sense.

ToomuchIsBackOnBootcamp · 22/04/2014 20:12

I don't have a traditional loo brush as such, I use the fresh brush handle with the flushable pads. I have one in each toilet with a pack of the pads and a pack of baby wipes, so can do a very quick wipe n scrub at short notice (or for guests to clean up if needed, tho I've never noticed anyone doing so). Probably highly environmentally unfriendly but I can't stand the smell of trad loo brushes. And yes they do smell.

BornLippy · 22/04/2014 20:15

Yanbu!! My PILs toilet constantly looks like a shit explosion has taken place. As far as I am concerned, squirting on a bit of loo cleaner does not equate to cleaning the toilet!

KeepOnKeepingOnAndOnAndOnAndOn · 22/04/2014 20:15

What's a trad loo brush? (Sorry)

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gamerchick · 22/04/2014 20:16

aye of zoflora Grin

There is no such thing as flushable pads.. just like there is no such thing as flushable tampons/pads.

maras2 · 22/04/2014 20:25

I'm 60 and can safely say that I have never seen a dirty toilet when visiting family and friends. We're all working class with a fair share of kids between us. I don't care how people clean their loos < boak for bog brushes though > It 's not rocket science is it. Go to loo ... Flush... any residue ? ... Wipe with loo roll ... flush again . Put bleach down at night and twice a week put the Marigolds on and scrub.

Fullpleatherjacket · 22/04/2014 20:30

YANBU.

I make sure my kidneys are well wrung out before visiting one particular friend and I never have a cuppa there to ward off emergency visits.

Although the state of her mugs is a whole nother issue in itself...

KeepOnKeepingOnAndOnAndOnAndOn · 22/04/2014 20:34

Maras... Funny you mention the class thing. I am from a working class background and cleanliness is of vital importance - so is being house proud. When I visit some of my middle class mates i do notice it tends to be theirs that are no clean ...

My mum always says its because we feel like we have something to prove , whereas middle/ upper classes would be more relaxed ... I dunno?

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phantomnamechanger · 22/04/2014 20:35

the flushable pads are flushable though gamerchick, by the time you have given the pan a good scrub they start falling into little bits of tissue.

I used to buy cheap loo brushes and replace every 6 months, but I quite like the disposable ones now, so do both.

I have known MIL 18 years and I swaer she still has the same loo brush she has always had!

KeepOnKeepingOnAndOnAndOnAndOn · 22/04/2014 20:36

By the way i use the bloo toilet tablets that you pop in te cistern - they flush a lovely cleaning soapy flush :)
I love them!

I am so, so sad ...

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maras2 · 22/04/2014 20:43

Keeponkeeping ,I think that your mum talks a lot of sense . :)

Noteventhebestdrummer · 22/04/2014 20:43

Although my house is dusty my loo is always clean. Bog standard Grin

gamerchick · 22/04/2014 20:46

ah right phanto i'll let you off then Grin

DownstairsMixUp · 22/04/2014 21:00

That is rank if people have bits of poo on their loo brush. You should rinse it out with every flush after you've cleaned and fill the holder with soap/bleach for it to sit in and change that every time you wash plus replace the brush every few months. I judge on toilets. Fresh skids not so much as 4 year old ds often does a poo, doesn't tell me till I find poo on the loo but that dried in shit and wee is just gross!

Purplepoodle · 22/04/2014 21:04

Your lucky between my 5 year old and two year old, there is often a little pressie left bobbing in the toilet (blahhhh)

diddl · 22/04/2014 21:21

"To be fair me cleaning the loo seems to set off DH's bowels so I can clean it and if we have visitors before I check the upstairs toilet there may be skidders I have no knowledge of,"

Does he not clean his own shit up then?

Or if he can't, why doesn't he at least tell you that you need to?

KeepOnKeepingOnAndOnAndOnAndOn · 22/04/2014 21:32

If dh didnt clean his own shit up... Well, he would be dh no more... Sbxh he would most certainly becomest methinks !

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CheapBread · 22/04/2014 21:42

Imagine feeling sick in a rank toilet house, rushing to the lav to be sick then having to stick your head anywhere near a pee/poo filth fest. I couldn't.

THIS is why my toilets are lovely and clean, so you could vomit and not feel even more sick whilst doing so.

KeepOnKeepingOnAndOnAndOnAndOn · 22/04/2014 21:47

Haha, CheapBread-my sentiment exactly!

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partialderivative · 22/04/2014 21:48

To judge someone on their toilet

I imagine I am the only one to picture the op making judgements (YOU'RE GUILTY!), whilst sitting on their toilet.

YoureBeingASillyBilly · 22/04/2014 21:50

"Imagine feeling sick in a rank toilet house, rushing to the lav to be sick then having to stick your head anywhere near a pee/poo filth fest. I couldn't.

THIS is why my toilets are lovely and clean, so you could vomit and not feel even more sick whilst doing so. "

Do you know i think this might be why i'm so fussy about my toilet. I was sick in school once as a teen and the toilets were rank. I had to kneel on the floor and couldnt avoid touching the loo. I felt worse just for that. Maybe that is what makes me so over zealous now.

TheNightIsDark · 22/04/2014 21:54

How do you get rid of the limescale? I bleach and scrub and put toilet cleaner down there but it won't go Blush

minionmadness · 22/04/2014 21:55

I am feeling green just reading this thread.

I have been known to actually throw up at the smell/sight of a grubby loo, just writing this is making me want to hurl. I very rarely use public loos unless I am desperate.

I just can't understand why people don't clean their toilets every day (mine gets done twice a day). There are 2 boys and a grown man who all have problems with their aim in this house.