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to be annoyed about the state my toilet was left in...

493 replies

Lillamyy1 · 01/06/2015 06:18

I spent quite a while cleaning the bathroom yesterday morning, which made me even more annoyed, although I always keep the toilet clean...
A friend came round for a few hours and when her DP came to pick her up he went to use the bathroom and was there quite a while. When I went up there 10 or so minutes later I was hit by the most godawful stench, although to be fair to him we haven't any air freshened and he had opened the window, but oh my god the state of the toilet bowl! Skidder central. It was absolutely rank.
Surely it's common curtesy to flush a couple more times and pour some bleach down to try and get rid of the evidence if you've had a massive skiddy shit at someone else's house (and in fact your own house!) We have one of those toilet duck brushes with disposable heads which is in the cupboard so he couldn't have known it was there but the bleach is right next to the bloody loo!

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bodenbiscuit · 02/06/2015 08:33

Loo brushes are filthy germ harbours - they really shouldn't be hanging around in bathrooms IMO. I use cleaners and disinfectant , bleach and wipe with paper. This keeps the loo perfectly clean and I don't need to get my hands dirty. Bleach may be bad for the environment but it is the only thing that kills norovirus.

pinkfrocks · 02/06/2015 08:46

some people on here don't seem to know about IBS or similar medical conditions.

There are times when you just can't 'hang on' and have to go. I suffer from urgency sometimes and it's not a laughing matter - if you need the loo, you need it.

Loo brushes are rank. Why would you want a brush covered in old poo in a container in your bathroom or cloakroom?

A good squirt of thick bleach like Domestos removes everything in the loo in a few minutes.

Hallyracket · 02/06/2015 08:47

I think the problem with people saying loo brushes are filthy don't actually know how to use them.

They are not for cleaning skid marks off with. Anything above water line should be wiped off with toilet paper.

A couple of flushes and some soap/cleaning - even shampoo, stuff squirted below waterline will soon remove anything else.

Loo brushes are for "shining the toilet up" not cleaning shit off.

pinkfrocks · 02/06/2015 08:49

well that's news to me- and most people I imagine.

Loo brushes for shining up the toilet? why then are they in most public toilets? (ie offices etc.) Are we expected to do a bit of housework after each visit?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 02/06/2015 08:53

Loo brushes are meant for shining up a toilet ? Ha ha ha haGrinGrinGrinGrin

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 02/06/2015 08:55

As for brushes being filthy germ ridden things in bathrooms, how on earth would you cope in a country where you can't flush paper and have to use a bathroom bin?!

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 08:56

I never see loo brushes in public toilets.

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 08:57

how on earth would you cope in a country where you can't flush paper and have to use a bathroom bin?!

We'd catch more stomach bugs?

Hallyracket · 02/06/2015 08:58

Pinkfrocks - no, I'm sure cleaners are employed for that.

Diazepam - In countries where you can't flush paper you put it in a bathroom bin. You answered your own question.

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 09:03

I think loo brushes are for removing lime scale, rather than polishing, but I agree they aren't for cleaning off shit.

I know every mumsnetter claims to religiously clean and dry the loo brush after each use, but I don't think the general population takes this amount of care. A quick swill and dunk back in the stagnant water at the bottom of the holder is more likely.

Gabilan · 02/06/2015 09:21

"There's a time and a place."

The time would be when I need to go and the place would be the toilet.

Actually I'm not all that comfortable using other people's facilities and will try to go at home but I'm only at home for about 12 hours a day and for 8 of those I'm asleep. You cannot hold it in indefinitely and will sometimes get caught short, therefore needing to use a loo that is not your own.

I think the most annoyed I got was an estate agent's photographer who asked to use my loo after taking photos. He stank the place out and so decided to open the rooflight but the trouble with roof lights on farms is they tend to gather flies so he then let a load of semi-comatose blue bottles into the stinky bathroom. He also didn't apparently notice the towel on the towel rail so used the bathmat on the side of the bath to dry his hands but left it on the towel rail. That would have been an interesting thread.

pinkfrocks · 02/06/2015 09:24

merrymouse- you clearly don't shop at John Lewis or Waitrose :)
I'd call those public toilets- ie toilets for the public to use.

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 02/06/2015 09:31

And I still want to know what people do when they use the loo at work - do they bring their own personal loo brush?

Everywhere I've worked has had loo brushes i the toilets!! If you think the execs in my office will be putting their hands into the loo to wipe shit off with loo roll you're barking mad!!

Even the sodding Army had loo brushes (when the loos weren't trees)...

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 02/06/2015 09:35

Okay not his fault you had no air freshener. You've admitted that
Not his fault he needed to go. When nature calls you can't ignore her.
Not his fault his shit stinks. No-ones smells like lavender,
I agree toilet brushes are germ ridden disgusting things, but I know this isn't pleasant and people may cat's bum, but what I do if I leave any deposits it just get a load of toilet paper and clean it. I mean it's only my own shit.

BertrandRussell · 02/06/2015 10:00

"think it's actually really rude for people to even do that in someone else's house unless they absolutely have to "

Hang on- it's rude to poo in a loo? You can't possibly mean that.............

Morgan97 · 02/06/2015 10:02

Ha ha this thread has made me laugh,I always put bleach down after flushing n a couple of bits of loo paper on top,hides the evidence till the bleach works its magic

HazleNutt · 02/06/2015 10:12

I would find it very embarrassing indeed if I had to leave your toilet in such a state, because you didn't have a toilet brush. But sorry, I'm not sticking my hand into the toilet to scrub shit off. Even if (some of it) is mine.

And yes, of course that's exactly the purpose of a toilet brush. And then you rinse it when you flush. Obviously it won't be sterile, but as long as you're not planning to brush your teeth with it, does it matter?

SummerMeadow33 · 02/06/2015 10:16

Oh so much to say on this! I know someone who works as a cleaner in a very posh private school and the children, SENIOR children and staff are as bad as each other. Wee on the floor, poo round the bowl, tissue paper covered in both spread everywhere. But it's the loo brush thing I can't understand - why don't parents teach their kids how to leave a toilet/toilet brush? 20 year old students leaving a brush in the holder, totally CAKED. You use it to clean the bowl, rinse under flush, add bleach, rinse again, put away clean. The teachers, having seen the state of the loos never bring up hygiene to the children, so the situation never improves. With all the sex ed etc etc, why can't kids be taught this too? Don't people turn around after using the loo and see if they've left it clean or not? Do they just wander out? Arrrrgh. Leave it as you'd want to find it! Don't be embarrassed to teach your kids how to do that!

Songlark · 02/06/2015 10:20

You all talk a load of shitGrin Grin Grin Grin

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 10:28

What do people think is different about the air particles below the toilet seat compared to the air particles above the seat?

soverylucky · 02/06/2015 10:33

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mumeeee · 02/06/2015 10:39

YABU. He couldn't help the skid marks. You didn't have a toilet brush by the toilet and the disposable duck brush thing was in the cupboard so he didn't know it was there. Even if he had poured bleach down the toilet it wouldn't have helped. I have always been told neat bleach isn't good for toilets anyway.

ApeMan · 02/06/2015 10:50

I'm sorry, but thinking a toilet brush is for cleaning limescale off or shining the toilet? You have to wonder how someone ends up thinking that, it's like "you can't get pregnant standing up".

Join the civilized world ffs, have toilet paper, a toilet brush, washing facilities and ventilation to get rid of the smell a bit.

If you invite guests around and don't have these things, you are being rude and inhospitable in my opinion. Yes they could get down and clean the toilet without a brush, just like they could wipe their backside and wipe their hands on the shower curtain because there's no toilet paper or water, flush the toilet using a bucket or just pop out to the yard and defecate on a pile of sawdust.

pinkfrocks · 02/06/2015 10:55

I'd find it more gross to have a stranger's poo on my loo brush ( not that I have one) than throwing bleach down after they have gone.

You can kid yourself that a loo brush is clean but it's not.

Actually I always thought they were for cleaning your bum- like the Romans did.

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 11:22

The reality is we all come closer to poo during the nappy and toilet training years than anybody would wiping some porcelain with a bit of loo roll.

If you have a loo brush fine, but many people don't clean them properly after use, in the same way that many people have poor aim when doing a wee. I'd rather somebody just left the poo in the toilet to flush (which it does, eventually) than leave it for me (and my dog and my children) in a little pot in my bathroom.