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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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ItsRainingInBaltimore · 02/06/2015 19:39

Doesn't really matter whether he had 'bowel issues' or not. I don't have 'bowel issues' but occasionally a shit that is rather too full of itself will take me by surprise. I would stay in the loo for half an hour and rub the bowl clean with my bare hands and a wodge of loo roll if I had to, and indeed i have had to on more that one occasion rather than leave inriminating evidence for the lady of the house, but if a toilet brush or some flushable wipes were to hand it would be so much easier.

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 02/06/2015 19:39

I've come to the conclusion that there must be 2 types of people in the world!

God's own people, who evolve & use tools.

And gibbering lunatics who love to crouch over shit smeared loo's dabbing with small tufts of bog roll - I've got some Gollum-esc creature in my mind, with a pinny on........

Grin
Sallystyle · 02/06/2015 19:41

I use toilet brushes.

No shoes in the house and do not rinse dishes.

TedAndLola · 02/06/2015 19:43

AuntOlive This opens up another issue for me. I appreciate that some people 'just can't wait' but personally I have never (maybe once when really desperate??) in 20 years of work life done a poo at work. Aibu?! There are no loo brushes (whatever your view on them) in work loos, no (or rarely) windows, no air fresheners. And if there is someone else waiting to use the cubicle after you...well need I sat more?!

YANBU! I do poo at work because I get in at about 7:30am and the urge takes me shortly after - too much information but that's precisely because no other women are in that early and there is no risk of somebody hearing me or walking into the cubicle after me!

We do have toilet brushes though.

YankieDandle · 02/06/2015 19:43

Iknowiam and there are people with respect and those without

Ok there's no brush, use bleach, improvise, do whatever but take care of your own shit!

ItsRainingInBaltimore · 02/06/2015 19:44

Well I'd rather not crouch over the loo with a wodge of bog roll Iknow but if that is what separates me from a abject humiliation then I'll do it.

But I'd rather have a loo brush. Grin

ItsRainingInBaltimore · 02/06/2015 19:46

In most other countries they have nifty little water hoses attached to the side of the loo so you can blast any stubborn shit smears off. I think we should campaign for those.

AuntOlive · 02/06/2015 19:47

It's raining: you've just conjured up another image for me, which potentially could solve many woes. Poo onto waiting paper wodge. Line the loo. I do apologise for my grossness and tmi-ness and to any offended by that image!

ItsRainingInBaltimore · 02/06/2015 19:53

Oh I often line the loo, especially if I am in a public loo and i anticipate there will be theatrical sound effects…..it helps a lot to dull the splash.

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 19:54

Do you go around categorising people by trivial things like that? How snobby and sad.

www.mumsnet.com/search?
query=Shoes+on+or+off

www.mumsnet.com/search?query=Rinse+dishes

I wouldn't say I categorise people, but I can certainly get sucked in by a good shoe or washing up thread.

AuntOlive · 02/06/2015 19:55

It's raining Grin

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 19:57

www.mumsnet.com/search?query=Shoes+on+or+off

Link fail

Merguez · 02/06/2015 19:59

Raining the water hoses they have in other countries are for cleaning your arse.

Bunbaker · 02/06/2015 20:08

Only on MN have I come across people who are so daintily fastidious about normal bodily functions. I can't believe that some of you are parents because I can't imagine you changing a nappy without a pair of heavy duty rubber gloves and tongs to remove the dirty article away, plus a clothes peg to put over your naice dainty little noses.

ItsRainingInBaltimore · 02/06/2015 20:11

I know they are Merguez but they do a good job of blasting the loo pan as well. Grin

ItsRainingInBaltimore · 02/06/2015 20:12

Besides, i've never quite got the hang of washing my arse with a hose, without drenching all my clothes as well - how on earth do these forrin types manage it?

YankieDandle · 02/06/2015 20:16

Bunbaker cleaning my baby's bottom does not compare to cleaning up after some bloke.

AuntOlive · 02/06/2015 20:17

But baker I think it depends on your experience. When yours in my line of work it's certainly no big deal to have wee/ poo/ blood / vomit / snot/ / dead bodies / very nasty smells indeed (sometimes maggots) to deal with. Good ole "fresh" poo seems nothing in comparison! But then not everyone has that backdrop.

AuntOlive · 02/06/2015 20:18
  • bun baker sorry!
YankieDandle · 02/06/2015 20:20

Whether you are use to dealing with shit or not is not the point. It's his mess and as such he should deal with it.

Songlark · 02/06/2015 20:22

How on earth can you compare changing a baby's bum with some random man coming in your house to have a great big shit leaving all the skid marks for you to clean up. Why are you seen as precious because you think that's wrong. No mind on mumsnet, most people in real life would object to that.

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 02/06/2015 20:23

Well I'd rather not crouch over the loo with a wodge of bog roll Iknow but if that is what separates me from a abject humiliation then I'll do it.

But I'd rather have a loo brush.

Agreed, and I'd be cursing the fool that didn't have one with every dab....

FryOneFatManic · 02/06/2015 20:24

In my experience work toilets don't have toilet brushes

Ours do, and I know they get used.

Actually, I find it amusing that those who don't have toilet brushes seem to think all toilet brushes must be covered in shit. My brushes are lovely and clean.

merrymouse · 02/06/2015 20:44

Like toilets, toilet brushes are only lovely and clean until somebody, perhaps a male visitor, decides not to clean them.

AldiQ7 · 02/06/2015 20:49

I can't believe that so many people don't know that bleach totally dissolves poo if you squirt some directly on - its what I always do.

Loo brush does make sense but I just can't deal with it. The idea of it just sitting there is just gross, plus 2 young kids, plus it always drips everywhere when I try and use it.