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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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expatinscotland · 01/06/2015 08:57

This guy isn't mortified or he's have cleaned his skidders. Tell him. Minging bugger.

MrsNextDoor · 01/06/2015 08:57

MrsMook so using plastic brushes and replacing them constantly is more "green" than using recycled toilet paper?? I don't think so!

As for wiping the DCS and DHs poo...nope! Mine all do their own thank you very much! Train your family.

Stealthpolarbear · 01/06/2015 08:57

Mrsnd I think you'll find others will disagree I'm sure I've read on here that that's exactly what you do
I don't find bleach alone effective. Needs a good scrub

GoodbyeToAllOfThat · 01/06/2015 08:57

Stealth you don't actually submerge your hand! You wipe ABOVE the water line...bleach removes anything below.

How does bleach remove a poo streak? It's not great for the environment in any case.

I don't understand the issues with a toilet brush either. Surely you need one.

MrsNextDoor · 01/06/2015 08:59

All I can think is that poo varies hugely from family to family. In my house, the poo rarely sticks...it's easy to remove when it does.

But then we eat a very healthy diet.

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 01/06/2015 09:00

you don't actually submerge your hand! You wipe ABOVE the water line...bleach removes anything below.

You're still not selling it, to do that I have to place my face near someone else's toilet - there will be piss & shit fragments all around, I don't want to be inhaling that!!

You may believe that you've wiped all the shit off, but the chances are quite high that, if my hand does touch the pan, remnants of your shit will be on there too.

Sure I'll be washing my hands, but I'd still rather not get that close to your bog!!

And if that means leaving a skid, so be it!!!

Topseyt · 01/06/2015 09:01

Songlark, clearly you have no experience of IBS in any form. That comes across loud and clear.

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 01/06/2015 09:01

But then we eat a very healthy diet.

So do we, but we also shit treacle... Grin

merrymouse · 01/06/2015 09:02

But you don't wipe your bottom with soggy falling - apart toilet roll with your hand submerged in poo soup

No poo soup if you flush the loo, and most below water skid marks flush away anyway without need for additional cleaning.

You are more likely to touch something nasty weeding the garden.

MrsNextDoor · 01/06/2015 09:02

Iknow what tosh! You don't need to put your face any closer with wiping with toilet paper than you do with a brush! I'm not sticking my head in there when I clean it!

GoodbyeToAllOfThat · 01/06/2015 09:03

But then we eat a very healthy diet.

That's probably the difference. I give my kids only crap.

MrsNextDoor · 01/06/2015 09:06

Loo brushes equal a family with a crap diet.

[I am winding people up you know...when I said that about our diet I was taking the piss]

Mintyy · 01/06/2015 09:06

I cannot stand the prissiness about loo brushes on Mumsnet. I especially hate all the posters who adopt a superior position while gaily poisoning the planet by pouring bleach down the toilet every day.

getbusyliving · 01/06/2015 09:11

Yanbu, that is rank. He should go and shit in his own toilet. If it was an 'emergency' he should at the very least clean up after himself, if that means sticking his hand down the toilet with tissue and cleaning, so be it. But to leave his mess for you to clean is disgusting and disrespectful

merrymouse · 01/06/2015 09:11

I don't understand prissiness about toilet bowls. I can see the point of a loo brush to give a really good clean and to get rid of lime scale, but I can't understand why you need to keep one out at all times just so nobody has to touch the toilet bowl. What do you do if you need to clean around the seat?

DingleberryFinn · 01/06/2015 09:16

Bleach is actually pretty good for the planet, in the sense that it rapidly oxidises and spontaneously decomposes - by-products are NaCl (salt) and O2. After a short period of time, any residues left behind by bleach will be completely safe.

We have a toilet brush at work. Someone uses it, and then leaves a trail of drips between the toilet brush holder and the bowl of the toilet. This includes drips both on the toilet seat and the floor. Delightful.

BertrandRussell · 01/06/2015 09:36

I do wonder what some people think loos are for!

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 01/06/2015 09:36

You don't need to put your face any closer with wiping with toilet paper than you do with a brush! I'm not sticking my head in there when I clean it!

Really?? That's probably your problem right there then - you need to buy a brush with a handle - the ones' you've used before are just scrubbing brushes!

I find that the 35cm handle (yep, just measured it) means my hand doesn't go below the rim of the loo, if your hand is hovering around the waterline while you're wiping the shit with loo roll, of course your face is going to be closer than mine will!

merrymouse · 01/06/2015 11:07

Even with a brush, if you are cleaning the u-bend your hand will go below the rim of the toilet. If you have really bad limescale the most efficient way to deal with it is to remove as much water as possible from the the toilet bowl before treating it. If you clean around the base and back of a toilet your face will be near the toilet seat. Most toilet seats will have come into contact with Wee, blood and poo. Some amazing amount of poo particles are sprayed into the air every time somebody flushes without putting the seat down. However we all survive.

I think you are more likely to catch something nasty from an all you can eat salad bar, or even a shared towel, than from using loo roll to wipe a toilet that is regularly flushed and cleaned.

scarletforya · 01/06/2015 11:23

Yanbu.

Filthy person.

Skeppers · 01/06/2015 11:26

I'm with BertrandRussell on this one. It's a toilet. You shit and piss in it, not eat your dinner out of it.

Songlark · 01/06/2015 11:29

Far too many apologists for him as is usual on MN. Yes he could have IBS or Crohns or he might have had a sudden bout of diarrhea but somehow I doubt it. But if he did he's disgusting to leave your toilet like that. Absolutely no excuse.

Sallystyle · 01/06/2015 11:31

If I did that to someone's toilet and there was no brush? I would shove my hands down that loo and clean it with toilet roll. I would hate to have no brush but I would rather shove my hands in then have my friends see and deal with my poo stains.

KoalaDownUnder · 01/06/2015 11:34

Bleach is actually pretty good for the planet, in the sense that it rapidly oxidises and spontaneously decomposes - by-products are NaCl (salt) and O2.

No, it is bloody terrible for the planet!!

I am shocked that you honestly believe that.

www.livestrong.com/article/217675-the-effects-of-chlorine-bleach-on-the-environment/

Moomintroll85 · 01/06/2015 11:40

Lol I am loving this thread.

if he was that mortified he would have found a way to clean it up. If not he could have at least had the good grace to climb out the window and leg it never to be seen again Grin

Can't say it's ever crossed my mind to banish the toilet brush. Ours has a lid so is enclosed if that makes it any less traumatic to comprehend? it just sits there being gross I guess - doesn't come into contact with anything other than the loo so who cares.

Good for guests to use too though DP's skid happy brother certainly doesn't. Every time he comes over we're treated to one of his Pollock-esque creations the filthy arsebag Confused