to expect a bin in the bathroom?

[IsabelleSE19]

Recently I've stayed with a very dear friend of mine and close family of DH's. Both households are very hospitable and I love visiting them. BUT. In neither case was there a bin in the bathroom, and in one of them there wasn't even one in the guest bedroom. AIBU not to want to put used cotton pads/buds and sanitary stuff back into my sponge bag, or cart it round the house in my hands looking for a bin?

My dmil doesn't have any bins in the loo either. No idea why not. If it was my own mum i would suggest getting a bin, but can't really do that at DMils

Blimey. So where do the tampon flushers think they end up? Sad now.

Well, everyone has their own organisation.
Clearly the people you stayed with
-just take the wrappers back to the kitchen bin

• use no sanitary protection they might well just flush tampons down the loo and use a mooncup
• not use cotton buds. You're not supposed to anyway.

Do you think they should have a bin in the bathroom just for the guests?

Bottom line though is that, if they don't have a bin, it's because they feel the need to have one. And therefore are unlikely to even think about the fact it might be an issue for you. How would they know what is your routine re Sanpro etc?
It's highly unlikely that it's because they don't want you there or that they don't care about making you confortable.

unexplained we have no locks. It's a rented house which appear to never of had locks on the bathroom doors. I feel uneasy about putting purely a sliding bolt on the doors due to the children and the landlord would have a hissy fit about his doors being damaged/changed anyway.

Actually I have to confess that we're also in a rented flat and the bathroom lock doesn't work, and I can't fix/replace it for the same reasons Though I do warn people!

So apologies chatty, I think my grump is reserved for homeowners.

Sorry it should be
because they DO NOT feel the need to have one (bin)

my bins are in my front garden as far away from the front of my house as possible. It also means I don't have to put them out on bin day. Everything that goes into the general waste bin is bagged and DE sprinkled in once a week along with bin wash every two weeks.

So every piece of general waste gets bagged and taken out immediately? In which case how often do you go out to the bins? Or do you wait until you have collected a bags-worth? I'm just trying to get my head around the no bins in the house thing.

Even if I no longer had periods, I would have a bin in the bathroom for guests.

I do have one but since we now have a bin obsessed toddler it lives in the big cupboard in the bathroom with the toilet rolls etc. Except I never remember to tell guests this so they probably think I don't have one.

Same here, brasty, owned and emptied when necessary while pregnant

I could send MN into meltdown here as I have TWO bins in my bathroom. One is a lined one for ghastliness and one is a clean one for recyclables like loo roll inners, empty bottles and disposable contact lens things. Woe betide a guest that gets them the wrong way round!

During my menses I bury my bottom half in the garden and burn sage to purify the street from my sin. Any harlots attempting to make use of my bathroom bin will be cast out of my home.

@Onlyhererforthecamping
-crying- How many harlots have you cast out?

Seriously though this thread has opened my eyes to some strange behavior. [Grin]

Yes I have a bin in the bathroom. I also have bags available for guests for rubbish.

If, in fact I inadvertently touched someone else's discarded sanitary items I would.....well wash my hands. Because its just not that big a deal.

Anything recyclable gets sorted immediately - so much quicker than having to sort a bins worth on bin day.

I bag my own tampons and empty the bin when it needs it. It never smells.

We don't have a bin in the bathroom but our bathroom is attatched to our kitchen.

You have to walk through the kitchen where there is a bin to the bathroom.

So makes sense not to have one and just despoit any rubbish on your way out

Onlyhereforthecamping

Sapphire

How do you have a bag per week? Is the bag effectively a bin?

I have "Pop Ins" sanitary disposal bags in both my bathrooms which are used for sanpro condoms. These then go into the lined, lidded bin in each bathroom. The bin is emptied weekly. I've never noticed any smell and I can assure that me DH would soon alert me if there was a smell. The bin is only used for non recyclable rubbish; loo roll tubes, bottles etc go straight in the relevant basket by the front door for transfer to the outside boxes (we sort into paper, plastics and metals, glass). Kitchen has one bin for non recyclables (emptied when necessary as only collected from outside bin fortnightly) and another for food waste (generally emptied twice a week); plastic, glass, foil etc goes into the basket by the door. We don't "go through" bins as rubbish is sorted before it gets near a bin.

In a workplace it is a legal requirement to provide bins for sanpro......

Can't understand the logic of it someone apparently finding unacceptable and somewhat disgusting to take their own used pads away with them (nappy sacked) yet feel its perfecting acceptable to wrap a used pad in loo roll and leave it in for someone else to dispose of a week later when they empty it on 'bin day' .
Only on mnet,.......

I have bins in every room and both bathrooms. They get filled up constantly but if I don't have bins, teens just leave rubbish everywhere. Also have 'festering' bins of San pro because I have 2 teen girls and my own horrendous periods although I empty those bins every day or every other day

My sister has a bathroom bin that's always overflowing and it annoys me!

My parents had no bins anywhere, even in their kitchen they used to collect it in a carrier bag and then take to the dustbin. So I have bins everywhere! I would always put a lined pedal bin in bathrooms. Being an ardent recycler when it's family only I go through the waste bins normally to take out anything which can be recycled. I don't inspect the bathroom bin contents though!

I don't have a bin in my bathroom or bedroom. I am perfectly able to take anything from either rooms into the kitchen, where there is a bin, obviously.

Just remember next time take some nappy bags or freezer bags and bag up your litter. More bins = more emptying and I can see why people don't have them in every place. I have one large bin in kitchen and two small bins upstairs. Most things will go straight into large kitchen bin including sanitary towels. It's just a bit of blood, it's fine. Aside from recycling containers which are only in kitchen.

We get though a couple of bags a day for rubbish.

My parents seems to have bins everywhere, two in the kitchen, two in the living room, one in each bedroom and bathroom.

My inlaws have no bins.

I only have the main bin. Sanitary towed fit wrapped and transported to main bin and any other serious/rubbish is gathered up bemy whoever created it and taken to appropriate waste bin or recycling container. Not difficult.

This is a real bug bear of mine- why wouldn't you have a bin in the bathroom! We lived with MiL for a couple months and she had no bin. There was obvious space for one but no bathroom bin. So yes, frequently I had to hunt for a bin to our sanitary items in and it was usually the kitchen bin which was small and would often be very full, so I'd have to empty it to ensure my items weren't seen.
Gets right on my tits!