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To have shouted her back

76 replies

Wheresmymoneytree · 06/10/2022 19:26

Went to the supermarket with DSD earlier, both of us needed the toilet so we went to the ones available to customers. There are two cubicles and both were in use so we waited. As the previous occupant (early 40s maybe) came out I went in and there was wee all over the seat, I instinctively asked her if she could go back in and wipe it (wouldn’t have had the guts with time to think). DSD12 was mortified and said it was humiliating for the woman and that DSD wanted the ground to swallow her up. In hindsight, I’m glad she cleaned her own wee rather than me having to clean it or sit in it. DSD is never going out of the house with me again apparently.

WIBU?

OP posts:
LightDrizzle · 06/10/2022 20:50

“I never ever sit on public toilet seats so would never clean one either. If you had said that to me I would have laid into you.”

But do you put the seat up? If so surely you’d just say “Wasn’t me, I always put the seat up”. If you don’t put the seat up you are probably one of the people leaving piss on the seat for other. I’m under 5ft and less than 8st with a disc hernia, by the time my daughters were three I couldn’t hold them hovering over a loo, my elderly mum couldn’t hover for different reasons. My youngest DD has CP and can’t hover. It’s gross when people leave piss or worse on seats.

I can’t hover myself on some Portaloos, my legs are too short! 🥴

whynotwhatknot · 06/10/2022 20:50

LightDrizzle · 06/10/2022 20:42

TMI ⚠️
I have IBS and often have to go urgently in public loos and it sticks to the bowl 🤢
Rank though manky public bog loo brushes are to handle, I clear up after myself as it’s much ranker to leave it for the next user to encounter and clean up.

never seen a loo brush in a public loo-what if there isnt one-not accusing just curious

Shiningstarr · 06/10/2022 20:51

@coffeeandpoetry I didn't say that. I said I would have done the same as the OP did today.

Then I said IMAGINE if she had left skid marks...

BogRollBOGOF · 06/10/2022 20:51

I clean up after myself. If the toilet's in a state, it's because it was that way before I went in. A few drops, I'll wipe anyway. I have been known to report grotty toilets for cleaning after use and I wouldn't be impressed at being berated for someone else's mess. Goodness knows I deal with that enough at home and that's with cleaning equipment

Newusernameaug · 06/10/2022 20:53

Good for you!! It’s so disgusting

HoppingPavlova · 06/10/2022 20:54

So so so lucky it wasn’t me. I don’t piss on the seat but have had many times where I have gone in and there it is. I don’t sit on the seat but kangaroo it. If you had of dared asked me to clean up someone else’s piss I would have ripped you a new one. No way would I take the time to politely explain to a random that it’s not mine, I do not owe you that.

LightDrizzle · 06/10/2022 20:56

never seen a loo brush in a public loo-what if there isnt one-not accusing just curious

Most do, although I’m talking about loos in shopping centres, restaurants, bars, airports and service areas rather than the municipal type. The brushes are often revolting as some people put them down before flushing the toilet paper away so you get a hideous spikey, cotton wool combo with bits of shit stuck on it ☹️

LightDrizzle · 06/10/2022 21:00

If there isn’t a brush I lay toilet roll in the bowl and up the back first but that does risk blocking loos. It’s not ideal.

I had a fail at a friend’s house where there was no brush and my toilet roll thing didn’t do the trick. I wiped it off with a scrunched ball of toilet roll under the water line. It wasn’t pleasant and I washed my hands very thoroughly. If that happened in a public loo I’m afraid then I would leave it. I think I’d throw up doing the same.

LightDrizzle · 06/10/2022 21:10

Paranoid someone’s going to think I’m a poo troll now. I’m really not, I just think it’s quite important to mention IBS when relevant as if you don’t have it, you are unlikely to think of the ramifications for people who do, and many people are embarrassed to mention it in real life, as shit is not a nice topic.
You’ll get people saying “I’d never do a number two at a friend’s house, I always wait until I’m at home.” I just can’t do that, my problem is urgency and looseness, not constipation. Food and walking are big triggers. I’d be a hermit if I had to avoid all risk of needing to go while out.

No more mention of 💩 from me in this thread, promise.

Wheresmymoneytree · 06/10/2022 21:26

Shiningstarr · 06/10/2022 20:43

I would have done the same. Dirty cow. How could she not check the seat before she left?

Imagine if she had left skid marks from doing a poo!! Imagine shouting 'excuse me love, can you just come and use the loo brush on the skid marks you've left behind?' 😂

As disgusting as leaving skid marks are, I would have been less bothered because at least they aren’t on the actual seat that my skin would touch.

I couldn’t hover, I’m too short and would make a mess.

OP posts:
UserError012345 · 07/10/2022 07:45

How do you even leave wee on the seat? Genuine question.

Shiningstarr · 07/10/2022 15:57

UserError012345 · 07/10/2022 07:45

How do you even leave wee on the seat? Genuine question.

I reckon it's where people hover too high and it goes everywhere.

Either that or they aren't quite finished / have poor control and when they think they are finished they stand up and it continues to drip. Yuck.

ELOU1111 · 07/10/2022 16:09

Make sure your daughter understands that if you were to do this in a nightclub pub etc you would be risking a smack in the mouth. Then if she's tempted to copy mum when she's older she can weigh up if it's worth it.

InCheesusWeTrust · 07/10/2022 16:17

So many seat pissers here😂

drpet49 · 07/10/2022 16:21

Newusernameaug · 06/10/2022 20:53

Good for you!! It’s so disgusting

I agree

Pilotlite · 07/10/2022 16:25

I remember once using a toilet in a hotel. Each toilet had its own sink inside the cubicle. I washed my hands and left the cubicle and walked past the queue of people. One woman very proudly and very loudly shouted to the rest of the queue about that “dirty mare didn’t wash her hands”

it was SO satisfying to calmly turn around and let her know the sinks were inside the cubicles and was there anything else she wanted to talk to me about?

Tessasanderson · 07/10/2022 16:27

Bravo i like your style

InCheesusWeTrust · 07/10/2022 16:36

I wish even main toilet door opened out. So you can push them after you washed your hands😫

cakewench · 07/10/2022 16:37

Honestly? If I go into a loo with wee all over the seat, I often choose the hover method, myself (though I do lift the seat up, which I wish every hoverer would do). If you'd said that shit to me when I left I'd tell you it's in the same state it was when I went in, and if it bothers you, clean it yourself.

Reminds me of a thread ages ago where someone said she went into a loo with wee on it, she wiped it off and said to the woman who'd left the stall that she'd forgotten something, and threw the piss-soaked loo roll at her. Fucking unhinged.

KimberleyClark · 07/10/2022 16:38

YANBU but I’m a coward and I probably would have cleaned the seat myself. I try to leave toilets in the condition in which I’d like to find them.

DarkDarkNight · 07/10/2022 16:43

Good for you. I would never have the guts, but have had to wipe a complete stranger’s wee off the seat before 🤮 It’s a really selfish thing to do, it’s not like you don’t know it’s there, people must see it when they flush the chain.

SnappyDragony · 07/10/2022 21:24

Good for you. Less piss on seats means less hoverers which means less piss on seats.
Wiping down a loo seat with wee on it with just a plain piece of loo roll and no cleaning product makes me feel pretty gross.
Not all of us have the coordination to hover 🤣

Johnnysgirl · 07/10/2022 21:26

Astoundingly rude. How do you know she found it in clean condition herself? I don't believe for a minute she meekly returned to do your bidding.

Idontgiveagriffindamn · 07/10/2022 21:36

Are you sure it was wee and not splash from the flush?

UWhatNow · 07/10/2022 21:44

Johnnysgirl · 07/10/2022 21:26

Astoundingly rude. How do you know she found it in clean condition herself? I don't believe for a minute she meekly returned to do your bidding.

‘Astoundingly rude’ is selfishly expecting other people to clean up your mess.