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Workman did a giant poo in my downstairs toilet and it won't go.

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Poodlelove · 22/09/2025 19:25

Today I had 2 men working in my garden , they were recommended to me by a colleague.4 hours work.
After a couple of hours one of them asked to use the toilet , he took off his shoes and was quick and didn't think any more of it.
An hour later the younger fella knocks on the door and I am on a work call , he points to the direction of the toilet and I just nod.

Ten minutes later he is still in there , I had to make another call so didn't think any more of it and then they had finished.

Anyway I had to dash out so got ready and needed a quick wee ( wee is only allowed in my downstairs loo ) and there is such a big poo in the toilet that it is actually out of the water AND it won't flush.

What on earth am I supposed to do ?

My Mum said stand on a chair and pour boiling water from a height 🤢 That doesn't work.
My husband isn't home until 9pm tonight , he is going to have to deal with it , but he said he wants his dinner first.
I could not poo in someone else's house.
Surely he could have held it in or scooped it out himself , or actually told me.
I have found an old ice cream container and some marigolds and as soon as hubby has eaten he can scoop it out.

OP posts:
SomewhatAnnoyed · 23/09/2025 00:12

Why on earth does your husband have to deal with it?!

Steeleydan · 23/09/2025 00:14

Poodlelove · 22/09/2025 19:25

Today I had 2 men working in my garden , they were recommended to me by a colleague.4 hours work.
After a couple of hours one of them asked to use the toilet , he took off his shoes and was quick and didn't think any more of it.
An hour later the younger fella knocks on the door and I am on a work call , he points to the direction of the toilet and I just nod.

Ten minutes later he is still in there , I had to make another call so didn't think any more of it and then they had finished.

Anyway I had to dash out so got ready and needed a quick wee ( wee is only allowed in my downstairs loo ) and there is such a big poo in the toilet that it is actually out of the water AND it won't flush.

What on earth am I supposed to do ?

My Mum said stand on a chair and pour boiling water from a height 🤢 That doesn't work.
My husband isn't home until 9pm tonight , he is going to have to deal with it , but he said he wants his dinner first.
I could not poo in someone else's house.
Surely he could have held it in or scooped it out himself , or actually told me.
I have found an old ice cream container and some marigolds and as soon as hubby has eaten he can scoop it out.

I can't believe you're gonna scoop someone else shit out your loo!
Get a bucket of cold water, pour from a great height it will go down, repeat if need be !

Allthatshines1992 · 23/09/2025 00:16

Use the toilet cleaner liquid stuff, squirt a load of that into the loo, close the lid and try flushing again after 10 mins or so

KimberleyClark · 23/09/2025 00:35

What were you expecting him to do with the turd once he’d scooped it out? Put it in your bathroom bin?

SnowFrogJelly · 23/09/2025 01:01

Better call poobusters

LadyLolaRuben · 23/09/2025 01:03

The best post we've had in ages Grin

Reading this thread has stopped me sleeping

RudyRudester · 23/09/2025 01:09

Poodlelove · 22/09/2025 19:44

I have tried to flush it about ten times since the hot water went in.
I have put half a bottle of bleach in and it's sunk a bit , no longer peaking out of the water.

Titanic Turd

Pussygaloregalapagos · 23/09/2025 01:30

Chop it up with a knife.

MsFelicityLemon · 23/09/2025 05:36

Poodlelove · 22/09/2025 19:47

I didn't see the younger one when they had finished , he was sweeping up .

You probably didn't see him because he'd left half of himself in your toilet.

It's so unfortunate how inconsiderate pooing by workmen tends to happen to posters that have strong tolieting opinions, like having "wee only" toilets or toliet brush aversion.

CoffeeCantata · 23/09/2025 06:07

A few points:

I have mild IBS so I do understand that not everyone is like lucky, digestively well-regulated OP. When you need to go etc…unfortunately. That IS what lavvies are for.

But yes - it’s always been men in my experience who do these ginormous poos and leave more than a pong behind. What on earth are they eating to block a toilet? And can you imagine just walking out of the loo without getting rid of it?

i used to work in a school where the postman would ask to come in and use the loo every morning (not a problem in itself) but OMG the smell just filled the whole building. Surely that’s not right?

HelpMeGetThrough · 23/09/2025 06:13

Elbowpatch · 22/09/2025 19:33

Are there teeth marks on the toilet seat?

🤣🤣🤣

watermybegonias · 23/09/2025 06:38

Isn't that what wire coat hangers are for?!

Spanador · 23/09/2025 06:46

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 19:51

You could always play a pipe and see if you can charm it out into your ice cream box?

🤣🤣 threads like these are the reason I wish we still had the laugh reaction

PigletJohn · 23/09/2025 06:58

I rather suspect that these problems are more common with low-water flushes and modern WCs, especially imports with no recognised brand name.

I made a point of using products from brands like Twyford and Armitage Shanks. They know how to make a bog that works, and still make some to fit a soil pipe that goes down through the floor instead of horizontally through the wall. You may have to browse the catalogue and order one, instead of taking it off the shelf in B&Q. The difference in price is insignificant when you consider cost per use.

HelpMeGetThrough · 23/09/2025 07:27

Did he take a hedge trimmer in with him OP? Sounded like he needed it to detach that from his arse.

itsgettingweird · 23/09/2025 07:39

Put washing liquid in there - it breaks down fat and hot water will help it disintegrate

ChristmasFluff · 23/09/2025 07:39

Daily occurrence in the hotel cleaning job. Put on a disposable glove and mash it up with your hand is the fastest way. Then take poo-glove off by turning it inside-out then hold it in the glove on your other hand and take that off by turning it inside-out - surgical style. No need to clean anything such as a shitty knife. Just bag the gloves and throw away.

Calliopespa · 23/09/2025 07:59

ChristmasFluff · 23/09/2025 07:39

Daily occurrence in the hotel cleaning job. Put on a disposable glove and mash it up with your hand is the fastest way. Then take poo-glove off by turning it inside-out then hold it in the glove on your other hand and take that off by turning it inside-out - surgical style. No need to clean anything such as a shitty knife. Just bag the gloves and throw away.

🙀🙀🙀🙀

RealEagle · 23/09/2025 08:03

Laura95167 · 22/09/2025 19:38

"Scooped it out himself"?????

I thought that !!! And done what with it .

crankycurmudgeon · 23/09/2025 08:04

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 19:28

"there is such a big poo in the toilet that it is actually out of the water AND it won't flush."

OMG that is good luck! It's called an Excalibur. Just grip it by the handle and pull, but beware only the true king can remove this or maybe Dynorod

Haha dead

Calliopespa · 23/09/2025 08:05

ChristmasFluff · 23/09/2025 07:39

Daily occurrence in the hotel cleaning job. Put on a disposable glove and mash it up with your hand is the fastest way. Then take poo-glove off by turning it inside-out then hold it in the glove on your other hand and take that off by turning it inside-out - surgical style. No need to clean anything such as a shitty knife. Just bag the gloves and throw away.

Daily occurrence?!

Do you ever suspect them of booking in just to deposit it somewhere they don't have to grapple with it?

This is information that requires cross-pollination to the "is my DH having an affair: hotel receipts found in pocket" threads.

Lambington · 23/09/2025 08:08

Balloon whisk.

HelpMeGetThrough · 23/09/2025 08:15

Lambington · 23/09/2025 08:08

Balloon whisk.

Semtex would be better.

Freysimo · 23/09/2025 08:26

Thank you for this thread OP. I'm sorry for your troubles but am worried sick about old DDog at the moment and it's cheered me up.

RudyRudester · 23/09/2025 10:08

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