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

404 replies

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:
Cherrytree86 · 23/09/2025 19:01

He sounds absolutely vile.

pure misogyny not cleaning up his own massive shit but leaving it for you to sort out.

prick.

Frightenedbunny · 23/09/2025 19:03

You need a shitstick. Give it a quick stabbing to break it up then flush!

independentfriend · 23/09/2025 19:22

Would you rather he'd left a poo somewhere other than a toilet? Those are the options: poo in a toilet that can be flushed or poo anywhere else.

It's naive and ableist to believe everybody can wait till they get home. I certainly couldn't. Do read about faecal urgency. (And I'm not discounting that some people only feel able to poo in their own loos or certain other loos that feel safe enough). Just have some empathy for other people who have bodies that work differently.

If the loo is struggling, see if there's a hippo bag or similar in the cistern to make it use less water and remove it temporarily. If it isn't flushing properly after you've done that you'll need a plumber - and this is probably worth fixing even if that loo is usually only used for wee, in case of injury that confines one of you to the ground floor.

I wouldn't use warm water to flush - I think that will generate a smell in a way cold wouldn't. But yes, lots of cold water from a bucket of the flush isn't doing the job.

ChristmasFluff · 23/09/2025 19:35

Blondeshavemorefun · 23/09/2025 11:38

I don’t have disposable gloves

doubt many houses do

They are really useful - the surgical type with powder are the best, I find. I use them for any mucky job, for cleaning up body fluids, or whenever I'm using chemicals, and for dyeing my hair.

Well worth having them, and they aren't expensive.

Dogmum6 · 23/09/2025 19:42

Oh man the gloves etc. TMI! 🤢🤢

FurForksSake · 23/09/2025 19:45

Do you not keep a poo knife in the loo for visitors?

CrowMate · 23/09/2025 19:50

FurForksSake · 23/09/2025 19:45

Do you not keep a poo knife in the loo for visitors?

“Loo’s first on the left, the poo knife is under the sink should you need it” ?!

LouiseK93 · 23/09/2025 19:51

Thank you OP, you made my day, this is hilarious 😂😂😂

FurForksSake · 23/09/2025 20:02

@CrowMatealongside the penis beaker, mouthwash and tampons.

2Magpies24 · 23/09/2025 20:03

I wonder if there is a ‘Tradesnet’ somewhere with a thread titled ‘did huge shit at customers house today. WWYD?’ ?!

FurForksSake · 23/09/2025 20:10

Wasn’t there something on social media about a girl throwing a poo out of the window on a date? Or was that in along came polly…

if it was me I’d have destroyed it with the toilet brush. I have done a brown periscope, but only at home. And believe me unleashing the beast was not a choice.

bumblebee1000 · 23/09/2025 20:27

bleach wont work, get a carrier bag, wrap around hand and break it up...i had a plumber do same in my house, also worse as it was all over the floor also...i did point it out to him and he was very sorry.

exaltedwombat · 23/09/2025 20:30

Break it up with a stick. OK, yuk. But nappies are worse. Yes he should have checked that it had flushed. But it's not a capital offence.

Boudica70 · 23/09/2025 20:34

Was his name Big Innes? 😂

ErinBell01 · 23/09/2025 20:43

Water isn't going to work! Give your husband a stick to prod it and chop it up into bits and then flush. Or be brave and do it yourself!

APC303 · 23/09/2025 20:46

Had this with my son a few months ago. The bloody thing just sat firm, refusing to budge. Had to fill up the clothes bucket with water and pour it with intent four or five times for it to be convinced to manoeuvre into the bend. God knows where it is now, probably in a bend in the public sewer causing havok.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 23/09/2025 20:47

independentfriend · 23/09/2025 19:22

Would you rather he'd left a poo somewhere other than a toilet? Those are the options: poo in a toilet that can be flushed or poo anywhere else.

It's naive and ableist to believe everybody can wait till they get home. I certainly couldn't. Do read about faecal urgency. (And I'm not discounting that some people only feel able to poo in their own loos or certain other loos that feel safe enough). Just have some empathy for other people who have bodies that work differently.

If the loo is struggling, see if there's a hippo bag or similar in the cistern to make it use less water and remove it temporarily. If it isn't flushing properly after you've done that you'll need a plumber - and this is probably worth fixing even if that loo is usually only used for wee, in case of injury that confines one of you to the ground floor.

I wouldn't use warm water to flush - I think that will generate a smell in a way cold wouldn't. But yes, lots of cold water from a bucket of the flush isn't doing the job.

Its not about him not being able to use the toilet. He was, and the other colleague. Its about him, male, not being bothered to ensure that the toilet was clean after he used it. That alone is not ok in your own home, let alone a client's home.

Poodlelove · 23/09/2025 20:56

Countingmyselfluckytoday · 23/09/2025 11:53

Has it gone?

Hello ,
Sorry just got in from work.
Husband got it sorted.
Used a loo brush and mashed it up , he said it was quite solid and a funny colour at one end , he laughed and said it was like a forerero rocher (can't spell it) at one end or like a Birds eye vegetable finger 🤢 he bagged up the loo brush and put it straight in the bin.
Now we are getting a sign off Etsy because we don't want any more number 2s in that toilet but don't know where to put the sign , on the door of the toilet or on the cistern , because they might not read the sign until it's too late.🫣😁

OP posts:
Arlanymor · 23/09/2025 21:00

Poodlelove · 23/09/2025 20:56

Hello ,
Sorry just got in from work.
Husband got it sorted.
Used a loo brush and mashed it up , he said it was quite solid and a funny colour at one end , he laughed and said it was like a forerero rocher (can't spell it) at one end or like a Birds eye vegetable finger 🤢 he bagged up the loo brush and put it straight in the bin.
Now we are getting a sign off Etsy because we don't want any more number 2s in that toilet but don't know where to put the sign , on the door of the toilet or on the cistern , because they might not read the sign until it's too late.🫣😁

Don’t get a sign - get an ink stamp and put it on the hands of everyone who comes in the front door - like in a nightclub!

Glad it didn’t eat you in the night… also won’t be eating Ferrero Rocher for some time to come..! 💩🍫

FurForksSake · 23/09/2025 21:01

“No shitting in this shitter” comic sans with glitter fairies. I’d recommend toilet lid, back of toilet door and have a specially printed toilet pedestal mat made.

Poodlelove · 23/09/2025 21:09

Moveoverdarlin · 22/09/2025 20:17

The men in my house regularly churn out turds that are unflushable. They’re so big, they just won’t go.

What do you do ?

OP posts:
Poodlelove · 23/09/2025 21:12

AllrightNowBaby · 22/09/2025 20:25

We had a guy renovating our garden, he was with us for a week.
We offered for him to use the downstairs loo and he could just knock and come in at the backdoor.
He never did and before he’d finished the job, he rang to say he’d got an injury and wouldn’t be back for a few weeks.
That weekend Dh went in the shed which he had been storing his tools and on a high shelf were 5 chip shop trays….🤮
I’ll leave to your imagination 🤣

Oh my goodness 😱😱😱😱

OP posts:
CoffeeCantata · 23/09/2025 21:32

Poodlelove · 23/09/2025 20:56

Hello ,
Sorry just got in from work.
Husband got it sorted.
Used a loo brush and mashed it up , he said it was quite solid and a funny colour at one end , he laughed and said it was like a forerero rocher (can't spell it) at one end or like a Birds eye vegetable finger 🤢 he bagged up the loo brush and put it straight in the bin.
Now we are getting a sign off Etsy because we don't want any more number 2s in that toilet but don't know where to put the sign , on the door of the toilet or on the cistern , because they might not read the sign until it's too late.🫣😁

No, no, no, no ….i wish I hadn’t read that. Ferrero Rocher…oh God, that’s horrific….I can’t unsee what this has put into my head.🤮😳

Calliopespa · 23/09/2025 21:42
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HevenlyMeS · 23/09/2025 21:42

Yes exactly true
How judgemental of her to think he could avoid opening his bowels & how unhealthy the consequences are if folk try to hold them in 😢