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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:
Enigma54 · 22/09/2025 20:56

Just to add to the “ poo” talk. I’m on chemo and a side effect of this particular regime, is diarrhoea. Stupidly thought l could nip to the shops and back ( having gone before leaving home) Wrong! Asda toilets saved the day ! Id have been mortified if I couldn’t have flushed due to size! 😳

ChaliceinWonderland · 22/09/2025 20:57

Omg am creased up with laughter.....

Happyjoe · 22/09/2025 20:57

I bet that fella had a right spring in his step after that! Quite jealous actually, lol.
One of my brothers growing up always did that, mum ended up keeping a packet of those bamboo BBQ skewers to break it up with, fondly still known as shit sticks in my head.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 22/09/2025 20:57

finallygettingit · 22/09/2025 19:59

what do you expect the poor offender to do
'scuse me Mrs Poodlelove, terribly sorry but I've just done a massive poo in your toilet, you don't have a poo knife handy do you? or just a stick maybe'
Maybe he did try and flush it but without success
this is a far more understandable and excusable offence than leaving skid marks or a wet seat/floor

Yes that is adult behaviour. Perhaps female adult, but yes you need to own your own disasters and embarassments.

SixSeven · 22/09/2025 20:58

We have a poo knife, it is kept in soil in the corner of the garden. We got it due to teenage sons monstrous loo-blocking turds, but have not had to deploy it since we made him chop it himself. Funny that.

tartanhaggis7 · 22/09/2025 21:01

in future put a sign in loo no poo just piss !!! tell de workies to carry an extra sandwich box just hope they don't have chocolate spread in them sany's !!! 😎😎😎

TheGreatWesternShrew · 22/09/2025 21:02

Get a bucket of water and pour it down. It’ll go in a minute.

Vera87 · 22/09/2025 21:02

You are going to have to use a stick to break it up I’m afraid

popcornandpotatoes · 22/09/2025 21:03

snowywoods · 22/09/2025 19:59

Fucking hell how many hands do you think she’s got

😂

This is so disgusting

I would 100% wait for DH to get home and I don't care if that's not big and brave.

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 21:03

I have a question for all those with poo knives/poo sticks/poo hand blenders etc
Why do you keep them in your gardens? Do you have a massive dump, look at it and think "yeah that's not going down without a fight", waddle off down the garden with your strides round your ankles, collect the instrument of poo death, waddle back to the shitter, chop up the log, wipe your arse, then flush?

RedRiverShore5 · 22/09/2025 21:04

Sometimes it's the loo, our upstairs one is more modern and somehow doesn't cope as well as the downstairs one which is older and bigger, in our house it is preferred for DH to use the more capable downstairs one which is right at the back of the house

LBFseBrom · 22/09/2025 21:04

Have you never done a poo that wouldn't flush without a bit of encouragement? I have.

Like you, I wouldn't want to do one in someone else's house but this was a workman, there for a while, and when you've got to go, you've got to go. He probably just pressed the flush and went out of the loo, not looking back.

Such things happen. Your husband will manage.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 22/09/2025 21:05

HornyHornersPinkyWinky · 22/09/2025 20:17

Normally I’m sceptical of this stuff, but the same thing happened in work today.

I work in a small office and a guy who usually works offsite was in for meetings, and left a mess in the toilet (presumably for the women to clean up).

The fucking smell lingered for ages it was so gross.

Thankfully he won’t be back for ages.

Please complain to your manager/facilities/HR. Noone in a work situation should have to deal with this. Be that the cleaner, fellow employees, customers, clients etc. There needs to be sufficient equipment in each toilet that everyone can deal with their own disaster. We had this at my last employer. Single self contained toilets for staff.

Ozzbozz20 · 22/09/2025 21:06

You said he should have told you but then said you were on a work call and he was motioning you towards the toilet pointing and you had to ignore him? So surely he was trying to tell you and you half acknowledged him?

SixSeven · 22/09/2025 21:06

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 21:03

I have a question for all those with poo knives/poo sticks/poo hand blenders etc
Why do you keep them in your gardens? Do you have a massive dump, look at it and think "yeah that's not going down without a fight", waddle off down the garden with your strides round your ankles, collect the instrument of poo death, waddle back to the shitter, chop up the log, wipe your arse, then flush?

Why the hell would you want to keep it in the house?!

ClairDeLaLune · 22/09/2025 21:06

Pour diet coke on it, that dissolves everything.

WalterMittysPuppet · 22/09/2025 21:07

GreenWheat · 22/09/2025 20:07

Because it's a hackneyed MN old chestnut to make a fuss about tradesmen using your loo.

Lol yeah, I posted years ago before realising it was an MN "thing" not to post - about the floor fitter using our loo and absolutely pebble-dashing it with skidders. Looked like he'd shat through a colander at max velocity.

rainbowsandraspberrygin · 22/09/2025 21:07

“Wee is only allowed in my downstairs loo” - should this be: “only wee is allowed in my downstairs loo?”

was there a sign??

BIG bucket of water - flush then tip the water down.

“scooping” has made me gag a bit

Happyher · 22/09/2025 21:08

Pour bleach and washing up liquid and leave it for an hour then flush. Nastier way is to put your arm in a watertight bin bag and plunge arm down the loo and squish it so it breaks down the pull the bag inside out and bin it

EleanorPeck · 22/09/2025 21:08

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

You madam/sir are a wordsmith! 😂

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 21:08

SixSeven · 22/09/2025 21:06

Why the hell would you want to keep it in the house?!

Why not? Wipe it on the curtains and it'll be fine

RedRiverShore5 · 22/09/2025 21:09

MartinAynuss · 22/09/2025 21:03

I have a question for all those with poo knives/poo sticks/poo hand blenders etc
Why do you keep them in your gardens? Do you have a massive dump, look at it and think "yeah that's not going down without a fight", waddle off down the garden with your strides round your ankles, collect the instrument of poo death, waddle back to the shitter, chop up the log, wipe your arse, then flush?

DH uses a cane from the garden, downstairs this is so he doesn't come through the house with it, loo is fairly near back door, I haven't asked its whereabouts. I use the Toilet Duck stick which I bleach before returning to its stand.

tartanhaggis7 · 22/09/2025 21:09

phone him up tell him hes left something iin loo and can he come round and collect it soon as failing that use toilet brush and break it up !!! ☺☺

rainbowsandraspberrygin · 22/09/2025 21:09

SixSeven · 22/09/2025 20:58

We have a poo knife, it is kept in soil in the corner of the garden. We got it due to teenage sons monstrous loo-blocking turds, but have not had to deploy it since we made him chop it himself. Funny that.

This is quite something 😂🫣

ILikeDinosaurs · 22/09/2025 21:10

Pour some bleach down and leave it for a while, it might help 'disintegrate' it a bit.