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People who don’t flush the toilet after using

35 replies

Ifo · 05/10/2025 12:56

95% of the time, there is nothing wrong with the flush as flushed the toilets myself.

I knew the concept of flushing after using the toilet since I was about 4 years old!

Many people go into cubicles, see that the toilet hasn’t been flushed, and go to another one. Just flush and use that toilet.

Most of the time when entering toilets that not been flushed, it’s a poo 💩. Sometimes it takes a second flush to get rid of it

I should not be seeing other people’s excrement

OP posts:
bruffin · 05/10/2025 12:57

I suspect they flushed buts its not worked and you have to wait ages for ut to flush again.

AgnesMcDoo · 05/10/2025 13:00

Sometimes the flush doesn’t work

FeralWoman · 05/10/2025 13:02

I always check that a poo has flushed away before I leave the cubicle. Leaving it for the next person to discover is gross.

bluebettyy · 05/10/2025 13:03

Often if you flush someone else’s mess it takes ages to wait for the flush to work after youve used it. The cycle continues. This is why I’d rather use a non soiled toilet

MeganM3 · 05/10/2025 13:04

Not flushing is rude, obviously. I’ve noticed men not flushing after weeing (as a guest at my house. Or in their own house when I’ve been a guest)

bruffin · 05/10/2025 13:04

FeralWoman · 05/10/2025 13:02

I always check that a poo has flushed away before I leave the cubicle. Leaving it for the next person to discover is gross.

how long will you wait, sometimes you can try two or three times and it still doesnt work.

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 13:05

bruffin · 05/10/2025 13:04

how long will you wait, sometimes you can try two or three times and it still doesnt work.

So what do you do? Leave it for someone else to deal with??

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 13:07

A colleague once mentioned that she cringes when she gets unexpected callers at home as if they need to use the loo she can’t be certain her kids have left it clean and flushed. Her “kids” are in their 20s, highly educated and no additional needs.

FeralWoman · 05/10/2025 13:34

bruffin · 05/10/2025 13:04

how long will you wait, sometimes you can try two or three times and it still doesnt work.

Long enough to contemplate your dietary habits, fibre intake and hydration levels?

Clychaugog · 05/10/2025 13:44

Perhaps the thing to do would be give it a flush AND go to a different cubicle. Hopefully by the time the next person comes along the third party jobby would have gone and enough time would have passed to refill the cistern

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 05/10/2025 13:47

When at home I don't always flush after a wee as it saves water. I live alone so no one else has to see it. Obviously I always do after a poo and after either if using a public toilet.

bruffin · 05/10/2025 13:56

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 13:05

So what do you do? Leave it for someone else to deal with??

If i have to give up ie waited two flushes and still not working , i put the lid down and leave it

Implodingyourmirage · 05/10/2025 14:02

bruffin · 05/10/2025 13:56

If i have to give up ie waited two flushes and still not working , i put the lid down and leave it

So, leave it for someone else to deal with.

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 15:40

bruffin · 05/10/2025 13:56

If i have to give up ie waited two flushes and still not working , i put the lid down and leave it

So someone else has to deal with your shit? Lovely.

Denim4ever · 05/10/2025 15:43

bruffin · 05/10/2025 12:57

I suspect they flushed buts its not worked and you have to wait ages for ut to flush again.

100% this. Many public labs are barely fit for purpose in this respect

bluebettyy · 05/10/2025 15:58

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 05/10/2025 13:47

When at home I don't always flush after a wee as it saves water. I live alone so no one else has to see it. Obviously I always do after a poo and after either if using a public toilet.

My mum used to do that in her house and it smelled like a sewer.

bruffin · 05/10/2025 16:02

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 15:40

So someone else has to deal with your shit? Lovely.

im not a plumber , i cant fix a defective toilet.
What would you do, wait around all day flushing it!

Bagsintheboot · 05/10/2025 16:06

Clychaugog · 05/10/2025 13:44

Perhaps the thing to do would be give it a flush AND go to a different cubicle. Hopefully by the time the next person comes along the third party jobby would have gone and enough time would have passed to refill the cistern

This is what should be done. Otherwise you end up with toilets de-facto out of order.

bruffin · 05/10/2025 16:11

Bagsintheboot · 05/10/2025 16:06

This is what should be done. Otherwise you end up with toilets de-facto out of order.

If i go into a loo that hasnt had a successful flush this is what i do!

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 16:11

bruffin · 05/10/2025 16:02

im not a plumber , i cant fix a defective toilet.
What would you do, wait around all day flushing it!

Edited

I’d flush more than twice, for starters.

bruffin · 05/10/2025 16:12

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 16:11

I’d flush more than twice, for starters.

How many times, how many minutes are you prepared to wait!.

Throughahedgebackwards · 05/10/2025 16:17

Maybe they're saving water. I don't always flush after a wee at home.
Frequently used to hear "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down."

sammylady37 · 05/10/2025 16:17

bruffin · 05/10/2025 16:12

How many times, how many minutes are you prepared to wait!.

I’ve never left a toilet with either shit or skid marks after me. I flush as often as is necessary.

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 05/10/2025 16:22

bluebettyy · 05/10/2025 15:58

My mum used to do that in her house and it smelled like a sewer.

Well mine thankfully doesn't. I drink a lot so my wee isn't concentrated and doesn't smell.

Megapint · 05/10/2025 16:36

It's disgusting, there's some dirty bastards out there!. I went to use the toilets in the supermarket earlier this week and there was shit on the floor.