AIBU to wonder why people leave loo roll on toilet floors?

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I often see bits of loo roll on the floor in toilets in shops, eating establishments and in my office. Why can’t people pick them up and put them in the toilet? You don’t need to wipe yourself with the dropped loo roll.

I do wonder do these people have loo roll, on the floor, around the toilet at their homes?

Apart from the office, I'd assume it's children. Not something that ever happens at my workplace i don't think!

I agree with you OP.

I think the way some people treat public toilets is a total disgrace.

I've always assumed they do it because they know someone else has to clear up after them and that they feel somehow superior to and contempt for those employed as cleaners.

Because they don’t give a shit. It’s the same people who chuck litter out their car window and have their phone volume up in public spaces.

I usually see this in public loos, especially at the swimming pool. I assume it’s kids who are not being supervised by their parents who are probably looking after more than one child.

I work in retail (think golden arches) and would love to be able to sweep loo roll up and thats the end of it

Almost every shift,im wiping shit off the walls,piss off the floor,boxer shorts in the u-bend (someone will come in,see it and shat on top) needles,condoms, toothpaste and just yesterday,someone wrote their name in poo on the wall

Cheers 'jonno'

I enjoyed (not) having to wipe that off

The day before,some kid nipped the end of his penis and sprayed his urine all over the floor (he was stood next to the toliet)

I didnt know he was in there and walked in to catch him in the act

I handed his mother the mop (she was standing there smiling proudly at him) and to be fair,she did clean it up (with a shocked face)

They had every intention of leaving it for me to re-mop (id just done it-the floor was wet)

I had to report what id done to the bosses in case she kicked off (again to be fair she didnt but she wasnt happy about having to clean her own sons wee up)

I always leave a loo in the same state I want to find it-at home and in public

People who feel the need to cover the seat in paper and don’t pick it up if it goes on the floor.

Our workplace loo is the same (shared with a number of offices) and there is always loo paper or paper towels on the floor. No kids involved. I don't know why people are just so skanky...

There may be one or two who literally can't bend down to pick it up...but everyone else is fit and able to bend down.

I handed his mother the mop (she was standing there smiling proudly at him) and to be fair,she did clean it up (with a shocked face) @Vintageblueribbon

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They use it to grab the flush and door handle and then throw it on the floor behind them
when they leave

Why? That's what the soap and hot water is for.

This. I feel the "nesters" and germaphobes are the biggest problem in public toilets. Some make huge elaborate nests to sit on and then because it has touched the air of the toilet leave it there or kick it all over the floor because god forbid they have to use their hands - which they should be washing after using the toilet. Then there are the hoverers who piss all over the place. The people who flush with their feet.

Children are the least messy and disgusting in public toilets I find.

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The context had been,I was knackered and not in a great mood (not good when your in a customer facing role) but im very good at faking it,so customers see me and a huge smile and had just cleaned the upstairs (we close it off on a night,,downstairs is available 24/7)

A group of 45 people came in,43 of them (kids and parents) where lovely and very grateful that wed re-opened upstairs for them-lovely and respectful customers

Then there where these two-he walked in,looked me up and down with a snear and told his mother he was going to 'make a mess as she can clean it up' glares at me while his mother cooed and agreed he was right

'Oddly' none of this group wanted to sit with him

I was watching this brat make a massive mess while his mother praised every move he made and I didnt see them head to the toliets

I walked in not knowing that he was in there and saw him pinching the end of his penis,spraying everywhere and cackling away while she smiled at him

I told his mother id just mopped the floor,that I didnt appreciate this and handed her the mop

Her face was a picture but she didnt say anything and mopped it off the floor and walls with a face like a slapped arse

She did attempt to clean their table (not sure if this was peer pressure from the other customers or my face) while brat boy just stood snearing at her and they left (leaving some mess but better than before)

I did hear her say that I was rude (I wasnt,thats not my nature at all) and that she'd 'never come back here!'

Good

There's some totally filthy people out there (even in professions where you'd think people would either have been brought up better or know better). It beggars belief.

I wish I knew! Some days I go into my shared (with many, as it's a single unisex loo) and you'd think someone had left a cat in there or something - bits and sheets of loo roll and sometimes handtowels (next to the bin) all over the floor. I think it's pretty bad and inconsiderate, leaving it like that for your fellow colleagues to find.

I also suspect the paper on the floor is the germaphobes who don’t want to touch anything that’s touched the seat, floor, flush, door…

Yes! And the trouble with these germaphobes is that no public loo is ever going to be clean enough to satisfy them.

Well done.

She will hopefully think twice about letting her child do something like that again.

If you don't say anything, then they think it is an acceptable thing to do. So good for you for speaking up! 👏

I used to work with someone who would do this

She'd use the loo and leave a whopping smell-honest to god,it was foul (she'd just laugh it off)

There would be pee all over the floor,poo unflushed and smeared up the bowl,bits of loo roll (not always unused) all over the floor and no paper towels anywhere so she cant have washed her hands

We all complained and the bosses did have words but they couldn't prove it was her

The problem was solved when she left and the rest of us have the attitude of 'leave it how you'd want to find it' which works

I did hear shes exactly the same at home-she doesn't care

There is no benefit to do this

Exactly but they just don’t want to touch it in the first place

These germ fearing need to read this www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250814-can-you-catch-diseases-from-toilet-seats

I saw the most ridiculous video on Facebook the other day involving putting on gloves, cleaning and covering the loo etc, then handling her bag and unlocking the door with a self-brought safety device, then taking the gloves off and washing their hands and then leaving the loos (and probably just recontaminating their hands then anyway because a lot of people don't bother to wash them). I mean I like a clean loo and I don't like bugs but I'm not THAT bad. I'll see if I can find it!

I stand up to wipe, I’ve never mastered the sit and wipe. I have on occasion accidentally dropped the paper but obviously always pick it up. I’d imagine it’s easy to not realise though when in a rush.

My friends who work/worked for a supermarket saw germophobics doing things now which are more germy than they think

Reusing disposable gloves and masks.

It's pathetic and selfish because if I walk into a loo like that (like in our office) I have to pick all the bits up and put them in the loo in case anyone sees me leaving the cubicle and thinks I'm the disgusting weirdo.