AIBU to ask people not to poop in new under stairs cloakroom?

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We are just having a new cloakroom installed downstairs. AIBU to put a sign up saying ‘no poo loo’ or ‘if you plan to do a poo do it in the upstairs loo’?

My DH thinks it’s not reasonable. I just down like the idea of people doing a poop in there and then the macerator having to … anyway AIBU?

YBU:

1. It's rude to dictate which toilet guests can use.
2. You will embarrass guests who go upstairs as everyone will know why.
3. Unless you are American or 3 years old, you should use poo, shit or crap rather than the very cringy "poop"

I was going to say you were being unreasonable then I read that it was a macerator.

Those things block so easily that you may have a point!

OP I don't think you are unreasonable. We have a macerator and don't use it for no 2's due to past blocks. A contractor came by did a no 2 blocked the macerator and it's cost us £500 to sort...

Alan Partridge tested the technology robustly with plenteous mashed-up Dundee cake and proclaimed it a great success.

Never had a problem with ours.

Get a grip.

Don't tell anyone it's a toilet. Pretend it's a cupboard. If anyone finds out, tell them it's your daughter's toilet, and they can go upstairs.

Exactly this. Plus it would stink your downstairs out. I’m the same, go for a sh!te upstairs, downstairs is for peeing only in my house!

I can sometimes just need a wee and then once Ive started, my bowels decide to join in on the party too! What should I do then? Try and stop and waddle upstairs to use the other toilet 🙄🙄

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I agree with you! We have a downstairs loo, which is just off the kitchen, and there’s a strict no poo rule in there. I just cannot be okay with poo so close to the room where we prepare food 😂

I know I am likely unreasonable, but it works for the four of us who live in the house.

I have this rule! Upstairs bathroom has a window so smelly poos are easily aired! Downstairs cloakroom doesn’t have a window so smells linger. Rule is mainly for us (the family) as we’re here most of the time. Staying guests (extended family) are also informed of the rule. I’ve had zero pushback. Who wants the smell of poo wafting around the main living space!? Not me!

my ex’s parents had a loo that was in the utility room with a curtain. although the utility room had no door so any smells or noise from one room would waft into the other.

i always felt nervous using it. i was told by my then bf it was pee only in that one. fair enough. totally got it.

id be fine with a sign. id direct people to the upstairs loo “the downstairs loo is a noisy macerator for no1s only, for your comfort you may prefer to use the upstairs one, it’s quieter and the lights better for makeup too”

Oh, forgot to ask. Is "cloakroom" a euphemism for toilet? My first thought was Why The F are you friends shitting on the floor in your cloakroom?!

We have a no poop rule downstairs. Always have had. No poop downstairs I was young either. The downstairs loo is often by the hallway and front door. Would hate to answer the door shortly after a smell.
It’s a rule I’ve brought into my adult home and it’s followed by my DH and by children once they are past the toddler stage.
I’ve never expressed it to guests but I would feel quite surprised to find a guest pooing in a downstairs loo. If it’s ever happened, I’ve not known about it.

Wtf do you live in a country with no proper sewage??

so a guest comes to your house - says ‘can I use the loo’

you say ‘of course - just down the hall on the right’

they go in and start doing what a toilet is designed for - then see a sign saying ‘don’t shit in here’

so now they have to try and stop mid plop and go upstairs or break the rules and continue ??!!!

for the love of all that is holy - please don’t do this . Don’t have a sign.

Just deny any downstairs toilet except for direct family who live with and presumably can abide by these rules.

just direct all guests upstairs.

why oh why install a toilet if not fit for purpose ?

not sure whether to laugh or cry at the craziness of this thread!

“I need to curl one out so I’ll go upstairs.I’ll put some music on my phone so the sound of me straining doesn’t frighten the kids”

YABU for using the word 'poop'.

I get your concern and the reason you want it installed.

I would have the toilet door a lockable door with a key that’s kept locked from the outside.

don’t have it as an accessible toilet for everyone to use but rather a loo your dd can use during the day. That way if she needs to poo it’s only dealing with her waste.

no one even needs to know it’s a loo as you have one upstairs they’ve always used.

Why don't you just have family wee use for the macerator if you're concerned and advise guests etc. to use upstairs bathroom please. No need for further explanations.

Are people really pooing at other people’s houses? I genuinely don’t think I’ve pooed at a friends house since I was a kid!!

Because there is a macerator rather than a main sewage pipe on that toilet

Ps we have a family rule - no pooing downstairs toilet because it makes a smell - have never told guests this, just assume they’ll poo in their own houses so didn’t occur to me!

So suppose you OP ever get caught short and need to poo downstairs. Will you not use that toilet?