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Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroom?
By: TootsNYC Date: July 9, 2020, 9:46 am
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So on a decluttering thread on Reddit, I mentioned that it's my
dream, should I ever get to remodel my bathroom, to make a sink
cabinet with a tilt-out side so I can stash the plunger and the
toilet brush (I want to take advantage of the deep back corner
of the cabinet, which is hard to access, and also the extra
vertical height you get behind the sink there, since the plunger
is tall).
A couple of people got really, really insistent that it was rude
("my worst nightmare," one of them said) to not have the plunger
immediately apparent in case a guest had a problem and needed to
use it on your toilet. (They didn't say this, but obviously
someone with IBS or Crohn's might really want a toilet brush
without having a conversation about it.)
OK, so I figured I'd make sure to put some sort of label (this
is all a pipe dream at the moment, mind you), so if someone was
going, "doesn't she have a plunger?" there would be a little
plunger icon on the side of the cabinet by the cabinet knob for
that compartment.
But no, that wasn't good enough. So now I'm wondering--would I
be rude to hide the plunger and the toilet brush? It is
important to have them out and easily findable?
(The biggest reason I want them inside the cabinet is that I
don't want to have to clean around them, nor do I want to have
to clean them, or any decorative holder they might be in, every
week. Everything in the bathroom gets dusty with skin cells,
etc., since 3 people shower and towel off in there, plus the
area around the toilet gets splatter, so it's not an
easy-to-wipe-off area. And, of course, it's ugly and I
don't think there are attractive holders for decent plungers,
and then the whole area looks really cluttered--a plunger the
toilet-brush holder, and a trash can all in the same area. A
guest is far more likely to need to use a trash can than the
other two, and I'd personally rather look at a trash can.)
#Post#: 54324--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Luci Date: July 9, 2020, 10:29 am
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How would they dry and air off in an enclosed cabinet?
I don’t know about rudeness or not. That’s an interesting
thought. We so rarely use ours.
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Lilipons Date: July 9, 2020, 10:39 am
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Good grief! These people must lead very odd lives if the
presence or absence of a plunger is their ‘worst nightmare’.
I think it’s perfectly fine to put the plunger away in a closet.
We keep ours in the little machine room that also houses the
furnace and the hot water heater. Of course, we have two
bathrooms so two plungers wouldn’t make sense. I like to see
the toilet brush in a hotel bathroom but don’t really notice if
it’s in someone’s home or not.
If they want plumbing equipment in plain view, how about hanging
a toilet snake on the back of the door like Indiana Jones’
bullwhip. That would certainly be a conversation piece.
Oh well, in the thread on old posts people are bringing up the
shoes/no shoes debate. I hope this isn’t quite as vituperative
as that became.
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: penguinladi Date: July 9, 2020, 10:46 am
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In my own home with 3 toilet rooms, I like to have an easily
accessible plunger and toilet brush in each bathroom. But I do
not notice the presence or absence of these items when I am a
guest in other people's homes. If I have a problem with the
toilet, I would want to notify the owner because there may be
another issue that needs repair. I don't find it rude not to
have it readily available for guests.
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Hmmm Date: July 9, 2020, 11:06 am
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I have a toilet brush in each of our bathrooms but only in one
is it set out where anyone could see it and that is in the
master bathroom where guests seldom go. In the other two, they
are stored in a cabinet. I have 2 plungers, one upstairs that is
in a cabinet and one downstairs that is also in a bathroom
cabinet.
If someone needs a plunger in my home, then I'd much rather they
came and told me so that I could deal with it appropriately.
Do these people also expect you to leave the toilet cleaner out?
And should the mop and floor cleaner be sitting out in case they
spilled something and felt the need to clean it up?
I think these are trolls.
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Wanaca Date: July 9, 2020, 11:31 am
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I've never really thought about the etiquette of this, but we
only have one small bathroom and we leave the brush and the
plunger out near the toilet. We do it solely for our
convenience rather than for guests.
I know that I've never used a brush or plunger in another
person's toilet so I don't look for them.
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: sandisadie Date: July 9, 2020, 11:34 am
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I keep my toilet brush and cleaner in a container next to the
toilet. I have a plunger in the bathroom cabinet under the
sink. I've never thought about whether people routinely keep
such items available for guests to use. In my house I'd rather
be told the toilet has a problem instead of a guest trying to
fix it before I find out about it. I don't see this as having
anything to do with being rude, or not.
#Post#: 54333--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: oogyda Date: July 9, 2020, 11:45 am
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I'm going to go with .... No, it's not rude to hide the plunger
or toilet brush.
I rarely leave cleaning supplies such as brushes (including
toilet brushes), rags and cleaning solutions out after I use
them anywhere and I most definitely do not leave my tools (which
is what a plunger is) out all over.
My master bathroom door is 6 paces from our main bath. The main
bath is pretty small with very little storage space so I keep
the plunger and toilet brush in the master bathroom linen
closet. I agree with whoever it was that said if a guest needs
a plunger, I'd rather they let me know and I or DH will deal
with it.
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Rose Red Date: July 9, 2020, 11:59 am
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It's your house so do what makes you feel comfortable for having
a pleasant bathroom. A label is a nice compromise. A guest
should be able to figure out labels, but I can understand if
they feel weird about opening drawers even if it's just for a
plunger. Maybe when you have guests over, you can say "Here's
the restroom. If you need anything, it's all labeled or feel
free to ask." (That may make them feel like they have free rein
though, so I don't know.)
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: lowspark Date: July 9, 2020, 1:26 pm
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Ok, wut??
Is it actually a thing to keep the plunger in plain view? I've
never ever heard of that before. And I will say that probably
99% of the bathrooms I've visited in other people's houses do
not have one hanging about for the use of their guests. In fact,
I think it's the opposite. I don't want to see miscellaneous
plumbing apparatus on display, either in my own bathroom or in
others'.
So... I vote not rude.
[quote author=Lilipons link=topic=1778.msg54325#msg54325
date=1594309156]
Good grief! These people must lead very odd lives if the
presence or absence of a plunger is their ‘worst
nightmare’.[/quote]
LOL!
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