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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Hanna Date: July 11, 2020, 6:21 am
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I keep a brush like this in every bathroom
HTML https://www.homedepot.com/p/Home-Basics-Stainless-Steel-Toilet-Brush-TB41027/303975852
Onyxbird What do you clean with? My DH had those wand things for
years and no brush. I confess I had questions that I never have
asked.
#Post#: 54419--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: gramma dishes Date: July 11, 2020, 7:50 am
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[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54410#msg54410
date=1594438193]
...
I'm honestly not even sure if we have a toilet brush in our
house. It's not a tool we use to actually scrub our toilets, and
needing it for "smears" has just never seemed to be an issue.
We're not out to cruelly doom our guests to embarrassment by not
displaying a toilet brush--it's just not an item we use and thus
we don't keep one around. (We do have a plunger, but it's not
kept in the bathroom.)
[/quote]
Are you saying you never need to clean any of your toilets or
are you saying you use something other than a toilet brush? If
the latter, what do you use instead?
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: oogyda Date: July 11, 2020, 8:39 am
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[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=1778.msg54419#msg54419
date=1594471852]
[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54410#msg54410
date=1594438193]
...
I'm honestly not even sure if we have a toilet brush in our
house. It's not a tool we use to actually scrub our toilets, and
needing it for "smears" has just never seemed to be an issue.
We're not out to cruelly doom our guests to embarrassment by not
displaying a toilet brush--it's just not an item we use and thus
we don't keep one around. (We do have a plunger, but it's not
kept in the bathroom.)
[/quote]
Are you saying you never need to clean any of your toilets or
are you saying you use something other than a toilet brush? If
the latter, what do you use instead?
[/quote]
A quick wipe with some toilet paper will easily clean a smear.
A more thorough cleaning can be done with a rag or a sponge
along with some sort of cleaning solution. I understand that
there are people who will not put their bare hand in a toilet,
but that's what rubber gloves are for.
Personally, I think toilet brushes are gross. Unless you bleach
it after every use, it's more unsanitary than the toilet bowl
itself!
#Post#: 54421--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Hanna Date: July 11, 2020, 9:54 am
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[quote author=oogyda link=topic=1778.msg54420#msg54420
date=1594474763]
[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=1778.msg54419#msg54419
date=1594471852]
[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54410#msg54410
date=1594438193]
...
I'm honestly not even sure if we have a toilet brush in our
house. It's not a tool we use to actually scrub our toilets, and
needing it for "smears" has just never seemed to be an issue.
We're not out to cruelly doom our guests to embarrassment by not
displaying a toilet brush--it's just not an item we use and thus
we don't keep one around. (We do have a plunger, but it's not
kept in the bathroom.)
[/quote]
Are you saying you never need to clean any of your toilets or
are you saying you use something other than a toilet brush? If
the latter, what do you use instead?
[/quote]
A quick wipe with some toilet paper will easily clean a smear.
A more thorough cleaning can be done with a rag or a sponge
along with some sort of cleaning solution. I understand that
there are people who will not put their bare hand in a toilet,
but that's what rubber gloves are for.
Personally, I think toilet brushes are gross. Unless you bleach
it after every use, it's more unsanitary than the toilet bowl
itself!
[/quote]
I get what you are saying. But then the rubber gloves are gross,
too.
My house and all of the houses in our neighborhood had basement
toilets. The one in my old house was removed and sealed long
before I bought it but still had an outhouse-like structure that
I had dismantled and removed.
That made me wonder; when people first began having indoor
toilets installed did some people think it was weird/gross to
routinely use the bathroom inside their house when they usually
went outdoors? Is that why these were in the basement? Or did
they install the others at the same time?
I keep a bit of cleaning solution in the base of the brush
container. I also clean it inside the toilet anytime I use it.
#Post#: 54424--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: cymbaline246 Date: July 11, 2020, 2:42 pm
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Downstairs bath has a brush in the cabinet under the sink,
upstairs it's next to the john.
If someone needed the plunger at our house - I'd have to hunt it
down. I know we have one, maybe two, but it or they aren't in
either bathroom at the moment.
#Post#: 54425--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: OnyxBird Date: July 11, 2020, 3:19 pm
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[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=1778.msg54419#msg54419
date=1594471852]
[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54410#msg54410
date=1594438193]
...
I'm honestly not even sure if we have a toilet brush in our
house. It's not a tool we use to actually scrub our toilets, and
needing it for "smears" has just never seemed to be an issue.
We're not out to cruelly doom our guests to embarrassment by not
displaying a toilet brush--it's just not an item we use and thus
we don't keep one around. (We do have a plunger, but it's not
kept in the bathroom.)
[/quote]
Are you saying you never need to clean any of your toilets or
are you saying you use something other than a toilet brush? If
the latter, what do you use instead?
[/quote]
We use a sponge (in the hand, to scrub it down with a toilet
cleaner, e.g., Comet or something, just to be very clear, since
my previous statement was apparently vague enough to confuse
multiple people ;))
I admit, it never occurred to me that anyone would read that
sentence and guess that maybe we just don't clean our toilets!
;D Or perhaps to imagine that we have somehow acquired miracle
toilets that need no cleaning (I wish!).
I take it that some of you only clean toilet bowls with a toilet
brush? Do you not also need a sponge or something for the rim
and outer surfaces? A brush doesn't seem like it would be very
useful/neat for cleaning outside the bowl, and whatever other
implement is used for the rim/seat/etc. would have to be assumed
to be as potentially germy as whatever you stick in the bowl
itself. (In our sponge-only method, the cleaning starts at the
least waste-exposed outer surfaces and ends with the inside of
the bowl, so germs aren't carried from inside the bowl to other
spots.)
Personally, I agree with oogyda that I'd much rather stick my
hand in with a (washable) sponge, since I'm gonna be washing my
hands thoroughly afterwards anyway, than a toilet brush that
seems harder to clean well. And having the brush sit out with
the expectation that people will use it on "smears" just
exacerbates the potential cleaning issues--everyone who uses it
touches the same handle even if your holder is set up to
sanitize the brush itself. I've lived in places that needed it,
but it's not a tool I care for since we don't seem to have a
"smearing" problem in out toilets.
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Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: oogyda Date: July 11, 2020, 4:30 pm
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[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54425#msg54425
date=1594498753]
[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=1778.msg54419#msg54419
date=1594471852]
[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54410#msg54410
date=1594438193]
...
I'm honestly not even sure if we have a toilet brush in our
house. It's not a tool we use to actually scrub our toilets, and
needing it for "smears" has just never seemed to be an issue.
We're not out to cruelly doom our guests to embarrassment by not
displaying a toilet brush--it's just not an item we use and thus
we don't keep one around. (We do have a plunger, but it's not
kept in the bathroom.)
[/quote]
Are you saying you never need to clean any of your toilets or
are you saying you use something other than a toilet brush? If
the latter, what do you use instead?
[/quote]
We use a sponge (in the hand, to scrub it down with a toilet
cleaner, e.g., Comet or something, just to be very clear, since
my previous statement was apparently vague enough to confuse
multiple people ;))
I admit, it never occurred to me that anyone would read that
sentence and guess that maybe we just don't clean our toilets!
;D Or perhaps to imagine that we have somehow acquired miracle
toilets that need no cleaning (I wish!).
I take it that some of you only clean toilet bowls with a toilet
brush? Do you not also need a sponge or something for the rim
and outer surfaces? A brush doesn't seem like it would be very
useful/neat for cleaning outside the bowl, and whatever other
implement is used for the rim/seat/etc. would have to be assumed
to be as potentially germy as whatever you stick in the bowl
itself. (In our sponge-only method, the cleaning starts at the
least waste-exposed outer surfaces and ends with the inside of
the bowl, so germs aren't carried from inside the bowl to other
spots.)
Personally, I agree with oogyda that I'd much rather stick my
hand in with a (washable) sponge, since I'm gonna be washing my
hands thoroughly afterwards anyway, than a toilet brush that
seems harder to clean well. And having the brush sit out with
the expectation that people will use it on "smears" just
exacerbates the potential cleaning issues--everyone who uses it
touches the same handle even if your holder is set up to
sanitize the brush itself. I've lived in places that needed it,
but it's not a tool I care for since we don't seem to have a
"smearing" problem in out toilets.
[/quote]
Well, now you've done it!!! Prepare for multiple lectures (many
with links) on how much bacteria there is on any surface of a
toilet! There will be references to a TV show years ago that
demonstrated how far fecal coliform particulates can travel
when you flush.
I'm all for digging in and getting dirty to get the dirty jobs
done. I'm washable.
#Post#: 54427--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Hanna Date: July 11, 2020, 5:14 pm
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Meh, to each his/her own.
The handles of my brushes get cleaned ever other week and
probably are only very rarely used. I’m not running a bus
station and have faith in the hygiene of any friends and loved
ones that might have occasion to use the brush so I’m
comfortable with the way I personally do things.
#Post#: 54500--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: peony Date: July 13, 2020, 2:11 pm
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[quote author=oogyda link=topic=1778.msg54426#msg54426
date=1594503015]
[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54425#msg54425
date=1594498753]
[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=1778.msg54419#msg54419
date=1594471852]
[quote author=OnyxBird link=topic=1778.msg54410#msg54410
date=1594438193]
...
I'm honestly not even sure if we have a toilet brush in our
house. It's not a tool we use to actually scrub our toilets, and
needing it for "smears" has just never seemed to be an issue.
We're not out to cruelly doom our guests to embarrassment by not
displaying a toilet brush--it's just not an item we use and thus
we don't keep one around. (We do have a plunger, but it's not
kept in the bathroom.)
[/quote]
Are you saying you never need to clean any of your toilets or
are you saying you use something other than a toilet brush? If
the latter, what do you use instead?
[/quote]
We use a sponge (in the hand, to scrub it down with a toilet
cleaner, e.g., Comet or something, just to be very clear, since
my previous statement was apparently vague enough to confuse
multiple people ;))
I admit, it never occurred to me that anyone would read that
sentence and guess that maybe we just don't clean our toilets!
;D Or perhaps to imagine that we have somehow acquired miracle
toilets that need no cleaning (I wish!).
I take it that some of you only clean toilet bowls with a toilet
brush? Do you not also need a sponge or something for the rim
and outer surfaces? A brush doesn't seem like it would be very
useful/neat for cleaning outside the bowl, and whatever other
implement is used for the rim/seat/etc. would have to be assumed
to be as potentially germy as whatever you stick in the bowl
itself. (In our sponge-only method, the cleaning starts at the
least waste-exposed outer surfaces and ends with the inside of
the bowl, so germs aren't carried from inside the bowl to other
spots.)
Personally, I agree with oogyda that I'd much rather stick my
hand in with a (washable) sponge, since I'm gonna be washing my
hands thoroughly afterwards anyway, than a toilet brush that
seems harder to clean well. And having the brush sit out with
the expectation that people will use it on "smears" just
exacerbates the potential cleaning issues--everyone who uses it
touches the same handle even if your holder is set up to
sanitize the brush itself. I've lived in places that needed it,
but it's not a tool I care for since we don't seem to have a
"smearing" problem in out toilets.
[/quote]
Well, now you've done it!!! Prepare for multiple lectures (many
with links) on how much bacteria there is on any surface of a
toilet! There will be references to a TV show years ago that
demonstrated how far fecal coliform particulates can travel
when you flush.
I'm all for digging in and getting dirty to get the dirty jobs
done. I'm washable.
[/quote]
Mythbusters had a show years ago where they hung toothbrushes in
a bathroom, used the toilet x many times a day, and flushed it
without closing the lid first. There was another bathroom setup
where they did close the lid after each use. After one week they
tested the toothbrushes in both rooms and yep...fecal coliforms.
(I believe the closed-lid room's toothbrushes had fewer though.)
#Post#: 55076--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is it rude to guests if you hide the plunger in your bathroo
m?
By: Morticia Date: July 26, 2020, 12:26 pm
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Maybe I've been in lockdown too long, but when I read the
subject, all I could think was it's okay as long as you're not
hiding it in the toilet.
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