how can I get my houseguest to use the toilet brush

[tinagwee]

I have a very lovely houseguest but when he goes for a shit, he doesnt use the toilet brush after and its messy! he is going to be here for a month so dont want to have to carry on scrubbing it all the time. Men! only joking, dont start off on the men/women thing ok?!

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

Maybe encourage him to increase his roughage intake and eat less fats?

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Lots of people have no idea what the toilet brush is for and that goes for both sexes.

I remember when I flatshared with a best mate, she was nasty, I actually had to leave a note for her and tell her that the toilet cleaner and toilet brush was there for a reason!!

[LostThePlot]

tinagwee Wrote:

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> I have a very lovely houseguest but when he goes

> for a shit, he doesnt use the toilet brush after

> and its messy!

Tell him. These are the house rules, you clean up after yourself. If you don't like the idea then find somewhere else.

[atila the gooner]

Tell him if he doesn't use it, you'll scrub his face with it. Kill or cure.

[Domitianus]

How bout:

"Mo-fo, when you drop a slimy one, it leaves a trail. Clean up you dirty f***er or I'll crap in the bath before you use it!"

I mean, why beat around the bush? Subtelty doesn't always work. I spent many years working in a large office where one of my colleagues had appalling dental hygiene. I don't know what was going on - it looked like he hadn't brushed his teeth or been to a dentist for years - like looking into the pit of hell any time he yawned. One person eventually bought a tooth-brush at lunch-time and left it anonymously on his desk as a subtle hint. He returned from his break, picked up the toothbrush, announced in a loud voice "Someone has left a toothbrush on my desk" and spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around, speculating loudly as to who the toothbrush could belong to, why it was left on his desk and why the owner didn't want to claim it!

[lozzyloz]

Funny how those stories are always about a work colleague or someone you know ;-)

[pablogrande]

take a hint from Domitianus' story

clean the toilet with his toothbrush

[lozzyloz]

and then send him the photo . . . . after he's left.

[dulwichmum]

Darling Tingawee,

OHMYGOD, what a frightful guest!!!

But there really are some genuinely coarse suggestions on this thread regarding how you should tackle the situation.

I myself would simply show him the door. Say something along the lines of "It simply isn't working old man, hey ho" while tossing his ruck sack onto an open fire in your back yard and observing as your gardner digs a grave shaped hole in the middle of your lawn...

[citizenED]

Tell him to sign up to the forum and point him to this thread!

[MelbourneGr]

You probably just need him to get thinking about it. Throw the old one away and say the brush was being overused and you're going to get a new one as soon as you possibly can.

Another way could be to tell him a joke about using a toilet brush.

[*Bob*]

Does he have a car?

You could curl one down the side of the driver's door, then when he discovers it, rush-out with your bog brush, apologise profusely and clean it off.

[KalamityKel]

Of course the most sensible thing really would be to tell him. AND point out you believe in a clean home and the loo is the most important place for cleanliness :)

Deary me I almost sound like a grown up!

[SteveT]

Charge him ?1 per skid mark and tell him only cash will do.

When people live together they should impose as little as possible on each others life, unless they are lovers!

[SteveT]

Leave a printout of this thread on his pillow.

[DulwichNanny]

Moan about the state of the toilets at work! and say how you cannot abide people who cannot even clean up their own shite!

[HonaloochieB]

Be a good host - say nothing and continue to clean it yourself. it's just a skid mark after all.

I suspect Tingawee that you've never spent any time on a building site.

The portaloo of a Monday morning. Jeeez.

[KalamityKel]

How long is this guest staying for? U could always starve him... ;-)

[karter]

pour toilet cleaner all around the toilet bowl and leave the brush in it before he/she gets home.(tu)