Post by underwaterrhymes on Jan 29, 2013 16:50:42 GMT -5
Not here, I don't. We rent a house that was built in the 20s and our pipes are old and sad.
I'm okay with this, though. When I lived in Eastern Europe you couldn't even flush toilet paper in a lot of the homes. We could in the apartment we rented, but a lot of other people we knew had little trash cans next to the toilets that you used to throw your used paper in.
Post by hisno1girl on Jan 29, 2013 16:51:05 GMT -5
firedancer49, my husband bought a toilet that has some sort of super charged flushing device. That sucker can flush down an entire roll of toilet paper.
After he got that toilet installed he was showing it off like a new toy. People were amazed by it and my goddaughter was scared of it. She wouldn't flush the toilet at all.
It looked like there was some sort of fire hose going off in there.
I think we have an opportunity for a business here. What about small, black or really dark plastic bags, you put the used tampoon in there and it seals, very tight! I could use that.
Post by sparkythelawyer on Jan 29, 2013 17:05:44 GMT -5
The rare occasion I bust out the tampons I do not flush them. Its not good for the lines.
I'm confused though why is it OK to flush them if you are in the city line? Can't they still clog up your lines anyway, and even though you're hooked up to the city, you're still paying a plumber to get your lines clear so you can even access the city lines? Not homeowner though, so maybe I have this wrong.
underwaterrhymes, in a lot of parts of the Middle East they do the trash can thing, too. I know I forgot sometimes because the body memory on that particular action is so ingrained.
The rare occasion I bust out the tampons I do not flush them. Its not good for the lines.
I'm confused though why is it OK to flush them if you are in the city line? Can't they still clog up your lines anyway, and even though you're hooked up to the city, you're still paying a plumber to get your lines clear so you can even access the city lines? Not homeowner though, so maybe I have this wrong.
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It's not OK. You still have a main line that connects to the city line that would definitely be your responsibility to repair. If that clog is big enough and your line happens to be under the concrete in your basement... $$$$.
I flush at home. Although I know I shouldn't. There is no way TP would cover up my 'pon! At our lakehouse, I put the pon in a ziplock sandwich bag then wrap that in TP. Otherwise, I would be so embarrassed to have anyone use my bathroom. Seriously with just TP it would look like a crime scene. I know the ziplock is not environmentally friendly but really I don't know how else to do it..
So I used to spend a lot of time at my first bfs house. I thought it was cool to flush tampons because there wasn't a garbage can or anything in the bathroom. Also, if I wanted to throw anything out I would have to do it in the kitchen where literally his whole family would hang out all the time. So one day I go to use the bathroom and there is a sign up, exactly at eye level and I forget exactly what it said but itnwas something like "quit flushing tampons because our plumbing can't handle it and we had to call a plumber HOW EMBARASSING" (I remember that last part pretty clearly). And yet there was still no garbage can in there so I didn't know what the fuck to do. His mom was kind of nutso so no one thought it was strange their was a sign in the bathroom, and no one ever spoke of it.
I really wish could go back in time and write something back.
Post by messykitchen on Jan 29, 2013 20:16:50 GMT -5
I don't use tampons, I can always tell they are in there and they just bug me, but I do have two disgusting tampon stories.
My mom did not flush them, and just tossed them in a sandwich baggie and put them in the trash. She didn't even courtesy wrap with toilet paper or anything. My main chore was the weekly emptying of the trash cans. This nastiness may have been the start of my tampon aversion.
ALSO, my best friend used to live in a not great part of town with OLD sewer lines. Every time her neighbors flushed a tampon, or a huge shit, or god knows what else, it would ALL back up into my friends basement. So she regularly had a foot of nasty shitty tampon water, that wasn't even hers, being cleaned out of her basement. Not cheap. When she asked the neighbors to knock it off, they pretty much told her to fuck herself. Eventually the city fixed the line with some urban renewal project money, thank God.
So I can't throw them out, and I can't flush them. I am tampon traumatized. I guess I am a pad girl for life (and I don't flush them either!)
Thank you for this opportunity to gross you all out. Where else can I tell these disgusting stories but here?!?!?
So what's clearly missing on the market is some sort of tampon disposal thing that would save women from using a ton of toilet paper to wrap it. It would be wise if tampon companies made the packaging of a new tampon a method of disposal for the old one. Maybe make the wrapper thicker and black and you can just put the used one in there, seal the wrapper somehow and no one would be the wiser. I don't have time to invent this, but someone else needs to.
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So what's clearly missing on the market is some sort of tampon disposal thing that would save women from using a ton of toilet paper to wrap it. It would be wise if tampon companies made the packaging of a new tampon a method of disposal for the old one. Maybe make the wrapper thicker and black and you can just put the used one in there, seal the wrapper somehow and no one would be the wiser. I don't have time to invent this, but someone else needs to.
I've never lived in an area with city sewer, so I was taught growing up to never flush tampons or pads. I only ever used tampons as an adult and that's rarely. But I always just wrapped them up in TP and threw them out. My parents have a trash can in a closet right across from the toilet and we keep a trash can in our bathroom. I do not ever want anyone to flush their tampons down my toilet or else they can be the ones to fish it out when it gets clogged up.
I think once we remodel our bathroom and have guests stay over, I am going to put tampon bags in the bathroom.
My old work had them, they were a long skinny(ish) bag that had a light scent to them. The inside was also kind of waxy so that nothing would seep through the bag. They are awesome and you just toss out the bag with tampon or pad in it.
HOWEVER, if I was at a house that did NOT have a trash can in their bathroom, I would consider flushing if I absolutely had to. I wouldn't want to be the one to clog up their toilet but let's be honest, if you don't have a trash can in your bathroom for easy toss away, then you run the risk of me flushing items that don't belong down your toilet.
The sewage system here is a work in progress (developing country and all), so you cannot flush any toliet paper or anything. However, every house/apartment/hotel room has a bidet, so you can make sure to get everything clean without using so much toilet paper. Apparently they do this in China too (or at least some places in China).
This is true. As gross/weird as it is to put your used TP in the un-lidded trash, it was much worse to have to call in the plumber and try to explain why the toilet was stopped up. Again. The housekeeping service would empty the trash 2-3 times per day, though, so it wasn't as gross as you'd expect.
Also, not all public restrooms there, especially in touristy areas, would have TP (not just be empty, but they didn't have any, ever) so it was prudent to carry some on you.
Also, most Peruvian toilets in public areas don't have lids.
This is true. As gross/weird as it is to put your used TP in the un-lidded trash, it was much worse to have to call in the plumber and try to explain why the toilet was stopped up. Again. The housekeeping service would empty the trash 2-3 times per day, though, so it wasn't as gross as you'd expect.
Also, not all public restrooms there, especially in touristy areas, would have TP (not just be empty, but they didn't have any, ever) so it was prudent to carry some on you.
Also, most Peruvian toilets in public areas don't have lids.
do you mean on the tank, or over the bowl? I feel like most public toilets don't have lids over the bowl.
Also, most Peruvian toilets in public areas don't have lids.
do you mean on the tank, or over the bowl? I feel like most public toilets don't have lids over the bowl.
Over the bowl, so there is no place to sit down. The toilet paper is also not in the stall; you have to grab it by the sinks, which is something I had to learn the hard way, LOL!
I just watched King of the Hill and at the end of the show Hank came on with a PSA on things that should not be flushed down the toilet, and tampons were one of them.
I do. Even though we had a bit of a back-up once & I wanted to disappear into the floor when the plumber (and one of H's best friends - embarrassing!) said what caused it :^)
I'm just more careful with the amount of toilet paper/wipes I flush with it.