Work TMI

kikibaby

Ok, I just almost told a customer to shut up.  Basically, my department bills for sewer.  This lady just called to explain that she doesn't use much water, because they practice 'Only Brown Goes Down Time' in the winter.

I threw up a little.

cmhershey

Eww that is disguisting.

sucrets4

Fun times.

My parents have a little summer bungalow that is built really close to the water shelf (whatever it's called).  When people come over we have to inform them of that rule (If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down) because if not, the cesspool overflows and that's FAR worse.

Haha, I almost wrote cesspoop.  How appropriate.

Nebb

OMG she says she poops! Thats so nasty!!!!!1!!

Who cares?

kikibaby

This lady was just doing it cause she's cheap.  But still, I don't care what you do, just tell me 'We don't use much water'. 

I also have people tell me about how they only shower once a month... like, remind me not to go to your house, thanks.

ScarletGem

The toilet is probably the worst possible use of potable water.  Good for her for trying to reduce her family's unnecessary use of drinking water. 

bbyckes

Enlightening.  wow... well, the more you know.

sucrets4

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[QUOTE]The toilet is probably the worst possible use of potable water.  Good for her for trying to reduce her family's unnecessary use of drinking water. 
Posted by ScarletGem[/QUOTE]

I agree with this.

I feel bad flushing when it's barely yellow.  I don't pay for water now (I'm in an apt. complex), but I'm aware of how much it wastes and should really get on the same page with DH about that.

shellydiane820

You felt it was TMI, so you shared it with us.

JessAndTrav

Why do people feel the need to share so much information? And why is that ever a rule? I don't like to use the toilet if there's anything but water in it. I'm willing to waste the water to avoid splashing.

kikibaby

Feisty group today.  I like it.

Nebb

Is it really the end of the world if some of your own pee splashes on your butt?

JessAndTrav

I meant someone else's pee.

I was at jury duty when someone before me didn't flush the toilet. I will not pee over that.

bbyckes

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[QUOTE]Why do people feel the need to share so much information? And why is that ever a rule? I don't like to use the toilet if there's anything but water in it.<strong> I'm willing to waste the water to avoid splashing.</strong>
Posted by JessAndTrav[/QUOTE]

bad bad visual.  hahaha

ScarletGem

Ok, public restrooms are different.  I don't use unflushed public toilets since you have no idea how clean that stranger is.  But at home (possibly TMI), H and I usually don't flush if it's just pee, and that doesn't bother me at all.  ::shrug:: 

cengle

For some reason, this thread makes me think of the passive aggressive note someone taped inside the restroom doors on our floor. It says something like:
"For the courtesy of others, please make sure that whatever you put in the toilet is flushed completely before you leave the stall. Thank you."
I'm pretty sure if you have to put a note up to tell grown women that, it's not going to help. 
Sorry, that's not entirely related.

Nebb

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[QUOTE]Ok, public restrooms are different.  I don't use unflushed public toilets since you have no idea how clean that stranger is.  But at home (possibly TMI), H and I usually don't flush if it's just pee, and that doesn't bother me at all.  ::shrug:: 
Posted by ScarletGem[/QUOTE]
Same here, we share spit and other stuff so who the hell cares about pee.

kikibaby

This thread is yucky.  If I could DD, I totally would.

vallyhoo

Nebb

apples poop?

vallyhoo

I thought the same thing Nebb

Nebb

I bet apple poop tastes delicious.

Was that too much? Im not sure. I stand by what I said though.

vallyhoo

Well if apples poop smaller apples then sure they're delicious

Nebb

I bet apples only flush when they poop too.

vallyhoo

I have an apple sitting right in front of me on my desk and I just started cracking up. My coworker thinks I'm insane and I can't explain to her that I'm laughing at my apple.

Nebb

Oddly enough, I really want an apple now.

BecW2be

I'm eating my afternoon snack as I read this. An apple.

I flush every time, but I also put a brick in my tank. It fills up with less water and uses less water every time you flush.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]Fun times. My parents have a little summer bungalow that is built really close to the water shelf (whatever it's called).  When people come over we have to inform them of that rule (If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down) because if not, the cesspool overflows and that's FAR worse. Haha, I almost wrote cesspoop.  How appropriate.
Posted by sucrets4[/QUOTE]

We used to have the same issue with our cottage! It's pretty common on the shore - with seasonal homes.

My dad lives there full time now, so he had to actually install a well and re-do the entire septic system.

smokeybailey

hahaha

Bec, I read "I flush ever time, but I also put a brick in my tank."  Where tank = bowl and brick = well, you know.

Bec $h!t a brick!

BecW2be

LMAO! I put a brick in the tank, not the bowl! I only put a brick in the bowl on Mondays and Wednesdays, and I definitely flush!

SwedishChick2011

Personally, I think it's gross to not flush when it's pee even at home, but it does save money, so I can understand it.  I wouldn't mind if it was my own pee, but I just can't use the toilet over someone else's pee. 

When I lived at home, sometimes my parents wouldn't flush, and I always ended up flushing it before I used it anyway.  The splash risk was just too high for me.