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Phentex

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26. It's the strangest thing...

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:54 PM

Apr 2016

at work, I am always picking up pieces of toilet paper that I think someone used to cover the seat but then just let slide off. I flush toilets that don't get flushed. I wipe off the counter where people have dropped soap all over.

But one of the funniest things is when paper towels will be falling out of the trash or lying just on the floor in front of the bin. I just go and push them all down into the bag and viola! There's then more room to put in the used paper towels. I cannot imagine just dropping it on the floor and walking out the door.

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Who leaves the messiest bathroom---Men or Women? [View all] trumad Apr 2016 OP

From my experience cleaning retail restrooms, the women are worse. Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #1

+1 flying rabbit Apr 2016 #9

+1 Places I worked, men's room just needed quick sweep & spot mop. Women's Skeeter Barnes Apr 2016 #14

Yeah, flamin lib Apr 2016 #17

Yeah, I have seen that in Vegetable sheds and some public restrooms. Jim Beard Apr 2016 #40

In some places the septic systems won't handle TP, that's why. nt bemildred Apr 2016 #58

I get that Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #68

Yeah, but sometimes they don't speak the language and want to be polite. bemildred Apr 2016 #71

Sewer piping can be too small BadgerKid Apr 2016 #70

I worked at a state park in college doing janitorial work Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #67

I don't think it is a gender-linked trait. bemildred Apr 2016 #2

This is the correct answer. panader0 Apr 2016 #23

Yep. Scurrilous Apr 2016 #35

Nope nichomachus Apr 2016 #57

Women have to put up with long lines and limited seating and don't have the option to use the sinks. bemildred Apr 2016 #59

I used to clean, but I've graduated nichomachus Apr 2016 #60

You're probably right about that too. bemildred Apr 2016 #62

If you talk to folks who do cleaning professionally for a living, they'll likely tell you that... stone space Apr 2016 #3

Teach the boys to sit when they pee... Cooley Hurd Apr 2016 #4

Life just ain't worth living if we can't stand while peeing The Second Stone Apr 2016 #19

If the guys sit when they pee meow2u3 Apr 2016 #24

They have to learn to 'tuck it', and not have it hanging over the front of the seat :D Blaukraut Apr 2016 #47

That water is really cold! Jim Beard Apr 2016 #72

Deep, too. Iggo Apr 2016 #75

That's against the law in some states. maveric Apr 2016 #34

Have women were dresses so the can stand to pee. Jim Beard Apr 2016 #41

You have to consider 2naSalit Apr 2016 #64

Based on my time as a McDonald's employee NobodyHere Apr 2016 #5

my kid in same situation would agree dembotoz Apr 2016 #46

I worked one summer, during my high school years Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2016 #6

In a bar, the winner is women by a mile Lulu Belle Apr 2016 #7

My cat does Generic Brad Apr 2016 #8

My cats are a mixed bag on litter issues meow2u3 Apr 2016 #25

Women by a landslide. linuxman Apr 2016 #10

'hover': ronnie624 Apr 2016 #11

This! ^^^ Blaukraut Apr 2016 #50

....and we get yelled at for leaving the toliet seat up...nt Xolodno Apr 2016 #69

. Glassunion Apr 2016 #74

I have 3 as well - 2 girls and a boy GreenEyedLefty Apr 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author CrispyQ Apr 2016 #30

I'm scrupulous about using the toilet brush and air-freshener when called for. Nye Bevan Apr 2016 #13

Parents. HassleCat Apr 2016 #15

I've seen both being equal opportunity slobs, I don't think it's a gender thing! I knew underahedgerow Apr 2016 #16

THEY need to clean their own bathrooms, Mom. Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #18

Having been a plumber for years, they can both be just as messy or just as clean. Kaleva Apr 2016 #20

But who CLOGS more plumbing? Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2016 #39

Little kids do. Kaleva Apr 2016 #51

Dunno. Rex Apr 2016 #21

My wife told me many nasty stories of the ladies rooms. karadax Apr 2016 #22

It's the strangest thing... Phentex Apr 2016 #26

I think it is the thing "The company pays people to pickup after me" type attitude. LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #31

I will do my part as long as they supply soap, hand towels and put the trash Jim Beard Apr 2016 #73

When I was working, I was friends with the cleanup people. One day I mentioned that I was sorry LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #27

Between my bathroom and the one the men use at home... Phentex Apr 2016 #28

there is home and there is out in say a bar. hollysmom Apr 2016 #29

When I was a janitor the women's rooms were always the worst. Odin2005 Apr 2016 #32

You're talking about kids. They're an entirely different species. notadmblnd Apr 2016 #33

Cindy McCain. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #36

food places Wolverine23 Apr 2016 #37

at home men are worse. but i can see women's restrooms being worse in restaurants JI7 Apr 2016 #38

I used to be a janitor in my past life, cleaning university rest rooms... MrScorpio Apr 2016 #42

The one who leaves a puddle in front of the bowl. rug Apr 2016 #43

In the private school I night-janitored at while in college, the girls were messier. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2016 #44

They each contribute something to the pig sty Blaukraut Apr 2016 #45

And for a really gross story. .. kwassa Apr 2016 #48

Yup. Same thing happened when I was still working in retail. Blaukraut Apr 2016 #52

back in high school, i worked a summer job as a janitor in a public library 0rganism Apr 2016 #49

I think home vs public makes a difference too laundry_queen Apr 2016 #53

Kinda lucky in this country.... Jim Beard Apr 2016 #54

I say if they're over 10, they can start cleaning their own bathrooms to your specifications Warpy Apr 2016 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author imari362 Apr 2016 #56

I blame the parents anigbrowl Apr 2016 #61

My daughter is a huge bathroom slob. My son just leaves toys in the tub. Codeine Apr 2016 #63

To be honest 2naSalit Apr 2016 #65

I think you need to seperate this into 2 categories-private and public bathrooms. Kaleva Apr 2016 #66

OK I just learned something WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #76

I cleaned bathrooms in a Department store CanonRay Apr 2016 #77