Why is Flushing So Difficult?

My job is "teh sux"

from JoeUser Forums
So, I'm a janitor for the Administrative building at my college. Yeah, I get to clean the six bathrooms every Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Not too bad, I miss out on a little sleep, but it's a good job; I have nights and weekends free. Here's the thing, though. You'd think that the building where all of the adults work would be the cleanest one, right? Yet I still have yet to go more that three days without having to flush a toilet for the people who couldn't be bothered to do it. I mean, the vast majority of these people are years older than me, and they can't flush the toilet when they're done using it? Ummmmmmmmmmm...kay.

I really need my job, but I don't like it. Not one bit. Did I miss that day in school when we learned that flushing after using the bathroom is a difficult task???
Grr.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

I really don't think I could deal with that shit (pun totally intended) so early in the morning.

~Zoo

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
I totally understand your pain.

Having raised three boys and one husband (yes) I also ran into this quite often. Sometimes I'd walk in and the smell of urine would knock me out. I'm sure more than one visited without flushing.

I put two signs in the bathroom. One said, "My aim is to keep this bathroom clean, your aim would help." And another that said, "Changing the toilet paper roll will not cause brain damage" (another issue).

I never did find one that reminded users to flush before leaving tho. Still looking.

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
All I know is that the freakin' PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY uses those toilets. And while I can't pin the blame on anyone in particular, you'd think that someone so supposedly responsible would take the initiative to flush when you see it full. Nasty.

I can understand it from students, and maybe it is the occasional student that causes my strife, but honestly, give me a break, man.


I never did find one that reminded users to flush before leaving tho. Still looking.


I want it if you find it...yeah, baby!
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
For some reason, flushing the toilet after use is one of the few things that have alluded the whole Pavlovian thing. ;~D
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Maybe you should post a sign reminding folks that your toilets are manual, not the butt-spraying public toilets that are so prevalent nowadays. I share your pain...crappy job.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm not allowed to post signs. It's "unprofessional." So I vent and whine and never do anything to fix what I have a problem with. Such is the American way.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Your job is telling you every day why you REALLY want a college education!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Your job is telling you every day why you REALLY want a college education!
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Apparently it's so someday he won't have to flush, or be reminded to. ;~D
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Apparently it's so someday he won't have to flush, or be reminded to. ;~D


I'm a she. But yep. That's what it's apparently all about! No flushing allowed once you're out of school.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
I want to say ":shit happens" but it's just to easy. When I use public restrooms I even open the door with a paper towel because not only do Men forget to flush but washing hands after use seems to be a forgotten art as well.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Tell me about it. There's a couple of girls in my hall that can't be bothered with washing hands or flushing either. But at least I don't have to clean up after them.
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sounds like a pretty shitty job to me.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

In some cases those "new" automatic flushing toilets just don't work right. Especially if in a woman's case they don't sit down (and in a lot of cases they don't). The laser is designed to detect the motion of sitting. The tiny flush buttton on the thing for when the toilet doesn't flush sometimes can be close to impossible to find. I know this for in a rest area where they had these new fangled toilets the laser malfuntioned and the toilet didn't flush. I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to flush the darn thing and then just gave up, for I couldn't find the button or figure the contraption out.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to flush the darn thing and then just gave up, for I couldn't find the button or figure the contraption out.
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That has to be the funniest thing I've read in a while.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
In some cases those "new" automatic flushing toilets just don't work right. Especially if in a woman's case they don't sit down (and in a lot of cases they don't). The laser is designed to detect the motion of sitting. The tiny flush buttton on the thing for when the toilet doesn't flush sometimes can be close to impossible to find. I know this for in a rest area where they had these new fangled toilets the laser malfuntioned and the toilet didn't flush. I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to flush the darn thing and then just gave up, for I couldn't find the button or figure the contraption out.


Actually, they're all manual flushing ones. The urinals are automatic, and they work great. But the toilets have a handle. So it's really just a matter of fatuity on the part of the users of the toilets.