Do you clean your own toilet?

[Anonymous]

This was mentioned in another thread as being evidence that a person is out-of-touch and I'm curious what people think of that assessment. Do you clean your own toilet and what do you think your answer says about you?

I clean my own toilet (and also other people's toilets -- I am the only person in my household who regularly cleans bathrooms). I have never really thought about it before but I actually do think this kind of chore sort of "keeps you humble" because while not laborious it is kind of gross.

I also feel this way about other chores though and about certain aspects of childcare (changing diapers or taking care of a kid with the stomach flu or potty training kids) that I do think most parents go through even if they have housecleaners. So I don't think you have to clean your own toilets to be down to earth -- it's just one of many things you can do that will keep you kind of humble about the human experience.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately.

I think what it reveals about me is that I like a clean toilet and spending my money on other things, so I clean it myself.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Yes... I clean my house. I don't want some one else in the house. I also felt my children should not feel that cleaning was something other people do. I can totally afford it if I wanted to.

[Anonymous]

I don't know why people get weird about cleaning toilets. You're using a brush on the inside (or cloth or paper towels on the outside) so it's not like you're touching anything. It's not a particularly difficult task to do compared to cleaning other surfaces or mopping.

I worked in food service as a teen and mopping the public bathroom was much worse than cleaning the toilet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

You should give your MBA back, because your writing and grammar are atrocious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

So if someone has a blowout, you wait till your cleaners come rather than deal with it yourself?

Ick.

[Anonymous]

Family of five, live in a $2 million dollar house, worth 8 figures, and we have a maid service come once a week. Yes, I clean any debris left on the toilet after I use it with a scrub brush if necessary. It is disgusting otherwise, but no, I do not do a deep clean of the entire toilet every week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why people get weird about cleaning toilets. You're using a brush on the inside (or cloth or paper towels on the outside) so it's not like you're touching anything. It's not a particularly difficult task to do compared to cleaning other surfaces or mopping.

I worked in food service as a teen and mopping the public bathroom was much worse than cleaning the toilet.

OP here and I do like this comment because I agree cleaning a toilet is not very hard. I'd rather clean toilets than vacuum or deal with cat litter or deep clean the fridge -- all those other tasks are more time consuming and either physically more arduous or grosser.

I will say that cleaning a toilet someone else has been using is annoying especially if that someone is an adult. Even though I don't really mind cleaning toilets I will sometimes ask my spouse to do it just so I don't feel like I'm the designated toilet cleaner. I do think there is something specifically about expecting someone else to clean your toilet that seems ... I don't know. High and mighty or something.

[Anonymous]

I have not cleaned a bathroom in 25 years.

I'm not above most housework, I love to cook and I cut the grass and garden, I paint my house when it is needed. I finished my basement... not the drywall but everything else, floors, I framed it.

I don't think it says much about me.

I worked at a sub shop and they told me I had to clean the bathroom as part of my duties. I was a very good worker, on time, very efficient. It was so funny I was like, yea... no thanks. I gave my boss my apron and was like, I'm not cleaning bathrooms. He called me a week later and said, okay no bathrooms, then I came back.

[Anonymous]

I can't afford to outsource, so yes, I clean (or not clean) my own stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why people get weird about cleaning toilets. You're using a brush on the inside (or cloth or paper towels on the outside) so it's not like you're touching anything. It's not a particularly difficult task to do compared to cleaning other surfaces or mopping.

I worked in food service as a teen and mopping the public bathroom was much worse than cleaning the toilet.

OP here and I do like this comment because I agree cleaning a toilet is not very hard. I'd rather clean toilets than vacuum or deal with cat litter or deep clean the fridge -- all those other tasks are more time consuming and either physically more arduous or grosser.

I will say that cleaning a toilet someone else has been using is annoying especially if that someone is an adult. Even though I don't really mind cleaning toilets I will sometimes ask my spouse to do it just so I don't feel like I'm the designated toilet cleaner. I do think there is something specifically about expecting someone else to clean your toilet that seems ... I don't know. High and mighty or something.

I'm the poster who hasn't cleaned a toilet in 25 years... I love to deep clean a fridge. My BFF's son just bought a house and it had a very dirty fridge. I deep cleaned it for them while they had contractors walk around discussing what needed to be fixed.

[Anonymous]

Only if I'm sick in between cleaning service visits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why people get weird about cleaning toilets. You're using a brush on the inside (or cloth or paper towels on the outside) so it's not like you're touching anything. It's not a particularly difficult task to do compared to cleaning other surfaces or mopping.

I worked in food service as a teen and mopping the public bathroom was much worse than cleaning the toilet.

OP here and I do like this comment because I agree cleaning a toilet is not very hard. I'd rather clean toilets than vacuum or deal with cat litter or deep clean the fridge -- all those other tasks are more time consuming and either physically more arduous or grosser.

I will say that cleaning a toilet someone else has been using is annoying especially if that someone is an adult. Even though I don't really mind cleaning toilets I will sometimes ask my spouse to do it just so I don't feel like I'm the designated toilet cleaner. I do think there is something specifically about expecting someone else to clean your toilet that seems ... I don't know. High and mighty or something.

I'm the poster who hasn't cleaned a toilet in 25 years... I love to deep clean a fridge. My BFF's son just bought a house and it had a very dirty fridge. I deep cleaned it for them while they had contractors walk around discussing what needed to be fixed.

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. What’s the point of going to college and then getting an MBA if I’m still going to clean toilets. Ugh.

Point of going to college is to get an education and point of getting an education is to learn humanity and equality. Yes, you can hire help with your money but thinking you are too superior to clean up your own toilet but others are too inferior to clean it for you, is messed up and a waste of education.

Unless you have 24/7/365 live in house cleaners, which is unlikely in USA, a cleaner comes weekly and if toilet gets dirty and you are a clean person, you do need to brush, flush and wipe with sanitizer spray to use it. What sort of dirty person would keep using a dirty toilet?