"only flush toilet paper" sign for guest bathroom. Anyone have this?

[Anonymous]

I flush tampons with no problems in my own house but am happy to comply with a sign anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just don't ... provide wipes?

I carry them in my purse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a flood caused by clogged pipes after we had a party at our house for our 4 year olds birthday. It was a disgusting disaster. When they snaked the pipes they found tampons were to blame. I was furious. There were at least 10 women there, so one of them clearly doesn’t know not to flush tampons down the toilet. We have a sign out in the bathroom now whenever any guests come over.

I think I only found out a year or two ago (from DCUM) that tampons shouldn’t be flushed. Even then, I didn’t believe it, at first, until I had done further research. I distinctly remember that tampon instructions used to say to flush them. I’m 53, so I’ve been flushing them for years.

+1. Not only were the tampons flushable but the ones with cardboard applicators also said you could flush them. It was only the plastic applicators that needed to be thrown in the trash. Pads you wrapped in tp and went in the trash. Tampons you pulled out and flushed down the toilet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I flush tampons with no problems in my own house but am happy to comply with a sign anywhere.

Nooooo! Don’t do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I flush tampons with no problems in my own house but am happy to comply with a sign anywhere.

+1. "Flushable" wipes have caused backups but not tampons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a flood caused by clogged pipes after we had a party at our house for our 4 year olds birthday. It was a disgusting disaster. When they snaked the pipes they found tampons were to blame. I was furious. There were at least 10 women there, so one of them clearly doesn’t know not to flush tampons down the toilet. We have a sign out in the bathroom now whenever any guests come over.

I think I only found out a year or two ago (from DCUM) that tampons shouldn’t be flushed. Even then, I didn’t believe it, at first, until I had done further research. I distinctly remember that tampon instructions used to say to flush them. I’m 53, so I’ve been flushing them for years.

I did not know that for many years either..many many years. I guess my home pipes could handle it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah totally blown away at the multiple people flushing tampons. Do you go nowhere??? It’s a sign almost in every public toilet.

It says feminine hygiene products, which used to mean sanitary pads, not tampons. Two generations of American women flushed tampons down the toilet. They need to specify tampons, tampon applicators and sanitary pads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I flush tampons with no problems in my own house but am happy to comply with a sign anywhere.

Good luck with that.

You must really love handing thousands of dollars to plumbers for completely avoidable reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah totally blown away at the multiple people flushing tampons. Do you go nowhere??? It’s a sign almost in every public toilet.

It says feminine hygiene products, which used to mean sanitary pads, not tampons. Two generations of American women flushed tampons down the toilet. They need to specify tampons, tampon applicators and sanitary pads.

DP.

WTH? "feminine hygiene products" include everything, including wipes. It doesn't need to be spelled out for anyone who isn't a complete moron.

Only flush toilet paper, and bodily waste. That's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a flood caused by clogged pipes after we had a party at our house for our 4 year olds birthday. It was a disgusting disaster. When they snaked the pipes they found tampons were to blame. I was furious. There were at least 10 women there, so one of them clearly doesn’t know not to flush tampons down the toilet. We have a sign out in the bathroom now whenever any guests come over.

I think I only found out a year or two ago (from DCUM) that tampons shouldn’t be flushed. Even then, I didn’t believe it, at first, until I had done further research. I distinctly remember that tampon instructions used to say to flush them. I’m 53, so I’ve been flushing them for years.

I found out here too. My mom, aunts and grandmother never used tampons, so I learned everything I knew from the box which said to flush at the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah totally blown away at the multiple people flushing tampons. Do you go nowhere??? It’s a sign almost in every public toilet.

It says feminine hygiene products, which used to mean sanitary pads, not tampons. Two generations of American women flushed tampons down the toilet. They need to specify tampons, tampon applicators and sanitary pads.

DP.

WTH? "feminine hygiene products" include everything, including wipes. It doesn't need to be spelled out for anyone who isn't a complete moron.

Only flush toilet paper, and bodily waste. That's it.

I wouldn’t be so sure. A friend had to call a plumber because a she was flushing tampons. She thought no feminine hygiene products down the toilet meant pads!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah totally blown away at the multiple people flushing tampons. Do you go nowhere??? It’s a sign almost in every public toilet.

It says feminine hygiene products, which used to mean sanitary pads, not tampons. Two generations of American women flushed tampons down the toilet. They need to specify tampons, tampon applicators and sanitary pads.

DP.

WTH? "feminine hygiene products" include everything, including wipes. It doesn't need to be spelled out for anyone who isn't a complete moron.

Only flush toilet paper, and bodily waste. That's it.

I would not call a wipe a feminine hygiene product. It’s for men as well!

[Anonymous]

I grew up in a high rise in the city. We flushed tampons and cardboard applicators. It was not a thing not to. Only once I started living in SFH and townhouses did I find out that you weren’t supposed to flush them. If you bleed a lot it’s really gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah totally blown away at the multiple people flushing tampons. Do you go nowhere??? It’s a sign almost in every public toilet.

It says feminine hygiene products, which used to mean sanitary pads, not tampons. Two generations of American women flushed tampons down the toilet. They need to specify tampons, tampon applicators and sanitary pads.

DP.

WTH? "feminine hygiene products" include everything, including wipes. It doesn't need to be spelled out for anyone who isn't a complete moron.

Only flush toilet paper, and bodily waste. That's it.

Then it should say that, and include all wipes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah totally blown away at the multiple people flushing tampons. Do you go nowhere??? It’s a sign almost in every public toilet.

It says feminine hygiene products, which used to mean sanitary pads, not tampons. Two generations of American women flushed tampons down the toilet. They need to specify tampons, tampon applicators and sanitary pads.

DP.

WTH? "feminine hygiene products" include everything, including wipes. It doesn't need to be spelled out for anyone who isn't a complete moron.

Only flush toilet paper, and bodily waste. That's it.

I wouldn’t be so sure. A friend had to call a plumber because a she was flushing tampons. She thought no feminine hygiene products down the toilet meant pads!

I'm another mid-50s and for most of my life the sign only meant pads and applicators. I learned not to flush tampons from DCUM years and years ago.