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

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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!

This. They even make larger sized wipes for men.

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Even the manufacturer begs people to not flush tampons:

https://tampax.com/en-us/about/sustainability/can-you-flush-tampons/

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Anonymous wrote: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.

It also includes big clots of blood. I don’t think women would have been so accepting of tampons when they came out if they had to remove the bloody tampon with their hands and roll it up in tp, instead of flushing it. That why they had applicators. Only later with the OB tampon, did women have to stick it up their vagina with their bare fingers to insert it. A sanitary pad did not have to be touched on the soiled part. It could be rolled up and wrapped in tp.

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Anonymous wrote:Even the manufacturer begs people to not flush tampons:

https://tampax.com/en-us/about/sustainability/can-you-flush-tampons/

Now they do but that’s not what they told people for decades.

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Why are you providing wipes?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you providing wipes?

Nobody is "providing" wipes. People bring their own, like people bring their own tampons and pads.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

It also includes big clots of blood. I don’t think women would have been so accepting of tampons when they came out if they had to remove the bloody tampon with their hands and roll it up in tp, instead of flushing it. That why they had applicators. Only later with the OB tampon, did women have to stick it up their vagina with their bare fingers to insert it. A sanitary pad did not have to be touched on the soiled part. It could be rolled up and wrapped in tp.

You need better technique! Grab the string with fingers well covered with TP. Mess goes into toilet. Scoot back, wrap tampon with toilet paper already in your hand. Add more paper if necessary. Throw in waste bin. I’m a heavy bleeder and learned this at 15.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

It also includes big clots of blood. I don’t think women would have been so accepting of tampons when they came out if they had to remove the bloody tampon with their hands and roll it up in tp, instead of flushing it. That why they had applicators. Only later with the OB tampon, did women have to stick it up their vagina with their bare fingers to insert it. A sanitary pad did not have to be touched on the soiled part. It could be rolled up and wrapped in tp.

You need better technique! Grab the string with fingers well covered with TP. Mess goes into toilet. Scoot back, wrap tampon with toilet paper already in your hand. Add more paper if necessary. Throw in waste bin. I’m a heavy bleeder and learned this at 15.

Well done, pp. This should be posted in every women's room. 👏🏻

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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.

yes this is how i was taught... hmmm.. always flush tampons but trash applications or pads

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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 have to admit I didn’t learn you weren’t supposed to do this until I was about 45 years old. I’m serious!

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Where is Flip Driscoll when you need him? I feel like he can conjure a strong and persuasive haiku for this situation.


When in my home please
don’t throw your nasty ass wet wipes
(Or Tampax)
In my porcelain throne

[Anonymous]

Have you priced out a plumber lately? My last invoice was $900 to get a plumber out.

Yes, it is okay.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. It’s your home. If you don’t provide the wipes then how they are flushing them down the toilet? They walk around with flushable wipes? Do you not know the people with whom you invite to your home that you need a sign instead of a conversation?

I definitely travel with wipes. I would never flush them.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. It’s your home. If you don’t provide the wipes then how they are flushing them down the toilet? They walk around with flushable wipes? Do you not know the people with whom you invite to your home that you need a sign instead of a conversation?

I definitely travel with wipes. I would never flush them.

How do you dispose of them?

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

What about overnight guests? And... most people bring tampons with them.

What are the odds of only menstruating women getting invited over night to OP’s home?