Non-gross toilet shenanigans

[Juggler]

I'm doing my usual bookseller thing when customer comes up and tells me that the toilet won't flush. Oh jeeze, I tell him I'll take care of it, figuring I'll just have to plunge* it.

When I go into the stall the bowl is empty, Yay!. But the tank is empty as well, Boo.

This leaves me thinking that the valve that is controlled by the floaty thing is broken, so I decide to remove it so I can take it to the hardware store to get a new one.

I try to turn the valve at the wall to shut off water to the tank. It won't turn. I never remember which way is on and which is off for these things so I try the other way --- and water starts flowing.

Some asshole turned off the water to the toilet. Why? I just don't get it.

*For some reason. years ago, all we had was a plunger head with no stick. We also had a treaded broomstick with no broom. A perfect match. It was the best decision I ever made. The long handled plunger is the way to go. You're not as close to the doo and you can get better leverage.

[Amina516]

The long handled plunger is the way to go. You're not as close to the doo and you can get better leverage.

Thats genius! Close to doo is not the way to go.

[sirwired]

Hmm... now that I think about it, painter's poles are threaded the same way plungers are... I think. You could plunge that mo-fo from across the room!

[Maria]

I'm told that when I was about a year and a half old, I had a strange affinity for water cutoff valves. Apparently in the time it took my guardian-of-the-week to wash their hands, I could have every knob in the building cranked to off. If only I could move that quick now!

I think I need to replace my plunger handle now that you mentioned it. I'd never noticed, but sure enough they are interchangeable, and I have a stray broom stick in the garage!

[telecom_goddess]

Hmm... now that I think about it, painter's poles are threaded the same way plungers are... I think. You could plunge that mo-fo from across the room!

That's awesome.

My plunger is special it has a clear plexiglas handle that kinda looks like a long butt plug

It kinda looks like this

[DGoddessChardonnay]

My plunger is special it has a clear plexiglas handle that kinda looks like a long butt plug

It kinda looks like this

Wonder how much that would sell for on Adam and Eve?

And it's not going to take long for this thread to go down the drain and straight into the gutter. . .

[BlaqueKatt]

That's awesome.

My plunger is special it has a clear plexiglas handle that kinda looks like a long butt plug

It kinda looks like this

my cousin just bought that plunger!

[downforit2008]

So many things happen where customers like to mess around with the toilets, we should forget about the HUNGER GAMES for once and publish a book called the TOILET GAMES, showing stories about people and the nasty-ass things they do with a toilet in public. Maybe then, these toilet shenanigans would stop!

[telecom_goddess]

And it's not going to take long for this thread to go down the drain and straight into the gutter. . .

and?

my cousin just bought that plunger!

Oh good I'm not the only owner of this thing. I'm not sure if I like it or not to be honest lol

[PepperElf]

some people just have to be asshats
i mean seriously, wtf. why shut off water to someone else's toilet?

is that person's life so empty that they have to resort to infantile pranks to get through the day, the way the rest of us need a cup of coffee in the morning?

[suburbandecay]

So many things happen where customers like to mess around with the toilets, we should forget about the HUNGER GAMES for once and publish a book called the TOILET GAMES, showing stories about people and the nasty-ass things they do with a toilet in public. Maybe then, these toilet shenanigans would stop!

Stop? More like you'll give the morons a checklist...

[sms001]

*For some reason. years ago, all we had was a plunger head with no stick. We also had a treaded broomstick with no broom. A perfect match.

I did this purposely when I had a tavern janitorial job. And you're right - the ONLY way to go.

That's awesome.
My plunger is special it has a clear plexiglas handle that kinda looks like a long butt plug

I'm going to tell myself quietly over and over that "telecom_goddess lives in a big city. she may walk by an adult shop on her way to work that has window displays, and THAT'S why she made that association. telecom_goddess lives in a big city. she may walk by an adult shop on...."

But you're right, it does. And we'll leave the handy dandy suction cup attachment thing right out of the conversation!

publish a book called the TOILET GAMES, showing stories about people and the nasty-ass things they do with a toilet in public. Maybe then, these toilet shenanigans would stop!

(Looks up at forum title.)

uhm. Let's keep away from the whole "Big Book of New Ways to Wreck Retail Bathrooms" thing, ok?

[PepperElf]

uhm. Let's keep away from the whole "Big Book of New Ways to Wreck Retail Bathrooms" thing, ok?

I don't know why - well ok i know why, it's cos i'm crazy! ! - but... I read that as "rectum" not "retail"


but I agree, that'll just inspire more stupidity in the toilets. the kind of stuff that makes traditional phenomenons like "the mad shitter" look tame.

[Andara Bledin]

I never remember which way is on and which is off for these things so I try the other way --- and water starts flowing.

Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey. That's the only way I can remember, myself.

My plunger is special it has a clear plexiglas handle that kinda looks like a long butt plug

It kinda looks like this

I bought that same plunger when I moved into my house.

And I am so glad I'm not the only one who has thought that about the handle... >_>

And it's not going to take long for this thread to go down the drain and straight into the gutter. . .

Not the gutter, the sewer. We are talking toilets and drains, after all.

^-.-^

[telecom_goddess]

I'm going to tell myself quietly over and over that "telecom_goddess lives in a big city. she may walk by an adult shop on her way to work that has window displays, and THAT'S why she made that association. telecom_goddess lives in a big city. she may walk by an adult shop on...."

But you're right, it does. And we'll leave the handy dandy suction cup attachment thing right out of the conversation!

LOL!! You have a point there.