Be a post whore!

[classicman]

^^WSS^^

Put. Your. Freaking. Phone. Away. And. Drive. The life you save may be mine.

[xoxoxoBruce]

My bumper sticker.

[classicman]

Not so fun fact.... according to MADD:
Phone use - texting and/or talking will soon replace intoxication as the #1 cause of driving fatalities.

[Sundae]

I plunged a toilet today.
I could only find one rubber glove. And wouldn't you know it was the left one. So I plunged with the wrong hand. Sinister.

And yes, there was a fluffy little turd disintegrating under all the toilet paper.

I cleared it though. As was obviously expected.
My first time. I've wiped up wee, removed poop from legs and butts and sanded over sick. My first plunging though.

Why did I choose to work in a school? Why the glamour of course!

[glatt]

Good for you, Sundae. A lesser person would have cowered in fear.

I recently in life discovered the trick of pouring water from a bucket into a plugged toilet instead of plunging. It's much easier and less yucky. You get a full bucket of water, hold it at shoulder height, and just pour steadily and fairly quickly right onto the clog. The water blasts it right through. Breaks up the clog and forces it down through the trap. And no plunger that might require cleaning. Obviously, this technique isn't such a good idea if the bowl is already on the verge of overflowing.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by glatt

Good for you, Sundae. A lesser person would have cowered in fear.

Sadly I am one of the only members of staff without children.
Cowering in the face of turdmarines is not acceptable.

I recently in life discovered the trick of pouring water from a bucket into a plugged toilet instead of plunging. It's much easier and less yucky. You get a full bucket of water, hold it at shoulder height, and just pour steadily and fairly quickly right onto the clog. The water blasts it right through. Breaks up the clog and forces it down through the trap.

Good plan batman. I'll try it next time.

[ZenGum]

Sundae, I'm not sure it would work in your situation, but you can turn a left glove into a right glove by pulling it inside out.

Of course, if the glove has already been used ... eewww...

[BigV]

and unless you're a stickler for fit, a rubber glove can probably be used on the opposite hand anyhow, at least for the duration of the plunging.

[orthodoc]

I think I'd also use a full face shield if trying the bucket-pour-from-shoulder-level technique. The vapor would really travel (it travels at least six feet from a normal flush).

[BigV]

I'm curious, though... from Sundae's post, but for all of you/us...

If you can wipe poop from legs and butts, why would you need a rubber glove for the plunger handle? Unless you use gloves for that too, which is not unreasonable. I reckon the plunger handle is just as contaminated as the tap handles or the toilet flush lever, and I don't glove up for them.

Must be the liberal in me.

TED Talk on the Politics of Disgust.

[toranokaze]

What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue?

Choking

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by toranokaze

What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue?

Choking

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by BigV

If you can wipe poop from legs and butts, why would you need a rubber glove for the plunger handle? Unless you use gloves for that too, which is not unreasonable. I reckon the plunger handle is just as contaminated as the tap handles or the toilet flush lever, and I don't glove up for them.

We use disposable non-latex gloves for cleaning up children. Although it is discouraged - technically there should be another adult present if a child is exposing their genitals. There should also be no touching between adult and child (which the second adult is there to ensure). However this is impractical due to staffing levels - you cannot take a teacher out of a class of 30 for example, in order to clean up a child. Nor can you employ a member of staff with nothing else to do but wait for these situtaions!

Neither can you pass a pack of wet-wipes through the toilet door to a 4/5 year old (or a sick 6/7 year old or older) and expect them to come out squeaky clean.

Plunging is a job requiring a more robust glove, however.
I could have done it sans gloves I guess and in the end I think I probably did get fecal matter on my right hand too. But I was too squeamish not to try for rudimentary protection.

And no, the glove I used is not the sort of glove you want to turn inside out. It's explored more dubious areas than Sir David Attenborough.

Originally Posted by toranokaze

What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue?

Choking

Blue eyed girl here choking with laughter.

[infinite monkey]

I need advice on removing coffee stains from linoleum.

[DanaC]

Dog tongue.