Used toilet paper in the garbage?!?

[lotzasunshine]

My mother, sister and I are going to DL tomorrow, and are staying close in Anaheim. The motel we are staying at off site has a small plaque in the bathroom asking guests to help conserve water by putting used toilet paper in the garbage can. Now to me that is COMPLETELY UNSANITARY! Not to mention gross and stinky! One would assume that staying in a motel includes being able to flush your toilet paper without being told not to. Anyone else think it's just nasty?

I am all for conserving water, but I think this is going a little too far.

 

[freckles and boo]

Almost everywhere I went in Mexico last spring made that request as well. I think it is more about clogging the plumping than conserving water.

 

[lotzasunshine]

I know it is common in other countries, I have just never experienced it in the U.S before.

 

[luvmy3]

I think they are confused. If they want to conserve water why not just ask you not to flush everytime you use the toilet
I can see this happening in a drought situation so while its not something I would do normally, if there was a water problem I guess it wouldn't be such a bad thing to do.

 

[Pluto 2]

if its yellow let it mellow,if its brown flush it down

 

[momrek06]

My mother, sister and I are going to DL tomorrow, and are staying close in Anaheim. The motel we are staying at off site has a small plaque in the bathroom asking guests to help conserve water by putting used toilet paper in the garbage can. Now to me that is COMPLETELY UNSANITARY! Not to mention gross and stinky! One would assume that staying in a motel includes being able to flush your toilet paper without being told not to. Anyone else think it's just nasty?

Hmmm, go to the front desk and inquire about this.......

 

[ncmickeyluvr]

I'm sorry but that's just wrong!! I've never heard of such a thing.....I'm beginning to think I lead an extremely sheltered existence.

I think that what someone does in the privacy of their own home, in the name of conservation, is their own business BUT if I'm paying to stay in a hotel I think that flushing should be included in the deal. That's just me.

What's next....pack it in pack it out??? I used to work at a summer camp. My favorite day was the day I had to tell 11 yr old girls that whatever they packed into the woods , they also had to pack out!! Carrying around a bag of used tissue for a week is not most 11 yr old's idea of summer fun!

 

[LisaR]

I knew things were bad in CA right now but who would have thought it was this bad? I would personally stay elsewhere.

 

[MinnieMe87]

if its yellow let it mellow,if its brown flush it down

My Grandma does that. She swears it helps save the plumbing, and stop clogs. It grosses me out going to the bathroom and seeing a trashcan full of used toilet paper.

 

[lillygator]

if its yellow let it mellow,if its brown flush it down

my DH told this to our girls....I can only imagine what their teachers and friends parents think.

 

[Silent1CB]

Maybe it means paper that you used to blow your nose with and not wiped with?

 

[Silent1CB]

I just HAD to google this.
http://www.google.com/search?q=toil...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

 

[bumbershoot]

Which motel is this?

 

[disneylovin24]

I think it's nasty!!!

Last year my aunt bought a new house and after she moved in she noticed a sign by the toliot paper despenser in one of the bathrooms. It said "To our huse guests, plase throw the toliot paper in the garbage, thanks" I would never do that in someone elses' house even if they asked.

 

[honugirl]

Um, heck to the no! I'm not doing this at a hotel or at someone's house. The only time I've ever done this was on a boat where the trash was emptied every day (it takes up valuable space in the waste container).

 

[spacemermaid]

Which motel is this?

That's what I want to know, so I can stay far, FAR away from it!

I know that in some places where the plumbing/sewer system is old/primitive (ie: various places in South America and Europe), that it'll cause problems if paper is flushed, but Anaheim isn't in a 3rd world country! I know if I checked in to a hotel and found not only a trashcan chock full o' brown n yellow TP, I would SCREAM...especially if I saw a sign encouraging hotel guests to...fill up the trash can in said way. EW. Just EW. And I feel sorry for the Housekeeping staff at that hotel. Having to touch that to throw it away So nasty.

 

[ScottOKW2K]

Hmmm, go to the front desk and inquire about this.......

Better yet, take a bag of it to the front desk and have them put it in their trashcan ! They might reconsider the policy then .

 

[lotzasunshine]

Needless to say, we have ignored said sign, and are just flushing as usual. When we pay to stay in a place it includes being able to flush the tp. I feel bad for the staff too. Just gross!

 

[spacemermaid]

Better yet, take a bag of it to the front desk and have them put it in their trashcan ! They might reconsider the policy then .

Sounds like a great solution , but I doubt that it's the front desk staff that had the "bright idea" to post those signs. Now, if the bag would assuredly go to the person/people who had such a "crappy" idea....

 

[bumbershoot]

Needless to say, we have ignored said sign, and are just flushing as usual. When we pay to stay in a place it includes being able to flush the tp. I feel bad for the staff too. Just gross!

I dunno, I think I'd ask the front desk in person. If it's just the water thing, that's one thing. But if their real reason is that they are having plumbing problems, well, I'd reconsider ignoring that sign.



Which motel?