is it proper of me to pull them aside and ask them to clean it? i'm throwing my son a birthday party today and i spent 3 hours making sure my house was completly spotless.
2007-01-19 18:30:11 · 11 answers · asked by Find a cure for autism 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
i forgot to mention that the children who will be here are not potty trained. i'm asking about the adults {men...family, or good friends}
2007-01-19 18:36:06 · update #1
again, THESE ARE ADULTS. either family members or verry close friends. i'm NOT worried about the children.
2007-01-19 18:40:36 · update #2
o.k. i don't know if it's b/c it's almost 3 a.m. but nobody is understanding that i'm NOT talking about children!!!!! i am talking about grown men WHO KNOW BETTER!! i don't mean to come across as cranky, but everybody seems to think i'm talking about kids and i'm not!
2007-01-19 18:44:16 · update #3
It's so frustrating when people don't understand the words that are coming out of your mouth. I've had that problem on this site with quite a few people.
If you know who the pee pee culprit is I would definitely pull them aside and ask them to clean up after themselves. You could also post a sign in the bathroom requesting to "Be kind and wipe up behind!" Hope I was of some help.
Blessed Be
2007-01-19 19:47:19 · answer #1 · answered by witchywoman621 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When an otherwise spotless house has some urine spots on the toilet it doesn't mean the rest of the house is no longer cleaner. It isn't that big a deal to get the Lysol cleaner and some paper towels and clean it.
If the person who did it is in your family you may want to some time just mention that you'd appreciate it if they'd clean up after themselves if that happens in the future (but don't do it the day of a party). If its a guest, don't say anything at all. If its a child overlook it. They do that kind of stuff.
2007-01-20 02:37:30 · answer #2 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So these are kids we're talking about? No, I don't think it's appropriate to ask a guest to do housecleaning chores, especially when it's a kid.
However, I imagine some people wouldn't mind doing it of their own initiative. You could leave a container of wipes out next to the toilet, for example, and people could use them to clean up after themselves if they wish. But only if they wish.
EDIT: I now understand that you are talking about adults. But the guest thing still stands in my opinion.
By the way, I could see a whole host of potentially troublesome situations if you really did try to pull aside people from the party to ask them to clean the toilet. First of all, as the hostess, you'll be busy, so you won't have time to run in the bathroom and check it constantly. And then how would you know who did it? It could end up with mistaken accusations, leading to hurt feelings, etc... better not.
2007-01-20 02:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, as the host you assume responsibilty to every thing that can go wrong. If someone was to spill a drink, would you say clean it up? No, and peeing on the seat is much more private and it would be completely embarrassing and inapropriate for you to ask the person or their parent to clean it up. Just grab a wet wipe and clean it up, gees.
I GET IT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADULTS, BUT S**T HAPPENS AND AS THE HOST YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING UP THE ****. If it's someone who you don't care about offending then bring it up. My friends and me are a very close group and if one of them pisses on the seat, I'm going to call his a** out but that is not for every situation, especially when kids are present.
2007-01-20 02:38:50 · answer #4 · answered by Phat Kidd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I understand what's on your mind. If you really know which guest precisely spilled over the toilet seat (not "otherwise"), you can pull them aside in private and just explain very simple terms in this language,
'I am sure it's not an important thing, but I need your co-operation over this: last time when you used the toilet, you spilled over the seat. I request you to clean it up since you can see that I spent nerly my whole day trying to clean the house, and I am somewhat unhappy and uncomfortable over this thing. It won't take much time, Please."
Never let anybody walk over you!
2007-01-20 02:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by quilm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not unless it's an adult member of your own family or a close friend-you are the hostess,you are responsible for making things right.
2007-01-20 02:36:46 · answer #6 · answered by barbara 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kids are mean but you just can't ask a kid who's at your son party to clean out. Remember that you or your kid invited him.
So what? If your son had 19 you'll had much more to clean out. Why you just next time make a party on a restaurant or McD?
2007-01-20 02:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by LynX 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they pee on your toilet then you clean it up and never invite them again. If you accept someone in your house you are trusting them to respect your house, but you also need to respect them as a guest while they are there. The solution is to never make them a guest again.
2007-01-20 02:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by highyellow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it is. if your at someone elses house you should be careful not to pee on the seat anyway. if there disrespectful enough to do it why shouldn't you make them clean it up.
2007-01-20 02:35:24 · answer #9 · answered by chronus79 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother has this stitched into a picture frame:
"If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat."
Sometimes men need to be reminded. They can be worse than children.
2007-01-20 03:35:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋