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Q: The only western toilet

Hi a colleague and I have a bit of a predicament. There is one western toilet at our workplace (a disabled toilet at that) because nobody else uses it, we decided we should give it the treatment is so deserved. However... We have a bit of a blockage issue. Nothing will flush!!! The water pressure is so low here. We have left it for a week now with the lid down, and nobody has noticed yet. We checked on it again a few moments ago, and well it seems to have expanded in size! How can we get rid of it... Without getting our hands too dirty?

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Leave the lid up so it is easier to notice, then maybe some cleaning staff will see it. 

Maybe your workplace has a janitor that could help. 

 

Other options. 

 

 - Get a stick or even better a plunger

 - Hire a cleaner

 - Apply for other jobs

 

Scandinavian:

note. If you get it fixed. you can probably mitigate the risk of it happening again by being conservative with the paper and maybe get a bucket and manually poor in water for flushing, like it is commonly done with the squatters

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hang on, this question comes shortly after you wrote about lack of bowelmovements. 

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GuilinRaf:

It must have all come out at the same time, hence the blockage.

Not that it hasn't happened to any of us before  however....indecision

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After a week, the fecal matter will decay and cause a foul smell to spread throughout the building. You will need to call a HAZMAT team.

GuilinRaf:

TIC

They probably wont know the difference.

HAZMAT? Here the "protective gear" of a HAZMAT worker is rubber boots and his t-shirt covering his nose....

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Buckets of water might do the trick.

After that it's maybe safer not to use it again.

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A wave of brown colored water raced across the floor, killing all in its way with the stench of death, like a turd colored horse of the apocalypse, slaying without mercy or hesitation. The few smart folks pulled their shirts over their noses, and fled the scene of desolation.

Sinobear:

I have a feeling that we all work at the same place!

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you mean the place close to the China Mobile shop ? 

 

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Maybe it was just for decoration? You know, "status symbol"?

GuilinRaf:

"... we decided we should give it the treatment it so deserved."

Not at the same time, I hope....?

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Go to the local pharmacist or construction place. Buy lime. Sprinkle the lime liberally over the corpse. If anyone sees you, plead "allowed religious practices according to Chinese law." Then use bucket after bucket of 'Holy water' to send the corpse to the hereafter. Or wait until after an office-sponsored banquet, say that the food was a "little off". Visit the latrine. Scream your lungs out then emerge to say, "Houston, we have a problem here."

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buy a bottle of 84 bleach and pour the whole bottle in the toilet and let it sit, should be gone in 3 days.

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I got my toilet unclogged with hot (boiling) water, vinegar  & a plunger. It will stink big time, (& you'll need a shower right after the procedure), but you'll get it through.

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Use traditional Chinese method adapted by westerners. Get a really big firecracker and drop it in  the toilet. This may clear the blockage or get a new toilet replacement.  Have your co-workers watch it while you slip away for added fun.

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Just leave it. 

DaveP84:

We have, it is still blocked, even now.

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I can just picture the plumber finally being called in to fix the problem

he will take one look and with no expression on his face

mutter the words

This is China

then close the door and walk away after of course

 collecting a fee from those dastardly Westerners

who put all that cleaning crap down the bowl    LOL

philbravery:

here is an idea

tell somebody you dropped your wallet with 5000 Yuan in it down the toilet

it will be clear in no time

but you will have to think of a way to get the floors and walls clean

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I had to have my toilet snaked to clear it. The hard part was getting googles to fit my little friend.

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I don't know how, when (today sometime) or who looked... But it has finally been cleaned. The problem we face now is that they know it could have one of two people. Even though it was both of us... (Not at the same time as some people would believe).

Scandinavian:

May I be the first to wish you my hearty contrafibularities

 

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maybe you need to build a shrine to the Toilet God ... MeCrapper

the keeper of clear pipes

I have prayed over the alter a few times after heavy drinking

and is a good place to contemplate the world

also

this would be the perfect excuse to burn incense  

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