Ooh, so many - although as I haven't got any kids probably not as many as most people on here! I know one of the worst I didn't clean up - (don't be eating while you're reading this, it's a bit didgusting) I used to meet my twin every week in town, she had a baby (he's 21 now!) and one day I had a blinding headache & didn't feel like going but she wasn't on the phone at the time so I dragged myself to the bus, it was a boiling hot day for a change,the only seat was at the back facing the engine, the woman facing me had sandals on - you can guess what happened! Have you got any stories frencil?
About six years ago, when I was single and childless, I went to visit my sister. Her husband had been sent overseas for a year and, at this point, he had been gone for about four months. Her oldest child had gotten the flu and managed to give it to her little sister. By the time I got up to visit, my sister had been housebound with two sick children for over two weeks. She was tearing her hair out, and her little one was still ill.
I told her that I'd watch the little one for her so she could run some errands and get away from the house for a while.
Did I mention that I had no experience with young children?
Our morning was uneventful. We watched some shows on Animal Planet and read stories together. I figured that since all was going well, I could sneak upstairs for a quick shower. I settled my niece on the sofa with her blankie, some dry cereal, and a sippy cup of apple juice.
After my shower, I threw on my robe and checked on my niece. So far, so good. Before going back upstairs to get dressed, I reminded her to call for me if she started to feel "icky."
A few minutes later she came upstairs and said, "Auntie, I pooped, but it's okay 'cause I wiped myself without any help and I put on clean panties." (she had completed potty training, but still sometimes needed help with the aftermath of her #2s). I told her that she was such a good girl and to get herself comfy on the sofa and I'd be right down.
About thirty seconds later it dawned on me. She pooped. She has the flu. Oh, no.
I rushed to the downstairs toilet. There it was. In the toilet, and around the toilet, on the floor, walls, etc. And there, crumpled in the corner was a poo-ey pair of Hello Kitty panties.
I had worked in the hospitality industry for several years and considered myself to be something of a pro when it came to confronting other people's messes, but this was one for the record books! The mess was worse than anything I'd ever seen before, even when I worked as a manager for the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain where a mysterious woman that we had dubbed "The Poo Lady" visited every Monday morning, ate heartily, then promptly deposited her meal in the ladies' room, causing us to have to shut the ladies' down in order to literally hose down the walls, toilet and floor of the stall she chose to do her business in.
But I digress...
My sister was due home at any moment!
I took my niece upstairs, put her in the tub, and gave her a good scrubbing. Fifteen minutes later, I settled her onto the sofa again in a clean nightgown and undies.
I then armed myself with an elbow-length pair of rubber gloves, several old rags, and a bucket of bleach and suds and got to work on the downstairs toilet.
By the time my sister came home, the evidence had been washed away, the house smelled of bleach and detergent, and my niece and I were snuggled on the sofa, reading The Sneetches.
The only casualty of the situation was a pair of Hello Kitty panties, which I had double-bagged, tied, and thrown into the trash.
Since then, I married a man with two sons. I have dealt with overflowing toilets, dirty socks left on the dining room table, slapdash personal hygiene, and petrified banana peels hidden under the bed.
Ewwwwwww!!!!! Sorry but I had to laugh, - although the Poo Lady sounds revolting - awwww, do you still tease your niece about it now?! Not that she could help it, especially not at that age...... How long did you wait till you told your sister?
Ewwww........ .I work ina sorting office & the stuff people put in post boxes is disgusting, we have the usual curry & chips, kebabs, chewing gum nearly every day (worse at weekends) we get dirty knickers regularly, condoms, sanitary towels/tampons, syringes, all sorts of junk & we get letters posted that contain poo (human & animal) The smelliest up to now has been a dead bird that was being posted to some poor soul, just in a normal envelope, it reeked to high heaven, we had a debate for weeks whether it was a budgie 'cos it was green, but think that was just the poor thing rotting.
My little dog, bless her, was very poorly last year. She had diarrhoea like no human or animal has ever had. I have a fairly biggish kitchen with a laminate floor and daughter and I got up one Saturday to it literally swimming in dog poo. As you know we have two other dogs and they were sliding around on it! Daughter and I had to use mountains of kitchen roll just to get to see the floor. Luckily I always keep loads of disinfectant, bleach etc in the house but we used gallons of it and daughter had to fetch replacements. Every time we thought we were getting it a bit cleaner the dog started again (even though she's usually very clean - I think she didn't know it was coming). It was all up the kitchen surfaces, fridge etc and we were cleaning for hours. THEN my aged neighbour from across the road called. We hadn't had time to clean the dog up (or the other two who were now splattered) (to be very honest I think daughter and I were splattered too). Poor poorly dog ran to "Aunty Iris" because by now she was very frightened. Poor Aunty Iris was covered by now. It was so bad now that I had to ring the vet who wanted to see the dog immediately. We had to clean her as best we could and I took loads of cleaning products, rags and kitchen roll to the vets because I just knew what would happen in reception. Luckily the vet was waiting for me because he was so worried (I just couldn't exaggerate how much poo had come out of the poor little dog). He gave her tablets, injections, lotions and potions and by the time I came back she was totally worn out. So was poor daughter who was still cleaning. We stayed up all night with her cleaning and giving her water but she had nothing left in her to come out. Next day back to vets more inections. After a few days she gained strength and the poo situation improved but she wasn't well enough to be bathed (we'd already bathed the other two) so we constantly wiped her over. What a nightmare, it took weeks of constantly cleaning with doors and windows open to get rid of the smell. Over a year on she's still here and although an old lady she's never been like that again. Vet said it was such a strong virus he expected her to die!
That sounds horendous, poor dog. SHe must have been scared stiff at what was happening - this is awful but sorry, had to laugh at "Auntie Iris" getting covered in it too! DOes she still call round?! Glad to hear your dog is ok now though, she must be a tough little tyke
Originally posted by fatbird: Ewwww........ .I work ina sorting office & the stuff people put in post boxes is disgusting, we have the usual curry & chips, kebabs, chewing gum nearly every day (worse at weekends) we get dirty knickers regularly, condoms, sanitary towels/tampons, syringes, all sorts of junk & we get letters posted that contain poo (human & animal) The smelliest up to now has been a dead bird that was being posted to some poor soul, just in a normal envelope, it reeked to high heaven, we had a debate for weeks whether it was a budgie 'cos it was green, but think that was just the poor thing rotting.
omg that is so gross. i would b sick if that was me.
Some of us were pretty green that night! We used about 3 cans of air freshener but it stank for weeks - we have no windows or air conditioning in our office.........
my wedding night.... we had friends staying over cos they live all over the country and needed somewhere to stay. At around midnight i had nipped to the toilet and heard what i thought was rain! I remember thinking to myself that the weather had been great and how lucky we were that the rain had held off till then! Then i walked out of the toilet and found the 'rain' wasnt actually rain... it was my husbands friend urinating on the landing! fortunately i didnt have to clean it though, i went downstairs and told my friends what had happened, they put a bottle of wine in my hands and went upstairs and cleaned it up for me! what a night!
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hehe, thats ok marguerita, we can laugh at it now too he was mortified fatbird, he went home first thing the next day and we've not seen him since, never rang again to apologise which is sad, i can only think he was too embarrased, shame really. on the bright side though, my carpet got a good cleaning!!
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Oh well, you got some good out of it then! That's a shame that he hasn't had the guts to apologise though. He could have sent you some flowers with an apology if he couldn't face seeing or speaking to you.
Remember my post on 07.08.07 about my little dog. Unfortunately we had to have her put to sleep on 1st October, am very sad but thought I would let you know Fatbird.
Originally posted by Dustbin: Remember my post on 07.08.07 about my little dog. Unfortunately we had to have her put to sleep on 1st October, am very sad but thought I would let you know Fatbird.
Oh my god, how terrible.
My childhood pet and best friend suddenly fell ill and became doubly incontinent. He knew that he shouldn't go to the toilet indoors so would try to hide it. Poor dog. He went downhill after that and had to be put down.
Doh! I forgot to post my story. Thankfully I didn't have to clean this up myself.
My 7yr old nephew told my 4yr old niece that she wasn't allowed to use the toilet for a week.
When her room started to smell, her mother investigated and discovered a stash of sticky pants behind the wardrobe. Apparently it was everywhere - up the wall, on the carpet, on the wardrobe...
I know one of the worst I didn't clean up - (don't be eating while you're reading this, it's a bit didgusting) I used to meet my twin every week in town, she had a baby (he's 21 now!) and one day I had a blinding headache & didn't feel like going but she wasn't on the phone at the time so I dragged myself to the bus, it was a boiling hot day for a change,the only seat was at the back facing the engine, the woman facing me had sandals on - you can guess what happened! 
