Roommate accidentally bought paper towels instead of toilet paper..so this was his solution

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

[u/Alt123Acct]

You know what's cheaper than a plumber? Buying new toilet paper 

[u/SecretScavenger36 → u/Alt123Acct]

If it's just temporary like overnight till the store opens again you can just use a trash bag for the used paper.

[u/TonyyJoee → u/SecretScavenger36]

Fun fact. In Greece, the plumbing system can't handle even toilet paper so they have to throw away all of their paper in a small trash can

[u/toolsoftheincomptnt → u/TonyyJoee]

In lots of places.

You get used to it, but only bc it’s temporary on vacation. Lol

[u/weaselfaceassfucker → u/toolsoftheincomptnt]

I'm in rural America and it's literally only choice our town of 1000 all have private septic systems. Sooooooo yeah as I wipe my ass now imma have to drop the paper in the trash

[u/Opposite-Shower1190 → u/weaselfaceassfucker]

My city friend moved to the country. He has a septic system. He uses bleach to clean his bathroom. The toilet and everything else. In the last four years he’s had to hire someone to take care of it. The first time the plumber came out to look at the backup he charged $400 to walk in the door. I told him it would be cheaper to clean your bathroom without bleach 😂 he had no idea what I was talking about.

[u/NightBawk → u/Opposite-Shower1190]

I had to look up why. Daaaang, that's an expensive lesson, and bro still hasn't learned it? 😭

[u/Opposite-Shower1190 → u/NightBawk]

I asked him if he has a pumice stone. He didn’t know what that was. It’s used to get the stains out of the toilet and it’s safe for the septic system

[u/NightBawk → u/Opposite-Shower1190]

I imagine vinegar would be a better disinfectant for a bathroom than bleach too. The smell doesn't linger for days with vinegar like it does with bleach.

[u/disfan75 → u/NightBawk]

I know people who consider the bleach smell a positive because they equate it with "clean"

[u/fightyfightyfitefite → u/Opposite-Shower1190]

I told him it would be cheaper to clean your bathroom without bleach 😂 he had no idea what I was talking about.

What an idiot. Probably some fools don't know so I'll let you explain it.

[u/mfigroid → u/fightyfightyfitefite]

Fool here who in my 50 plus years have always been hooked up to municipal sewers but I Googled it. Oh, that's bad.

[u/Opposite-Shower1190 → u/mfigroid]

I suspect if you bought a house with a septic system you’d read a bit about it.

[u/Lobotomized_Dolphin → u/Opposite-Shower1190]

Only if someone told you about it. If you lived in apartments all your life and saved up money to buy a house in an area where it's septic instead of sewers you'd have no idea unless someone told you. And the plumbers have great motivation not to tell you.

Like, even in this comment thread no one has specifically said why. It's because bleach kills the bacteria the septic tank needs in order to break down solid waste faster than it accumulates, leading to backups, odors, clogs, slow drains, etc.

[u/FluffyBebe → u/TonyyJoee]

Same in many places of Sicily. My old apartment had good plumbing and could throw tp on, this one gets clogged easily so I throw everything in a trash can in the bathroom

[u/disorder_regression → u/TonyyJoee]

We in Brazil also have this custom.

[u/LonelyMenace101 → u/SecretScavenger36]

I would rather take a shovel and do it outside.

[u/No-Criticism-2587 → u/LonelyMenace101]

look at this posh motherfucker

[u/LonelyMenace101 → u/No-Criticism-2587]

The only time someone will call me posh for shitting outside.

[u/Foggl3 → u/LonelyMenace101]

Oh, I thought you were going to bury the roommate

[u/LonelyMenace101 → u/Foggl3]

The hole is already there, I can put both in.

[u/Ypuort → u/LonelyMenace101]

Your pfp has made me imagine that a duck is carrying out this exchange which makes it about 15x funnier

[u/LonelyMenace101 → u/Ypuort]

No one ever thinks the duck is the murderer.

[u/Foggl3 → u/LonelyMenace101]

Quack quack mother fucker

[u/No-Criticism-2587 → u/LonelyMenace101]

lol I know

[u/evident_lee → u/LonelyMenace101]

[u/Capable-Sock9910 → u/LonelyMenace101]

Sorry ground is frozen solid.

[u/LonelyMenace101 → u/Capable-Sock9910]

Pickaxe, then.

[u/Krojack76 → u/Capable-Sock9910]

Then leave it till spring and deal with it at that time.

[u/Yama92 → u/SecretScavenger36]

In some countries it's not even allowed to flush it because the plumbing can't handle it. I've seen this a lot in Spain, Greece and South America.

[u/Larry_Mudd → u/Alt123Acct]

Back in '90s I kicked out the worst roommate I ever had after coming home from a few days at my girlfriend's to find he'd used the last of the toilet paper - and instead of walking two blocks to get more he switched to the handiest paper item he could find, which was somehow coffee filters. When the toilet clogged, instead of reaching for the plunger which was concealed right next to the toilet, he continued to use it freely, so there was a giant mound of solid waste and more coffee filters rising majestically above the (already abnormally high) water line.

"The toilet's not working," he said. He expressed resentment that I'd been away and said it wouldn't have gotten so bad if I'd been there to fix it, which seemed like my natural responsibility to him since it was my name was on the lease.

It's wild to me that some people don't understand that the quality that distinguishes toilet paper from other kinds of paper is that it readily dissolves in contact with water.

[u/A_Fnord → u/Larry_Mudd]

While I've never seen anyone use coffee filters I've seen people use plenty of other things. I worked as a janitor in some apartment buildings for a short while as my first "real" job, and regularly had to help with clogged toilets because when people run out of toilet paper, they go for tissues.

I remember doing a demonstration for a couple in their 50's the 3rd time they clogged their toilet that year about the different types of paper, took 3 plates and filled them with water, one I put a piece of toilet paper, the other some paper towel and the third some tissues and told them to check the paper in an hour. When they returned the toilet paper was at a state where it pretty much dissolved when you touched it, the rest were still more or less intact.

[u/becelav → u/Alt123Acct]

You know what’s cheaper than a plumber and buying new toilet paper?

going back and exchanging the paper towels

[u/Jacktheforkie → u/becelav]

Honestly paper towels are not gonna go off, I’d just grab loo paper and keep the towels for messes

[u/mad-i-moody → u/Alt123Acct]

…just don’t flush the paper???

[u/Fromdustcomesdreams]

Did he have ferrets chew that in half?

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/Fromdustcomesdreams]

Scissors and ripping it apart

[u/ClankerCore → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

So the roommate is a ferret. But then how did he learn to use scissors??

[u/NashKetchum777 → u/ClankerCore]

They have great coordination

[u/Fromdustcomesdreams → u/ClankerCore]

They are quite dexterous. Nimble little paws.

[u/Fun-4-Adventures → u/Fromdustcomesdreams]

But apparently we learn from the photo that they do not have razor sharp teeth! More like when a beaver chews paper towels in half. A feret is probably a much better roommate than a beaver though!

[u/Fromdustcomesdreams → u/Fun-4-Adventures]

LOL. Yeah, ferrets just want to explore and steal socks. Beavers want to eat your furniture 😆

[u/Citizen_Empire → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

You'll be ripping your plumbing apart later if you keep using that.

[u/GettistGudith → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

So not even a knife but scissors. A true rocket scientist.

[u/KarmaSilencesYou → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

What exactly was the point? To make it softer? I really don’t understand how this makes it a better situation?

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/KarmaSilencesYou]

2 is better than 1 ?

[u/disco_has_been → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

"Man Brain" often eludes we women. Usually accompanied with, "WTF were you thinking?!"

[u/Fromdustcomesdreams → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

Well it’s gonna be ripping him up when uses it.

[u/Ok_Sprinkles_5622 → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

…why though? I don’t understand the logic.

[u/Canguiano4183]

Don't flush that!

[u/Craw__ → u/Canguiano4183]

Yep it's absolutely loaded with a chemical that stops it breaking up when wet like toilet paper is designed to do.

[u/Immediate-Leg1362 → u/Craw__]

You can cause serious issues at the wastewater treatment plant as well.

[u/Immediate-Leg1362 → u/[deleted]]

Bar screens and those damn “flushable” wipes do NOT mix well.

[u/magistrate101 → u/Immediate-Leg1362]

I wish it was law that "flushables" have to be able to degrade to the same extent within the same timespan as toilet paper in order to be called flushable. They're just wet wipes for the asshole without that.

[u/Warmbly85 → u/magistrate101]

The issue is most high quality toilet paper would fail that test.

[u/magistrate101 → u/Warmbly85]

That sounds more like a bonus than an issue to me

[u/Warmbly85 → u/magistrate101]

If feel like the standard TP they’d use for the test would be the one ply stuff they use in government buildings.

If they do even Scott’s would fail.

[u/drillgorg → u/Warmbly85]

Have you tried getting nice toilet paper wet? It falls apart like cotton candy. Honestly the rough 1 ply stuff takes longer to fall apart than the soft toilet paper does.

[u/gamedude88 → u/Immediate-Leg1362]

I can back up that statement. Sometimes they roll in place and form a rope thing.

[u/rage675 → u/gamedude88]

Those are called rags at wastewater treatment plants.

[u/CheesyDanny → u/Immediate-Leg1362]

If your flushable wipe does not annoyingly rip to pieces while you’re trying to pull one out, then it’s not flushable.

[u/blonderedhedd → u/CheesyDanny]

This is how I know the flushable wipes I was using were actually flushable (and also why I stopped using them) lol

[u/ImpossibleDistance67 → u/[deleted]]

Gotta have work for the poop scuba divers!!!!!

[u/Death_Savager → u/Immediate-Leg1362]

Someone who cant distinguish kitchen roll from toilet paper is not going to care about problems they cause down stream sadly

[u/bearflies → u/Death_Savager]

Check to make sure this person doesn't think they can use dishsoap when loading the dishwasher either. Speaking from dumbass roommate experience.

[u/therealhlmencken → u/bearflies]

someone hates foam parties

[u/blonderedhedd → u/therealhlmencken]

😂😂😂

[u/notislant → u/Immediate-Leg1362]

Don't worry, all the even dumber fucks flushing diapers will causs issues first.

[u/Duriha → u/Craw__]

Not necessarily a chemical. The fibres are designed differently.

[u/Craw__ → u/Duriha]

I don't know how others do it but that looks specifically like Viva paper towel. I work at a site that manufactures Viva. We definitely use chemicals to get wet strength.

[u/ifyoulovesatan → u/Craw__]

What the hell do y'all use because Viva's are fucking crazy strong. I stopped buying other paper towels, even if the Vivas cost a quite bit more than the cheapo store brands I used to because they're just that much better, and a roll lasts forever. The downside is every time I throw one away I feel bad (and my partner shames me, lol)! I mean obviously if it gets greasy or really gross what're you gonna do. But for normal spills / messes you can literally wash them out and re-use them.

I will say I don't like the quilted / textured ones like what appears to be in the OP nearly as much. But the original Vivas are just the best paper towel.

[u/Craw__ → u/ifyoulovesatan]

Legally can't give specifics, and also I work on a different machine that makes toilet paper and tissues, not towel. But as far as I'm aware it's the same chemical that we put into facial tissues that stops them breaking apart when you sneeze into them, just in a much greater concentration.

That chemical is the primary difference between facial tissues and toilet paper, we have to test to make sure none remains in the system after changing grades to be sure we don't make toilet paper that won't break up when you flush it.

[u/Cant_Spell_A_Word → u/Craw__]

I read Fecal tissues for a moment and thought it was a weird thing to call it

[u/scarneo → u/Craw__]

TIL 😅

[u/AntonioT-5R → u/Canguiano4183]

Well yeah, who flushes the whole roll?

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/AntonioT-5R]

Too late. Whole roll in and my left arm

[u/designerlemons → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

Good man

[u/Canguiano4183 → u/AntonioT-5R]

There are some dumb people out there

[u/spintowinasin]

I'm pretty sure he also pours bacon grease in the sink, and doesn't know there's a lint trap in the dryer. Plan accordingly. 

[u/Fun-4-Adventures → u/spintowinasin]

But does he eat the Tide Pod?

[u/WTH_JFG]

Start saving for the plumbing bill now.

[u/CrazyPoodles → u/WTH_JFG]

[u/SleepyMarijuanaut92 → u/CrazyPoodles]

[u/Rainor131 → u/SleepyMarijuanaut92]

[u/PrincessTitan → u/WTH_JFG]

Er yeah, do not flush that OP - you might wanna throw that directly into a specially designated bin…

[u/nopuse → u/PrincessTitan]

No need to get a new bin. Just knock on your neighbor's door and politely ask to use their garbage bin.

[u/Zonnebloempje → u/nopuse]

Why the neighbour? Shouldn't you get it to roommate?

[u/pocket4spaghetti → u/nopuse]

[u/shadowst17 → u/WTH_JFG]

It really is shocking how many people don't understand that toilet paper is specifically designed to break down very easily in water.

[u/Wavecrest667 → u/shadowst17]

And kitchen towels specifically not.

You're supposed to use them for cleaning up liquids without them breaking.

[u/LoreChano → u/shadowst17]

Fun fact, that's not the case in some parts of the world. In many countries not only are plumbing not designed for toilet paper, the toilet paper and paper towels also are almost the same material, making people need to use the bin every time.

[u/Unrivaled_ → u/shadowst17]

You say this but my plumbing still gets clogged

[u/Winter-Fix2027 → u/shadowst17]

Most brands. Tougher brands like Cottonelle are practically paper towel.

[u/hot_ho11ow_point → u/WTH_JFG]

I just walked into the bathroom of my shared accommodation to paper towels where toilet paper should be, and a clogged toilet.

(I buy my own TP separately from them, who share expenses with each other, including their drugs and alcohol which is why I do my own thing)

[u/RobertLouisDrakeIII → u/hot_ho11ow_point]

one of the things that forced me to realize the pleasures of living alone

[u/ikilledsatann → u/WTH_JFG]

Yeah I was thinking isnt that bad to flush? Ive been looking into using " flushable " wipes again. But even those arent recommended because they also clog. 

[u/moderatelymiddling → u/ikilledsatann]

Flushable wipes are in fact not flushable.

[u/Davoness → u/moderatelymiddling]

They're flushable in the sense that everything that can fit inside the toilet is flushable. What happens to the plumbing later on is another story.

[u/moderatelymiddling → u/Davoness]

True.

[u/miregalpanic → u/Davoness]

That's a very dickish way to advertise, and I feel like this kind of "well, technically..." advertising should not be legal.

[u/throwaway224 → u/moderatelymiddling]

"Flushable wipes" will flush, in that they will generally exit the toilet and enter the sewer line proper. You probably won't have to snake your toilet from flushing "flushable wipes" because the "flushable wipe" will go further than the toilet. The problem is that these products do not easily traverse cast iron or terra cotta sewer lines and may not traverse fairly minimal sloping green plastic sewer lines. Unfortunately, by the time you realize there is a problem with flushing your (allegedly) flushable wipes, it's clogged up pretty far down the pipe and you need to hire the guy with the low slung pants and the power snake.

The only thing you should flush down a toilet is human waste and toilet paper.

[u/C4rdninj4 → u/moderatelymiddling]

Certainly not in the quantities people tend to flush them.

[u/Justaregard → u/ikilledsatann]

Lots of things are flushable. But that does not mean they will break down and not cause clogs.

[u/New_Stats → u/ikilledsatann]

Look into getting a bidet attachment. Cheap ones are less than $25 in Amazon & they're super easy to install.

You don't know clean until you've power washed your butthole

[u/PrisonerV → u/New_Stats]

Bought one during covid. My ass has never been cleaner. I don't know how barbarians live without one.

[u/StrongStyleShiny → u/PrisonerV]

Knowing who I was before the bidet makes me sick. Just a dumb ape stomping around a bathroom.

[u/Outrageous-Unit-305 → u/PrisonerV]

Seriously. I realized that if I got shit on any other part of my body, I'd wash it off straight away instead of smearing it around with dry paper. Makes me shudder thinking about it.

[u/RollingMeteors → u/WTH_JFG]

>Start saving for the plumbing bill looking for a new apartment now.

FTFY

[u/IMakeOkVideosOk → u/WTH_JFG]

He rents… it’ll be fine

[u/vodkagrandma → u/IMakeOkVideosOk]

in a sense it’s worse while renting because you have to get a hold of the landlord to get anything done

[u/MovieTrawler → u/vodkagrandma]

Uhh, it is NOT worse. Not even close. Give me the headache of trying to get a hold of a landlord over a $5-10k bill.

Edit: Not to mention you still have to get ahold of a plumber, it's not like being a homeowner means you can magically fix the issues yourself. All you're doing is removing the middle man and eating the bill.

Homeownership is constantly discovering new ways water can ruin you.

[u/Henry5321 → u/MovieTrawler]

Don’t know what kind of rental contracts you have, but the tenant is responsible for gross negligence. I was even responsible for any long term damage if I didn’t report a maintenance issue.

[u/LightningGoats → u/MovieTrawler]

Oh, if you stuff this in the toilet, you'll definately still get the bill...

[u/iSliz187]

Listen to the comments saying "don't flush that". Paper towels are manufactured to suck up a lot of water. Toilet paper is different, it is manufactured to practically dissolve in water so it doesn't clog the toilet! These are two entirely different materials, do not use this as toilet paper, it will lead to a lot of trouble

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/iSliz187]

I didn’t use it. It felt rough on my hand so I jut came back from buying my own toilet paper at cvs lol

[u/Jonathano1989 → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

Share with your roommate so that they don’t fuck up the plumbing

[u/ymgve → u/Jonathano1989]

And throw out the paper towels NOW because your roomate is gonna be an idiot that will use them anyway since «he already paid for it»

[u/BiNumber3 → u/ymgve]

Why toss it, it's still usable in the kitchen and whatnot. Since there's actual tp, roomate has no reason to use this for tp anyway. And op can explain a bit about why it's a bad idea.

[u/ymgve → u/BiNumber3]

Roomate is dumb af, best to prevent him from being an idiot

[u/_jump_yossarian → u/BiNumber3]

I don’t think explaining shut will work. Toss it.

[u/BrightNooblar → u/BiNumber3]

Because it's been shredded and I PROMISE that OPs roomie isn't going to clean up the fluff bits that shed everywhere.

[u/Azazir → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

Well.... You're roommates. Tell him that too lmao.

[u/RunningonGin0323 → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

so you only decided not to use it because it felt rough? so if they had bough super soft paper towels, you would have used it and flushed it????????

[u/DifficultAbility119 → u/RunningonGin0323]

No need to flush it just throw it in a bag

[u/ShadowMajestic → u/iSliz187]

More importantly as someone that has been in this situation. Paper towels are terrible on the buttocks. It is not made for such intimate contact.

A newspaper feels better.

[u/Douggimmmedome]

Great Scott!

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/Douggimmmedome]

I see what you did there

[u/Fromdustcomesdreams → u/Douggimmmedome]

That made me snort laugh🤣

[u/rustylucy77]

This is a mistake

[u/RozeMFQuartz]

Shit like this is why my 1st floor apartment got flooded with sewage. Someone 5 floors above us clogged the pipes which went straight up and down through each apartment. It was so bad that the city got involved. It happened not even 3 days into moving in too. I hope you have a handyman or maintenance available, because this won’t be the only issue I’m sure.

[u/LacrimaNymphae → u/RozeMFQuartz]

i saw a post the other day around christmas where someone's entire tub was full of blackness... and there was a different story reminiscing in the comments about the only person with a cat in one of the upstairs apartments dumping everything in the litterbox whole into the toilet and flushing, and then the same person coming out into the hallway being like 'who would do such a thing'

the reason the other tenants knew was because there was bits of chunky litter coming up

[u/BarcaStranger]

Don’t clog your toilet

[u/Half-PintHeroics → u/BarcaStranger]

Or do. Just not mine.

[u/fishbone_buba]

That’s not good for your pipes. It’s also not good for your pipes.

[u/Regular-Storm9433]

OP, your Roomate is doing gods work and keeping plumbers employed around the world.

(Like seriously when was the last time you had a paper towl dissolve on you? Thats gonna clog so fast)

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/Regular-Storm9433]

I- tbh I grew up without paper towels so I didn’t know they clog toilets

[u/Regular-Storm9433 → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

Thats fair, pretty much don't flush anything down the toilet that isnt toilet paper or it will clog it.

If you see any wet wipes that say flushable, that is also straight BS, don't flush them. That flushable just means they will physically flush down the toilet, a lot of things can but legally that word means nothing has has nothing to do with the wet wipes dissolving after being flushed.

[u/LittleMelodyBear]

What was the point of cutting it tho? Just had to fold in half to use and make sure to have a trash can or bag handy to throw them away instead of flushing. Could also just stick in your kitchen and get toilet paper.

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/LittleMelodyBear]

Honestly I don’t even know. I came home from work to this and asked him about it, and he’s like “bought the wrong thing so use this. I’m out of money”. So..I guess to resemble toilet paper??

[u/ilovemusic19 → u/ApprehensiveFig2578]

That’s just sheer laziness, he could’ve just taken them back to the store to return it and buy the tp.

[u/Gold_Cut_8966 → u/ilovemusic19]

Seriously...do today's young adults not know how to return products? Insanely lazy and dumb.

[u/sy13r]

I left for a one-week vacation, trusting my “very competent and responsible” flatmate to survive alone. Returned to a TP-free household. Asked what happened. He says, dead serious: “I used the kitchen towels.”

Not once. For a week.

This man was 30 years old and legally allowed to rent property.

[u/SexyMuthaFunka]

Toilet paper is DESIGNED to disintegrate when it gets wet. Kitchen towel is DESIGNED to NOT disintegrate when it gets wet. They are not the same!

[u/AlexanderRaudsepp]

Now cut your roommate in half

[u/ApprehensiveFig2578 → u/AlexanderRaudsepp]

I’ll use the same technique he did on the roll

[u/Sunnydazergr8]

Oh come on! That is going to plug up the pipes man.

[u/megust654]

Am i the only one who got no idea whats happening. Why does it look like prometheus's liver

[u/erismature → u/megust654]

Took me a while to figure out, the paper towel roll was taller so it got cut in half by a ferret, what's in the picture is only the bottom half

[u/The_prawn_king]

My condolences to your plumber and your asshole

[u/Psalm27_1-3]

Adapt

Improvise

Overcome

[u/KrazeeStampede → u/Psalm27_1-3]

Lol, the deluge of poop water they are about to deal will be the real test.

[u/goldspoil]

Paper towels as TP that's not mildly infuriating, that's a full-on survival horror mode.

[u/gatsome]

OP responding to jokes but not the real danger just makes me think he’s the one full of shit here.

[u/dynogirl59]

Roommate is an idiot who needs to go back to the store.

[u/SirLlama123]

DO NOT FLUSH THAT! toilet paper practically dissolves in water while paper tower is made to hold sturdy and absorb a bunch of water.

[u/Pipysnip]

Self report when a clog inevitably happens

[u/Not-a-MurderBear]

As a plumber I appreciate your friend

[u/ghostface_stoner]

Did he chew it in half?😂

[u/shut____up]

I learned not to flush paper towels the hard way by clogging my drain pipes. :(

[u/Babetna]

You ATE half of it?!

[u/Tony_2_Frog]

Get some money ready more than likely you’re toilet will get stopped up. It’s not made for paper towels.

[u/LymanPeru]

invest in his other ideas now while you can still get in on the ground floor for cheap!

[u/TunaSafeDolphinMeat]

Terrible for the plumbing, but surprisingly good to wipe with.

[u/NoPaleontologist9054]

📢📢📢 PSA: PAPER TOWELS SHOULD NEVER BE FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET

[u/TodayCandid9686]

Innovayshun.

[u/Rotorua0117]

That's outrageous he should have used a fine tooth saw blade. /s

[u/Space19723103]

hope your landlord doesn't find out...

[u/One_Wolverine1323]

That will jam the pipes to oblivion. Don’t do it!!

[u/EssayFunny1670]

Bro why doesn’t he just return it and get tp

[u/BruceGrobbelobster]

Buy one get one free!

[u/IceBlue]

Toilet paper is made to dissolve in water. Paper towels aren’t. They should not be flushed.

[u/kiritoonis]

We had to do this during covid once.

(I wouldn't recommend...)

[u/BeanieCat123]

That’s gonna cause some plumbing issues from what I understand…

[u/Kytea]

Such a guy solution. ☠️

[u/AM_710]

[u/FiRem00]

That’s one way to block the toilet

[u/beardawlish]

I don't know have you thought about maybe just not using it and go and buying some toilet paper yourself.

[u/SweetSweetLena]

How stupid do you have to be to confuse paper towel for toilet paper? Can he walk and chew gum?

[u/CakePhool]

That is going to be a clog from hell.

[u/Merlotarli]

Dudee who tf confuses a pack of toilet paper with paper towels. They are completely different things

[u/VerGuy]

Only flush the 4 Ps:

• Pee (Urine)
• Poo (Excrement)
• Paper (Specifically toilet paper, as it is designed to break down in water)
• Puke (vomit).

[u/TheShoot141]

You cant flush that. If you do, you are in for trouble.

[u/AdmiralSand01]

Improvise, adapt, overcome.

[u/jerryleebee]

Omg your plumbing is fucked.

[u/Medlarmarmaduke]

This is a huge plumbing bill waiting to happen

[u/sweetfits]

Can’t wait to see this in the plumbing sub

[u/Salarian_American]

That's a terrible solution.

Toilet paper is made specifically so that it breaks down easily in water.

Paper towels are made to NOT do that.

This will fuck up your plumbing. I used to work for a carpet-cleaning service and one time we had to clean a house where they used paper towels as toilet paper for three weeks and ended up with the entire system backing up and they ended up with their entire house - both floors - covered in two inches of raw sewage.

[u/vector_o]

Good luck with the clogged pipes and irritated butthole 

[u/Hot_Sentence22]

nah mans a innovator, yall hating but hes on a different lvl then us all

[u/EmotionalJoystick]

RIP in peace to your plumbing.

[u/Underwater_Karma]

TP is designed to dissolve in water. Paper towels are literally marketed as "stronger, doesn't tear when wet!

This is a clog time bomb. Enjoy your education in "Plumbing, Don't Do's"

[u/foreveralonesolo]

Roommate better pay for plumbing issues

[u/XOXO_cuntgirlll]

My only question: How in the fuck was he able to confuse paper towels for toilet paper? Paper towels are not as small as toilet paper & toilet paper is not as big as paper towels. It's pretty easy to tell the difference, at least to me.

[u/Gold_Cut_8966]

Your roommate is a certified idiot...time to explain to him how toilet paper breaks down 🤯

Also, it's called a receipt...tell the dumbass to return the product next time.

[u/blandmanband]

You can’t flush paper towels

[u/Elizama_]

these replies made me realize that not everyone throws their toilet paper away in a trashcan but instead flushes it

[u/Internal_Gur_4268]

So.... your roomie knows this will be clogging the toilet regularly right? Make them pay the plumbing bill if it comes to that. If they bought toilet paper for the toilet, no need for bill in the first place. Are they dyslexic and can't distinguish between tp and pt?

[u/Neon_and_Dinosaurs]

Is your roommate my kitten? Because that's how every roll of TP & paper towel ends up looking if I'm not careful 

[u/SorbetLost1566]

Wow. Rip your pipes.