Some bathroom etiquette
 

Hi everyone. I went into the bathroom the other day to brush my teeth and found what looked like either pubic hair or underarm hair clippings (I suspect it's pubic hair) all over the counter and in the sink. I live in the same house as my brother and his electric razor was plugged in and right there by the sink, so I'm assuming it was him.


I'm totally disguisted by this, I brushed my teeth and felt so queazy, seeing so much pubic hair clippings all over the sink and bathroom counter.

What the hell do I do about this? It's happened a couple of other times in the past and each time it makes me feel sick. He and I aren't very open about these things, and I could never bear to say 'Clean up your pubic hair clippings!' to him. He's not very thoughtful about this sort of thing and any calls for him to be a bit cleaner around the house result in nothing.


Has anyone got any ideas about what to do? It's driving me up the wall :(

Sell them to Eric Cartman.

bring it up when his girlfriends around...

or do it to him...

Post a note on the mirror before he goes in the next day, "clean up after your damn pubes!"...he'll get it.

just tell him to clean his shit up. he's your brother and you're both human beings. leave him a note if you don't like confrontation.

Shave your ass over his pillow.

No, seriously, if it offends you so much (and believe me, I'm with you) you have to tell him. You could try being passive agressive, but like you said he's a bit dense in the housework, so it probably won't work.

Just write it on a post it and tack it to his head while his girlfriend/buddies are around. He'll be embarassed, but he'll get the picture.

I wouldn't go as far as to embarass him in front of friends, because this could make him want to hold grudges against you. Instead, just tell him to his face that it bugs you. Be an adult about it- dont just blow up and try to immaturely embarass him.

Yeap, what everyone else said, confront him about it, or at least leave a note asking him to clean up after he shaves.

In my household with five male roommates and a female roommate it's pretty much common courtesy to rinse out whatever type of hair you leave, or mess for that matter. The only rule we had to establish was opening the window at least a little after taking a dump (no matter how cold it is outside). Nothin' worse than wandering into the bathroom for a morning shave or teethbrushing and getting knocked five feet back by the smell of someone's mornin' dump.

Just freakin' ask him to clean up after cutting his hair. You don't have to be so descriptive when you talk to him, and I'm sure he'll understand what you're talking about.

Or you could gather them up and just sell them on e-bay, there's bound to be a buyer for that kind of stuff. JK

Yeah, exactly what absorbentishe said -- ask him to clean the hair up. Ya don't gotta say, "Hey, clean up the pube hairs out of the sink." Simply ask, "please clean the hair out of the sink, it's sort of gross." That's not uncomfortable for you or your brother, and it'll get the point across.

-Lasereth

Get a box of those clorox bathroom wipes. They are quick and easy to clean the sink. Then tell him you got them and what for.
Then you can do one of two things.

Be persistant - check on him every morning and leave a note or mention to him the kind of mess on the sink that he left. Do it daily and pleasantly. He will eventually get tired of hearing it and hopefully buck up to do the job.

OR

Next time - do like JStrider or guthmund suggest and stick the post-it to his forhead. You will have given him opportunity and an EASY way to accomplish what you ask. He's probably just lazy but if you give him an easy enough method he might be willing to do it.

P.S. I got a certain someone (who shall remain unnamed here) to pick up their dirty undies by putting them on their beloved computer keyboard every morning. They got the message, got the daily reminder, and got into the habit. Not much trouble since. Just something to think about.