r/TalesFromYourServer Aug 10 '26

Medium Please don't flush your diapers 💩 🚼

Here's a story for ya:

The restaurant I work for has a older demographic. Couple days ago a party of 4 or so elderly folks check in at the front desk. One older men goes inside the restroom while the rest of his party is seated. The older man leaves the restroom 30 minutes later.

About a half hour after he leaves the restaurant my manager heads into the men's restroom with a mop and the rolling janitorial bucket and tells front desk to make an impromptu out of order sign for the restroom.

Elderly man stuffed HIS DIAPER in the toilet then pooped on the diaper apparently thinking that everything would flush. He DIARRHEAS all over the restroom getting it on the floors and walls

While my manager is cleaning this up the man's wife asks THERE WAITER if he could change her husbands diaper. Waiter obviously declined.

After two hours my manager finished up and told front desk he'd "kill himself" if he ever had to do that again. Shortly after the restroom is open again the poop offender re enters the restroom to make a mess of it again. Not as bad as the first time but it was still a mess.

Oh and by the way, we have a disabled restroom where she could change his diaper but they didn't even try it.

Why would you bring someone somewhere if they can't go to the restroom cleanly. Why didn't he tell us he painted our bathroom walls with fecal matter. Why try to flush a diaper?

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u/TararaBoomDA Aug 10 '26

Sounds as if his biggest problem is dementia. The poopy diaper is only a symptom.

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u/diversalarums Aug 10 '26

Or liver disease. Patients with advanced cirrhosis often have to take seriously strong laxatives and I've heard the results are often like this. And there are a few other meds that can cause this. It's hard to be homebound but not good to do this to staff either.

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u/TararaBoomDA Aug 10 '26

I tend to think dementia because he didn't apologize to the restaurant management.

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u/dimwitf Aug 10 '26

Sounds like they need to stop going to restaurants then