GGE
GGE=GonnaGetEm
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re: why would someone flush a t-shirt down the toilet (this is an assumption on my part because I fail to see how a shirt could get down a sink or shower or bathtub or laundry drain, but toilet I can understand because: ):
I have three kids and a septic tank. When we had the septic pumped a couple of years ago the workers pointed out three things we have to do differently to avoid clogs in the future:
1. put a hair catcher in the drains
2. stop flushing tampons
3. don't let your children flush clothing down the toilet anymore
of course the first two were my fault, and that wasn't at all embarassing
facepalm
but the third, we had to go talk to our kids about. Turns out one of our children for some reason had flushed a pair of boxer shorts. I still have not gotten an answer out of him as to why he did that when he could've put them in the trash, but apparently children think the toilet is a magical-disappearing-vortex where they can eliminate all signs of something.
Point being, an embarassed and/or humiliated child may be the source of this item being in the drain. Why, who knows? I haven't even figured out the why in my own kid's situation. But just a thought. Kids of all ages (mine was a teenager at the time!!!!) think they can flush stuff and it just goes away forever. FWIW.
I have three kids and a septic tank. When we had the septic pumped a couple of years ago the workers pointed out three things we have to do differently to avoid clogs in the future:
1. put a hair catcher in the drains
2. stop flushing tampons
3. don't let your children flush clothing down the toilet anymore
of course the first two were my fault, and that wasn't at all embarassing


Point being, an embarassed and/or humiliated child may be the source of this item being in the drain. Why, who knows? I haven't even figured out the why in my own kid's situation. But just a thought. Kids of all ages (mine was a teenager at the time!!!!) think they can flush stuff and it just goes away forever. FWIW.