Low quality toilet paper

[draco664]

Filed firmly under 'first world problems'...

The building I work at has just changed contractors who maintain the bathrooms and cleaning duties.

By all that's holy, the new toilet paper is horrible.

I've got sandpaper in my toolkit that's less abrasive. And the glad-wrap in the pantry at home is more absorbant. You're better off stripping the paper and using the cardboard roll.

Time to increase the fibre intake and try and time my movements to occur at home...

[HYHYBT]

It could be worse: it could be so flimsy you can't tear off more than what's actually between your fingers when you pull. I ran into some of that at an Arby's not long ago. Sure, it ensures you won't use too much...

[JuniorMintz]

[Ginger Tea]

After seeing many a chapter missing book at home, that is one book I can get behind in an emergency.

Although I never understood the logic, he could afford a £5-8 book but not a 50p bog roll

[DrFaroohk]

And ladies: Keep in mind that cheap toilet paper..."sticks"...so if you got a man heading down there later, maybe try NOT HAVING YOUR COOCH PLASTERED IN TP.

[protege]

By all that's holy, the new toilet paper is horrible.

It's not that cheap crap by Scott Paper is it? My paternal grandparents had cases of that stuff in their house. Grandpa bought that brand because it was cheap--only a few pennies less, but still. It was the *principle* of it. Must be an "old people" thing, because that 'cardboard' has started showing up at my mother's! Good thing then, that I only live 2 blocks away

[Greenday]

The TP in Afghanistan was garbage. You'd wipe your ass and somehow it'd end up on your hand and nothing would stick to the TP.

[Andara Bledin]

I've never quite understood how anyone could get stuff stuck to anywhere other than the paper... even with the nearly-useless junk you find in public restrooms that you have to unroll manually, 'cause pulling on it just makes it break. The stuff they make for home use is slightly less useless.

^-.-^

[fireheart17]

So it's John Wayne toilet paper then? (Or should that be Chuck Norris?)

[draco664]

It's not that cheap crap by Scott Paper is it? My paternal grandparents had cases of that stuff in their house. Grandpa bought that brand because it was cheap--only a few pennies less, but still. It was the *principle* of it. Must be an "old people" thing, because that 'cardboard' has started showing up at my mother's! Good thing then, that I only live 2 blocks away

I don't know what brand it is, they unwrap it before it gets put in the stalls. Let me tell you, 'cardboard' would be an improvement.

I was complaining about it with a colleague today, and he mentioned that his big problem with it was the way the manufacturer has somehow managed to create a perforation that is stronger than the rest of the paper. Somehow, when you tear along the 'dotted line', you get maybe halfway across a sheet when the tear then runs lengthwise along the paper, leaving you with a narrow piece that is almost completely useless.

Funny what little things really piss you off, isn't it. I mean, I've got a great job, a wonderful family, no debt and I'm healthy - and low quality TP infuriates me.

Maybe I'm getting old.

Maybe that's what getting old is? When minor irritants become rage-inducing. I might have to think about that...

[blas87]

They use such low quality TP and facial tissue at my work, it's ridiculous.

Not only do they mash those rolls in there so tight, you end up getting only one square at a time per tug (and end up tugging for what seems like forever just to get a decent amount), but their version of Kleenex is so poor, if you come to work sick, you're better off bringing your own from home.

[Mr Hero]

So it's John Wayne toilet paper then? (Or should that be Chuck Norris?)

I had roommates who called it John Wayne TP. It's rough, tough, and don't take shit from no one.

[bara]

First world problem or not, why not spend another 50 cents to get some nice quilted stuff that works?

[HYHYBT]

Because the ones buying it aren't the ones using it, and because they almost certainly got the job for being cheaper than their predecessors.