Toilet paper in Santorini
Apr 6, 2012, 6:57 am
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Toilet paper in Santorini
Sorry for being gross with this question, folks, but I need to know. A friend of mine told me that when she went Crete in 2003, she was told by her hotel NOT to put toilet paper in the toilet. She had to put it in a bag and emptied it each day. That is so gross!
Does anyone know if that practice is also in Athens and on Santorini? I'm going to these places this summer. Thank you.
Does anyone know if that practice is also in Athens and on Santorini? I'm going to these places this summer. Thank you.
Apr 6, 2012, 7:26 am
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I've been to Greece a couple of times (5x, earliest being in 2001) and I have never heard of such a thing. Then again, we always stayed at big resorts, so it might be different in smaller hotels.
Apr 6, 2012, 1:21 pm
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It is quite common in Greece, I think it is to do with the pipes being smaller and clogging far more easily. It isn't my preference, but when the alternative is breaking your loo, you do as you are told!
Sorry for being gross with this question, folks, but I need to know. A friend of mine told me that when she went Crete in 2003, she was told by her hotel NOT to put toilet paper in the toilet. She had to put it in a bag and emptied it each day. That is so gross!
Does anyone know if that practice is also in Athens and on Santorini? I'm going to these places this summer. Thank you.
Does anyone know if that practice is also in Athens and on Santorini? I'm going to these places this summer. Thank you.
Apr 6, 2012, 1:57 pm
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Apr 6, 2012, 2:04 pm
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Originally Posted by emma69:18347542
It is quite common in Greece, I think it is to do with the pipes being smaller and clogging far more easily. It isn't my preference, but when the alternative is breaking your loo, you do as you are told!
Actually its very common in many places in Europe!!
Apr 6, 2012, 2:47 pm
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To be honest with you, unless you use a whole toilet roll per sitting, how can several squares clog the pipe? They disintegrate in the water. Besides, what you personally dispose of is probably bigger that the toilet paper themselves.
Again, sorry for being disgusting here...
Again, sorry for being disgusting here...
Apr 6, 2012, 6:15 pm
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To be honest with you, unless you use a whole toilet roll per sitting, how can several squares clog the pipe? They disintegrate in the water. Besides, what you personally dispose of is probably bigger that the toilet paper themselves.
Again, sorry for being disgusting here...
Again, sorry for being disgusting here...
ever make paper mache objects? your chance to use a plumbing pipe for a mold.
Apr 6, 2012, 7:49 pm
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Pretty common request in many places with old plumbing. The only problem it causes me is that I forget due to habit to comply with the request.
If you stay in a brand new modern hotel you likely won't run into this "problem."
If you stay in a brand new modern hotel you likely won't run into this "problem."
Apr 6, 2012, 11:21 pm
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Further, if you stay anywhere on the following islands: Milos, Sifnos, Serifos, Kos, Rhodes, Syros, Crete, Samos, Symi, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Amorgos or Ios you will NOT have a problem.
It's 2012....not 1912.