Relationship Hijack And Banter

Why does the guest use multiple baths to begin with?

 

Is not cleaning after every use is an option ... is it not awakened to keep an eye on them and clean it immediately afterwards ...

Shut the water off in one bathroom and say not working

or slippery bathrooms , may cause accidents . The one the guest is supposed to use it the only good non slippery one ....

 

How about : it has a problem - the family knows the tricks - but u dont want the guest to be bothered and use the one that works well?

 

This looks right to Me. None of you all use that bathroom (which the guest is accessing which is nearby). Stop water supply there like suggested above and tell the guest there's some issue and we(including you all) cannot use that bathroom , and if possible at the same situation add on we'll use attached in our bedroom and you use attached one in your bedroom.

 

I put my daughter's toilet seat on one and say it's her dedicated bathroom. Everyone else uses the other one. Works because I have a little one. Not sure how old your kids are. Otherwise maybe put a nice poster with a cartoon drawing saying "{child name} gets very angry if someone uses her bathroom" even if someone has objection, you could laugh it off saying kids these days you know they are so particular. She does that to us too.

 

Sometimes it is tiring to take these decisions day in and day out.

If one is putting in the effort anyways.... Why not make something the other person is in a mood to eat?

As long as the person cooking has the major say and this options thingyy is once in a while

 

[perhaps this should go into snippets..]
Once upon a time a friend had looked at and experienced our ToTo toilet. She so enjoyed that, she had to get her hubby to buy one for their house. So they ordered one from the online outlet we had got ours.
A week later theirs arrived. They had opened that big big box in the living room, read the instructions on the how to (take the old toilet out, put a new wax ring seal, set the new toilet in the spot, and connect etc..), and as home DIY projects tend to happen, happily set it for the next weekend.... sort of like the weekly version of "mañana".... a simple "do it later" scheme. In the meantime, the toilet sat in the corridor space between the living room and the dining table.
Early Saturday morning they had company. Young desi family with a couple of young children. They had one who was going through his toilet training. He found that toilet so conveniently situated, and oh-so inviting. He went, opened the lid, dropped his training panties, and climbed on. Nobody was paying attention to the children. Only when the child called his mummy to come and deal with the washing up of his tushie (the toilet paper roll that should've been near the toilet seat wasn't there !!), everyone in the living room had realized what had happened.

The children were all much amused, while the grownups were shocked at that unexpected turn of what had happened.

It is all well and good to tell the grownups where to "go", but then, toilets in an open-plan architecture is not a good idea.