Ok. first of all all the litter is scooped out first. You’re basically scrubbing a flat tub in the shower. Do you think litter and turds are being dumped out on the floor and hosed down the drain??
Secondly that shower has seen a lot fuckin’ worse than some litter dust.
Yeah, I have no idea what the best procedure would be, but I think the only things to worry about are foot fungus (no idea if there’s any risk, but your feet are very much touching the shower floor) and rinsing the soap if you drop it when showering? Like, you wash your ass in that shower, it’s not like it’s a clean clean environment anyways.
That’s kind of the entire issue - I’d hope for a full bleach scrub after that, but hosing it off outside would just be so much quicker than a deep clean of the shower, so I feel like there’s some conflicting incentives here which suggest a deep clean is not certain.
But more to the point, psychological cleanliness is not always entirely rational. For me the shower is kind of a sacred clean area, so any attitude which includes using it as a utility sink for feces-adjacent activities conflicts with that on the surface. By the time I’m thinking “how well do they clean it afterwards?” That core psychological safety has already been compromised to some degree. Likewise, a shower with soap scum and discolored tile and dingy fixtures would make most people feel “less clean” even though there is not rational health issues from some simple deferred maintenance. Most people feel “cleaner” when the shower itself appears clean. Knowledge that the shower is not used as a utility sink is exactly the same.
Showers are a disgustingly dirty place. Tons of people don’t notice they let mold grow or don’t care. Worse, in the western world it’s always next to the toilet.
Not have a cat? Use the landscaper’s hose? IDK I’m pretty clearly describing a personal psychological boundary for myself, not a universal truth. You are obviously free to use your shower for whatever purpose you want, just as I am free to be disgusted by it.
Me, learning my friend washes out the litter box in the shower. I now no longer trust cat people.
Dude.
Ok. first of all all the litter is scooped out first. You’re basically scrubbing a flat tub in the shower. Do you think litter and turds are being dumped out on the floor and hosed down the drain??
Secondly that shower has seen a lot fuckin’ worse than some litter dust.
I don’t really see the problem here. Unless you think homeopathy actually works I guess. Or does that friend not wash and rinse the shower after ?
I mean I can’t imagine getting bits of kitty litter down your drains a good idea.
Yeah, I have no idea what the best procedure would be, but I think the only things to worry about are foot fungus (no idea if there’s any risk, but your feet are very much touching the shower floor) and rinsing the soap if you drop it when showering? Like, you wash your ass in that shower, it’s not like it’s a clean clean environment anyways.
Yeah and if I’m cleaning a litter box in here (or, idk, rinsing the ol’ puke basin after someone got sick) I’m giving it a wipe with some javel.
That’s kind of the entire issue - I’d hope for a full bleach scrub after that, but hosing it off outside would just be so much quicker than a deep clean of the shower, so I feel like there’s some conflicting incentives here which suggest a deep clean is not certain.
But more to the point, psychological cleanliness is not always entirely rational. For me the shower is kind of a sacred clean area, so any attitude which includes using it as a utility sink for feces-adjacent activities conflicts with that on the surface. By the time I’m thinking “how well do they clean it afterwards?” That core psychological safety has already been compromised to some degree. Likewise, a shower with soap scum and discolored tile and dingy fixtures would make most people feel “less clean” even though there is not rational health issues from some simple deferred maintenance. Most people feel “cleaner” when the shower itself appears clean. Knowledge that the shower is not used as a utility sink is exactly the same.
Showers are a disgustingly dirty place. Tons of people don’t notice they let mold grow or don’t care. Worse, in the western world it’s always next to the toilet.
And what do you expect people to do who live in an apartment? Not everybody has a hose and an outside.
Not have a cat? Use the landscaper’s hose? IDK I’m pretty clearly describing a personal psychological boundary for myself, not a universal truth. You are obviously free to use your shower for whatever purpose you want, just as I am free to be disgusted by it.
Really don’t have much of a choice in an apartment