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She Blacked Out and Woke Up to a Spotless Toilet. Two Theories. Neither Is Comforting.

Either someone broke into her apartment and cleaned the bathroom, or blackout-her did. She genuinely cannot rule either out.

· 2 min · Togetter

What's going on

A woman came home, got blackout drunk, and woke up to find her toilet spotlessly clean — scrubbed, gleaming, and fitted with a freshly applied toilet rim cleaner block. She had zero memory of any of it.

That left her with exactly two possibilities: someone had broken into her apartment and silently cleaned her bathroom without taking anything, or her completely hammered self had decided the toilet needed attention right then. She posted about it as a "scary story," and the response from people who've woken up to suspiciously clean homes after heavy drinking nights was immediate and overwhelming.

Comments

Can I tell you a scary story? I just used my toilet — at home — and it was sparkling clean for some reason. A fresh toilet rim cleaner block had even been applied. So either someone broke in and cleaned my bathroom without permission, or blackout-me did it. Those are the only two options.
A burglar or a blackout…
Obviously it was the toilet fairy
Maybe the Toilet God was just doing a bit of self-care. (“Toilet God” — 「トイレの神様」— refers to a 2010 Japanese ballad about a grandmother who told her granddaughter that a beautiful god lives in every toilet, and that keeping it clean will make you beautiful too. The song became a huge hit and turned toilet cleaning into something almost spiritual for a generation of Japanese people.)
There are definitely times when I wake up after drinking and the whole apartment is inexplicably spotless…
Same thing happened to me — woke up with only the haziest memory of drinking, and the room was clean, the toilet was organized, and the toilet paper basket had been fully restocked
Same thing happened to me when I was living alone. Then it happened again after I moved to a new place. Both times I’d been drinking the night before
Option ③: A drunk someone else
Hold on. There is one more possibility. Specifically: the intruder and blackout-you ran into each other, you got mad, and you made them clean the toilet as punishment
Probably just one option lol
This is giving me flashbacks to finding out blackout-me cleaned up my own vomit,,,
I wish I got drunk like this. The only thing I’m capable of is scattering salted kelp everywhere. (Salted kelp — 塩昆布 — is a popular Japanese snack of dried seaweed seasoned with soy sauce and salt. Apparently a deeply chaotic snack to be eating while intoxicated.)

My take

Maybe when you're that far gone, some quietly responsible part of you just wakes up and gets to work. Handy, I suppose — though ideally you'd hold onto the memory of your own hard work. Either way, probably best not to find out.

Comments loosely translated for tone.

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