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9a Bathroom Embarrassment 04-07-26

13 min
Apr 7, 202611 days ago
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Summary

The Roula Show hosts discuss embarrassing bathroom habits and social etiquette, including running water for privacy, toilet paper orientation, and the importance of having plungers for guests. The conversation extends to household management topics like dishwashing, water usage, and appliance maintenance.

Insights
  • Social anxiety around bathroom use in public and shared spaces is widespread, leading to practical solutions like running water for sound masking
  • Host households struggle with consistent chore delegation to children, indicating a common parenting challenge around accountability and quality control
  • Water consumption awareness is growing among property owners, with renters' usage patterns becoming a financial concern for landlords
  • Plastic dishware poses both practical (staining) and health concerns (microplastics), driving preference shifts toward glass and ceramic alternatives
  • Community fundraising through local businesses (car washes) demonstrates effective grassroots support mechanisms for personal causes
Trends
Increased focus on household water conservation and monitoring among property ownersGrowing awareness of microplastic exposure from everyday dishware and food contact surfacesShift from single-use plastic plates to durable glass and ceramic alternatives in householdsCommunity-driven fundraising models leveraging local businesses for charitable causesAppliance reliability concerns driving replacement decisions among homeownersParental delegation challenges with household chores and quality assuranceCommercial-grade bathroom fixtures gaining residential interest for superior performance
Companies
Push and Win Law Firm
Personal injury law firm specializing in Houston car and truck accident cases, available 24/7 for client representation
Quick Cat Car Wash
Local car wash facility hosting grand opening with free car wash fundraiser for pancreatic cancer awareness
Lowe's
Home improvement retailer mentioned for dishwasher shopping with upcoming sales promotion
People
Eric
Co-host of the podcast discussing household management and personal experiences
Roula
Primary host leading conversations about bathroom etiquette and household topics
Sam
Co-host managing show logistics and participating in household management discussions
Kevin
Working on mystery box segment and mentioned for potential Lowe's commercial work
Paula Pan
Guest providing financial advice about savings yields and inflation impact on savers
Yo Jay
Friend battling pancreatic cancer, beneficiary of community car wash fundraiser
Mateo
Young child who damaged dishwasher by pulling off internal components
Quotes
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Push and Win Law Firm AdvertisementOpening
"There is no biggest nightmare in the world than being at a party and unfortunately you got the bubble guts and there's no plunger to save yourself"
HostMid-episode
"I just feel like I'm always doing the dishes. I'm always doing the dishes"
RoulaMid-episode
"I woke up this morning to leave for the show and I'm looking at that sink. I'm like I must want to do them right now because there's nothing like the load it takes off my mind to know the sink is empty and clean"
RoulaLate episode
"Every little bit helps every little bit helps and I really enjoyed quick cat car wash"
RoulaClosing segment
Full Transcript
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That's probably three out of six Okay, so what happens in the bathroom in one and six people do this if your toilet paper is the wrong way I will fix it. Oh, that's a good one. I like that. I've done that too, but that would be 100% thick somebody's toilet paper. Okay. I'll just tell you what it is It is Pp embarrassment so you run the water so people can't hear you go into the bathroom. Oh, yeah Oh, I have a friend who does that well all kinds of embarrassment. Well, yeah, yeah You don't want anybody to hear what you're doing in there. So for interference you run the water That's the bad if you have a party and it's an apartment Mm-hmm the bathroom right there, you know everyone can hear you Yeah, and for anybody who's shopping for a new place to live or has lived somewhere for a long time You don't have this you are doing yourself the host of the party a disservice by not having a plunger next to that toilet Yeah, wherever your guests are using they look nice to that don't look as Like plundering yeah because there's a stick in the little one There is no biggest nightmare in the world than being at a party and unfortunately You got the bubble guts and you got to go and something happens And there's no plunger to save yourself and they have to go find the host and be like oh god So you got your bathroom gonna help me like just let the people fix it themselves and no one will have to know Plenty of Febreze lice all all the things yeah wipes in there get the plunger do whatever needs to happen to make that Yeah, resolve it something unembarrassed Right, okay, I didn't think about that. No, I didn't think about that I will plunder in the one bathroom, but I don't have it in the other one I gotta put in the guest I guess so because you got just you just never know you just never know Sam Yeah, and here's I have so much I have so much bathroom anxiety about being burned at just even like a restaurant type of a bathroom I think that every commercial place should have commercial whoosh toilets because you can get whoosh toilets They're commercial. Yeah, that's a big suckage, right? Well, okay They have residential toilets where it's like Okay, so my stomach starts to hurt at the gym because I did too many crunches you you have to hit the button and release at the same time and then no one here's it If you can time it out if you got that kind of discipline if I Yeah, I didn't burn way too many times going into a public restroom and the sign on the back of the door says Hold down the handle for three seconds while you're flushing. I'm like, oh, hold on before I even go Let me try this and I'm and it's just not even there's no suckage and I'm like I'm not using Nevermind not this one. Forget it. Wait you got a cruise ship and you hit that button Thirsty vacuum So Okay, so not criticals industrial calls So that they don't have anybody hearing what they're doing I would recommend also running Cold water instead of hot water. Oh, why well because I know this is really And I had the hot water running then it got real smoky up in there. Oh steamy Steamy, and then I feel like things smell when things are steamy Doubles it up water. It doesn't but you don't often get that much steam out of the cold the water faucet for you Well, I know mine was more of the shower, but yeah, if you're there for an extended stay You could steam it up pretty bad, right? But also if you have a tank a water heater, then you're going to nearly empty it out I'm having a problem right now with our renters. They use like 550 gallons a day. I swear your bill. Yes, and I'm paying for it because all bill plays paid spot But that's not it. I'm going to know I'm gonna go get my own meter and put it on there and figure out What the heck are y'all doing like are you are you running the water the entire time? You're going to the potty. Are you doing laundry every hour? Like what is it? Probably are this is the family with the kids. Yeah, yeah, they're probably laundry all the time and washing bottles Yes, and two baths per kid per day bath tubs or yeah But if you I noticed the pattern when we talk about our everyday lives most of my stories are I was at the sink washing the dishes Yeah, I'm the dishes just never stop Your dishes probably never stop paper plates at your house. We do have paper plates I just throw them away We just there's the pot like yesterday was housekeeper day and I told my husband police love of God the day the housekeeper comes Let's not cook. I went that one day. No mess and you know, he was like I really wanted to make this thing for the kids I was like mmm. It's housekeeper day And so he it wasn't a mess and to and he did clean the kitchen But he left the pot in the sink which we usually do that soak, you know, and I even said, you know, I'll just do this tomorrow Hey there, I'm Paula Pan. I help people make the smartest money decisions possible So, you know, what's been great about being a saver for money to make and that money over the past couple of years has made a pretty good yield Pre-pandemic money was making zero now. It's actually making something but that's starting to go down down down I love how we can play the fact that inflation has been really high As a positive, but if you're a saver, you know what that means To change so relining Joe so relining afford anything follow and listen on your favorite platform And I woke up this morning to leave for the show and I'm looking at that sink. I'm like I must want to do them right now Because there's nothing like the load it takes off my mind to know the sink is empty and clean Yeah, like to come home to a clean kitchen But also you don't want to start cooking when the sink is full of pots and pans like dishes from earlier It's like now we're gonna read dirty and we're gonna have stacks on stacks. Yeah So I just feel like I'm always doing the dishes. I'm always doing the dishes I mean don't tell us kids know how to wash a pot. Well, they do but they don't literally run up in there give come on Come on kids. No, they don't want to do anything. I mean they have I don't trust it yet Kevin. That's my problem You want phone time today? I need dishes time. I need to make sure they did a good job There's nothing worse than that. I did the dishes and there's like Right, yeah, put in the washer or send them to send put them on a conveyor bit line like you know one kid washes The other one rinses the other one dries. Yeah, you got enough room over there. I've been that kitchen. I know I know You probably have two sinks come to think of it But here's what doesn't come off the dishwasher y'all tell me if I'm wrong my kids love to use those like target plastic plates for a buck That I bought you know, it's like pizza or whatever, but when we make something tomato-based sauce Oh, it stains it. It stains are just ugly. Yeah, you can't just rinse that and then throw that in the dishwasher I won't clean you actually have to scrub that with the dawn and like wash that that thing just washers are made now They want that grunge on okay Let's also take a look at the plastic plate and you're putting like micro Plastics in your body when you eat off of the plastic plate and then you put in the dishwasher and make the switch And I want them to use glass plates for that reason because my son the other way to grab one of those cheapy plates And I was like buddy get the glass plate No, but I like this. I don't know. I need you to use the real glass. We like it's lighter if you break it Yeah, drop it. It's not gonna break like a glass plate too much Ceramic thin ones that we use yeah for every day right you just can't put in the microwave The tail just broke my dishwasher wait ceramic you can't put in the microwave whatever the one I have there's some kind of out the look Oh, maybe it has like some made they just said you're not supposed to Yes, how did your son your toddler break it jump on it? No, the baby Mateo is so obsessed with the dishwasher as soon as you put it down that kid starts like crawling as fast as he can Like he's like possessed and then he comes up on the door And then I was like doing something trying to put it in and you know how the top rack There's the spinny thing underneath it. Well, somehow he got up on the dishwasher and I guess went to hang on that He ripped it off and like parts went flying So I was like do we really have to use that part So Mateo I like looked at it. I was like here's what you do. Okay take all your dishes put them back You're glad eater and just go through quick quick By the way speaking of them I want to say thank you so much to everybody who showed up yesterday to get a free car wash in an effort to raise money for our Friend, yo, Jay who's battling pancreatic cancer quick cat car wash at 9,300 West Timers having their grand opening and we Had a lot of cars go through the yesterday four in seven and a lot of our like kRB alum Xco workers so sweet came out for yo, Jay So it's just very very nice to be doing something for somebody that you love and every little bit helps every little bit helps And I really enjoyed quick cat car wash I like that they have the towels there right drive your car yourself. I like I y'all I find There's so many of them because they don't they're doing yes vacuum your car is so satisfying Oh, yeah, it is so satisfying and you can just go there just to vacuum your car You don't have to buy a car wash you just pull into the vacuum area in 10 minutes for free. So it's good. It's good And today's and today's schedule for Sam is a go buy a dishwasher at Lowe's and be by a new house. Yep Wow, it's really nice more things we need to buy It doesn't Kevin do commercials for Lowe's I'm sure he could show you the way of the dishwashers Yes, I think next week there's a sale so just wait don't buy this week Yeah Dented I Mean I have got stuff and you know what the great thing about those places are is that a lot of times the dent is on Side of the back which when you slide it into your cabinets you will never Perfect for that. Yeah, but now go to Lowe's But y'all can hang out with Sam she has new passwords for that trip to New York or the trip to London for Harry Styles every hour. There's a password You need to send and hopefully you get that trip and we'll be back Wednesday. It's rapid fire quiz Wednesday mystery box Wednesday 740 we're gonna do the mystery box rule is in it Kevin has worked on this for how long I'm so excited to see it. I can't wait. It's slowly coming together. It's almost there Tomorrow we're getting basic box then we'll decorate it Splinters to Mars I wear gloves. Oh, maybe yeah, because we're supposed to line the inside. I don't know if I got liner yet Oh Mystery box I have a fire quiz. I have closure tomorrow with gladi. Laddie's coming into rapid fire quiz if you've heard him on Wednesdays He wants to get closure. So I've been working on this with him for like 12 days Well, there's anything you missed on our show of course you can go to krbe.com download the app or wherever you hear your podcast and the show lives There forever Y'all have a great day. We'll be back six o'clock Wednesday to do it all over again on one of four point one KRB Hey there, I'm Paula Pan. I help people make the smartest money decisions possible Joe, you know what's been great about being a saver for money to make and that money over the past couple of years has made a pretty good yield Pre-pandemic money was making zero now. It's actually making something but that's starting to go down down down I love how we can play the fact that inflation has been really high As a positive, but if you're a saver, you know what that means Chacheng silver lining Joe silver lining afford anything follow and listen on your favorite platform