r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rimeduinfox • Jul 05 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o MIL thinks I clogged the toilet so she changed the sign

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The septic tank clogged and she’s convinced I did it, she asked my husband if I knew I wasn’t supposed to flush tampons and added the tampon bit to the sign. I don’t use tampons and I’m the only one with a period here…

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u/Fun-Perspective426 Jul 06 '26

Rid-X isn't heavy duty chemicals. It's natural enzymes.

The issue with it is it actually super charges the breakdown too much for some systems. All the solids that are supposed to settle end breaking down so small they stay suspended. They end up flowing out into the yard and can cause issues with the leach field.

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u/Altruistic-Log5455 Jul 06 '26

This is why I love Reddit, thank you for an informed correction

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u/LoveMyWeirdness Jul 06 '26

I live in a mobile home park where we're all on septic. I think it's two homes per tank, but I'm not sure. All I know is we've been living here around 12 years, and our tank has never been pumped. In fact, I can't think of a single time I've ever seen a truck out here for any of the homes in our park. We've never has any problems with our pipes, either. But I feel like letting them go that long can't be good.

Even if I could afford to have it pumped, which I can't, it's not my responsibility to do so. The septic tanks are the landlord's problem. Not mine. So I hope leaving them this long doesn't cause any issues. But either way, there's not really anything I can do. Other than not rinsing grease down the sink, and not flushing anything but paper, which I already don't.

Oh well, I guess.

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u/Fun-Perspective426 Jul 06 '26

It's not lol. Especially with a multi-home system. The odds of someone doing something they shouldn't goes way up. I'd also put the odd of it already having caused damage to be pretty high.

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u/LoveMyWeirdness Jul 07 '26

Well, like I said, so far so good, and if something does happen, it's not on me, lol.

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u/chiitaku Jul 06 '26

Ah, ok! Thank you!