RIP Roomba

@NJChicaa (122473)
United States
April 23, 2025 11:17am CST
WHAT A MESS! Oh boy. This apartment has all carpets except for the doorway, the kitchen, and the bathroom. With 3 cats and a dog that visits regularly it is helpful to have a Roomba to go around periodically. I even had one back when I lived in the house with hardwood floors. Well today one of the cats had diarrhea on the bathroom floor outside of the litterbox which is a huge Rubbermaid bin with high sides. Somebody must have really felt ill that they couldn't hold it to get into the litter box. In any case the Roomba was going and got into the bathroom. I kept thinking "why do I smell poop?" and couldn't figure it out until I went to get a tissue from the bathroom. OMFG cat poop smeared all over the tile floor. Like feces icing. I cleaned the floor and threw the Roomba and its charger in the garbage bag to go out to the dumpster. Yes I will get another one eventually but dayum. That was too much for first thing in the morning.
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@LindaOHio (187084)
• United States
24 Apr
Wow! What an awful thing to have happened.
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@JudyEv (351327)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr
Oh my goodness. That would have been just so gross. I think I would have been throwing up.
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@AmbiePam (97442)
• United States
23 Apr
I saw a celebrity on TV saying that happened to them, but it was dog poop in the living room. You must have been gagging.
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@NJChicaa (122473)
• United States
23 Apr
I didn't gag. I do science and I did animal rescue for a decade. Poop doesn't offend me. Seeing it smeared everywhere in the bathroom, though, did. Ugh.
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@AmbiePam (97442)
• United States
23 Apr
@NJChicaa When my mom had dementia she took a bout of diarrhea in the hallway on the floor (she just took all her clothes off without me knowing). The smell almost made me throw up. Of course, human crap is more plentiful. Lol
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@RasmaSandra (84185)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Apr
OMG that sure made your morning awful. Have you figured out which kitty is sick? I hope they all will be well again soon,
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@NJChicaa (122473)
• United States
23 Apr
They all seem to be fine.
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@moffittjc (123822)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Apr
Oh goodness, what a mess that must have been. And you did the right thing throwing the Roomba out. Probably impossible to clean/disinfect it after that. I would have done the same thing. Spend the money on a new one and toss the old one away. And poor kitty, couldn't even make it to the litter box before defecating.
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@porwest (99080)
• United States
24 Apr
Oh my. It's one of those situations you never consider a Roomba running into. lol. This sounds like a pure nightmare to me.
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@NJChicaa (122473)
• United States
24 Apr
It really was.
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@NJChicaa (122473)
• United States
24 Apr
@porwest I told you it would be a doozy
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@porwest (99080)
• United States
24 Apr
@NJChicaa I have to admit, it makes my coffee mishap sound like nothing now. lol
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@DaddyEvil (146251)
• United States
23 Apr
And another good reason not to have furbabies! (I'm also very allergic to cat/dog/horse fur, so can't have them anyway.) We have fishies...
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@MarieCoyle (43018)
23 Apr
Oh, no, what a horrible mess! This happened to a friend of mine once. She had to toss her Roomba, too. I'm sorry, I am sure it was a horrendous mess! On the other hand, I do hope you don't have a sick kitty, and it was a ''one time'' upset.