I was on vacation in Santa Barbara last week, staying at fragrance free gourmet vegetarian B&B. And the toilet clogged. I had to call, embarrassed, ask for a plunger, and explain I did not put anything there but what belonged. A woman came with plunger, mop, and bucket, looking cross, and said she did not know why she was sent as she did not know what she was to do. I explained a plumber had shown me the proper way to use a plunger last time the toilet in my house stopped up (I still had to pay him). I had made the mistake of plunging with all my might. He told me the trick is get a good seal and then tap tap tap, like playing drums. Although the woman protested I was the guest and not supposed to do work, I demonstrated. Worked like magic. So now she also knows how to clear a toilet.