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Did they seriously forget to mention Step 6? Check the toilet bowl after flushing. Did everything flush? If not, flush again. Is there any residue left on the porcelain? If so, use that toilet-brushy-thingy to clean that and flush again. Pro tip: lift the seat _before_ using the toilet-brushy-thingy to avoid droplets on the seat and then replace seat when done for marital reasons.

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There's another missing step. Take a quick look at your poop before you cover it with any TP. Seriously. There are things that will show up there which indicate health problems you want to further investigate, and that may be your first warning sign.

I found the German. US toilets typically don't have this issue, and if they do, don't have a brush nearby to correct it.

Yes they do... With no brush, you won't have it sparkling white everywhere under the waterline...

Same problem in the UK. I live in a new-ish (supposedly luxury [0]) flat in London and the toilet flush is pretty appalling. Not to mention that it clogs up frequently (unclogs itself in an hour or two usually but still...).

[0] "Luxury" is a tag builders apply to flats that are not 100% the cheapest they could be so they can charge a markup on the prices. In my case, it's a very nice flat, but there's no luxury.

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