Do you remove your toothbrushes if you have workmen in the bathroom or am I being paranoid?

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We’ve got floor fitters in the bathroom and I moved all the toothbrushes as I always do if men are working in there. DH thinks this is crazily over the top and what do I think they’re going to do with our toothbrushes anyway? Well I don’t want to think about it too much but possibly rub them round their bums and privates is the answer. I told DH that just because it’s not something he would do, there are some very odd men in this world who would get a thrill from doing stuff like that and I would prefer to remove the temptation altogether.

My feelings might be skewed by the fact that we once stayed in a hotel that had a pube in the kettle 🤢

Absolutely batshit

I don't think the depravity of some men can be underestimated unfortunately. I'm sure there's some out there who would do something horrible over some perceived or imagined slight, or just general dickhead behaviour. I mean I heard of men who worked in takeaways jizzing into the food when I was young. I think many of the people on here are very naive to think this couldn't happen. Though admittedly I would have only thought of dust and closing the loo lid etc

Kindly OP, you need help.

Batshit is an unkind thing to say, but you definitely do have a mental disorder because that's not normal.

You cannot live your life imagining the worst of human depravity is generally applicable, even to tradies doing bathrooms.

I would probably move everything off the sides or it will all get covered in dust.

I've seen enough of those rogue trades kind of programmes to think OP is entirely reasonable.

Some examples were a plumber urinating in the house water tank and tradesmen rummaging through underwear drawers. I've also seen a crime documentary where a vulnerable woman had a young tradesman wanking and ejaculating over her toilet seat.

What???? I have never even considered this to be honest!

Or just got Michael Portillo in to do the job instead - you know that you could trust him 100% not to even dream of sticking your toothbrush up his bottom.

Are you certain it was a pube in the kettle, OP? Because people always default to 'it's a pube' whenever they find a stray hair - when there are multiple people with (uncovered) hair on their heads moving around in the vicinity, which is surely a far more likely source.

Not that it's nice to find any rogue stranger's hair like that, but still. I thought the tradition was for people to do a poo in the hotel kettle, so a mere pube sounds quite lazy by comparison.

Good idea. Plus he could read you parts of his "Bradshaw's Guide" while wearing a pistachio coloured suit and a peach shirt.

Yes! I always take toothbrushes and toothpaste out if a plumber is in there. I don't trust them to flush with the lid down for a start.

Should instal some kind of terrifying jack-in-the-box-style thing for the miscreants to find and deeply regret their nosiness.

Something like a rapid-inflate effigy gargoyle of Piers Morgan on a spring - the kind of thing that will make them extremely grateful that there's a toilet in such close proximity!

😂

I always think a bizarre question first post, followed by a weirdly aggressive second one, is a pretty sure sign of a windup thread.

See, that would be fun. There's definitely a market for it.

Moving the toothbrushes out before potentially dusty or messy jobs (not that kind) are done in a bathroom is very sensible... but that reason, though!!

If I was having the floor replaced in the bathroom I’d remove everything from every surface in the interests of cleanliness/hygiene (I’d expect a new floor being laid to produce a lot of dust). But no, I wouldn’t be specifically worried about a workman wiping his arse on my toothbrush.

HNRTFT or replies from OP but that’s exactly what I was thinking reading the post!!
Are you a completely deprived weirdo OP !

I hide the toothbrushes if I think a guest will need to use the loo 😂

Yes, I do!!!

I also hide my toothbrush when I'm staying in hotels 😆.

Pretty sure we're clones of each other!! I don't wrap the remote though but do take a supply of Dettol Surface cleaner to give it a good scrub, along with door handles and light switches. Actually surprised I haven't blown myself up abroad 😆.

Wouldn't it be easier to just provide some decently-abrasive bog roll as an alternative?

Do you know ive never actually thought about this but I think you’re absolutely right. And im going to start doing this too if I ever have workmen in again

Men are absolutely disgusting and I wouldn’t put something like this past them

I know people always say I spat my coffee out laughing blah blah blah and I never believe it.

But the absolute belly laugh i just let out reading this was so loud and welcomed so thanks OP 😂😂😂😂😂