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Why are they in and out of the loo?? 🧐

129 replies

Twodogsonthecouch · 18/08/2026 11:22

I’m having some work done in the house at the moment. Just some new storage units fitted so we are still in the house ourselves. We’ve had 2 different fitters coming and going in the past few days.
the first guy was only there for maybe 1hr or so taking out the existing units. He used the toilet on at least 3 occasions. He looked about mid 40s to fifty so unlikely to have prostate problems.
Second guy came this morning. Younger, maybe early 30s. Was only there about 25 minutes before I left for work and had already used the loo twice.
I don’t have any issue with workmen using the loo I know it’s non of my business but I’m intrigued.
Why are they in and out of the loo so often??

OP posts:
Cluelessfirstimer · 18/08/2026 19:34

Franxi · 18/08/2026 19:33

Same.

I would love to know how wild some of these mumsnet poster’s lives are that they immediately think of coke and wanking! I’m a bit jealous!!

I am also jealous 🤣🤣

CowTown · 18/08/2026 19:39

Trying to find a grinder match in your local area before they leave.

Doozycan · 18/08/2026 19:39

Put on a fake camera in and lets see how they spend then

AlmostAJillSandwich · 18/08/2026 19:46

The older gent (or younger too) could be diabetic and need the loo a lot. I'm 36 and newly type 2 and i go 4x as much as i did even a year ago.

DustyMaiden · 18/08/2026 19:52

That’s better than the workmen here. 10 hours building a summer house. 4 pints of squash, 2 teas, never used the facilities once.

TheBlueKoala · 18/08/2026 19:53

@Twodogsonthecouch You got plenty of suggestions here; coke/weed/drugs, diabetes, IBS, diarrhea, wank, looking at phone (pornhub/OF/Grindr?). I was thinking about a family member who takes diuretics and often needs a loo.
Anyway OP you need to find out.. Can you listen outside the door?

LlynTegid · 18/08/2026 19:53

I'd guess checking phones the most likely.

LlynTegid · 18/08/2026 19:54

Franxi · 18/08/2026 19:33

Same.

I would love to know how wild some of these mumsnet poster’s lives are that they immediately think of coke and wanking! I’m a bit jealous!!

Well some of them must live in the same circles as the editor of a weekly magazine whose consumption of white powder has been alleged, I suppose.

TheBlueKoala · 18/08/2026 19:55

DustyMaiden · 18/08/2026 19:52

That’s better than the workmen here. 10 hours building a summer house. 4 pints of squash, 2 teas, never used the facilities once.

They were pissing in your garden then, hopefully just on the grass.

Tinyfrog200 · 18/08/2026 19:57

Cocaine

Hubbalooloo · 18/08/2026 20:03

I have to take some medication six months in 18 to go and it literally makes me run to the loo multiple times a day. If anyone at work is counting maybe they’re thinking’m taking cocaine 😂😳

MyArtfulGreySloth · 18/08/2026 20:04

My first thought was coke. It’s more common than most people realise.

Hubbalooloo · 18/08/2026 20:05

Maybe they’re looking at you tube explanations of how to do the building work? 😂

BeaLola · 18/08/2026 20:08

Have not RFT My immediate thought is vaping or checking their phones

second thought you have such amazing handwash. (Think Pelegrims or Aesop) and they are besotted and revisiting just to use 😂

ChoccyHobknob · 18/08/2026 20:14

May or may not be drug use, but not as you think.

One of the biggest issues in younger people <40 is ketamine use. Ketamine f*cks the bladder. People in their mid 30s ending up with catheters.

fishonabicycle · 18/08/2026 20:14

Only on Mumsnet would people think workmen were all sniffing coke all day at work...

Cluelessfirstimer · 18/08/2026 20:20

I have never experienced cocaine but surely you dont need to top up that often?!?!

Cluelessfirstimer · 18/08/2026 20:22

fishonabicycle · 18/08/2026 20:14

Only on Mumsnet would people think workmen were all sniffing coke all day at work...

Affair, drugs or porn addiction are usually the answer for any type of behaviour on mumsnet!

fishonabicycle · 18/08/2026 20:24

No you don't need to top up your cocaine every 15 minutes, just to keep going in your job. Also they would be not earning enough money to even cover the cost of their coke if they were at it 3/4 times an hour! My husband has been a tradie for over 40 years, and several that he knew took coke - but on a Friday after finishing work. Not all day ... They earn well, but not that well 🥴

5miles · 18/08/2026 20:29

Gambling on their phones?

babyproblems · 18/08/2026 20:45

My brother was like this - constantly going for a wee. Turns out he was using ketamine! Not necessarily doing it in the toilet, but it shrinks the bladder so you literally have to wee constantly

bittertwisted · 18/08/2026 20:48

Cluelessfirstimer · 18/08/2026 20:20

I have never experienced cocaine but surely you dont need to top up that often?!?!

I know of a good few who do, and others that have a side hustle in dealing

bittertwisted · 18/08/2026 20:50

bittertwisted · 18/08/2026 20:48

I know of a good few who do, and others that have a side hustle in dealing

sorry incorrect quote !
I meant to respond to poster saying only on MN would doing cocaine be assumed

EspressoWarrior · 18/08/2026 20:55

Coke
Ketamine bladder
Taking dick pics

Ashhh56 · 18/08/2026 20:57

BoredZelda · 18/08/2026 19:29

Nope.

Ex was a cokehead, as were alot of his mates, they definitely are, especially if they've been using for a number of years, they tend to redose after roughly 20 minutes

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