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AIBU to not want a workman to poo in my toilet?

652 replies

CreamolaFoamless · 14/10/2011 14:00

Earlier today I was having my boiler serviced and two men came to do it.

The older man said 'can I use your toilet' , I said 'yes of course' and directed him to the bathroom. Thinking he just needed to pass water

But he had a poo in it! He was in there a good 10 minutes and has colleague was looking embarressed as we chatted.

It stank ! Really stank ...why do people think it's ok to poo in someone elses house

Would it be unreasonable to refuse workmen toilet access in future [hshock]

I'm using the term workmen because I don't know what else to call them

OP posts:
mollymole · 14/10/2011 14:48

Creamola - you say you do not shit in any one elses toilet, do you never go out of your own home, how do you cope on holiday ???

OK the guy has to use the toilet, why did you not open the window for ventilation and keep away for a while

Andrewofgg · 14/10/2011 14:48

100 replies in 45m 59s. Is this a record?

onepieceofcremeegg · 14/10/2011 14:49

Andrew no that's fairly slow compared to some other controversial threads.

IslaValargeone · 14/10/2011 14:51

I can't believe someone would mark down their Ocado delivery driver for needing to use the loo.
My god people get a grip.

MrBloomsNursery · 14/10/2011 14:54

I would mark down BSM DRIVING INSTRUCTORS FOR USING PUPILS'S LOOS.

oohlaalaa · 14/10/2011 14:56

Creamola - "I don't shit in other people's toilet."

It's not always so easy, when you work in other people's houses. I do freelance bookkeeping, and sometimes I need to shit in another person's house, and there is F-all I can do about it. Blush I prefer not to shit in their homes, but it can genuinely not be helped. I do not have such regular bowel movements that I always shit before leaving home in the morning.

KatieMortician · 14/10/2011 14:58

Let's hope none of you clenchers ever develop a chronic condition that affects toileting or get food poisoning while out and about.

IslaValargeone · 14/10/2011 14:58

wonders whether this is the right time to post about my dh's colleague and the mattress story

ScaredBear · 14/10/2011 14:58

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Purplegirlie · 14/10/2011 14:59

IslaValargeone, yes, I think you should definitely post it! Don't leave us in suspense

Andrewofgg · 14/10/2011 15:04

Thank you Katie - not for the first time you've reminded us all that this is not necessarily funny.

Incidentally Ocado drivers are told not to ask - not even for a piss - so the one who did had to be in really serious need.

mrsmellow · 14/10/2011 15:04

This is the funniest thread Grin... I'm going to add this strange phobia to the list I'm making of things I didn't know about other people before I started reading mumsnet, such as:
The need to shower twice a day and thinking anyone who does otherwise is filthy
The need to wash towels daily
A fear of poo crumbs on sheets
The need to rinse mince
there are more, but I can't think of any more!

YABU - and a bit precious

villagegossip · 14/10/2011 15:06

Lol at Pagwatch giving a tip. So he got paid to offload at yours? Nice job work if you can get it! Grin

youllbewaiting · 14/10/2011 15:07

He should have logged-off from work first.

KatieMortician · 14/10/2011 15:11

Washing eggs mrsmellow

glastocat · 14/10/2011 15:12

Rinse mince? WTF?

Pagwatch · 14/10/2011 15:12

Hahahaha at logged off

Villagegossip. I know. I hope he doesn't think that most clients like those kind of extras.

FrillyDrag · 14/10/2011 15:15

Can I suggest that all your weirdos who are scared of the daily bodily function of shitting, volunteer as care assistants for a week on a medical ward. By the end of day one, you will be over it and you will realise that everyone - young and old - shits and it's normal.

What is more, one day someone will have to clean up your shit and you will be grateful that they aren't the nutty nose-wrinkling type who posts a complaint on a forum about a workman having a dump on the loo in their house.

LostInTheWoods · 14/10/2011 15:15

Funny, I thought that toilets were made for shitting in. Aparently they are ornaments.

Op, you're nutjob.

Original poster
CreamolaFoamless · 14/10/2011 15:16

ok I was being unreasonable .

you are all cordially invited to my house and you can poo away until your hearts content

OP posts:
TalcAndTurnips · 14/10/2011 15:20

OP - Are you either Val or Harvey Denton?

I believe they had fairly restrictive views on where one could or could not pass solids.

LostInTheWoods · 14/10/2011 15:22

Here's something vaguely relevent:

It became madatory to provide toilets on construction sites as it was noticed that construction workers had an usually high level of bowel cancer. This was due to holding it in for hours.

I used to work in the construction industry and the oportunity to use a decent loo even now (and this goes for many of the chaps too) is something to be seized on!

Salmotrutta · 14/10/2011 15:23

This is so funny Grin

Why is it that anytime I have to go to the loo in a shopping centre or at work etc. I always invariably end up in the one which won't flush properly Hmm Hmm
... and then there's always a queue outside. Never fails.

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 14/10/2011 15:24

Blimey.

Salmotrutta · 14/10/2011 15:29

Actually, if a workman asked to use my loo I'd be more worried about whether the bathroom was presentable and would they gossip about me to other clients!