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

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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

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Rivenwithoutabingle · 14/10/2011 16:32

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KurriKurri · 14/10/2011 16:33

I generally assume my toilet is going to be used for peeing and pooing in, so I'm not terribly offended if someone uses it for that purpose.

It's not as if he soiled it so you couldn't serve dinner in it.

Would anybody seriously deny someone the use of a toilet if they needed one?

(I did laugh at the lunchbox idea though OP Grin)

GeraldineAubergineZombieBalls · 14/10/2011 16:33

"and don't wipe your cock on the flannel on the way out neither".

IslaValargeone · 14/10/2011 16:35

:o

IloveJudgeJudy · 14/10/2011 16:43

What is it with all the people who won't let don't like anyone pooing in their loo? What do they think the loo has been made for. As for the people not allowing a tradesman or a delivery person to go to the loo when they ask, whyever not? Where do you expect them to go? I expect you are the first to complain if there isn't a loo for your DC to go to in a shop.

I also have had some problems with going to the loo and if I feel the urge, then I go, wherever I am. I have found that if I don't go then, the urge may leave me for a few days and make me feel pretty ill. Perhaps your delivery people/ tradesmen are the same. I think your short-lived horror versus their good health loses.

Mammonite · 14/10/2011 16:45

YABU, you know that!

You hire someone to work in your house, you need to provide facilities IMO unless you have agreed otherwise. Perhaps you won't mind paying for a portaloo to be delivered next time?

I am constantly amazed by the hygiene-obsession threads on here. Did he wear his outside shoes into the house when-he-might-have-stepped-on-a-dog-turd and put his handbag on the worksurface into the bargain?

5Foot5 · 14/10/2011 16:46

"I find that distracting myself from thinking about a poo stops me from going as I forget. My bowels are programmed that way. I get constipation when I go on holiday because I can't poo in a strange toilet. "

Hmm MrBloom it starting to sound like your well-regulated bowel movements are more of a hazard than a benefit. If they lead to constipation then I don't think you should be recommending anyone to follow your methods.

"My driving instructor used to ask to use my toilet after EVERY SINGLE lesson. She was a woman, but still....I had a fear of learning how to drive until I was about 23, incase my instructors would ask to use my loo again."

Maybe your driving had something to do with it Wink Seriously you have a bit of a hang-up about this don't you?

pigletmania · 14/10/2011 16:56

Yabvu would you rather he shat in his trousers. What do you think loos are fir Hmm.

longtrainrunning · 14/10/2011 16:56

Well, I was babysitting at my daughter's house and the workman asked to use the toilet - no problem, natch and I thought no more about it. Daughter came home and went upstairs. Not only had he done a massive smeary poo but he hadn't pulled the chain. She naturally thought it was me! Now I think that WBU of the dirty buggar

2rebecca · 14/10/2011 17:01

This thread must be a wind up. If you need a poo you need a poo. I accept that if people are working or staying for whatever reason in my house and need a poo they will use my toilet. Seems bonkers to expect them to poo anywhere else. It's just a toilet, not a sacred chapel he's desecrated. Mad.

MrBloomsNursery · 14/10/2011 17:02

5foot5 Well if more people thought like me, there wouldn't be shit in the WOMEN'S toilets where I work. It never ceases to amaze me when I go into the toilets at work, that almost ALWAYS there is floaty shit or smeared shit in the bowl. Our company isn't very big, so I always sit and wonder WHO DID IT? It's horrible. Poo should be confined to your homes, not public toilets.

Also, I don't see how my driving caused her bladder to fill up in 2 hours. If anything, she should have sweat the fluids out.

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CreamolaFoamless · 14/10/2011 17:05

"Pass water" ? You sound hugely prissy tbh.

would you prefer i said went for a slash, splasse his sohoes, wet the lettuce , pissed?

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CreamolaFoamless · 14/10/2011 17:07

All he needed to do was not shit in my bathroom

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CreamolaFoamless · 14/10/2011 17:09

you're are all mental thinking its ok for a random guy to shit in your toilet

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2rebecca · 14/10/2011 17:09

Definitely a wind up, I can't believe anyone really believes people should only poo at home. Some of you are either very constipated or have amazingly regular bowels. To me a toilet is a toilet, the toilets at work are no different to the toilets in restaurants or at home, or portaloos if I'm at a sporting event. I don't get why some of you think poos are special occasion things that you only do at home. and suspect it's because you are just mucking about and bored this afternoon.

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CreamolaFoamless · 14/10/2011 17:13

i do this is not a windup .....I didn't like the guy taking a No 2 in my home

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pigletmania · 14/10/2011 17:14

God op get over yourself. Woe betide you and the other prissy madames on here if you are out and about and are caught short, yes it can happen to you! Would you then attempt to hold it in until you get home, wellit might be too late and you end up with shit in your pants and down your legs. Fgs get some bleach put it in the loo and wipe the seat with anti bac takes all but a few seconds fir the price of the poor mans dignity. Hope nobody refuses you access to a toilet when you are desperate.

MollyTheMole · 14/10/2011 17:14

sooooooo you ask if YABU

People say yes

You call people mental for thinking its ok for someone to use the toilet for the very thing it is designed for.

[turd]

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CreamolaFoamless · 14/10/2011 17:15

and you can fuck right off with your little bitchy comment of are you bored this afternoon

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LostInTheWoods · 14/10/2011 17:15

I'd prefer "pissed".

Maybe you should put a note on top of the toilet explaining what it can and can't be used for?

(I'd give it a month before someone takes a sneaky photo of the note and posts it on the internet for a laugh mind)

LostInTheWoods · 14/10/2011 17:17

Or.... you could hand all guests incontinence pads as they come in the front door?

Hullygully · 14/10/2011 17:17

oh dear, it's all been too exciting hasn't it?

HecateGoddessOfTheNight · 14/10/2011 17:17

It's a toilet, that's what they're for.

I sympathise about the stink. Other people's shit reeks. Particularly mens. I don't know why but male shit smells a hundred times worse Hmm

However. The smell is temporary.

But the thing is - he needed to go. What should he have done? Left your property and gone hunting for a public loo (good luck finding one!) driven home? Maybe he lived miles away and would have ended up crapping in his pants! When you really need to go, there's only so long you can hold it in you know.

I don't know about you, but when I need to go, I need to go. I don't think I could leave a house with a functioning toilet and drive around, arse cheeks clenched, trying to find somewhere.

KatieMortician · 14/10/2011 17:19

oh dear Sad

Hullygully · 14/10/2011 17:20

well, what a surprise that was.

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