My friend's teenage daughter, who is very green-fingered, has recently started to do some gardening work for me at weekends. Yesterday she was clearing a patch of ground at the bottom of the garden, which was a large job and meant that she was outside for most of the day. Because it was so hot out, even in the shade, I took out drinks to her at regular intervals throughout the day.
On one occasion, I couldn?t see where she was so I called her name and when she didn?t answer I went to look for her thinking that she must have gone to the shed to get some more tools. When I was making my way towards the area where the shed is I spotted her squatting down by some bushes and having a wee.
She wasn?t looking in my direction, so I backed away before she noticed me and returned to the area where she had been working and just left her drink there. When I went out to her again later I didn?t mention anything about what I?d seen because I didn?t know how to broach the subject without embarrassing her.
The part of the garden that she was peeing in is quite self-contained and not overlooked by neighbours but I?m not sure how I feel about her going outside, as my little ones also play in the garden, albeit quite a distance from where she was working. I told her when I took her on that she could use the bathrooms in the house if she needed to so she is aware of this.
Should I mention anything to her about this incident or just turn a blind eye to it?
If she is going to pee outside I much would rather that she did it by the compost heap behind the shed. Would it be indelicate to mention this to her?