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This has been done to death but even so - workmen and toilets

375 replies

RebeccaWithTheGoodHair · 12/09/2016 11:58

So two workmen arrive at 8.30am by 10.30am BOTH had been for a shit. And they'll have working here by 12pm. That's less than four hours when they could either have gone before they set off in the morning or waited until they left.

One is stinking the whole ground floor out and I just know there is going to be something left for me to clear up when the stench has died down a bit.

Why, why, why would you go to someone else's house for a crap.

And I don't believe workmen suffer unduly from loose stools compared to the rest of the population but every single bloody one that comes here feels the need to offload as soon as they walk through the door.

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Ifailed · 12/09/2016 20:45

And I don't believe workmen suffer unduly from loose stools compared to the rest of the population but every single bloody one that comes here feels the need to offload as soon as they walk through the door

I suspect this statement rather set the tone for the whole discussion. Oh and the supporter who seems to think that Tesco is a good dumping ground for shit like this.

Amandahugandkisses · 12/09/2016 20:49

It's like a territorial primal thing Grin

PepsiPenguin · 12/09/2016 20:57

Life is so much easier when you don't care about these things.

It's much preferable IMO not to have to clean up a grown adults shit

Bleach, rubber gloves, done in 20 seconds

There is a joke in here somewhere... How many men does it take to clean a toilet, oh none there leave some poor woman to do it because you know she's got nothing better to do and she doesn't care about these things anyway.

I have a LOT better to do thank you

BarbaraofSeville · 12/09/2016 21:00

I had no idea women people were so particular about where they had a shit until I was one of two women working on an industrial site.

Two days in a row I was surprised to find an unflushed turd smiling up at me when I went to the toilet on a morning where I thought we had sole access (we had a key, which we kept a close eye on).

After the second day I mentioned this to my female colleague, who is a very nice civilised woman 'Now I'm not saying you don't know how to flush a toilet, but have you seen any unflushed number 2s in our toilet' to which she replied that she only ever used the toilet if she was desperate and couldn't hold on until she got home, which was almost never.

We never did find out who was using our toilet, I suspect the (male) night security guards but it never happened again so maybe it was something to do with the site manager, who walked in on us while we were speculating about who the phantom non flushing shitter was.

ShatnersBassoon · 12/09/2016 21:04

It's like a territorial primal thing

That could certainly explain my need to evacuate in TKMaxx. The bargains are mine, all mine hahaha!

shaggedthruahedgebackwards · 12/09/2016 21:05

Thanks for this thread OP, it has had me laughing out loud. Definitely a Mumsnet Classic!

It really is fascinating to discover quite how many people are offended by a guest having the audacity to do a poo in their loo!!

HopefulHamster · 12/09/2016 21:06

This thread makes me a bit sad - that there are so many women with perfect control of their bowels assuming there's something wrong in some way with people who don't have perfect control :(.

I often have a bowel movement several times a day but thought that was just normal for me. I usually go in the morning. But if I have to go at work too, then I have to go! I always thought it was odd that some of the women would send emails around the company (not joking!) essentially saying 'can't believe some people poo here, it's DISGUSTING!' (not because of mess left behind either) and now I realise they probably just thought NEVER having to go anywhere but home was normal.

Sigh.

Tradesmen leaving a mess isn't nice. But if they gotta go, they gotta go!

RaspberryOverload · 12/09/2016 21:20

If working involves going into someone elses house you don't do a shit there, you find the nearest public loo, tescos, wherever.

I've worked out that the nearest possible alternative (public/Tesco/whatever) is at least 1.5 miles from my house. So it strikes me as bloody stupid to stop someone using the loo.

I would, however, have an issue with someone leaving the loo dirty after using it.

But these are two separate issues, actually.

hmcAsWas · 12/09/2016 21:21

It is sad Hopeful. Some people are so blinkered and stupid that they lack the wit to conceive that not everyone has identical digestive systems

RaspberryOverload · 12/09/2016 21:22

I should add that I don't have a problem in pooing at work or in a cafe, other house, etc. I don't have a set time of day to go.

Admittedly, if I do go at work, I make sure there's no one else in the ladies room at the time.

HopefulHamster · 12/09/2016 21:26

Exactly hmcAsWas - I don't think mine is broken, just speedy (though admittedly it can be triggered by caffeine).

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Gileswithachainsaw · 12/09/2016 21:41

Does no one at all link it to the old faffing threads the ones where everyone posts that the dps head straight fir the toilet usually with phones and makes everyone late/ensures they are waiting for them rather than the other way around.

So either all these trades people need to see a Dr or dietician if they can't work for twenty mins without dashing to the toilet.

Or they are wasting time and deliberately delaying the jobs

They are basically being paid to shit. Amd faff about.

Feminazi · 12/09/2016 22:53

Does anyone remember that AIBU thread a few years back, when an Ocado delivery driver had done a poo in the OP's loo? Someone from Ocado came on and apologized! It was hilarious! Grin

expatinscotland · 12/09/2016 23:57

I remember that one! Also another from a delivery driver who wanted to come in and use the loo, but the OP was a single mum, the toilet was upstairs where her kids were sleeping and she was uncomfortable having him go up there as she had been a victim of abuse and rape in the past, and she got utterly pasted for having told him no.

expatinscotland · 12/09/2016 23:58

And someone's classic response, 'Well then go and shit somewhere else.'

dowhatnow · 13/09/2016 00:22

If someone opened a window and I didn't realise and I went out, I'd be very annoyed in case of burglars/insurance. Otoh how embarrassing to say "oh I opened a window in there as I had a shit"

I'd rather put up with the smell.

I think it's awful that people are so precious that workmen can't use their loo.

dowhatnow · 13/09/2016 00:24

And I can't hold it for very long. Not all of us have iron sphincter muscles.

LikeDylanInTheMovies · 13/09/2016 00:39

It's always tradesmen that do this - why isn't Mumsnet full of stories about HCPs, for example, shitting in their houses?

Possibly because a workman will be in your house for a period of nine hours, rather than a short visit a health visitor might make with opportunities to either return to an office base or stop en route. In nine hours the chances of one of say three workmen needing to take a shite is pretty high.

JacquesHammer · 13/09/2016 09:59

*There is a joke in here somewhere... How many men does it take to clean a toilet, oh none there leave some poor woman to do it because you know she's got nothing better to do and she doesn't care about these things anyway.

I have a LOT better to do thank you*

Yup - I'm am properly downtrodden because I squirt a bit of bleach and scrub a loo Grin

You know when I had my broadband fitted I offered the guy a drink and showed him where the loo was. He was genuinely surprised I didn't mind. How awful he has to work amongst that attitude.

I mean how dare someone want to use a loo for the purpose they're designed for

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RebeccaWithTheGoodHair · 13/09/2016 10:09

It's not stopping anyone using the loo at all, and yes I also gave these guys tea and coffee. The AIBU relates to two other aspects of the business::

  • the speed at which they decided to put one down
  • the mess left afterwards

It seems there are lots of people around who get an urgent calling and can't wait, so hey-ho presumably both these blokes were from that camp. But no-one on here has said they'd have a dump and leave it splattered and stinking for the home-owner to clear up afterwards. .

We have decided to complain to the owner of the business, it's a small local firm so hopefully he'll take it seriously (especially as I have photographic evidence Grin).

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windmillsofyourmind · 13/09/2016 10:21

I suppose it just depends on the person. Any man with any manners and decency would make sure he left the toilet in a spotless condition. Most men would surely be too embarressed to leave a shitty mess behind him. It says a lot about the man who would.

PanGalaticGargleBlaster · 13/09/2016 10:29

When I was a student I had a part time job as an estate agent that mostly entailed carrying out viewings. It was amazing how many people insisted on taking a shit at the property they were viewing, and I am not just talking about men here. I remember one viewing in a smallish one bed flat and the young lady within minutes of arriving nipped into the bathroom, I was trying not to laugh as I could hear what sounded like someone tipping a bucket of potatoes into a bath full of water with an accompanying noise that sounded like a chimpanzee blowing a raspberry. She breezed out of the bathroom without a shred of embarrassment while I was trying to keep a straight face. Had to open the windows afterwards before the next viewing to clear the rather punchy smelling air.