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Original poster

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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JacquesHammer · 13/09/2016 11:13

Can't help but feel the situation would have been far better resolved had you popped bleach down immediately rather than photographing someone else's toilet habits and waiting for your OH to return home....

hmcAsWas · 13/09/2016 11:18

Is it wrong that I am curious to see the photographic evidence?

Itsmine · 13/09/2016 11:32

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Supernan5 · 13/09/2016 11:34

My dh is an electrician and is frequently in other people's houses. If he needs to go he goes to a local petrol station or comes home and stinks our toilet out. 😱 He tells the customer he's popping out for materials or for lunch.

Original poster
RebeccaWithTheGoodHair · 13/09/2016 12:05

SuperNan Flowers to your DH

hmc it's on page 6 Wink

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JacquesHammer · 13/09/2016 12:12

Mumsnetters, Seriously train your men please

Sorry, don't have one . When I did we both cleaned the loo. But yeah, I'm here alone and it does only take a couple of minutes should the need ever arise.

expatinscotland · 13/09/2016 12:13

'He was genuinely surprised I didn't mind. How awful he has to work amongst that attitude.'

What, it's awful that he has a job he gets paid a wage for fitting broadband in people's homes? It's hardly toiling in a Bangladeshi sweatshop or wiping people's bums.

expatinscotland · 13/09/2016 12:15

'Can't help but feel the situation would have been far better resolved had you popped bleach down immediately rather than photographing someone else's toilet habits and waiting for your OH to return home....'

Or had the person who stinks out the toilet and leaves marks cleaned up after him or herself. Imagine that!

JacquesHammer · 13/09/2016 12:18

expat yup, clearly what I meant. Or maybe in a time sensitive job where he only has X number of minutes to get between jobs how bloody unkind not to let someone who is working in your home use your loo.

And sure, the workman in an ideal world would have cleaned up. But I really couldn't be bothered to make a song and dance about it if he didn't. It probably took the OP more time to post than cleaning the loo would Grin

expatinscotland · 13/09/2016 12:22

''Or maybe in a time sensitive job where he only has X number of minutes to get between jobs how bloody unkind not to let someone who is working in your home use your loo.'

He had time for a cuppa, so time sensitive.

Original poster
RebeccaWithTheGoodHair · 13/09/2016 12:24

It probably took the OP more time to post than cleaning the loo would grin

yeah but strangely enough not as enjoyable as venting on MN

DP did it in the end.

and for the 50th time I DID let him use the loo and would always let someone use it (duh)

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expatinscotland · 13/09/2016 12:29

And the OP was never about not allowing people working in their homes to use the loo, but about clatty people who don't clean up after themselves.

AllMyFriendsAreWasted · 13/09/2016 12:35

Omg my cleaner does this....AFTER she has finished cleaning my toilet. It drives me nuts. I'm paying for her time. But to be fair she might leave a smell but she doesn't leave any marks.
Also I do 'get it' because I can't plan my dumps, I just wish she'd do it, clean the toilet after, and add the 10 mins time back on.

Original poster
RebeccaWithTheGoodHair · 13/09/2016 12:39

Your cleaner does it? She actually cleans your toilet and then uses it first?!

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ItsNiceItsDifferentItsUnusual · 13/09/2016 12:39

I don't overly mind a tradesman etc using my loo. I can even get on board with the fact that if they need a poo, then they need a poo. What I will never be able to understand is how they can dare to leave such a fucking mess and/or smell.

FIL came round a few weeks ago, was here all of 5 mins and popped upstairs to the loo. The fucking horrific smell wafted down to me within a couple of minutes, on a different floor at the opposite end of the house. Disgusting.

liz70 · 13/09/2016 12:42

Do some toilets have a crappy weak flush, though, or poorly designed pans? Or possibly low water pressure in home, or small cistern reduced amount of water for flushing. Or maybe a combination of all factors. I mean, there don't seem to be many, if any, skids left in our loo after flushing. Or maybe the OP's workmen had weetabix for breakfast. Grin

JacquesHammer · 13/09/2016 12:50

Expat. Yes. Time sensitive to get between jobs as I said. As he leaves my property, he has x minutes to get to next. He could drink whilst using a TV remote.

Itsmine · 13/09/2016 13:01

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PepsiPenguin · 13/09/2016 13:24

I had gas men in today...

One piped up just as leaving

"Sorry to ask, but could I use your toilet"

Never have I been so fearful as when I opened the door wearing a hazmat suit, bleach in one hand

But no need to worry, he was very well trained even used the Mr Muscle touch up to wipe the rim, new as cleaned it this morning and it has been moved.

PepsiPenguin · 13/09/2016 13:24

Knew not new...

expatinscotland · 13/09/2016 13:28

Hope he didn't throw off his schedule having a dump then, Jacques. And again, the OP was not about forbidding workmen from using the loo but about people with poor manners who leave the loo a mess.

GinAndOnIt · 13/09/2016 13:29

I'm now imagining some forum for workmen where they try and work out which of their customers are MNers, by shitting in their loo and making as much mess as possible, and waiting for the thread. too much time on my hands

Slarti · 13/09/2016 13:32

Think yourself lucky OP, a friend of mine suffered a workman doing a shit in their toilet...

...before it was even plumbed in . I kid you not. Shock

JacquesHammer · 13/09/2016 13:33

No, he wouldn't have. Because again he used the loo before he finished the install at mine so again not a problem.

Manners cost nothing I agree. Couldn't get worked up if someone didn't show them though and the loo needed a quick swish around.

BarbaraofSeville · 13/09/2016 13:38

I'm now imagining some forum for workmen where they try and work out which of their customers are MNers, by shitting in their loo and making as much mess as possible, and waiting for the thread

If it's anywhere, it would be on the Screwfix forum.

Those of you with a particular interest in training tradespeople in Mumsnet standard toilet usage might want to pop over there and set out your expectations, starting with 'do it somewhere else if at all possible'.