Delivery driver just had a dump at my house!

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AIBU? I've just had some furniture delivered and the first thing the guy said was, 'Can I use your loo?' I didn't want him to but felt that I couldn't refuse so I reluctantly said yes. He was in there for ages. He's had a smelly dump. It fucking stinks. I could have cried. He then bought the furniture in and I've just had to go and clean the toilet. I'm disgusted.

What are marigolds? I only know it's a flower.

Amicissimma. You don’t know obviously because bacteria can’t be seen by the naked eye. However, it’s no surprise to understand the basics of hygiene in that bacteria grow best in warm, damp conditions so it’s not surprising then that ANY bacteria on that loo brush will flourish in between uses unless you thoroughly clean it and leave it to totally air dry before putting it back in the holder.

I don’t imagine for a second that many people actually do that as who leaves toilet brushes balanced over the toilet or the bath (or wherever) to air dry for several hours?

So, whilst you think your toilet brush to clean, it’s actually teeming with bacteria which you then wipe all round your toilet making it even dirtier than it was before. Grim

And you know that just rinsing along doesn’t get rid of bacteria don’t you? It’s why the NHS issue such detailed guidelines to their staff on proper hand washing techniques...

Marigolds are a brand of rubber gloves used for cleaning.

www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/marigold-outdoor-glove/425866-655233-655234

There are toilet brush experts?

There are hygiene experts. Not experts specialising in one bloody item!

@Sparklingbrook Cool, thanks.

Drying marigolds are far more likely to harbour germs that then get smeared about on everything else you use the marigolds for!

I would have thought you would have the sense to have a pair of rubber gloves just for the loo and not use them for other cleaning.

I have marigolds for bathroom cleaning and another pair for all other household cleaning. I dunk my Marigold encased hands in a basin full of Zoflora after the bathroom cleaning has all been done, that way they are disinfected and clean. Would not store pooey gloves in my cleaning cupboard.

Personally feel that there are a lot of smug people on here who believe that they have impeccable standards but they happily admit to having a loo brush in their bathroom and see no problem with a stranger taking a dump in their loo. Er okay.

Personally feel that there are a lot of smug people on here who believe that they have impeccable standards Au contraire. My standards are extremely poor. I don't give a shit.

So every time you need to clean anything from the toilet you have to put your 'toilet' marigolds on then dip them in a bowl of Zoflora afterwards. Then where do they go after that? Do your visitors know where to find the gloves and how to clean them after use?

Seems the problem is that delivery man didn't know where the toilet Marigolds were.

@WitsEnd We're still waiting on an answer as to what makes faeces from a familiar source any more sanitary and less offensive than that from a stranger?

Coming into this rather late but after I've used loo brush I flush them bleach then sit the loo brush in the cleaner bleach water. Then everything on the brush is deaded, or at least 99.99% is according to my bleach bottle. Plus poo particles would just be digested food... I don't eat anything that bad...

This is getting hysterically dappy, a pair of rubber gloves are never sterile and it's not a competition to see whose shite stinks the most or whose bog is shitfree and sparkling BUT we can all claim all sorts on t'internet and I'm not convinced the starshine bog exists

I am tempted to namechange Portia to shitfreeandsparkling

well done shitfree and sparkling

Greathat. Poo is not just undigested food! It has live bacteria in it, some times very harmful bacteria if spread to others. Even the live bacteria in our own digestive systems can be harmful if we then ingest it again so your toilet brush does NOT just have food on it!

Bleach doesn’t kill all bacteria so putting your brush back damp into an already damp pot means you are creating a perfect environment for any of the remaining bacteria to multiply over and over....

I think your post sums up the fact that whatever you say about toilet brushes they DO still have traces of poo and bacteria on them which, to me, is simply gross.

BumDisease - poo is poo, I agree, but if the source of it is known to me then I find it easier to cope with if I have to remove their skid marks from my loo.
In the same way that I can cope with my DC's snot and bogeys but not a strangers.

Personally feel that there are a lot of smug people on here who believe that they have impeccable standards but they happily admit to having a loo brush in their bathroom and see no problem with a stranger taking a dump in their loo. Er okay.
So if you have a loo brush and are happy to allow another himan being use your loo you don’t have standards?

If you insist on no loo brush, seems reasonable to anticipate cleaning the odd skid mark from guests.

Limensoda totally bizarre you compare sticking your bare hand in a toilet to changing nappies.

Serena. I don’t think the issue is with family or friends (guests), it’s with people you don’t know (delivery drivers, the meter reader etc etc) using your toilet.

Limensoda totally bizarre you compare sticking your bare hand in a toilet to changing nappies

If you get shit on your hands, it doesn't matter whether it's from a toilet or a nappy....it's shit.

So if 16 year old DS has some mates round only the ones who I know and have met before should be allowed to use our facilities? The others are strangers and therefore not eligible?