To expect contractor to flush toilet?

[1Wanda1]

We're having some work down in our house - only redecorating. Today I went home in the middle of the day without warning to collect something. Contractor was there alone. I went to do a wee and found the toilet unflushed with both wee and bits of poo, with liberal wee splashed all over the seat as well (not sure how this was even possible but presumably he had sat down for the first go and then returned later to wee without lifting the seat, somehow failing to flush after either event).

I am pregnant currently but even if I weren't, wouldn't want to be dealing with this. It was definitely him because it wasn't like that when I left home this morning, I was the last person to leave the house, and no one else had been there in between. AIBU to find this totally gross? Would you have said anything about it or just cleaned it up yourself?

I just don't get how people don't say something in situations like this! NO, I wouldn't just clean it up myself. It's very simple. 'Please don't leave a mess in the toilet. I'm not a maid. If you make a mess, you need to clean it up.'

Do you really need to ask?!

MN is like a fetish site based around contractors shit at at the moment...

Offs not another shit flushing post.

Again?

How revolting. I'd stick a note to the toilet saying clean up after yourself in future.

I dithered about what to do and in the end I put the bleach out on the side, replaced the toilet roll (he'd finished it), and as I left, said "you might want to look at the bathroom before you go". Then I ran out the door (why???).

Have just got home again and the kids told me there was no toilet roll. Yes there is, I said, I replaced it at lunchtime! I then went into a room being redecorated and found a half-finished roll in there. He's obviously using it to wipe up paint drips or something. I did wonder why our toilet roll was going down so quickly.

Also today I found my brand new bucket, which I'd been looking for. It is on top of the rubble heap outside, apparently having been used to mix cement and discarded. He didn't ask before using it, and didn't mention that he'd thrown it away.

Where is this going to end?

Sorry to hear about your bucket. It served him well though.

I think I've lost the plot a bit. I blame pregnancy. A bucket and some toilet roll have tipped me over the edge.

Obviously yes to (a) and (b), Fortyfeet, as if I didn't, I wouldn't have been unsure about whether I should even say anything earlier. And no, I'm not making it up.

Perfectly fine with anyone using the toilet - frequently say yes of course to the man who delivers the supermarket shopping - but the not flushing and not cleaning up is something I haven't encountered before.

Actually i think this does happen irl. when i first moved into my property. I mean literally just got the keys. there was a massive poo left in the toilet, no tissue either.

Ok maybe frequently was an overstatement - but the Ocado person ( not the same one each time) has asked to use the bathroom 3 times in the past few months - feels quite frequent.

I wish this was a made up story but I'm not really sure why anyone would make it up. I've been on MN a long time and I haven't read any threads about unflushed toilets. I did read one the other day complaining about the smell after a delivery person used the OP's toilet. Now that I could live with. It was the lack of flushing - or caring - that got to me today.

Maybe you not seen them, as they run their course or get deleted.

We’ve had builders in for a couple of months now. We didn’t pay for a portaloo so they use our bathroom. NP.

Remarked to OH there was a ton of threads on MN about this topic - and how impressed I was that our builders leave the bathroom toilet so spotless.

He looked at me like he was about to tell me the tooth fairy wasn’t real and said ‘you know I go up there and clean it every day before you get home right?’

I love him

Could he use the bucket to wee in in future if he can’t clean up after himself?

Simple, next contractors when they need a wee: point to the bucket with “mens’ toilet” written on it...

Of course YANBU!

I'd knock the price of the bucket off the bill, and tell him why. The last contractors I had used then stole my yard brush. I don't know why I didn't think to charge them at the time.