Plumber in toilet for ages when I got home

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Had a boiler service today - was on school run when he wanted to arrive so left the garage key accessible and opened door from garage into house so he could check what he needed. It wasn’t the usual one we have, someone who worked for him, so not sure what message was passed on. Arrived home after drop off and went to offer him a drink, but no sign…until I realised downstairs bathroom was locked. I have a 2 year old so he would definitely have known we were home, and front door is right next to toilet. He came out about 15/ 20 mins later!!!! He immediately shut door behind him and I didn’t dare open it for hours but window had also been left wide open.
I am totally totally ok with being asked to use bathroom, I understand people need to go. But I felt so freaked out to come home, know he was in my house and him not appear for SO long?!! Is that ok?! He hurriedly said he’d needed the bathroom and rushed to garage. I think it’s just the weirdness of never having met him and him walking through my house and being in the house without me having a clue who he was.

would this freak you out?!

Some medications cause chronic constipation. Just saying.

Hardly. But if someone is in your house to do work then it’s common courtesy to allow them use of your facilities. Only on MN have I ever seen such hysterics over it.

If it was urgent, surely it would have come quicker? And if it wasn't urgent, then he should have saved it for home. It was a home poo.

On the other hand, at least if he blocked the toilet, he was well qualified to sort it out.

Why do so many people have issues with Trade people having a poo

So odd !

If you're paying him by the hour that particular 'job' will have cost you about another £20 into the bargain!

Then there's the toilet paper...I bet he's not a 'two square' man.

How on earth does it take 20 minutes to do a poo?!

Sounds like he was desperate and equally embarrassed

Why do you allow anyone in your house when you're not there, if you find their presence in your house, alone, so unsettling?
Just make sure you're going to be home for the whole time you have a tradesman in your house in future! Problem solved

Desecrating the toilet 🤣
This place Is hilarious sometimes....

It's a toilet 🤷🏼‍♀️ it's what it's for

Shock horror, someone used the bathroom. You left a key for him, why be 'so freaked out' he used the toilet? MN is bonkers on this subject.

I'm thinking he might have panicked when he heard you arrive home and wondered if he could leave the toilet unnoticed if he waited a bit. Or his poo was so smelly that he didn't dare open the door until it had dissipated. Or, he was on his phone having a long poo (my DH can be on the toilet for ages once he falls down a YouTube rabbit hole 😂. You will probably never know the answer and that's probably for the best. Hope he actually did the job he was there for (as well as a big job...)

Not for men I’m not married to poo in

I hope you don’t have sons. If so, would they be banned from shitting in your toilets when they turn 18?

Is there a difference between the fruit of your loins and a random plumber?

Let me see… 🤔

The poster said that she doesn’t want anyone she’s not married to shitting in her toilet, I’m going to assume she’s not married to the ‘fruits of her loin’!

Christ on a bike.

my son regularly comes round and immediately goes into the bathroom to download: something about mum’s toilet I guess

OK hun 🤣

I love reading these insane threads with a nice cup of coffee and a biscuit

Must everything be explained in minute detail or can we assume some things go without saying?

Ok, I’ll assume you’ll let your kids shit in your toilet

I feel like I’ve seen them a lot. I feel like this is absolutely nothing. It was first thing, he was clearly emptying his bowels. Maybe he has IBS, maybe a dodgy curry. Either way it’s better than poo all over, or an unserviced boiler

Ginger nuts? Or something more decadent?

Do you live with a man? Or have you ever lived with men?

It’s really not that uncommon. My fiancé has IBS but often spends in excess of 30-40 minutes in the loo unless I need it desperately also.

Poor chap, he saw an opportunities to use the toilet and he didn’t finish on time.

Tradesmen often end up stomach problems from withholding for hours on site. 💩

Not weird for you, but probably hugely embarrassing for him I'd imagine.

Maybe he has IBS or a stomach issue. Maybe he just really badly needed a poo. I'd hate if that happened to me whilst at a job.

If he hadn't done the job because he'd gone somewhere else to use the toilet that wouldn't be great. He did what he had to do imo.