I’ve become a regular public loo

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Last week a female Amazon driver asked to use my loo and of course I said yes, she said she was desperate and explained it was difficult to find a loo on a route. I must admit although I said yes I did feel quite uncomfortable as she was a stranger but obviously wanted to help. Now today she’s asked me for the third time. I was having a bad day anyway but I did say do you have nowhere else to go but here? I kind of feel I’m just going to get asked every time she comes now because I helped her out and I hadn’t signed up to be the public convenience!

I feel bad for feeling this way but it makes me feel queasy. I can’t explain why I feel taken advantage of…anyone else had repeat toilet users?

It's the season of goodwill, id let any amazon driver use my loo of they asked

Almost no churches have loos that are generally open. I'm actually a bit of a church historian, on the weekends, and honestly it's pretty rare.

Tell her there is somebody using it and theyre in the bath/shower when she asks again.

Poor woman is doing a shitty job for a shitty company, and you have the opportunity to make it more bearable. Why on earth would you refuse? Very mean spirited.

The only time anyone's asked me was when we were having building work done & there was a Portaloo in the front garden: he asked if he could use that. It made me wonder if they're not supposed to ask to be inside the house.

Pros and cons, at least sounds like you're pretty much guaranteed to receive your parcels, where so many are being dumped, stolen and left at wrong addresses.
3 times sounding bit of a liberty though, perhaps time to point out that it's all becoming a bit of a habit now, and perhaps courier could look at alternative relief breaks, instead of relying on you all the time?
I'm central London, no supermarkets provide toilets anymore ~ gone since they started being competitive with Aldi, who similarly provide no conveniences, with their pricing.

I used to live somewhere with an easily accessible shared outside loo and I can tell you, the posties ALWAYS nipped in and used them, and we couldn't do anything to stop them.

If it's just one person, a woman, I don't see see the problem to be honest.

I don't think you have the smallest idea what it's like being a delivery driver these days.

For me it would depend on a few things. I have a downstairs loo that can be accessed by a side door so they wouldn't be traipsing through my house. So that's better than the time I let a bloke use our upstairs loo (different house btw) only to find he'd splashed on the floor a bit!
She needs to spread out her pee break requests among other houses. Next time say it's occupied or out of order or you've only just put bleach down it or whatever, just break the pattern of expectation.

I didn't realise the delivery drivers weren't allowed to take a loo break! Surely that has to be illegal?

Tell her to piss off.

Surely you mean ‘piss’ elsewhere.

I'd let anyone who asked tbh, but I do have IBS so I know the feeling of being absolutely desperate and not having any options.

We once had a couple of lads come to clean the gutters and one of them very apologetically asked if he could use the loo, it seemed as though he thought I would say no and was very grateful when I said yes. I can't believe people actually refuse.

If you don’t want her to use the loo, and you feel awkward saying no, just say ‘sorry, my husband/son/daughter/mother is in the shower/bath at the moment.

Are you always so helpful?

Don't let this continue. You will get a reputation for being able to use your loo.

Think about it OP. There must be umpteen places they can stop and go. From pubs, to Macdonald's and similar, hotels even. Supermarkets.

Nobody would be using my loo. You have to say no.

Literally a convenience.

I would not begrudge anyone the use of my loo unless they were an axe murderer or similar. PPs advising drivers to divert to a supermarket or McDonalds etc I suspect (a) have never lived outside cities and (b) are in blissful ignorance as to the pressure these drivers are under

Quite - she really shouldn't be drinking at all while working 😒

OP is ordering toilet roll from Amazon weekly tho.

or, c) don't give a fuck about other people

This sounds like one of those logic puzzles!

Stop ordering from Amazon, they treat their staff terribly with unreasonable delivery times and surveillance. Their practices as a business are unethical.

Me too!!

Same here but it's also not the countryside with plenty of bushes.