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To(i)let or not to (i) let, that is the question.

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GabriellaG54 Sun 17-Nov-19 13:49:49

Tomorrow I am having a new boiler installed.
When the company director (that's who I was told to expect) called last week to inspect and quote, he asked to use the loo.
I have just the one bathroom and dislike workmen using it but said yes anyway.
He was in there for a long peeeee and neither flushed nor used the basin and hand towel.
Tomorrow I'll give them lunch money (as I would anyway) and ask the men to use the hotel or a cafe in town which is a short walk away.
I don't like the idea of them not washing hands and touching countertops, handles and visible kitchen equipment but they tend to put tools and work stuff on the floor then on kitchen work surfaces even though the boiler is in a small utility room.
Do those of you with just one loo, mind workmen or others not in your family or friends circle, using those facilities?

Sparklefizz Tue 19-Nov-19 12:42:16

I completely agree with you annep1 - well said.

annep1 Tue 19-Nov-19 12:43:50

Thank you Boosgran .appreciated.

varian Tue 19-Nov-19 13:11:04

It is unusual for a poster to deny having made one of her previous posts , accuse another poster of making things up, then when it is proven by others that she did make that boastful post, having to claim it was a joke.

No apology for accusing someone else of making things up, just an admission that nothing she posts is likely to be true.

Since she outed herself as unbelievable, there seems no point in reading any of her posts.

MawB Tue 19-Nov-19 13:44:03

But getting loads of sympathy for that!
Why?
It’s worthy of some of the political leaders of today (or members of the RF) gringrin

suziewoozie Tue 19-Nov-19 13:48:29

Because she’s right of centre? #justsaying

varian Tue 19-Nov-19 13:56:26

Because she posts things which she knows to be untrue.

Blondiescot Tue 19-Nov-19 14:05:31

Exactly...and she's probably delighted by the reaction this thread has provoked.

JenniferEccles Tue 19-Nov-19 14:17:05

It’s ridiculous bringing politics into this. So what if someone is right of centre? Good for them I say.

MamaCaz Tue 19-Nov-19 14:17:19

But probably much less delighted that her outright denial of having said something was so easily proved to be a lie.

varian Tue 19-Nov-19 14:21:54

I do not believe that everyone who is right of centre peddles untruths. Obviously many do - Boris Johnson for instance is a proven liar .

However I believe there are many decent honest folk, including GNetters, who would describe themselves as right of centre, just as there are decent honest liberals, social democrats and socialists.

JenniferEccles Tue 19-Nov-19 14:23:42

Also on GN there are some contributors who are extremely wealthy, some who are really struggling and the majority of us I suspect are between the two.

Therefore fifty grand to some is not a huge amount to spend as they wish.

suziewoozie Tue 19-Nov-19 14:24:13

My point was that she's defended because she’s right of centre

NanaandGrampy Tue 19-Nov-19 14:44:08

I don’t think the OP has been bullied at all . I do think she got caught out telling a lie(s)whether in all seriousness or joking .

I think in the main she asked for people’s comments on her actions and that’s what she got .

grapefruitpip Tue 19-Nov-19 14:47:38

So the OP said she gave 50 k to Farage and now says she didn't?

suziewoozie Tue 19-Nov-19 14:57:09

Not only did she say that, she repeated it and explained it further ( see Maws posts). Of course had she said she had given £50k to Corbyn ....

Maggiemaybe Tue 19-Nov-19 15:01:36

she’s defended because she’s right of centre confused

I’m certainly nowhere near right of centre, but I’d defend anyone I thought was being “got at” in real life or on here. I couldn’t give a monkey’s what they vote, how many GN mates they’ve got, or how much they’re worth.

This forum’s just a bit of a diversion for (mainly) older folk with time on their hands, not a court of law. We’re talking about flushing, or not flushing, toilets, for Pete’s sake.

Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition. grin

lemongrove Tue 19-Nov-19 15:26:45

What rubbish suziewoozie.... defended because she is ‘right of centre’. Any defending going on is because she has not said anything horrible to other posters but just started a thread that was meant to be lighthearted.So what if she once stated on another thread some time ago that she had given 50k to a political party ( shrug ) and it was a joke.
I agree with what maggie has just written .....the Spanish
inquisition indeed ( and they’re never expected)?

lemongrove Tue 19-Nov-19 15:28:38

It’s actually been an interesting thread when it stayed on topic, which is a surprise really.?

suziewoozie Tue 19-Nov-19 15:33:21

What’s astonished me about the defending of her is her many examples of superciliously correcting people’s spelling. I thought that wasn’t considered OK?

lemongrove Tue 19-Nov-19 15:36:17

It isn’t ok, but she hasn’t done it on this thread.

annep1 Tue 19-Nov-19 15:41:57

I don't care about anyones politics, it certainly didn't influence me. The rudeness started before the political comment. And telling someone they should install a toilet instead of supporting a political party is out of order.
People would not comment on other users posts as harshly as they do on GabriellaG54's.
She is indeed got at or as we say in Northern Ireland people "gang up" on her. Not a nice thing.
That's my view anyway. And my last comment.

I actually feel quite sad that some females can behave like this. Even if you feel someone is wrong does it have to make you behave nastily

I'm off to have a relaxing bath with some nice music and try to forget about GN .

varian Tue 19-Nov-19 16:08:06

But she now tells us she did not give £50,000 to the brexit "party", only £20. (she lied for a larf at our expense). That explains it. A second loo would cost more than £20,

JenniferEccles Tue 19-Nov-19 16:26:22

For goodness sake let the money topic go.

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the thread which has produced some interesting views,

suziewoozie Tue 19-Nov-19 16:28:51

Here come the thread police telling us what we can and can’t post about.

MawB Tue 19-Nov-19 16:30:41

What still escapes me is why OP would think that anybody would be impressed by a £50k donation to a political party anyway! Least of all the Brexit party at a country club fundraising evening.
I may be naive but it was not presented in a jokey manner rather as something genuinely meant to impress (and frankly entirely in character with some of her previous posts.)

OK fair do’s but to then accuse Varian of fabrication again beggars belief, unless OP genuinely has a tenuous grasp of reality in which case she has a problem and I apologise for not making allowances.
At the very least I felt Varian deserves an apology!