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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?

Happygirl79 Mon 18-Nov-19 18:22:06

OP Why are you giving them lunch money?
I find that extremely strange

Hetty58 Mon 18-Nov-19 18:25:03

So do I - and I'm sure that they do too (as they're not kids)!

Notthatoldyet9 Mon 18-Nov-19 18:27:02

He was a dirty git
I never provide facilities
Your home
Tell them the boundaries

Hetty58 Mon 18-Nov-19 18:35:12

But they will think you're really weird if you say that they can't use your loo!

annep1 Mon 18-Nov-19 19:03:52

For goodness sake. I think some folk are deliberately offensive to GabriellaG54.
All she asked was do people mind workmen using their loo especially if they don't wash their hands and flush. And its very easy to hear if someone has done so.
No need for all the abuse.
We are all different and fussy in our own ways.
Yes I mind people using my loo but accept it when necessary. I wouldn't give lunch money or sandwiches but I wouldn't ridicule someone who does. Some GNetters need to grow up and learn manners.
And Maw we can't all have a cloakroom.

varian Mon 18-Nov-19 19:08:17

Happygirl79 posts -

"Why are you giving them lunch money?
I find that extremely strange"

The OP, by her own admission, has told us that the things she posts are not always true.

No point in considering her rubbish at all.

M0nica Mon 18-Nov-19 19:14:17

^My workmen/women are always perfect gentlemen/ladies.
We prefer to employ a better class of work people^

Callistemon exactly. We have lived in our current hme for over 20 years. Our heating has been in the hands of a firm of heating and plumbing contractors whose premises are coupel of hundred yards from the house for all that time. They cannot afford to have anything untoward happen when their staff are in the house. The same with the electrician.

How demeaning of people to automatically assume that anyone working in their house is of a lower social class with commensurately lower standards than yours and less honest. Yes, disasters will happen and I have seen contractors off my premises before, but once you know them and the company, it is an exceptionally rare occurrance for anything to go wrong.

I do chatbriefly to workmen when I provide a mid morning and mid afternoon drink, but not for more than a few sentences, they usually take their drink and retreat back to their work clutching the mug.

Blondiescot Mon 18-Nov-19 19:21:52

I'm actually quite staggered by this post. Do you let guests use your toilet? Then why should a workman be any different? They're not some sub-class of human being - they're just like the rest of us, FGS!

M0nica Mon 18-Nov-19 19:27:17

Blondiescot Are you referring to my post? If so, you have misread it. I have absolutely no problem with anyone in my house for any reason using the facilities and they are free to use whichever one is most convenient.

Perhaps you should read back a couple of pages and you will then realise my post was part of an ongoing conversation with people who treat workmen in their home like slugs.

MawB Mon 18-Nov-19 19:28:34

And Maw we can't all have a cloakroom

FFS I am far from unique in having a downstairs loo! Aka “cloakroom”

Callistemon Mon 18-Nov-19 19:30:51

Our painter/decorator is much posher than us.
And she has a Masters degree.
And our plumber is definitely much richer than us grin

MawB Mon 18-Nov-19 19:31:41

How hard did you have to try annep1 to find a stick to beat me with? grin
Having a cloakroom - shock horror!

annep1 Mon 18-Nov-19 19:33:52

There was no suggestion of subclass. Just someone who doesn't like strangers in her loo.

M0nica Mon 18-Nov-19 19:39:52

Cloakrooms are now compulsory in all new properties and have been for 30 or 40 years. Now they have to be wheelchair accessible

ExperiencedNotOld Mon 18-Nov-19 19:42:38

It’s the practice around these rural parts that if the customer requires, a bright blue tardis is placed outside, usually somewhere extremely visible!! In my experience most workers just don’t want the trouble of boots off, mind the white towel, don’t use too much paper and prefer the tardis!

annep1 Mon 18-Nov-19 19:43:41

One of the very good reasons for having a cloakroom (even in a flat) so that the situation dies not arise.
I'm sure we are all aware of the benefits.

I have better things to do than look for sticks to beat people.

FFS Perhaps you could translate or perhaps if I am guessing the meaning correctly, you would be ashamed to do so.

MawB Mon 18-Nov-19 19:52:17

Thank you M0nica - how much inverted snobbery can there be about a downstairs lo?

MawB Mon 18-Nov-19 19:52:28

Loo not lo!

HillyN Mon 18-Nov-19 20:01:29

Maggiemaybe, we subscribe to If it's yellow, let it mellow, If it's brown, flush it down, and I'm not embarrassed to admit it. We are on a water meter and try to save water as much as possible.
My DH told me once that he noticed a friend of his had not washed his hands and said "Didn't your mother teach you to wash your hands after using the toilet?" to which he replied, "No, but she did teach me not to pee on my hands". Since urine is sterile when it leaves the body I sometimes wonder whether he had the right attitude, although I do always wash mine. I don't leave the tap running though.

Blondiescot Mon 18-Nov-19 20:03:32

MOnica, no - my comments were in relation to the OP itself. Sorry if you misunderstood and thought it referred to your post. I can assure you it didn't.

annep1 Mon 18-Nov-19 20:07:27

No inverted snobbery here Maw, just very careful about what I say and how it can be interpreted..

M0nica Mon 18-Nov-19 20:08:10

Blondiescot, thank you

MawB Mon 18-Nov-19 20:12:38

we can’t all have a cloakroom
- confused

annep1 Mon 18-Nov-19 20:14:04

Yes. Exactly what I meant. ?

ExperiencedNotOld Mon 18-Nov-19 20:31:02

Do they? I think not in ALL properties. Perhaps customary where floor space available.