Rude Workmen?

Question

This is an odd but also a humorous subject. How many of you have had workmen/contractors working at your home BRIEFLY, say 30 minutes, wanting to use your washroom. Is this not extremely rude and unprofessional? This happened to me not just once but twice, when there were plenty of public washrooms just down the street. I have a feeling they were just marking their macho territory! Are workmen not told by their companies to use public washrooms on their rounds? Just a small but annoying thing. Your experiences or opinions please.

Remember they're not guests, they're workmen. That's why construction workers have those port-a-potties, so they're not constantly bothering the homeowners they are working for.

Answer 1

It would only be rude if they acted out after being told they couldn't.

Answer 2

bladders don't work on a schedule, when you gotta go, you gotta go. i don't really see a need for a fuss? you ask someone into your home to do some work, if they get the call of nature what is the harm of them using your bathroom? people should be professional, but above all they are human. i personally think it is pretty absurd that you feel it is more practical for them to leave the jobsite and travel into town somewhere to use the restroom. you DID say these were small 30 minute jobs, not major renovations or new construction. in THOSE cases they bring a portajohn. but i don't remember when the last time was that i saw a plumber toting a portajohn around town. that would be ridiculous. it sounds to me like you think a little much of yourself, maybe?

Answer 3

Funny how you believe they are the territorial ones when it bothers YOU the fact that someone else may borrow your bathroom. Personally I hate going to publick bathrooms, and that may be the case with yourself, since you're so overprotective of your own. How could it be any different from other people just because they do handywork? I don't think there's nothing wrong with asking to use the restroom, and actually, I find it strange that they would be at ease enough to ask (i always have a hard time asking). Maybe you project an image or your home is just inviting enough. I think I'd be oddly flattered.

Answer 4

There is nothing rude or unprofessional about needing to use the bathroom. It is a human need; and how would you like to be out and about all day needing to use public facilities?

Cheer up.

Answer 5

Who are you? One of those elitist clowns whose poop does not stink?

They have restrooms in supermarkets and malls because people need to pee at unexpected intervals.

It is not rude for someone to ask to use your bathroom. It would be rude for them to make a mess or to pee on your floor or on you.

If you are paying by the hour, do you want to pay for the guy to leave, take a leak, and return?

Answer 6

I had a company install central air in my house 2 years ago and one of the guys decided he needed to use my bathroom and funked up the whole house!

Answer 7

I don't think that it's rude... Sometimes people just have to go and since they're in your house, it's convenient. I wouldn't mind unless they made a mess.

Answer 8

I don t like it when any of those guys come over to fix anything at my place. They always act like assholes and believe they have the right to do anything they want, whenever they want. Must be their culture. It must also be their culture to never take their f ing boots off before they walk on my carpet.

Answer 9

there is not something impolite or unprofessional approximately desiring to apply the washing room. it extremely is a human choose; and how might you prefer to be out and approximately all day desiring to apply public centers? Cheer up.

Answer 10

if you came over to my house and you needed to use the washroom, do you think that would be rude?