Delivery person asks to use bathroom

[Anonymous]

Of course you say yes. How is this even a question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think saying yes allow common decency. We have 2 half bathrooms that are more than acceptable for guests to use. I would maybe switch out the hand towel afterwards. I would not want them to go upstairs to the bedroom level.

I don't get the germaphobe part. Do you think they are going to smear poop all over the place? Have you never used a shared restroom?

Fecal matter spray can spread disease and viruses.

And seriously, you’re ok with sitting on the seat after a strangers ass has been there? You hover in public, that’s the difference.

You don’t hover in public Omg. You sit same as at home. Use a disposable seat cover if you’re really worried. It’s just SKIN!!! It’s just your butt! This is why public toilet seats always have pee on them.

[Anonymous]

I’ve let delivery people use our bathroom and then I spray it clean after they leave.

[Anonymous]

Refusing is (at a minimum) impolite, so no, there isn't a polite way to refuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If my husband were home, I'd let them use my powder room. No way would I let them use any other bathrooms. Prescription drugs or other items are in my other bathrooms. Powder room is just a vanity and toilet.

Not OP, but not all of us have powder rooms so that's not even an option. I do agree though that I wouldn't let them use other bathrooms either.

My small house has one bathroom used by our teen DD (and cleaned up if there are guests...back when "guests" were a thing), and one used by DH and me. The latter is IN our bedroom and nope, no one is going to walk through our bedroom to use that one; I'm just not saying yes to that. The one DD uses is...the one DD uses, and I don't want a stranger in there; it's abundantly clear it's used by a teen girl, and despite the calls here to "be human" I think it's a bad idea to give away to strangers information about exactly who lives in a house. I also agree with PP re: any prescription medications etc. that could be found in bathrooms, though we don't have any in ours.

If it were someone who was around regularly, like one of the crew who do lawn work for a us a few times a year, that might be different. I would absolutely have let our previous lawn guy come in the house--I trusted him to watch things when we traveled! But random delivery people? I'd just say, "I'm sorry, that doesn't work, but there's a 7-11, a McDonald's and a coffee shop one block away." Because there are. I don't want to be heartless but it's just such a way to telegraph to a stranger who is in the home, where medications or jewelry might be (which is why no one will use my bathroom that's inside my bedroom), etc.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. Thanks to those of you who did not put me down. It has happened more than once so I wanted to be prepared. The previous time was when we moved into this house and one of the movers had obvious diarrhea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thanks to those of you who did not put me down. It has happened more than once so I wanted to be prepared. The previous time was when we moved into this house and one of the movers had obvious diarrhea.

See this is why I wouldn’t allow it in my house. They prob left diarrhea stains all over the bathroom. And that’s contagious!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thanks to those of you who did not put me down. It has happened more than once so I wanted to be prepared. The previous time was when we moved into this house and one of the movers had obvious diarrhea.

Would you have a problem letting a friend use your bathroom and they had “obvious diarrhea”? If their diarrhea ok bc it is not working class?

[Anonymous]

I’ve never had a delivery person ask to use the bathroom. If one did, it was an emergency. Have a little compassion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thanks to those of you who did not put me down. It has happened more than once so I wanted to be prepared. The previous time was when we moved into this house and one of the movers had obvious diarrhea.

Yeah, that’s why they had to ask to use your bathroom! Do you not care about other people at all? Do you just refuse to be inconvenienced or generous towards the people around you? This is so easy to deal with and truly a service to someone in need. You should do it willingly and feel good about it! This isn’t someone off the street, it’s someone who is working in your house and had a physical emergency of the type we have ALL had. I honestly can’t imagine how you behave in the rest of your life.

[Anonymous]

Also to add as OP, the bathroom is not very accessible to the front door or room the furniture was going in and is full of personal toiletries and such of the kids. No medications, but it is a personal space.

[Anonymous]

Our mail lady once asked to use the bathroom. I was a bit taken aback but of course said yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No sorry. I don’t want poop streaks all over the toilet bowl or seat or wall.

So you think delivery driver is a 5 year old. Ok

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thanks to those of you who did not put me down. It has happened more than once so I wanted to be prepared. The previous time was when we moved into this house and one of the movers had obvious diarrhea.

Would you have a problem letting a friend use your bathroom and they had “obvious diarrhea”? If their diarrhea ok bc it is not working class?

Elitist diarrhea pisses me off.

[Anonymous]

It’s gross, but better than watching someone go through that distress - and possibly making a mess in the living room. We’ve all been in uncomfortable spots in that regard. Especially if you’ve given birth or had a food sensitivity.