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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had furniture delivered yesterday and one of the delivery people asked to use our bathroom. I said yes, but really don’t like it. Is there a polite way to refuse? I need some tips. They were in and out of our house in ten minutes and public restrooms are five minutes away. I will admit that I was a germophobe before Covid and that it is even worse now. [/quote]

I think it would be awful of you to refuse to let them use your bathroom since they were already in your house.  It's different if the delivery is something that comes no further than your door--then you can say you are not comfortable lettting someone you don't know in (Amazon, FedEx, DoorDash, etc).  But if you let them in, you should allow that.  You'd be surprised how often I've heard from plumbers, Verizon techs, etc that people refuse or never offer them a coffee or water.  It takes me 2 minutes to get someone a nice coffee (Nespresso machine) or a cold bottle of water, and they often have no time at all to stop for things like that because of the way their schedules are tracked.[/quote]

Yes, I do the same. I was just raised that way, but only recently learned this is not as common as I would assume. I always offer water and use of the bathroom for a service worker or for someone providing in-home delivery. Most say no, but a handful will say "yes, thank you."

The way workers are now tracked and micro-managed is cruel and ridiculous. Can't imagine they are wresting that more efficinency out of these workers.[/quote]

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