Letting a delivery driver use your loo

Yes, I would. And have.

But in all this - isn't it a bad situation that there are so few public toilets - especially now, in an era when there are so many people out on the road doing deliveries, etc?

In the past two decades, public loos have dropped by something like a third. The average English council has about 15 conveniences for every 12,500 people - I don't know the figures for Scotland, etc.

Of course, it's the usual cost-cutting by councils who cannot afford the maintenance etc, but I have read that it is possibly having an effect on people's wellbeing, according to The Canary, In the UK, around 14 million people live with bladder-control issues. Around 6.5 million people have similar problems with their bowels. Meanwhile, the Royal Society for Public Health found that 43% of people with continence issues do not leave their homes as often as they’d like.

In my small town in The Cotswolds, which is a magnet for tourists - there was one public loo when we moved here, in the centre of town. Much frequented, too. I watched two years ago as it was gradually converted into a des-res - someone's bought it and converted it into a small house which has so far had 3 tenants in succession.

And, of course, now they are gone - they won't be coming back. Just one more service beneficial to the general public that has been quietly removed.

The last individual who wanted to use my toilet was a paramedic - he was about to insert a canula but couldn't focus because he was bursting for a pee and told me later that he has a problem with an enlarged prostate and frequently has to ask to use people's loos. Poor chap. Not good is it?

A couple of years ago, I was in the front garden and a couple walking by stopped and the woman asked if she could use our loo. I did know her slightly by sight and so agreed. My DH suffers from IBS and so he was very sympathetic to her plight.

Grammaretto

Quite felicititious. As my DMiL used to say i hope the pan is perfect

Indeed 🤣🤣 I'm sadly obsessed with presenting a spotlessly clean loo, whilst being quite happy to frequent some..... debatable far Eastern loos🤭

Difficult in our house as all three loos are en-suite. Difficult enough when we have visitors . Perhaps not with someone we don’t know.

Quite felicititious. As my DMiL used to say i hope the pan is perfect

Very awkward, it would very much depend on who it was, I wouldn’t want to, but I probably would, as long as they were delivering something, and not a random passer by.
We don’t have public loos at work, but we allow customers to use them, I honestly can’t tell you the disgusting mess they are sometimes left in. So that does rather put me off.
But I know how it feels to be desperate, so I would probably come down on the side of allowing it.

Not if alone in the house .
I've had a couple of uncomfortable experiences .

Yes, I do but feel uncomfortable all the time. Last week a workman who had just arrived asked and of course, I said yes. Unfortunately, it is just off the hall, I had an experience like Primrose, window open, spray and eventually demestos. DH quipped afterwards" Good job you said yes".

I'd let them, but gave to dash in there first to make sure it was clean enough to eat your dinner in😉

Grammaretto they actually suggested that I asked to use the next door hair dresser’s loo. I think because the cafe is on a modern estate and used by locals, they expect customers to be able to make it home, but it’s very inconvenient. (Pun, sorry).

If it was a supermarket delivery driver then yes, but probably not any others.

I feel guilty now, hubby was here and we are one level living so he didn't have to go upstairs, I think if he had asked me directly I would have said yes but he threw me a bit by asking about public ones and I always take delivery to the front door and just fill my shopping bags up there then carry they through to the kitchen. I will be kinder next time.

I suppose it depends on whether or not you have a downstairs loo off the hall.

It depends on the delivery drivers too - we've got to know the supermarket drivers and at least two are women.
So yes, I'd let them use the downstairs loo.

Not that any have ever asked.

I think I would, busting to go to the loo, isn't a pleasant feeling, if I were on my own, I might step outside my own front door until they'd finished, paranoid possibly yes a bit ridiculous possibly

I’ve never been asked but wouldn’t have a problem offering the use of my downstairs loo. I have the protection of a German shepherd if necessary …

I think that's really bad Georgesgran unless there are nearby public ones.

I take my grandsons to a new cafe. It’s on a pedestrian area and has amazing cup cakes, lovely coffee and ice-cream. It’s perfect, but no toilets! Apparently, there’s no legal requirement if there’s under 10 seats, so high chairs don’t count, neither does all the outdoor seating, which doubles their footfall.

I guess I would if asked but in this case he specifically asked where the public ones are
Our public ones have recently closed and the situation is dire.
I asked in a cafe on Saturday and was told I'd have to wait and be accompanied down a steep stair through the stockroom
I thought all cafes were obliged to have toilets unless just takeaways
I feel sorry for bus drivers too
A horrible situation for you B9exchange

Yes, why ever not?
My friend’s son often gets delivery vans in for service, complete with those bottles of liquid still hidden under the seats!

I still have nightmares about a Specsavers shop. I had an appointment, was taken upstairs for it and I could feel an attack of IBS coming on and was desperate. I was told customers were not allowed to use their loo. I was forced to plead in front of other customers, and eventually the manager appeared - and refused me too! I had to rush out of the shop and race into M and S further up the street, as the public toilets had been closed.

I have never been back to that shop, and nothing would persuade me to step over the threshold now!

I let a workman digging the road use mine. It is an act of kindness

Of course I would let them. I know what it feels like to be desperate.

We always do because we run a business from home and get loads of drivers who we get to know.

We had a new mattress delivered recently and the guy asked if he could use the loo. He was in their ages. The smell when he left was like the worst smell ever. I literally had to cover my face and throw the window wide open and spray the room!! 🤮🤮

We have allowed Sainsbury's drivers to use the loo a couple of times. Why on earth would you not?

Round my way, a few years ago mysterious bottles of yellow liquid frequently appeared. These were put down to hard pressed delivery drivers.