On a lighter topic, this came up in a local morning show in Detroit.
For those who are easily offended by bathroom humor, click on "Next
Thread" now!

I repeat, if you don't like bathroom humor, this is your last chance...

There's a local story where a guy from DTE Energy was caught by a
homeowner peeing in her garden... right on her strawberry plants.
Nice. So the show took calls from people on similar circumstances and
the question was placed on those people who work outside all day, maybe
driving from site to site, how do they handle the bathroom situation.

Some of the "hightlights":

One guy cleaned windows, and one of his customers gave him the code to
her house and allowed him to use the bathroom, even though he said he
didn't like having to use a customer's bathroom. He did a #2, and when
he was leaving, the woman's daughter came home, they passed in the
hallway, she entered the bathroom, and about 1.5 seconds later exited
quickly!

Some of the not so great stories: Builders who did #2 the holes for
sump pumps. Another guy who installed carpet said that a common
practice for them was to find a remote road (dirt road), do a #2 in old
carpet padding, roll it up and tie it, and put it on the bumper of
their truck and "forget" it when they drive off!

Finally, a guy called up and said he had 2 chimney sweeps over for
about 3 hours. One of the guys asked if he could use the bathroom, and
he said yes. The guy was in there for 15 minutes and left. Home
owners wife goes into bathroom and starts emptying laundry hamper.
Chimney sweep apparently soiled himself, wrapped his underwear in
newspaper, and threw it in the hamper!!! WTF?!?!

"Larry Bud" wrote in message
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On a lighter topic, this came up in a local morning show in Detroit.
For those who are easily offended by bathroom humor, click on "Next
Thread" now!

I repeat, if you don't like bathroom humor, this is your last chance...

There's a local story where a guy from DTE Energy was caught by a
homeowner peeing in her garden... right on her strawberry plants.
Nice. So the show took calls from people on similar circumstances and
the question was placed on those people who work outside all day, maybe
driving from site to site, how do they handle the bathroom situation.

Some of the "hightlights":

One guy cleaned windows, and one of his customers gave him the code to
her house and allowed him to use the bathroom, even though he said he
didn't like having to use a customer's bathroom. He did a #2, and when
he was leaving, the woman's daughter came home, they passed in the
hallway, she entered the bathroom, and about 1.5 seconds later exited
quickly!

Some of the not so great stories: Builders who did #2 the holes for
sump pumps. Another guy who installed carpet said that a common
practice for them was to find a remote road (dirt road), do a #2 in old
carpet padding, roll it up and tie it, and put it on the bumper of
their truck and "forget" it when they drive off!

Finally, a guy called up and said he had 2 chimney sweeps over for
about 3 hours. One of the guys asked if he could use the bathroom, and
he said yes. The guy was in there for 15 minutes and left. Home
owners wife goes into bathroom and starts emptying laundry hamper.
Chimney sweep apparently soiled himself, wrapped his underwear in
newspaper, and threw it in the hamper!!! WTF?!?!

This is a shi**y subject.

Many years ago, I was sent to a new house where someone had crapped in a
floor return. Needless to say, the stench was horrible. My helper and I
removed the offensive hard pipe and replaced it. We also fogged the house
with nearly an entire can of some stuff that was supposed to cover up the
remaining smell.

The worst part was the general manager asked what we did. He started
screaming at me because I didn't *clean* the duct work, but replaced it
instead. I told him the fouled stuff was in the dumpster and he could go
clean it himself. It never happened.

BTW, it was a co-worker that did the deed in the return duct because he was
****ed at the builder and the GM of the company.

knew a garbageman, he would take a whiz carrying a bag oir can of trash
as cover right on the street.

hey sometimes when you got to go its NOW!

In article . com,
"Larry Bud" wrote:

On a lighter topic, this came up in a local morning show in Detroit.

Working outdoors and rarely at the same place for more than a few hours, this
is right up my... alley!

For the usual ahem "stand up" relief, an opened door on the cab or utility
box of the truck usually suffices.

Fortunately, I have NEVER had a true EMERGENCY for the other function where I
was compelled to use something other than a "proper" receptacle. I usually
drive to a convenience store or service station. Occasionally I will politely
ask the homeowner's permission to use their bathroom.

I would like to think that I am NOT the exception in that I am consciously
fastidious (clean) but my use of public restrooms causes me to suspect
otherwise. Still, I have never been denied permission by a homeowner and take
care care to leave the place as good, or better, than I found it. I can
assure you that I have never done anything that would rate inclusion in a
compilation of "horror stories" on a TV show.

I do know, however, there has been a BIG change in the construction industry
in the last 10-20 years: Portable toilets are the norm now.

I used to NEVER see a portable toilet at a single home construction site.
They are almost ALWAYS present now.

When my home was under construction in 1991, I learned the hard way that
"dumpster diving" could be a hazardous ventu Empty ceramic tile cartons
are the PERFECT size for an urgent "sit down" job. I suspect they are used to
this day for that purpose where a P.T. isn't available.

I also learned the hard way to be careful where I kneel outdoors next to a new
home when digging-in the buried phone drop: "Inside" corners that are mostly
"private" are frequently used as stand-up latrines during construction.

There are several vendors for disposable urinal bags. A relatively new
innovation, these handy items contain an absorbent powder. They will easily
accommodate any "normal" single use. The powder gels-up, the bag is tied at
the top and placed in any proper trash receptacle. A handy "fresh wipe"
towelette is also provided!

Well, you asked...
--

JR

i know a contractor who was showing a high end client his new house
just as it was being roofed. got dripped on and guy just stood there
and commented about the rain. never figured out the "rain" was the
roofer's ****.

"Larry Bud" wrote in message
On a lighter topic, this came up in a local morning show in Detroit.
For those who are easily offended by bathroom humor, click on "Next
Thread" now!

I repeat, if you don't like bathroom humor, this is your last chance...

There's a local story where a guy from DTE Energy was caught by a
homeowner peeing in her garden... right on her strawberry plants.
Nice. So the show took calls from people on similar circumstances and
the question was placed on those people who work outside all day, maybe
driving from site to site, how do they handle the bathroom situation.

Some of the "hightlights":

One guy cleaned windows, and one of his customers gave him the code to
her house and allowed him to use the bathroom, even though he said he
didn't like having to use a customer's bathroom. He did a #2, and when
he was leaving, the woman's daughter came home, they passed in the
hallway, she entered the bathroom, and about 1.5 seconds later exited
quickly!

Some of the not so great stories: Builders who did #2 the holes for
sump pumps. Another guy who installed carpet said that a common
practice for them was to find a remote road (dirt road), do a #2 in old
carpet padding, roll it up and tie it, and put it on the bumper of
their truck and "forget" it when they drive off!

Finally, a guy called up and said he had 2 chimney sweeps over for
about 3 hours. One of the guys asked if he could use the bathroom, and
he said yes. The guy was in there for 15 minutes and left. Home
owners wife goes into bathroom and starts emptying laundry hamper.
Chimney sweep apparently soiled himself, wrapped his underwear in
newspaper, and threw it in the hamper!!! WTF?!?!

As a former contractor, I don't have any stories. But, I have taken a job
with the state, in the transportation department, and have more than my
share. So, I will extend the stories about every day people.

It's a great job in the winter, plowing & salting the interstates. On super
slow days, when you're not doing patching etc., you do litter patrol.

We find all sorts of treasures, like watches, cash, tools, new clothing.
One of my co-workers thought he hit the mother load, when he found a spiffy
new briefcase. All of us figured a big load of cash was in it. It was
locked, so the co-worker pried open his find. It was a mother load alright,
someone took a dump in it, complete with toilet paper. Figure that one out!

I had my first experience with contractors last November when I had a
complete roof tearoff/replacement by a large experienced roofing
company. The first couple days there were around 8 men working, after
that usually about 6, and the job lasted a week. It was a full month
before the job was actually completed, because there were various
problems that I insisted they remedy before payment. Then it would
usually be a couple of guys working.

I told the guys they should feel free to go in the back door and use the
bathroom. I think that maybe one guy took me up on that one day early
on. Maybe there were others, but I couldn't detect that. I determined
that mostly, these guys were good at not having to go.

When you know that you won't have access to a toilet, you generally
alter your habits - you don't drink as much and you void before you
leave your house or the company facilities. I do that... It's just
common sense. I'm sure that explains the fact that these guys didn't
seem need to take a dump. Also, they almost always went offsite for
lunch hour. I did see a few bottles partially filled with yellow liquid
here and there, probably times when they forgot to remove them. There
was no portapotty. They are based out of Oakland, CA.

Larry Bud wrote:
On a lighter topic, this came up in a local morning show in Detroit.
For those who are easily offended by bathroom humor, click on "Next
Thread" now!

I repeat, if you don't like bathroom humor, this is your last chance...

There's a local story where a guy from DTE Energy was caught by a
homeowner peeing in her garden... right on her strawberry plants.
Nice. So the show took calls from people on similar circumstances and
the question was placed on those people who work outside all day, maybe
driving from site to site, how do they handle the bathroom situation.

Depends.

On 7 Aug 2006 09:03:47 -0700, "Larry Bud"
wrote:

On a lighter topic, this came up in a local morning show in Detroit.
For those who are easily offended by bathroom humor, click on "Next
Thread" now!

I'm not a contractor, but on a site I will not go in a porta-poti for
sure. Out here they are called "taco stands". I have carried a bucket,
paper and line the bucket with a garbage bag if I need to sit down on
a job (in the back of the box truck).

Four prison staff were traveling in two vans outside Tampa on I-75. A
large tire iron fell from a semi, causing a front tire blow-out in the
front van. Lucky it didn't go through the windshield. Both vans are
pulled over into the center median, well off the highway and the three
guys are changing the tire. "Rosa", says she has to pee bad and can't
wait. She trots to the other van, goes inside and does her business.
"Where the hell is Rosa?" Being a secure van: dark windows, a
screen behind the seats, bars on the windows and no handle to get out
Rosa sat there with a 48 OZ Big Gulp cup full of wizz. Nobody heard
her screaming to get out, because of the traffic.

Oren