Alright ladies and gents , after reading some previous posts about toilets and related goings on, How do you handle the situation of being at a clients house,or in an urban setting where privacy is at a premium and all of a sudden you have to answer natures call and you cannot positively, underlay can’t hold it off any longer. I know what I have done in the past ” an empty 5 gallon bucket with a lid, and a great big blue tarp to wrap yourself up in, and for striking paper I have had to pull one of my boots off, and sacrifice one of my socks” But since I have been on a self improvement regalia , going to the bushes, when you have a bush, is something I am trying to improve upon.
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which way,
1, 0r 2?
1, or 1 and 2?
are you sure this isn't "a gunner" question?
If it were Gunner he'd be talkin about #3"No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree." - W.C. Fields
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Edited 11/28/2007 9:39 pm ET by jet
You know, a few months ago, I was on Long Island, in NY and a lady had a little girl that had to go. So, she pulled out a training seat and sat the girl in the middle of a parking lot, 10 feet from Main Street, to do it. Not for nuthin, but she could have walked 50' to the back of the building for the little girl. I guess I'm just old fashioned ( I have no plans of changing anytime soon) but come on - a little decency.
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
Not much of an answer as much as an avoidance tip.
TRAIN yourself to evacuate wholly every morning before you ever step out the door, and thats it for solid waste for the day.
Unless it is a serious case of trots or illness ( in which case, don't leave the house anyway) it should become a non-issue with practice.
Btween portapots and customers houses, I'd prefer to not use either if at all possible.
Now taking a whizz, anything is fair cover, I'll stand next to my open van door and appear to be actually looking at something important..LOL
Or point wildly in the air, and exclaim "Look! UP there"..(G)
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
Now taking a whizz, anything is fair cover, I'll stand next to my open van door and appear to be actually looking at something important
I thought I was the only to do this.
Actually I put a clause in my contracts for access to the residence bathroom or the client pays rental for a porta-potty.
... I'll stand next to my open van door and appear to be actually looking at something important...
You are!
<Or point wildly in the air, and exclaim "Look! UP there"..(>
Freakin' LOL!
Forrest - wiping up th coffee
You are in an urban setting and gotta go?
FINALLY - a use for Lowes and/or Home Depot. They got good toilets. Public libraries work pretty good too.
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
You have to check the seats for super glue, though...
Everybody is born a hero.
If you have a trailer or a closet for a little privacy...A 5 gallon bucket.Line it with two trash can liners.Set the seat from an RV toilet on top.You'd think you were at home...When done, spin or tie up the tops of the bags, tuck that inside, and put the lid on the bucket. That will seal in all odors, etc. And it can be used again, if need be.Now dispose of the bags in such a way that no one is going to find a nasty surprise somewhere down the line.
Everybody is born a hero.
If the house is livable, and there's a functioning bathroom, what's wrong with simply asking the homeowner if it's ok to use it? I'm sure they'd agree. After all, you're not just a guest, you're there to improve the place and basic facilities should be provided as part of the job.
Scott.
Always remember those first immortal words that Adam said to Eve, “You’d better stand back, I don’t know how big this thing’s going to get.”
Over 20 years ago, I was working for a company doing a renovation of a 3rd floor loft apartment in lower Manhattan. I had to go, bad, but no plumbing was in. So (no, I am not proud of this) I let fly out the back window, into the alley.
Within 3 minutes or so, the intercom buzzer rang. "Uh-oh," I thought, "this can't be good." There was an angry woman's voice on the other end of the line, saying, "Did you just-"
"Here it comes," I said to myself, "Might as well own up to it and face the music."
"Did you just leave the front door open downstairs? I just came in and it was propped open."
Whew.
Musashi
-Groucho Marx
Edited 11/28/2007 11:57 pm ET by musashi
Dude, that's just old school. I mean REALLY old school (1800's). That's how it used to be done.
Except out the front windows too.
People dies young then too. Wonder why? ;)Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
Also a CRX fanatic!
If your hair looks funny, it's because God likes to scratch his nuts. You nut, you.
Lots of creative solutions here for the solid waste issue. I like Luka's.
But of course Sphere said it all when it comes to taking a wee. The diversionary tactics of some (moi) can be pretty incredible. Suffice it to say if you're a guy, the world is your urinal.
<if you're a guy, the world is your urinal.>
Hey everybody - I'VE GOT IT! We need a magazine for this whole area -
call it -
The Urinal of Light Construction
Forrest - giggling
Oh, Forrest, I blew coffee all over my Atlanta Urinal & Constipation !Greg
My hired help used an empty 20oz bottle. (even though he was working outside the entire time in a suburban area). The bottle was tossed in a trash can, not in a bag, just on loose on top of the bag once the lid ws removed.
The next day I had to bring out a new bag and saw the bottle. Thought it was odd not to recycle it in the big yellow can we have, and noticed it was full of liquid. Odd to throw out a prefectly good bottle of lemon aid I though, but it must have been bad and tossed. Figured I would be a good citizen and pour out the liquid to recycle. Only then did I realize what it was.
Happened again a few days later. This time I left the bottle be.
Book from college, Tristram Shandy, 18th C. The nanny says to the little boy, "Can you not make do to p**s out the window?" Alas, he remembers the day, someone had removed the weights from the sash window, and thus his early circumcision. "Nothing was well hung in our family."
This is a little off topic but I said "Hi How's I going?" to an older guy and he responded by saying "Really good, I've had a good solid BM everyday this week, so I can't complain".
I got a kick out that...lol