to have thrown a nappy in the bin ??

[ariane5]

Went to the doctor this morning as have been unwell (im 18 weeks pg). DD came with me and she has just finished a course of horrible strong antibiotics for throat and ear infection.

Just my luck that she decides to explode and fill her nappy in the waiting room which is very busy and she stinks so off i go to change her I had to put the dirty nappy in the bin in the patients toilet as-sorry tmi here-it was liquid and couldnt have been plopped down the loo like i normally would do and the nappy just taken home in a nappy bag.I had forgotten the nappy bags too today so couldnt even bag it before i threw it away.

I went back to waiting room when a lady came in after me complaining loudly about somebody having thrown a dirty nappy in the toilet bin and how disgusting it was she went on and on and on about it and admittedly it was smelly but i dont see what choice i had, yes i could have taken it home but that would have meant taking it back into the waiting room with me and sitting there with it (and believe me it was bad) for half an hour before the doctor called me for my appt which surely would have been worse and offensive to a lot more people.

She went on so much and most of the people had seen me go off to change dd so knew it was me and they were saying yes, its terrible isnt it and tutting.

I dont think there was much i could have done in this situation but the reaction of people has made me wonder if i was being unreasonable ?

[AgentProvocateur]

Ew, yuk, sorry but I think that's disgusting. Could you not have asked the receptionist for a plastic bag?

[MonaLotte]

YABU you should have wrapped up the best you could and taken it with you.

Could you have asked the receptionist for a bag? I am sure they would have had something for you to put it in.

[MonaLotte]

Cross posts AP!

[DoesNotGiveAFig]

It was a mistake that's all, if you're unwell and DD's unwell your head isn't in the right place and so you did what you thought was best. Don't worry about it, if this woman was in any way decent she would have asked you about it herself instead of embarrassing you in front of lots of strangers.

Cah.

[Sirzy]

I would have asked the receptionist for a bin bag and then taken into to the main bin/asked the staff the best place to dispose of it.

I wouldn't leave a nappy stinking out my bathroom at home so wouldn't do it in public

[spannermary]

You poor thing! She sounds like a busy body. It's not pleasant, but I totally understand why you did it. And being 21+5 myself, i think YANBU. It's not as if you smeared it over the Walls!

[AgentProvocateur]

Great minds!

[ariane5]

the receptionist wasnt at her desk but even if i had got a bag it still would have smelt either in the toilet bin or if id kept it to take home and dispose of in my bin as id have had to sit there with it in the waiting room.

I do feel bad as its not nice but i really didnt know what else i could have done, i reasoned that its more acceptable for a toilet to smell than a waiting room and if they have a baby change thing in there and a bin then surely people must use the bin for nappies sometimes ?

[ViviPrudolf]

I wish my assorted houseguests were as considerate as to come on AIBU to question themselves after they've filled my bins up with their offsprings runny excrement.

[kreechergotstuckupthechimney]

Agree 100% with Doesnotgive. IMO, when you are properly sick, the last thing you can think about is the sensible thing.
She was being unkind to shout about it in the wating room.
Get well soon.

[lettingitallgonow]

These things happen and I know what it's like having a DD with an exploding bum! Some people have nothing better to do than create a mountain out of a mole hill.

Maybe hindsite you could have asked for a carrier bag but it's not the end of the world.

[Sirzy]

And it's always worth bearing in mind the fact that come the end of the day some poor cleaner is going to have the pleasure of emptying that bin!

[Insomnia11]

I think everyone (while we know it's wrong and in an ideal world we'd always do something else etc) is being dishonest if they haven't at least once left a dirty nappy in a less than ideal place.

[Sirzy]

I can honestly say I haven't insomnia, to the extent that when on holiday I always take the dirty nappies straight out to the big bins rather than leave it in the room for someone else to do. It doesn't take much to think these through.

[pigletmania]

YANBU at all. I am surprised of the sanctamonious busy bodies on this thread. We all have made mistakes as parents, and she threw it in the bin fgs not on the floor or in a bush, that is what bins are for to put rubbish in. I guess I would have put it in the bin and when receptionist came told her that there is a dirty nappy in the bin to be aware of it.

[ChristinedePizanne]

Nope, I can honestly say I never have, Insomnia. I never leave the house without nappy bags either.

Sorry you're not well OP but I think that's a pretty foul thing to do. Someone else is going to have to clean that bin now :(

[KateMiddIeton]

They should have a proper bin in the toilet for people who need to put nappies and other waste in. It's not just children who wear nappies but also some adults who need to as well.

If you have a condition that requires you to wear an adult nappy or a colostomy bag or anything else that needs proper disposal then the one place you would expect a suitable bin with lid and regular collection is a GP surgery.

[lisaro]

Not ideal, but as a one off in the circumstances it's understandable. \don't beat yourself up about it.

[pigletmania]

Its in a toilet fgs not in the actual waiting room , sometimes needs must. What do you expect op to do, put a runny nappy in her handbag . yes when you are a cleaner its part of the job to clean. I used to be a community worker at a day facility for people with LD and when a client had made a mess in the loo we would have to make the loo reasonable for the cleaner ,

[pigletmania]

Exactly kate they are a Drs surgery and patients use the loo, they should have suitable facilities for disposing nappies inc adult nappies

[Millicano]

You didn't have much choice really. Yes, it stinks, but whose shit doesn't?

[controlpantsandgladrags]

I don't see what else you could have done, and I would have done the same. Ok you could possibly have asked at reception for a bin bag/carrier bag, but what were you supposed to do with the shitty nappy whilst you did that? Carry it in your hand back out to reception?

Totally agree that a GP surgery of all places should have an appropriate bin for nappy disposal.

[nicknamenotinuse]

YANBU,you were in a tricky situation, didn't have the stuff you needed so put it in a bin, the way some people are replying to you by saying you abu you'd think you came out of the toilet into the waiting room with the dirty nappy on your foot and were smearing it around the floor as if ice skating on it. Forget about it, you did the best you could.

[emsyj]

YABU. You should have put it in the outside bin - the surgery will have a wheelie bin that gets emptied or something, it was not the right thing to do to put it in the toilet bin if it was not a designated (sealed) nappy bin.

[ballstoit]

Wonder how ill the woman must have been if she had the energy to make that much fuss about a dirty nappy.

I guess as the bin would have had a bin bag in which the nappy and other rubbish would be, the cleaner won't have to do any more than he/she normally does. I've cleaned pub toilets in the past and believe me, a dirty nappy placed inside a bin bag in a bin would have been a joy compared with some of the disgusting things I've had to clean.