Women in department store loos - WTF are you doing in there?

[madonnawhore]

(inspired by another thread on here)

I was in John Lewis yesterday and needed the loo. There were two cubicles occupied and two people waiting ahead of me.

The two women occupying the cubicles took AGES. Ages and ages. WTF were they doing?

Eventually the right hand one became free, so the woman at the head of the queue went in. And then she took AGES.

And all the while, the left hand cubicle is still occupied by the same person, and it's been about 10 mins since I started queuing.

Seriously, WTAF? When I go for a wee, I'm in and out. No messing. Even if I need to change a tampon or something; no fucking around. Especially if there's a queue of people waiting.

By the time it got to be my turn I'd been waiting about 15mins for 3 women to have a wee. And the left hand cubicle was STILL occupied.

How long does it take you lot to wee? Are you one of those annoying 5 minute people that made me late for my hair appointment yesterday?

My Great Aunt used to go shopping with her elderly friend every Friday. For years she was intrigued to know why her friend spent hours in the public lavatory. Eventually she asked her. Apparently her friend would attempt to cover the seat with small pices of toilet roll, but they would float off each time a draft blew under the door. Once the seat was finally covered with a double layer she would sit on them. After using the toilet she would have to pick them all up again, often from the floor, and sometimes a double flush was required to dispose of them ! Apparently the matron of her girls boarding school had taught her this trick in the 1940s. Maybe it is commonly used.