Oh my goodness. Aibu to wonder what the hell you all do in there when out and about...

[CaptainTripps]

...the loo that is.

What on earth takes you so long? I go in, door gets locked, quick dab around the toilet seat with toilet paper, jeans down, quick wizz, jeans up, quick dab of anti bacterial. And I am outta there.

Even factoring in number twos and TOM, what the bloody hell takes so long? Gahhh.

Gemma: so do you not go out often?
Or do you wee in the open air?

"I absolutely cannot use public toilets - ever"

Not even for a wee! Do you only go out of the house for short bursts? Do you never go on holiday?

If you work do you go all day without going? It is really bad for your kidneys to hang on all day.

I have 4 layers of underwear. Each layer has to be pulled down or up separately (and smoothed / settled individually on the pulling up phase). The actual wee takes seconds, it's the Complex Clothing that takes ages! I should lose weight, then I could breeze in and out with only knickers to worry about!

No, I live a perfectly normal life and work, thank you, I choose to hold on until I get home as I'd rather not use public toilets, even if it means waiting 4-5-6 hours.

paxtecum - whatever

4 layers seems a lot.

Gemma That is a really bad idea. Do you drink less as a result?

4 layers of underwear? Do you live in the North Pole?

Explain please!

gemma do you ever get really desperate or do you think your body had trained itself and is used to it?

Mumoftwo

You have to take your coat off. That's what the hooks are for-and to keep your handbag off the floor.

Sometimes i am in there a long time as the cistern takes so long to fill from the previous flush, so I can flush it again.

That said-I try to avoid public loos at all costs.

I never realized I live in an arctic country 4 layers of clothes! And women with cast iron bladders who can go all day without a wee wow the things you learn.

weebarra Is that along the lines of.....

"It's coming"

"It's coming"

"It's a bit stuck"

"It's coming"

"ooooh I did a trump - that means it's on its way!"

"It's coming"

"It's coming"

"It's not coming - it was just a trump after all!" (Delivered very cheerfully.)

Whenever I read these threads and people say they never use public toilets I wonder do I have a really weak bladder/poor bowel control. If I have to go (wee or poo) I have to go. How do you hold it in???!

If you never use public toilets how do you manage when you have your period?

Drugs and gossip, mainly.

I also think some people take AGES to wee. I mean I sit down and mine is out in one bug gush. Some people sit there tinkling away for a good minute.

Clearly I have a giant urethra

I am in and out of the loo (including hand wash) faster than most of my male friends. No wasting time here!

I once flew from San Francisco to Heathrow and then drove home to The Midlands.
I had a wee at SF airport and the next wee was in my own loo.

Ouch, sparkling, that makes my bladder ache just thinking about it!

Don't you just love taking toddlers into public loos

I can't poo in public, never have been able to. Also sometimes get stage fright and can't wee for aaages if people can hear

If you have a long coat and gloves/bags etc, that does create faff. I have IBS so not using public toilets isn't a luxury I can afford, if I have to go I have to go Right Now. I also sometimes have to spend a few minutes tidying the loo up if I've made a mess, because I don't want to leave that for other people. I still don't take that long, I don't think. Leaving without washing hands though is awful! Antibacterial gel is supposed to be used on clean hands!

Also holding in your wee for a long time is terrible for your bladder/renal system.

I absolutely hate using public loos, especially when it's busy and the toilet seat is warm thanks to someone else's backside and do they all have to have that smell? Eau de Ten Thousand Pees with a hint of Impulse?

I go when I have to (which is unfortunately a lot at the minute, 30wks pregnant with a breech baby quite literally stomping on my bladder) and I'm in an out as quickly as humanly possible.

It's the hand dryers I hate, so unhygienic. And the people not washing their hands

I never, ever, ever poo in a public toilet though. Some things are just for at home.

I think you've missed out wiping one's arse (jeans down, wizz , wipe then jeans up, flush) then once out wash and dry hands

PiratePanda, how would you get germs from a public basin? You get soap from a dispenser, you don't touch anything when you're washing and rinsing, you can usually turn the tap off with your elbow, some stop automatically anyway.

In winter at work I wear 2 sets of thermals, trousers, t shirt, fleece, gilet, coat, apron, gloves, and jam a complicated maternity support belt contraption. It takes me hours to get arranged!

Pinholes I don't get preferring to poo at home. I don't have a choice, but surely pooing in a toilet you don't have to clean is preferable to pooing in one you do?

Also why are hand dryers unhygienic??

Mia4 Why do you wear tights under your jeans?

I have a shy bladder so if I think people are going to hear me wee I cannot go. So I need to relax. Like hypno-weeing.... And position myself so there's is minimal noise. It can take me A Long Time to wee.