To wonder what the hell women do in toilet cubicles that takes sooooo long?

[Ashbeeee]

have always wondered about this when standing in huge loo queues.

I just go in, wee (or ahem you know) , flush and come out. Why the several minutes people? Is the entire female population constipated ?

I have a neuro condition. There are no visible effects - you'd probably be amazed if you saw me, most friends find it hard to believe - but it means it takes me quite a while to adjust my clothing (lack of sensation in hands and parts of torso) before I even deal with intermittent continence issues.

I often feel embarrassed when there's a long queue waiting. Although that isn't as bad as having to occasionally ask to queue jump as I sometimes suffer urge incontinence.

All that said, my mum, who has no health issues, has always taken an age an I've never understood why!

I hope no one's putting wet wipes down the loo. They aren't made of paper like loo roll.

I don't get needing to cover the seat with paper. I mean your hands are going to touch the door, the tap, other doors, money etc if it's good enough for you hands to go where others have gone before surely good enough for your bum.

Sanitary wear changing, constipation, poo/wee shyness (sometimes if it's quiet it takes it ages to come!), doing makeup in private with no-one staring.. I like to be in and out quickly though!

I think it seems longer when you're the one waiting.

I have always wondered about this as well. Sometimes, i just stay in the toilet a bit longer, just so I can come out at the same time as my friends when we all go together.
I am weird, I know

Thanks Ashbee. Better than the alternative, which is a bag, which I definitely don't want. Am quite looking forward to being able to pee like a man standing up, albeit through a tube in my belly button which is a little weird!

If its clean I'm in and out pretty quick usually I take my coat off as I don't want it dangling in the loo (parka with the strings at the back) but do that before I go in. hang it up, if the floor is clean/dry I leave my bags on the floor. If it's wet I hang it all up. Sometimes a nightmare task. do the business. sort myself out, flush check for rogue loo roll in clothing/on shoes make sure I'm decent. grab my stuff and head to the sink.

I'm always amazed that it takes people so little time!

I take AGES. Here's what I do.
close door, lock door, hang bag, brolly, coat up. Take gloves off it's winter. check loo seat for smears, wipe with loo roll if necessary. remove trews and pants, put loo roll into bowl to avoid the loud tinkle wee or stuff. wipe dry. (any tampon attention is also done now if required). pull pants, trews back up, put coat, gloves back on. flush/wipe as required. grab bag/brolly. unlock and open door. I may put my lippy on in the loo too as if you do it at the basin then everyone stops and stares. If it's crowded, then I also struggle to let go and wee.

I'm also a careful person so I'll do a quick check on my person and about the cubicle before I leave

So there you have it!

haha I have always wondered this... I go in, balance over the loo for a quick as possible wee and get the hell outta there!!

I blame control underwear.

I need hardly any time to have a quick wee and would never keep anyone waiting for a poo as I would have to find another totally empty toilet to do that. I never get more than a minute at the GPs either and I'm one of those people who makes instant payment in the supermarket without faffing about with discount tokens and asking questions about what is reduced and what isn't. I do get very cross about all the time I spend waiting for people who can't get themselves organised.

I don't understand it either. I HATE public toilets, I want to be in and out pretty quickly and I NEVER sit on a public toilet seat. Puke.

Frostycake - So you may have wiped the toilet seat clean and then wiped yourself but then you put on your gloves back on and sometimes apply your lippy? Don't you wash your hands? Eww!

I get increasingly anxious about what is going to greet me after a long wait, especially when there's a queue behind me.

IBS is very common in this country. I have crohns - IBDs are not particularly rare. Wherever I am I'm always clocking exactly where the nearest toilet it. And sometimes I'm in there a while. If someone asks to queue jump because they are desperate, do please let them.

I take my coat off and hang up my bag - but it still only takes a matter of seconds. Even when I was suffering from severe menorrhagia.

FAFFING. That's what it is.

I am on meds that cause bloating and wind! I can fart like a horse at times and have to wait and let it out when someone uses the noisy hand drier.

Am I on my own with this? :-/

I'm also aghast at the mess left in most public women's loos. Wee and paper on the seat and floor, Turds not flushed away , Sanpro not properly disposed of. I can't believe adult women would leave loos in that kind of state even if they're public. I think they should have notices in loos to remind people to wipe the seat ,flush away bodily secretions, and dispose of sapro and paper properly. The nicest public loos are those in national trust properties where the majority know to leave the loo clean for the next user.

I don't think signs will help, people are either considerate or not.. There are a lot of pigs in the world. My worst encounter was a used sanitary towel stuck to the wall at work! Smart office too so scruffs are everywhere.. We eyed everyone suspisciously after that

Do you ever see queues for the gents?

Yes, Sports events, all the time. Some music events, too. meanwhile very little queue for the gals.

blossom I work in a 'nice' office in central London. There's always one cubicle (usually in the morning) that has unflushed deposits and a boat load of loo roll. Eugh. I too look and wonder who the culprit is. Nasty.

Generally I think the same, OP. It seems like I always get to the toilets just as a whole bunch of people who presumably have never used a toilet before go in and take ages working it all out.

Once though, it took me ages. I was blind drunk and remembered I had to change my mooncup. I went into the pub toilet, and due to my drunkenness, managed to make a total hash of the job, thus splattering every single surface in the cubicle with blood. It was like a horror movie. I had to clean it all up with bog roll, which took several flushes as I didn't want to block the toilet.

Not sure how often that happens though.

"Guess gents are faster users as no cubicles to navigate in and out of in just peeing. It must be awful to use gents' loos though. Imagine just lining up next to each other with no privacy."

There are usually some cubicles available for the more discerning gent who wants a sit-down-wee/avoid splashback being sized up /play toilet tennis.

I imagine they are minding their own business. It's a lost art, you know.