People who won't accept that the toilet door is locked.

[ClaudiaWankleman]

Happened to me twice yesterday. First time just after lunch in a restaurant. I have just settled down on the seat when I hear the parent and child outside the door.

'Is this one open?' Rattles the door of the cubicle next to me loudly. Clearly not.
'This one?' Rattles my door loudly. No it fucking isn't, leave me alone.
'Are you sure?' Rattles my door again. Fuck off, I've had two glasses of wine and need a wee. Look at the red sign on the lock.
DC continued kicking the cubicle door next to me. A very nervous trip to the toilet, I was terrified that the door would burst open (silly, I know).

Then a few hours later, we had 45 minutes to spare and sat outside a Costa in the sun. Lovely, so relaxing. I nipped into the toilet before we left. One of those unisex/ disabled toilets.

I hear one person come in and rattle the door (terrifying as it only locks by pulling the handle up so more precarious than the previous incident). They give up. Thirty seconds later they try again. Fuck off, I had a big lunch and I've only been in here a minute (they must've almost followed me through the door to the toilet!). Then someone else comes in and I hear the conversation.
'I think there's someone in there.'
'Oh really?'
'Yeah look.' Rattles my door to show that it won't open.

If they think it's going to make me hurry up they've got another think coming. If anything it just makes my arsehole seize up.

AIBU here? Bore off.

[sparkleglitterdaisy]

The worst public toilets I've been in overseas were holes in the ground ones - no doors either - wasn't able to go !! Slightly off topic but recently I was in Covent Garden shopping & needed a wee ,only ones I could find wanted a £1 - a whole pound !!! Thought 20p at the station was pricey . Needless to say I hung on .

[Madeupforthis]

I once called back "Excuse me, I am doing a shit" and surprisingly they fucked off.

[RhiWrites]

People keep trying the handle because they don't know you're in there. Holla out "someone's in here" and they'll stop.

[balletcats]

Oh god OP YADNBU. I hate this. Hate it! And always apologise profusely if I accidentally do it to someone.

The locks at the Royal exchange theatre in Manchester are most precarious. As I discovered to my shame whilst trying to have a wee in the interval of a play!

[BooFuckingHoo]

From the male perspective

what relevance is that to the story?

[balletcats]

Madeup

Brilliant!

[BazookaJoe90]

I was trying to be funny, given the thread the other day going on about the male perspective and why it wasn't relevant. I did try to stick a big grin emoticon in but it didn't work. Sorry.

[Greyponcho]

Last week at work, the 'ladies bin' contractor just tried to unlock the loo door (they type that can be opened with a 2p or similar) instead of even waiting or knocking! don't want to be explaining my bodily processes to a total stranger

[StarryIllusion]

I just shout fuck off if they keep doing it and generally they do.

[RhodaBorrocks]

OhhBetty I say that too!

We only have one loo at work and people do it all the time. I only do it when feeling passive aggressive about the woman who takes aaaaages every time. Probably shouldn't as she could have IBS like me for all I know, but unlike me, when the handle is jiggled she doesn't vacate asap. I tend to try and finish up as quickly as possible. If finishing quickly is not an option then I shout the aforementioned "occupado".

[TheNoodlesIncident]

People keep trying the handle because they don't know you're in there Isn't the locked door a giveaway?!

People might feel a bit vulnerable using a lavatory, who wants to feel that any moment they might have an audience? (or should that be viewer? Either way using the loo is not a spectator sport) I had this recently, the lock didn't feel very secure and I did feel that there was a significant risk that it might not hold against a determined entrant.

It didn't. Beheld in me glory.

[ReginaBlitz]

Yabu for not hovering in public loilets, you sat on the seat yuk.

[wasonthelist]

sat on the seat yuk.

Thanks for perpetuating this bollocks. Having piss all over the seats is so much better than imaginary "germs" that will instantly infect your arse.

[wasonthelist]

I only do it when feeling passive aggressive about the woman who takes aaaaages every time

How is that passive aggressive? Isn't that aggressive aggressive, or as we used to call it, aggressive?

[WorkAccount]

i was waiting for the loo, as all of them claimed to be locked, after a while no-one came out and no sounds.
It turns out every cubicle was empty and the locks were giving false information.
I now test doors.

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

i refuse to shout while excreting I'd say that's fair OP.

It it irritating so YANBU, but I'd say YABU to keep describing it as 'terrifying'

[AlpacaPicnic]

I shout out 'DO YOU MIND?' in a faux-posh british accent. Then I flush several times for good measure. After I'm done of course.

I'm also a seat sitter! It's only skin. Top of the leg skin! It's not like someone is rubbing their fanjo all over the seat. You'd have as much skin on skin contact if you sat on a bus seat after the previous occupant wore hotpants...

[OnionKnight]

Oh sweet Jesus this thread brings back a painful memory.

Years ago I was using the disabled loo at work (yes I'm disabled) and someone tried to open the door but obviously I'd locked it, they then proceeded to unlock the door using a key, I shouted that it was occupied but the door was really thick so she didn't hear me. Turns out that it was a cleaner and she wanted to clean the loo, I complained about her and she got a bollocking.

[Cellardoor23]

I had a similar experience but it was with a baby changing/toilet in JL. The woman stood right in front of the door, so when I opened it I couldn't get the pram out. Why?! No one is going to jump in front of you. Really gave me the rage.

[powershowerforanhour]

OTOH, for a happier loo moment- I love the sisterly solidarity that comes from handing or being handed loo roll under the partition by a complete stranger when one of you has failed to notice that your cubicle has run out.

[DeadGood]

See this useful article
mistupid.com/people/page051.htm

[DeadGood]

"People who despite being functioning adults, can't operate bog doors thereby giving you zero chance and then think it's your fault you opened the door and saw them in action"

It is a bit your fault though for not knocking...

I used to work in an office with only one loo on each floor. There was a working lock that showed red if occupied. Used to hate it when people would rattle the handle - FFS, check the display! Then gently push the door open. You are not five! Why be so brutish ??

But the worst were the people who, upon finding it occupied, would WAIT OUTSIDE THE CUBICLE. No. Go back to your desk and come back in 3 minutes. Do not put us both in the awkward situation of coming face-to-face in the toilet door. Ugh!

[ToastDemon]

I had a really irritating incident of this nature in the Middle East. Went to use the loo in an Indian restaurant. Couldn't see from the lock if it was occupied or not so tried it once, not roughly. It was indeed locked so I waited.
Local woman then piles out in a rage, and starts abusing the staff member! So I quickly said oh, that was me trying the toilet, she gave me a filthy look and stalked off.
I then went in, had been peeing literally a few seconds when a girl of about 9 or 10, a member of this woman's party, comes and tries the door. On finding it locked she proceeded to rattle in violently and wail hysterically. Meanwhile I did my best stern Brit "This toilet is OCCUPIED, and you will HAVE to WAIT" thing.
It was the sheer hypocrisy that really annoyed me. Her mum/aunt whatever had a hissy fit at me trying the door yet she got to have a noisy tantrum when it was my turn.

[wasonthelist]

It is a bit your fault though for not knocking

The twice it's hapoened to me was -

The single toilet in a coffee shop. Woman using it had simply failed to use the easy to understand/work lock - thick door and noisy fan so not sure knockjng would have helped.
On a train where the bloke (with his dog) hadn't pressed the button with the huge sign next to it that says "press this button to lock the door"

Not sure why I should knock the door on an apparently empty bog each time?

[Alconleigh]

We have loo doors at work which rest in the closed position. You can tell if they are occupied by whether the little bar is white or red. I think it's obvious but do have to help people fairly frequently by pointing out that they are queuing for a row of empty loos. Rattlers deserve punishment though.