to think that loud music should be played in public toilets?

[Stanky]

Sorry, just reading the other thread about the fart on the bus (could be another verse for wheels on the bus?), and how many people have stomach/bowel problems, are forced to dash into public loos.

Wouldn't it be better to have loud music playing to mask any embarrassing noises? I know that we should all grow up and get over it, but sometimes I feel self conscious even going for a wee, in case a weird noise happens. The silence can be crushing when a stranger is in the cubicle next to you, and you end up having a stand off of who makes noise first. It's always better when the other toilet is flushed, or the dryer is going, and then I feel free to go.

Would/does loud music in toilets make things better?

If other people are in the toilet, I put my fingers in my ears when weeing it distracts me from breaking the silence with the sound of wee

For a poo I make sure no one else is in and take a calculated risk of getting it out quickly before anyone arrives. I don't force it - but if I'm in a public toilet, I must be desperate for a poo so I don't hang about.

While I'm perfectly aware that going to the toilet is normal, doing it publicly is not.

I love the waterfall idea! I used to do the silent stand off thing at work too, it wasn't that I was embarrassed about the sound but my body just wouldn't let me go if someone was sat in silence beside me. Sometimes I'd have to come back later if they didn't move and they'd win the stand off What are we like eh..

The silent stand off thing is awful. I have IBS and really struggle to have a poo sometimes without letting rip with a massive fart. I can be in toilet for ages waiting for everyone to leave before I come out. Men just don't have these stupid hang ups

Brilliant idea !!!

Yabu! Noise sensitivity (hyperacusis in my case) would make your idea pure torture!

None of the toilets I visited in Japan had music playing but what they did have was a button on the control panel to play flushing water sounds

I have Crohn's and early into the disease the silence in bathrooms used to really bother me. Now I couldn't care less. Tricks like putting a bit of loo roll in the bowl before wees, loosely covering your bum hole when farting/diarrhoea-ing worked a treat. Putting an extra strong mint in the toilet before going masks the smell.

Yanbu.
I would love music in public loos or loos at work. (Though ours is an old building so fortunately, there's an almost solid wall! I hope to God we never get a new build )
When I'm drying my hands in a public loo and someone else is there, or comes in, I always put the hand-dryer on a few times to give them some cover
'Cos I'm thoughtful that way
(And yes to putting loo roll down first hahaha)

I wonder if everyone that says we are all adults why let it bother you has regular dashes to spend up to half a hour in agony folded over in pain trying to be quiet. I'm the first person to laugh off my shit issues with friends but it's bad enough without being listened to.

Yanbu. I have ibs and walk to the furthest toilets from our office.

Classical would be nice.

Just flush the loo when you sit down and problem solved! Nobody has to hear a thing!

Fellow IBSer here. If it's a solid one, I sometimes make a cradle of loo roll to catch it and ease it down into the loo noiselessly. Spreading cheeks before farting can minimise sound sometimes, but other times particularly when bowels are looser, the noise seems to come from my tummy. This morning's episode was fairly horrendous and I'm so glad I was at home for it... about 7 mins of on again/off again. Those are the worst to try to cover up at work. In there so long but what can you do?!!

Fantastic idea!

WLF46 what are you on about?!?

We get enough piped music everywhere else. Is nowhere sacred?

Yes please!! Since having a camper that doesn't have it's own toilet we are limited to 2 nights away as there is No Way I can poo in the public toilets on a campsite. I have to hold on until we get home. I would be able to let it go knowing I can make as much noise as I like without coming out of a cubicle embarrassed

Just flush the loo when you sit down and problem solved! Nobody has to hear a thing!

This is a good idea but I use a spray to mask the smell before I unleash a poo and flushing would take away the nice masking scent and I'd be left with eau du shit.

Can't win!

Good idea but not piped music,,,