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Original poster

You can't have an emergency poo in m&s

202 replies

Annoyinglyhappyperson · 10/12/2016 21:02

Oh the worst Christmas shopping trip happened today. Ds1 went into town for a nice day out together I haven't been too well recently and have a bit of a jippy tummy. We went into m&s to have a look round and decided to take ds for a drink and make use of their facilities as my tummy was still not great. I came out and an older woman went in after me and immediately came out telling everyone not to go in that cubicle
Totally poo shamed me Blush

OP posts:
SukeyTakeItOffAgain · 10/12/2016 21:14

Poking AND peeing sorry.

SleepFreeZone · 10/12/2016 21:14

Oh god that must have just been extremely embarrassing all round 😁

arethereanyleftatall · 10/12/2016 21:14

That's true mud. If ever I've done a shit, if I'm alone, I move along to the next loo, flush it, then wash my hands in the sink in front of second loo, in case anyone else comes in so I can pretend it wasn't me. Farcical really for a 40+ year old!

TheGruffaloMother · 10/12/2016 21:16

Livia the OP has given no indication at all that she'd had something contagious.

KlingybunFistelvase · 10/12/2016 21:16

don't know gruffalo. I remember a guy being violently sick on a plane a while ago - poor bastard - and some woman was whingeing about how we'd all come down with it next. It turned out the poor guy had an illness which he was on medication for and had a bad reaction to the drugs. It was sad that this woman's only thought was "oh no what about me catching it". Not possible in that particular case!

Ahickiefromkinickie · 10/12/2016 21:19

How was the woman rude?

Poo smells gross me out, I would have appreciated the woman's warning, without thinking badly of the OP.

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Annoyinglyhappyperson · 10/12/2016 21:21

I have IBS which has been bad recently no tummy bugs freely spraying to all. I've had the cubicle of doom done to me and I've just quietly come out and waited for another. It was like she wanted to shame me really maliciously in front of the queue.

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Chemistria · 10/12/2016 21:22

sukey poking and peeing in Grin

I would've walked out, not made a big deal of it.

SheepyFun · 10/12/2016 21:22

You have my utmost sympathy, OP. I've probably got IBS; for me that means I typically get diarrhea about three times a week - and by diarrhea I mean 4+ loose bowel movements in 24 hours, not a single trip to the loo. It's also unpredictable - sometimes I get less than 5 minutes notice before potential soiling. However I would have no life if I stayed at home whenever I had a possible flare up. That means some public toilets have been left a little smelly. I look forward to other posters suggestions as to how often I should leave the house...

Summer23 · 10/12/2016 21:23

You should have asked her if hers smells of roses! Surely she could have just gone to another cubicle. How rude.

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marvelousdcomics · 10/12/2016 21:25

Yanbu. What are toilets for if not to piss/shit in? Dh, Dd and ds1 both have IBS so what are they supposed to do? According to pp, never go out Hmm

lottieandmia · 10/12/2016 21:25

Where do people get off telling the OP not to go out because she's a bit under the weather?! Ffs

Aeroflotgirl · 10/12/2016 21:25

No op should not really have gone out if she was suffering the effects of a stomach bug, but it was very rude of the woman to call out like that. Go into the cubicle, then into a next one if its not good.

SukeyTakeItOffAgain · 10/12/2016 21:26

"Poo smells, it grosses me out"

You sound about 12. May I suggest you never enter a public toilet if you're so grossed out that you don't think such behaviour would potentially embarrass and upset someone else.

DesolateWaist · 10/12/2016 21:27

Poo smells gross me out

I assume your shit smells of roses?

SukeyTakeItOffAgain · 10/12/2016 21:27

Poking and peeing in

BlushBlushGrin

Aeroflotgirl · 10/12/2016 21:28

Oh right, sorry op no bugs, extremely rude woman, what does she expect a toilet to be like.

lottieandmia · 10/12/2016 21:28

'Do other people shit glitter and piss Chanel no 5?'

Grin Grin

KlingybunFistelvase · 10/12/2016 21:29

aero, the op has already said she didn't have a bug.

KlingybunFistelvase · 10/12/2016 21:29

X post aero!

OhSoggyBiscuit · 10/12/2016 21:30

I had a bit of a jippy stomach today and had to nip to the public loos- but it was because of my antibiotics that cause a sore stomach and a touch of stress.

And two, using a toilet that someone has pooed in with a bad stomach doesn't automatically mean you'll get it too. Don't you wash your hands? That should get rid of the germs, as long as you aren't licking the loo bowl and door handle.

Champagneformyrealfriends · 10/12/2016 21:31

We went to Oxford a few years ago for a wedding. We were there a couple of days before because there was a good deal at the hotel. Because we were young and poor we ate at Pizza Hut. Bad idea-I had an horrendous upset stomach in a very busy toilets in debenhams. Blush

Shit happens Grin

barfotoliv · 10/12/2016 21:33

I feel for you OP and the posters who are saying you were being selfish are quite frankly ridiculous. OP was obviously feeling well enough recovered to undertake a day of Christmas shopping even if she wasn't completely 100%. She obviously didn't think she'd have this issue but was caught on the hop! I think the woman was very rude and insensitive, for all she knew the cubicle had previously been occupied by someone with eg Crohns, and would mortified and having something like this highlighted.

Champagneformyrealfriends · 10/12/2016 21:33

A very loud upset stomach Blush

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