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

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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

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TheGruffaloMother · 10/12/2016 21:33

You have my sympathies OP. I'm being investigated for possible Crohn's and have previously made myself very ill trying to avoid a situation like you found yourself in today. I've also been known to stay in the cubicle until either the smell disperses or the loos empty...I've been waiting the best part of an hour before. All so precious snowflakes like those on this thread don't get to accuse me of exposing them to illness and offensive smells.

PaulDacresConscience · 10/12/2016 21:34

Poo smells gross me out

To quote the great Howard Wolowitz: Yeah, like candyfloss comes outta you.

There are some fucking arseholes on this thread. Jump on a judge in a really unpleasant and personal way before finding out the facts. Funny how they rarely come back to apologise for getting it wrong.

YANBU OP. If it's not a contagious bug then it's entirely fair to go out. So you left a smell behind - big deal. It's a toilet and people shit into it; hardly a surprise that it might not be a scented bower of bliss! Hope you are feeling better.

T1mum3 · 10/12/2016 21:35

OhSoggy from Wikipedia on norovirus "Transmission can be aerosolized when those stricken with the illness vomit, and can be aerosolized by a toilet flush when vomit or diarrhea is present; infection can follow eating food or breathing air near an episode of vomiting, even if cleaned up."

For some people norovirus means hospitalisation.

Totally get that having a "gippy tummy" doesn't automatically equate to having a contagious disease though.

OhSoggyBiscuit · 10/12/2016 21:36

It honestly amazes me how precious people get about bodily functions, inside a room intended for said bodily functions. You poo, the lady down the street pooes, even the Queen picks up a newspaper and says "Right, one is off to the throne."

SukeyTakeItOffAgain · 10/12/2016 21:39

I get the odd unpredictable allergic reaction. One of the symptoms is sudden acute diarrhoea. No one else would catch anything. And if someone has norovirus it's very unlikely they'd feel up to gallivanting round M&S!

mudandmayhem01 · 10/12/2016 21:40

I think some people on here believe in the medieval theory of miasma where illnesses are spread by bad smells.

7SunshineSeven7 · 10/12/2016 21:40

I've been there, eaten too much spicy food the night before - got the trots; as Champagne said, shit happens Grin

T1mum3 · 10/12/2016 21:42

Mud - norovirus can be spread by shit particles in the air so it's kind of true.

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Annoyinglyhappyperson · 10/12/2016 21:42

Il pinch the out of order sign next time Grin

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AlabasterSnowball · 10/12/2016 21:45

Jesus there's a lot of precious posters here. Shit happens, we all do it and sometimes we get caught short, what else are you supposed to do?
As long as you put the lid down before you flush and wash your hands properly what's the problem?

edwinbear · 10/12/2016 21:46

OP you have my utmost sympathies. I suffer with ulcerative colitis and sometimes need to go urgently - it's rarely pretty, but unavoidable unless as a PP suggested I never leave the house and do all my shopping online. Some people are just fucking rude.

5to2 · 10/12/2016 21:46

I have loose stools sometimes, it's just how some food affects me at random and it's definitely not infectious.

Ankleswingers · 10/12/2016 21:46

lottieandMia

Do you often go out when you are ill with a stomach bug then? Are you one of those posters who puke down themselves at work if you have a sick bug, rather than stay at home? Or are you the Mother at the School gates who ushers her Unwell ' been sick all
Night but she is fine now'
Child through the School gates?

Incidentally, I saw three of those this week at School. Are you sure one of them wasn't you??

It's that kind of attitude which makes such things rife and when there are people out there in the community for whom having something like Norovirus could mean hospitalisation, then I would call that pretty serious and reason not to go out, wouldn't you??

mudandmayhem01 · 10/12/2016 21:47

Ok raging explosive norivirus, stay at home, but the mere smell of poo is unlikely to make anyone poorly.

TheGruffaloMother · 10/12/2016 21:48

As long as you put the lid down before you flush

It'd be interesting to see how many of this thread's snowflakes actually do this. I rarely come across anyone bar myself who does.

SemiNormal · 10/12/2016 21:48

Some of the previous posters need to get on Groupon for a bulk order of grips.

OP YANBU - it's a toilet, if shit doesn't go in there then where is it meant to bloody go. The woman was rude and ill-mannered to comment on a strangers toilet habits.

lottieandmia · 10/12/2016 21:49

Don't be ridiculous - the OP is not ill. She does not have a sick bug, read the thread!

People have a 'jippy tummy' for all kinds of reasons.

Rachel0Greep · 10/12/2016 21:51

You poo, the lady down the street pooes, even the Queen picks up a newspaper and says "Right, one is off to the throne."

Or would it be off the throne Grin

Vulty · 10/12/2016 21:52

I remember being at our local retail park, heavily pregnant, had been constipated for days. Was carrying a basket full of stuff and all of a sudden cold sweats, agonising stomach and yep, it was happening. I launched the basket at my ex and ran waddled like a mad woman to m&s (only shop that had a toilet). Only one available was the disabled one I was mortified. I was in for so long and was dreading coming out in case there was someone waiting who was disabled.

Ahickiefromkinickie · 10/12/2016 21:52

Some thick people on this thread. Just because I don't like poo smells doesn't mean I think my own shit like candyfloss.

Some people have a low tolerance for shit smells. Deal with it.

And it was not me telling OP she shouldn't have gone out.

lottieandmia · 10/12/2016 21:54

Nobody likes the smell of shit. But it's going to happen in public loos isn't it? Do you honestly think that public loos are only for people whose shit doesn't smell of anything?

dingdongthewitchishere · 10/12/2016 21:54

As long as you put the lid down before you flush

So many public toilets do not have a lid unfortunately.

lottieandmia · 10/12/2016 21:55

Personally I tend not to use public loos because I rarely need to but I can see how some people can't wait til they get home.

TheGruffaloMother · 10/12/2016 21:55

Some people have a low tolerance for shit smells. Deal with it.

You They should probably avoid all but the most private of toilets then. It's nobody else's problem to 'deal with'.

AwaywiththePixies27 · 10/12/2016 21:56

OhSoggy The Queen oicks up the newspaper. How very old school of her. Most of us take our phones books Grin

OP. Do you have IBS? I do and have often been caught on the hop. Blush

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