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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:
Ahickiefromkinickie · 10/12/2016 23:04

PaulDacre - just lost the the post I was typing but to summarise, I wait 20 minutes to use the loo after someone's been for a poo at home. Yes, I am that sensitive to it. I wouldn't be offended if they did the same. I have gluten/lactose sensitivies so I am under no illusion about my own bodily functions.

I have warned other users in public/work toilets about a log/splatters but never in the pooper's presence (they're usually long gone anyway). I appreciate it when someone tells me to avoid a stall. I just wait for another one. Smelly toilets aren't the issue. It's the poo smells. I don't like fart/poo jokes either, so could be a phobia, who knows. That is what I meant with 'deal with it', not that other people should accommodate me.

Maybe the woman didn't realise OP was still there? if she did, then yes, I see that she shouldn't have said anything and quietly waited for another stall.

I was reading a while back that other people's farts/poo are almost like an attack on on our senses because it's our body's way of getting us to move away from the particles (apparently you can catch illnesses from them but it's unusual now we all wear underwear/other clothes).

And now I've talked enough about poo. I usually avoid these threads, will definitely avoid them in future.

Mammylamb · 10/12/2016 23:08

That woman sounds like she needs to grow up. It's a toilet. Occasionally someone will need to take a shit in it!

sj257 · 10/12/2016 23:11

Some people can't choose when/where they need to go. Think people with a colostomy bag that needs emptying. I'm sure they'd be upset had they received that reaction. Happened to a friend in a pub loo once, she was mortified when pissed gobshites made a big deal out of it.

thegoodnameshadgone · 10/12/2016 23:11

What a bitch. Wow. If you need to go you need to go. What an immature dickhead.

Pigsbum · 10/12/2016 23:25

Someone once told me that they were off to 'release the otters' I'd love to use the phrase myself but since I left the navy I don't work in an environment where people announce their poos.

Pigsbum · 10/12/2016 23:26

Also, I forgot to add: what a cow!

thegoodnameshadgone · 10/12/2016 23:31

Everyone poos at the end of the day it's just one of those things. People poo. Smile people like that lady need to grow the fuck up

ShowMePotatoSalad · 10/12/2016 23:36

I love how on another thread the majority of replies were telling the OP she was being too precious because she didn't want her DS to catch his cousin's cold/chest infection, but this OP apparently shouldn't leave the house because she's got a bit of a jippy tummy.

SandyFeet177 · 10/12/2016 23:46

You don't always know when you've got to go and, sometimes, you have GOT to go. I had a very similar experience in Next a few weeks back. I tell you what, it's a good job they had loos in the store or I'd have 100% pooed myself, it was a close call even to get to the loos, let alone home again. I had been feeling 100% fine and well.

Parkourbench · 10/12/2016 23:55

If it makes you feel better OP I once HAD to go immediately in our local shopping centre. I ran into the disabled toilets as I had my DS in his pushchair (hated leaving him outside) anyway long story short
I did a Record breaking MASSIVE poo that wouldn't flush Blush
After a few attempts I thought well meh and came out the loo to find a lady in her wheelchair with her carer outside. BlushBlushBlushBlushBlushBlushBlush

I ducked down and fled only to bump into them again ten minutes later in WH Smith's.

The lady in the wheelchair looked right at me and made a massive farting noise GrinGrinGrinGrin

I did actually laugh though. I mean what else can can you do?!

NavyandWhite · 11/12/2016 09:50

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curr78 · 11/12/2016 11:04

Wow is all I can say to some of these responses !
First of all I have tummy issue all the time for one reason and another my tummy is either solid or say we shall repugnant, if I only left my house on good days I probably make a social appearance once maybe twice a week, my condition isn't contagious but obviously it's not nice either , I am surprised that ppl find someone telling ppl that the public convince smells bad acceptable , after all as hard as it is for others that surely is the intention of the toilet.
OP I am sorry and slightly embarrassed for you I would be mortified if that was me , there are polite ways to inform your nearest and dearest about the state of a toilet and to shout it out for all to hear is not one,
Hope you feel better soon Smile

CaraAspen · 11/12/2016 11:44

gippy

CaraAspen · 11/12/2016 11:45

"NavyandWhite

What a bitch. Wow. If you need to go you need to go. What an immature dickhead.

Fucking hell. hmm"

Haha

luckylavender · 11/12/2016 11:47

So you were totally embarrassed about it yesterday, but you're talking about it on a public forum today. Mmmm

CaraAspen · 11/12/2016 11:47

Why do people call someone a cow? Cows are the sweetest of animals. They even have gorgeous eyelashes.

curr78 · 11/12/2016 12:34

So you were totally embarrassed about it yesterday, but you're talking about it on a public forum today. Mmmm

There's no face attachment to the forum though, I would tell u my wildest secret , but definitely feel uncomfortable about having to tell the ppl in m&s !!

NavyandWhite · 11/12/2016 12:46

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/12/2016 12:46

Its what the toilet is there for isn't it.

Pettywoman · 11/12/2016 12:51

As the mother of an inflammatory bowel disease sufferer I'm afraid this is common. You are often confronted for using a disabled loo, denied access to toilets or poo shamed like you were. The motto is be nice, you never know what is going on in someone's life.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/12/2016 13:19

Why didn't you just stay home. If you have a jippy tummy.
What about people with IBS. Should they just stay at home, because people are still shocked that people shit and shit stinks.

HoridHenryrules · 11/12/2016 13:22

My granny taught me to stand above the toilet seat and then pee. My mother taught me that no matter where you are at home or out and about you put tissue on the toilet seat.

HoridHenryrules · 11/12/2016 13:25

My partner puts toilet paper in the toilet if he needs to do a poo in a public toilet.

HoridHenryrules · 11/12/2016 13:27

I do feel for you OP I hate using public loos.

Farmmummy · 11/12/2016 13:34

Op I too have IBS and thought I was ok at one day at end of Nov went to toys r us with dds and DH to get ideas for santa list then DH decided he was hungry and we went to m&s for coffees and sandwiches (what is it with m&s?!) made it to the queue and stomach decided it was NOT ok. Unfortunately it was not even a stranger who shamed me but 6 year old dd1 Blush