Emergency Blue Peter sanitary solutions requested! (TMI obviously)

[Morphene]

I just felt myself flooding, grabbed a tampon, shoved it in my pocket and shuffled down to the loo.

Having gotten the first part of the exchange done, I have pulled the tampon out of my pocket only to discover it is an Goodies Banana and Date Fruit bar. (other brands available).

I am a heavy bleeder and a long long way from my office.....

Any suggestions?

Big wad of loo paper?

Anything else promising in your pockets or bag?

Shove a load of loo roll in your knickers. Text a friendly colleague to bring one down to you?

Anybody in the office you can text to help?

Bog roll. Plug yourself until you can get sorted properly. Not pleasant or comfy but works.

Second the loo paper.

Can you quickly nip out to the shop?

Toilet paper!

Big wad of toilet paper as much as possible. Uncomfortable walking is better than flooding, just feign a sprained ankle if needs be.

Any cotton wool lying around? Normally in works bathrooms there'll be a cleaning cupboard close by that might have some stocks or leftovers. Our one at work used to have a cupboard of emergency supplies that you could take if needed under the sink.

(I've done the exact same thing with that exact same brand!).

Sit on the loo for a few minutes. Then, clean up, and take as much loo roll as you can and scrunch it into a temporary sanitary towel and just swamp your underwear with it. Hopefully you are wearing massive pants and not a cheese-grater-esque thong.....

Wash hands, leave, and make a beeline for your bag as quick as you can .....but without running. Stop to talk to no one. Get what you need and get back to the loo and tampon-up.

okay I have, that shitty shiny bog roll, brown paper towels, a bog brush, water.

In my pockets I have a new plastic 5 pound note, about 3 quid in small change.

oh and an empty painkiller tray bit, you know the thing you pop the pills out of with a layer of foil (now patchy).

Bog roll and walk back to the office. Can't believe people get time to start a thread about things like this, right in the moment! Our Brain is amazing at solving problems if you use it.

all male office...so I am sure they would like to help (and talk about it for years to come), but I'm not so keen.

I am worried about plugging with the brown hand towels...but it really looks like the only option.

I don't need to shop, just get back to my office and select more wisely from the collection of orange items in my bag.

You've got time to list the things in your pocket? 🤔🙄

We had to be more resourceful when we didn't have smart phones in our pockets....

Oh! I have a smart phone. You can add that to the Macgyver list.

Discard the painkiller tray first I think

I misread this and thought it was some pervy troll thread about shoving foodstuffs up ones fanj. I was waiting for MNHQ to deal with it.

Do you wear socks? Can you fold them up and stuff them in your knicks? Better than nothing, maybe?

The brown towels should actually work well, but loo paper first!

I would use paper towels put some toilet paper in the middle of paper towel fold it over . And then go out and buy tampons or ask any other woman if they have any spares.

Are you wearing socks? If they're cotton, take one off and wrap it in toilet paper.

All I have is time.....actually I do have a meeting at 1pm so I its going to have to be brown paper up the fanjo isn't it?

the bog roll honestly isn't absorbant, so best of a bad bunch and all.

Onwards and upwards!

liz that's inspired! and just in the nick of time.

Thank you all!

Well you actually can still be resourceful. Put the phone away and stuff some bog roll down your pants and walk back and retrieve your tampon and then return to the toilets and do what you need to do. This can't be the first time It's happened in your life. How old are you?

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You've got as long as it takes for the mooncup evangelicals to show up. That's all. Brown paper sounds crunchy.

What kind of works loo doesn't have sanitary supplies anyway? Time to moan to someone.

Its not as crunchy as you think honestly i had to do paper towels loo roll combo a few months back i was caught out and the womens toilets had no machine to buy any did me till i got to the shop