I've just been sprayed with perfume!

[NeverUseThisName]

I was in the loos at Costco when the person in the next cubicle started spraying perfume. Next thing I know, a mist of perfume lands on me from above. She had sprayed over the cubicle wall!

And because she didn't like the smell of the cubicle next to her, I'm now itching and scratching, because I'm having an allergic reaction to her perfume.

AIBU to think people poo in loos and you just have to accept that there may be some transient pong until they've flushed? And that you certainly don't spray other people with your own pong?!

How awful!
Yet another case of shit shaming, which really pisses me off.
Women shit, big deal! This passive aggressive crap that women shouldn't ever be seen or heard or acknowledged to fart or shit is ridiculous.
Too many times i've heard immature "men" joke how women don't poo, or seen/heard women in toilets calling out/bullying someone in another stall because they have dared to go for a shit. I've seen them actually hang around waiting to see the "offending" woman, whilst making comments about how it/she is gross, disgusting, should be ashamed etc.
That dumb VIPOO spray is about £15, i saw it on a shelf in ASDA and was dumbfounded something like that even exists.
I've known so many women with anxiety about just using a loo when they need to, myself included. The thought of ever living with a partner and having them witness my IBD makes me so uncomfortable, i'm not even sure i could do an overnight.
It's something that seriously needs to not be a taboo anymore.

I do the courtesy flush and use happy flush spray
Someone once made a horrible comment after I went for a no 2 in a public loo, I must have been about 13/14. Since then I just try not to go in public and I wouldn't go if I was sharing a hotel room with someone. Unless I was showering then I would go, shower after and by that time bathroom is fine

Ha ha Courtesy flush.
What about a Courtesy shout out? "I'm POOING!" "Vacate if you have a sensitive disposition" (repeat as necessary).

I'm really surprised she sprayed over the cubicle wall though.
Firstly what a waste of perfume and secondly unless she was having a long poo herself, why not just hurry up and leave instead of faffing about getting perfume out of your bag?

FFS do you really think men are bothering with this courtesy flush nonsense?

Au contraire, men invented the courtesy flush. They shout it at each other. "Oi courtesy flush wanker".

All the perfume, Impulse, toilet drops bullshit is female but the courtesy flush is pure man!

Shit at home next time lesson learnt.

MrsTP - we obviously move in different circles. Just asked the 9 blokes I'm with whether they courtesy flush (age range 26-41, 5 Brits, 4 non-Brits) and the response from all was... er... sure if you had some major shit going down you might need to multiple flush, but a "courtesy flush?"... no.

I think it's a North American bloke thing. As evidenced by the Urban Dictionary whose examples are male or neutral.

Not pooing when required is probably why women are more inclined to IBS type symptoms and other digestive complaints.

I'd have sprayed too.

FFS. This is ridiculous. It's a toilet, it's going to smell bad sometimes. No wonder it takes so bloody long to get to the front of the loo queue if you're faffing about with sprays, drops and staged flushing. Just be grateful you don't live in the middle ages, when the actual streets were full of shit. OP, I hope you're on the mend.

FFS - it's only the smell of cack!

As others have said - you aren't in there long anyway (or if you are, you probably leave the air smelling even worse than the person in the offending cubicle).

Our society won't tolerate any natural smells at all - sweat, poo - whatever. Okay, they aren't pleasant but we live in such a sanitised environment that we are over-sentitised to them. We're a variety of animal. Accept it.

Small children have the most appropriate attitude - "Ooh - that stinks!" and its of giggles. I'm not suggesting we do that, but we should accept that tolerating a diff occasionally is a lot healthier than breathing in a load of chemicals.

I'm impressed by the "7 stages of Poo" and may embroider them on a sampler . . .

*niff, not diff

Have you heard of the courtesyflush? If you use the loo in public to poo, always courtesy flush: a flush as soon as you’ve done stage 1 to immediately sweep it away. Then a later flush when you’re actually finished

Ever heard of wasting water?

For those crying "shit at home" or "courtesy flush" it actually isn't that simple.

I have Crohn's. I don't just poo once and leave, it comes in stages so I'd be courtesy flushing all the time, if I only shit at home I'd never leave the damn house.

Toilets. Are. Meant. For. Shitting. In.

Get over it.

I'd have given her a piece of my mind. I've had more than one rude comment after I've been in public and have grown a thick skin. It's rude beyond belief.

As PP said, as long as you clean up your mess and make sure it's all flushed away it's fine. I'm much more grossed out by pee on the seat than a lingering smell.

I suggest to those who have delicate noses and can't cope with a poo smell in the place that's actually meant to have poos dropped off to wee at home.

VIPoo isn't £15, it's £5 in Tesco.
I don't carry it around with me as my malabsorption means the world drops out of my bottom within an hour of getting up, then I'm done for the day.
At home I have my own loo so DH is not exposed to my toxic miasma (and it is way beyond normal poo smell) as I don't like being exposed to it either but have no choice! If we are sharing a bathroom in a hotel, I will use VIPoo and its really effective

Only1
So you would have made someone ill instead of just leaving the cubicle?
Nice.

Tough enough already for people with digestive problems, without random strangers commenting. What happened to British reserve and it being rude to make personal comments?

Don't bother worrying about courtesy flushes to appease overly precious noses who can't handle the smell of shit.

I hate the smell (I'd be worried if you didn't) but I still wouldn't expect anyone to go out of their way to minimise the smell... In a toilet. 😂

It's a toilet. People poo in toilets.
Poo smells of…
Poo.
There are a lot of people who really need to get over themselves. Hope you're feeling better now op, and not too itchy!

Wtaf, shit stinks and that's a fact, maybe loos should be only used by people actually doing a wee or a poo if they're offended by smells, I can't stand public loos that are full of women chatting and putting their whole face on again.. move over so I can wash my hands!
Courtesy flush is only for poos done at other people's houses.

To be fair I Wouldn't have sprayed over cubicle divider