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AIBU?

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To have gone nuts at having 'shit' spurted up mine and DS's legs?

200 replies

IceCreamDebacle · 03/06/2018 17:16

DS and I were getting changed in a cubicle at the swimming pool. Almost dressed when suddenly a stream of what I thought was shit spurted from the under the cubicle next to us going all up my legs, DS's and over our flip flops.

It took me a few seconds to register it at first and as the cubicle was silent (no baby sounds had come from it to explain a poonami and hadn't heard anyone in there), I suddenly thought that someone must have had diarrhoea in the next cubicle and a wave of bloody disgust comes over meAngry.

I go and knock loudly on the cubicle and ask rather loudly what has just gone over the floor in the cubicle because we've got it over us.

A young girl about 12/13 opens it in only in a towel which I felt bad about afterwards Hmm and says she does not not what it is but it hit her on the shoulder.

It transpires that someone had lobbed a melted ice cream in a carton over her cubicle. It looked exactly like shit. She didn't get it on her as it slatted on the floor and hit us.

When the relief of seeing it wasn't someone's excrement had passed, I was still bloody furious that someone had done that and ranted a bit at the staff calling them 'little shits' in front of DSBlush which he told me off about afterwards. I then ranted a bit again at reception and told them to look at their CCTV. Not blaming them but saying I'd never seen this sort of behavior in my life and they shouldn't be letting kids come back in the changing room when they'd bought food from the cafe.

Feel a bit like I went OTT now. Am a bit ragey at the best of times due to various things that I'm dealing with.

Would you have gone nuts at this?

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MrsHappyAndMrCool · 03/06/2018 18:10

YABU - you shouldn’t have called them “little shits” especially in front of your child!!

Yes I would have been annoyed but not retaliated, as kids will be kids.

Finding hard to believe they you actually thought it was diarrhoea Hmm

itchyknees · 03/06/2018 18:10

YANBU.

I react demonstrably when sprayed with shit, even when I know (and have given birth to) the shitter. Anonymous unexpected shit would tip me over the edge.

Littletreefrog · 03/06/2018 18:11

itchy there was no shit!

JamieVardysHavingAParty · 03/06/2018 18:11

As an experienced parent, I can distinguish ice cream, poo, and marmite at ten paces.

I have actually discovered runny human excrement in a cubicle. After my five-year-old stepped in it. Envy

As I recall, I scrubbed him throughly, changed cubicle, and politely notified the staff.

itchyknees · 03/06/2018 18:12

Yes but she didn’t know that. It’s a fair assumption that it ISNT chocolate. She’s hardly going to dip it and see, is she?

MrsHappyAndMrCool · 03/06/2018 18:13

OP I think you should ask for this thread to be deleted, because it’s just getting embarassing now. You’re suppose to be an adult.

IceCreamDebacle · 03/06/2018 18:14

The girl was with a large group of young pre/teens and I was already a bit pissed that they were constantly crossing into and mucking about in the swimming lanes when I and others were trying to swim. Her mate had already walked into me as I was swimming. Lifeguard was just letting them.

Ahhh, I need to stop questioning myself.

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JamieVardysHavingAParty · 03/06/2018 18:15

Hardly need to lick it and see. The smell alone would be a hint.

IceCreamDebacle · 03/06/2018 18:16

I wasn't going to wait for a smell to hit, which was why I rushed out to ask what it was!

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KurriKurri · 03/06/2018 18:17

Why is the cafe selling ice cream that looks exactly like shit ? Is it terribly avant garde and alternative ?

IceCreamDebacle · 03/06/2018 18:17

As I said you had to be there!

Ice cream did not figure in my calculations.

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Nicknacky · 03/06/2018 18:19

So maybe you should have waited to see what it was before over reacting. Although you STILL over reacted once you knew what it was!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/06/2018 18:19

Yes but apart from mine which is of course scented. Wink. Shit does tend to stink.

Sparklesocks · 03/06/2018 18:19

It wasn’t shit - hooray!

But still not nice to shout at staff, they can’t control the actions of every guest that goes in there.

Also I don’t think it’s fair to judge the girl for not reacting like you did, she’s just a kid.

IceCreamDebacle · 03/06/2018 18:20

Cafe denied stocking shit looking ice cream when I asked afterwards as DS fancied one.

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LilyMarie · 03/06/2018 18:20

Do you often lose your temper and swear in front of children over minor annoyances or disputes OP?

EmmaC78 · 03/06/2018 18:21

I think this is one of these MN threads where the OP asks "AIBU?", 90% of posters say "YABU" then OP comes back and refuses to accept they acted unreasonably.

IceCreamDebacle · 03/06/2018 18:23

I was still angry afterwards as I was told that someone was chucking shit looking ice cream in cubicles.

Done now.

Thanks for the few voices of reason!

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Loonoon · 03/06/2018 18:24

I would have been horrified if some shat on my legs unexpectedly but I would also assumed it was a horrible and unavoidable accident rather than an act of aggression. My reaction would have been more along the lines of 'are you ok in there? Do you need some help? ' YWBU and you showed your son up.

gillybeanz · 03/06/2018 18:24

Poor girl, if you'd done this to my dd you'd have more than poo to worry about.
I hope they look at their cctv and ban you tbh, poor role model of a mother using bad language in front of your son.
I think you need some anger management courses, for the sake of the general public.

Nicknacky · 03/06/2018 18:25

Oh so after all this drama your son then wanted a chocolate iced cream as it put him in the mood for it after you both thought it was poo?

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 03/06/2018 18:25

Yeah, you acted like a cunt and will definitely be known as ‘that woman’ from now on.

OP: AIBU?

Everyone: YABU

OP: NO I’M NOT 😭

SauvignonBlanche · 03/06/2018 18:28

YWBU, from a voice of reason.

Belindabauer · 03/06/2018 18:30

I feel sorry for the girl in the next cubicle. At her age I would have been silent t too and terrified if a range so her had knocked on the door accusing g me of things hadn't done.
Also since when did they put due surveillance cameras up in changing rooms? I would hav e thought that was illegal.

Belindabauer · 03/06/2018 18:31

Bloody typos!