People at work who do their make up in the staff toilets

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I'm pregnant at the moment so have noticed this more as I need the loo more often but these people really annoy me!

Our office has those toilets where the wall of each cubicle doesn't reach the floor, so you can see the shoes of the person next door to you.

That's off-putting in itself when you need to do a big loud wee or rustling with tampax wrappers. But there are two ladies in the office who go into the loo and spend ages at the mirror/sinks reapplying their already perfect makeup, and I can't go for a wee when they are there! It's deathly quiet compared to the hum of the office and I get stage fright and can't wee!

It's like my body won't let me so I end up just flushing the loo and coming out and washing my hands in a grump. Why the need to reapply and be in there for ages multiple times a day!

AIBU that they should do what we all do, which is usually just a quick touch up after we've been to loo and washed our hands and then leave rather than a mammoth makeup session.

Because I don't have to do my weekly Sales presentation in front of a random person in the ikea toilets but I do with my colleagues

All those colleagues know you have normal bodily functions you know whether they hear you urinate or open a tampon or not.

@Onecutefox

It’s called a “Sound Princess”, if you want to google it

If you lift the seat out of the way, then crouch over the loo, feet on floor, knees bent in slalom position, it’s possible to aim the pee at the front porcelain of the loo pan, so it’s silent - the stream isn’t splashing into water in the pan. Practise the technique at home until you’re accurate - you don’t want spills on the floor - then try at work. Being able to pee silently should solve your problem, OP. I perfected this method at a boyfriend’s house when I was a teen - their only loo was right beside the sitting room, with a paper thin wall and the whole family could hear anyone using the loo!

I sometimes put a bit of toilet paper down to mute the sound a bit. I'm not usually bothered, but if it's a really loud/long wee I do.

I flush first, and then pee over the noise of the flush.

A waste of water, but I have stupendous bladder control (proud moment) and don’t often need to use public loos.

What sort of jobs do these women have that they can spend ages in the loo doing their makeup?

When I worked - retired now - I never had time to stand in the loo reapplying my makeup several times a day. I put it on before I left the house, would refresh my lipstick after lunch, and that would be it for the day.

YABU, where else are they supposed to do their makeup.

I flush first, and then pee over the noise of the flush.

Don't you get splashback on your arse?

I'm happy for anyone to hear me wee like a racehorse but I'm not a fan of taking a noisy crap in a deathly quiet ladies, knowing there are other people present.

Put the tap on when you walk in and say "I can't wee with people listening' and laugh. It's common and who gives a shit what they think?!

Thanks, Manjuu! DH will be insulted by the suggestion.

That Sound Princess is quite pricey. I think it would be cheaper to find something on YouTube or to put something on pre-recorded. Something loud and annoying of course; not Mozart or Vivaldi

Probably football fans shouting and singing. That's loud enough, I think

Put some loo roll in the pan first !

All those colleagues know you have normal bodily functions you know whether they hear you urinate or open a tampon or not

I find these kind of comments really odd. I mean, we know they all have sex, doesn’t mean we want to hear them do it.

We know they’ve all got either dicks or fannies, doesn’t mean we want to see them.

We know most women have periods, doesn’t mean we need to know exactly when they are on or when their sanitary towels are being changed and how often.

Why is people have difficulty understanding that some of us like privacy and doing something ‘natural’ doesn’t mean we want to share those moments with others.

Privacy seems a very difficult concept for some people on this thread to grasp.

are people

I don't see how having someone stood at the sink applying makeup is any different to having someone in the next cubicle? Both people will hear you having a wee and neither will care about it.

I'm not a fan of taking a noisy crap in a deathly quiet ladies, knowing there are other people present.

@Laodamia this made me as did @ParrotWithACarrot saying "we all got dicks and fannies"

You sound like a weirdo. Just go!!

When my 2 boys were young I went back to work for a few months before becoming a SAHM. By time I got them out the door in the morning I literally didn't have one second to do my hair or make up. I used to do it as soon as I came into work in the bathroom. Different situation than the ladies you describe but still, I did it in the bathroom and couldn't care less it it affected some weirdo who can't pee in case god forbid someone hears her tinkle lol.

I once let out a huge fart just as someone came in and she was doing her makeup for ages and I was too embarrassed to come out of the cubicle.

"What sort of jobs do these women have that they can spend ages in the loo doing their makeup?"

Same kind of job where you can go and have a cup of tea?