Is it seen to BU to go to the toilet at work?

[KittySocks]

Posting here for traffic. In the office this morning, there were 2 members of my team having a moan. Essentially, someone had gone to the toilet and had sprayed some of the provided air freshener. Staff member moans that the staff member in question should have waited until they got home before they "stink out the work toilets".

Staff members in question are mid 20s. It started a stupid debate in the office and basically, the older generation see no issue with going to the toilets at work. Younger generation claim they would be mortified and state they would not poop at work!

Is it a generational thing then? I'm of the mindset, if you have to go, you have to go!

YABU - Get a grip - poop away
YANBU - Gross! Hold it in until you get home!

Ha! Considering what MacDonald's do to the planet and people's health, functioning as a public toilet is the least they can do.

I take great pleasure in going there to shit and not buy anything.

I think some people's bodies are capable of delaying pootime splashdown and some not.

Dh could delay all day, often does on holiday etc. If I feel the urge I have about ten mins max to get that party started.

RE the air freshener, my workplace has a tiny loo with no ventilation. I bought an air freshener for it recently because somebody has recently started shitting at work several times a day and it smells so bad I hold my breath when I go. I don't begrudge people for pooing at work- when you gotta go you gotta go - but Artificial Flower scent with a background of poo beats full on shit stink for me.

I normally go first thing in the morning and rarely need to at any other time of day, but if I did I’d have no problem doing so in a public or work loo. Holding it in all day is very, very bad for you.

It’s ‘poo’ in this country. Not ‘poop’. I think people are learning their language from YouTube videos.

If you don’t poo when you need to, it’s likely you will fart continuously until you have emptied your bowels. Surely that’s far more offensive for others?

The best time to poo is when you start to feel the urge. You should not try and push it out when your body isn’t ready. You should also not try and hold it in for prolonged periods. Look after your bowels.

I work in the NHS. With our extremely specialist expert knowledge, we know that people need to poo… We don’t comment on each other’s habits.

How would these ‘I’m scared to do a poo out of the home’ cope if they need to do a random stool sample at their doctors? If they have a potential issue?

I mean I take it they would let you go home and bring it back in because you can't go on demand

For them it’s the concept of bringing a sample in a pot!

I don't even know I'm going to poo until I sit down to do a wee and a poo starts coming so yeah I just go but then I take no longer than if I was doing a wee.
Also when I need to go I need to go, I couldn't hold on.
Dh takes ages to poo so waits until he gets home.

Wasn't allowed where I worked. Apparently an "unofficial" air freshener had been placed in the men's toilets, but was removed by the cleaners because only official products were allowed!!

Pooing at work seems the smart thing to do really - as previously posted, over a 25 year career spending 12 minutes a day going to the lavatory at work adds up to 1,300 hours.

At the average UK full time salary of £35k that's £24k just for doing what you were going to do anyway. At a mumsnet "just scraping by" 6 figure salary, you are looking at being paid £75k for pooing at work over your career 😂

Agreed. I've always seen McDonald's as a public toilet. Used it as one for over 30 years, never used it for anything else!

I find the 'neither me nor my husband poo at work' replies funny, like it's gross to poo at work but not gross to talk about how much you don't poo with your husband?! I don't know if my husband poos at work...I assume he does because he seems fairly normal otherwise!

I don’t have a medical condition and my poos don’t stink (unless I’ve eaten something dodgy). Smelly poos are a sign of a bad gut, poor diet or an illness.

I also go when I need to, whether it’s home, work or Macdonands. It’s not gross but is perfectly normal.

i’m guessing you don’t own a dog and have to pick up their poo!

I thought this was going to be about people think you're just playing on Ur phone.

You didn’t even put a penny in the ‘global exploitation and deforestation’ tin?!

I’m reminded of the George Carlin quote ‘think of how stupid the average person is, and realise half of them are stupider than that.’

What's everyone's thoughts on masturbating at work then? Better or worse than doing a poo?

@LordPercyPercy why the hell do you need to masturbate at work? I mean that’s the sort of urge of course you can control!

I’d say there are men who wank at work.
I’d say most women would never do that…

Clearly only a wanker would do that.

I'm quite happy to poo on work time.

@ButterflyTable It would be less smelly though, and the objection seems to be largely odour-based.

I’m in my 40’s and I don’t like to poo at work. I have to share a unisex loo so imagine the carnage when I want to go for a regular pee. It’s not nice. I work with all ages and it’s the men who like to poo at work because they get paid to poo, their words. They stink it out and pee all over the place too. Dirty swines.

That is ridiculous. You can't hold on for hours till you get home, poo and peeing is natural. Even the king does it. Why would people expect that. The world has gone mad.

Unfortunately I have IBD so frequently have to go toilet at work. It gives me huge anxiety. Not everyone can hold off until they get home.