Women’s loo queues- what’s going on??

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I’m in my 50s, so I have plenty of experience using the women’s public lavatories. In the past 5 years, I’ve noticed that the queues are out of this world. And not just in tbe UK. Everywhere I go, the women’s queues are always super long and move very slowly.

is it that people now use their phone whilst in there? A pee and a quick browse?

ladies, what’s going on?! Are our bladders and rectums getting bigger so it takes more time to discharge, or are we using public loos to catch up on our social media when out and about?

is it just me who has noticed this? I don’t go any more often than when I was in my 30s.

Am I being unreasonable for thinking that women’s lav queues are getting ridiculous?

Cocaine...

Err, no you don't. Unless you're disabled. 🙄

Hope you've got your hard hat on🤭

If you cannot hold it and really need to go why not? If no one else is waiting for it it's just an empty toilet doing nothing. Seen plenty of people use them when queues are really long.

I agree that a lot of people take a lot of time - when I cone out of the cubicle the next person in the queue is the person who was behind me when I went in. I genuinely do not understand why so many people take so long- not everyone can be on their period, have a tricky trouser fastening, other medical needs etc.

However, whilst there is unequal provision e.g the above PP who mentioned that her renovated church building has 2 male cubicles for each female cubicle, and it's mums who generally take children to the loo etc there will always be a queue for the ladies.

I think it’s always been the same.

There do need to be a lot more women’s toilets across the board though

I nearly had a full on argument with a guy in bike shop who could not fathom that I could go on a bike ride w/o water (I was delaying getting a bottle cage fitted).
Really mate....I'm a keen sportswoman in my 50s, it's not hot, I know my body.

"Are you looking after your hydration?"
Say what now? We used to say "are you thirsty?"

Yes, I've found it noticeably longer the last few years. I don't understand it, I want to get in and out as soon as possible.

No, it is not a good thing to do, unless you are, you know, disabled

I went with DH to watch some cricket at Lord's. No queues there for the ladies, but plenty for the gents.

This is something I just can't understand.

I was at a concert last week. Queue for the ladies was very long. No queue for the men's.

Like why? Why is this? The men were peeing, I seen about 450 of them enter and leave in the time I was stood waiting.

It drives me mad too but women's clothes are often harder to get off and a bunch of us have periods we need to sort in there. It will take longer than men's.

I honestly don't understand what women spend so long doing in the toilet. Ok there will be a few who need a poo, are on their period or may have a disability but not 90% of them, who seem to spend at least 4x as long as I do in there

I was in Paris last week and every public toilet had a massive queue that took 20+ minutes. Was so annoying

I would estimate that the average woman takes longer in a public toiler than the average man. Setting aside the ones who have a child in tow or treat visiting the loo as a social experience with friends, it just takes longer, as a woman (more clothes have to be removed, more thorough cleaning required afterwards), not to mention that women are generally more fastidious/hygienic than men, as well.

But I have no idea why/if queues are longer now than before.

The amount of time some women spend in there is insane. I went the other day, came out and the woman behind me in the queue was still waiting. Fuck knows what was going on in all the other cubicles.

No just no. I don’t want to have to wipe up men’s pee before I sit down.

I agree with PP’s there seems to be less provision for toilets especially at places where there are a lot of these, prime example recently was National Maritime Museum Greenwich. Yet at Chartwell the same month there weren’t the queues for the toilets yet it was busy there (busy car park). 🤔

You can fit a lot more urinals into a given space than cubicles.

There are no ‘rules’ to say you can’t use the disabled facilities, provided that no-one is waiting. I’ve done it a few times. It’s daft to leave one facility vacant when the queue for the ordinary loos is long.
In any case, many disabilities are not obvious.

Don't forget there are a lot more people calling themselves women nowadays, and they've all got to pee somewhere.

Not to mention that very often it is women who take younger children into womens toilets, so it’s not just one person , there may be two or three having a wee per cubicle.

Word of advice here for anyone planning a trip to the British Museum, do not try to use the womens loos in the big central auditorium! They are the longest queues ever. Search out other loos on other floors, it is worth the extra walk!

Queue have always been the same, its not remotely new.

However yes I swear with age my bladder is bigger, after 3 kids I can pee like a bloody race horse and even I get bored waiting for it to end.

Yes. This.

My friend and I went to a cocktail bar a few months ago and discovered that there were exactly three cubicles in female toilets. One was broken and the other had a woman sobbing and being comforted by her friend. After about 20 minutes, the patience in the queue was running thin and threats were made to make the crying woman's situation much more urgent if she didn't vacate the cubicle immediately.
But on the whole, yes. I agree with guzzling water fashion making the situation much worse.

Reminds me of Hugh Grant “peeving” about his kids carrying bottles of water across London 😂

Really? 🙄 I've never found this to be an issue