AIBU to do my make up in the bathroom at work

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When I get into work I often spend five mins in the ladies loo doing my make up.

A colleague told me the other day that “some people” feel uncomfortable using the loo when I am “standing around in there”. I think she meant because I am outside the cubicle doors standing at the basin/mirror.

I thought doing your make up at work was no more intrusive than washing your hands!

Eh? What? Are you misquoting?

Well indeed!

What happens if 2 nervous poo-ers are in at the same time. Do they both try and wait the other out?

I have to brush my teeth after lunch before putting brace back in. So that takes a few minutes. I haven't considered all the post lunch poo-ers in this.

Suggestion was make up user uses accessible toilet.
Outcry! That's only for people with disability!
Q -How do we know person doing make up doesn't have disability?
A - they're not in the accessible loo.
To which I say - and? You can have a disability and still use the "non accessible" loo as well as the accessible one - it's not segregation

I have no idea what you are on about.

Fair enough

This made me laugh…
🤣

Have a good weeked. 😬

No I still haven’t thought about what a cyclist would do tbh, I read the question but I still haven’t put any thought into what they would do

Tbf the op was quite amenable in her posts and didn’t realise it made some people feel uncomfortable. Which is better than not giving a fuck and not my fucking problem mentality.

And you I'm off to have brunch and a large coffee. 😀

Is it that you’re taking up space so it’s awkward for others to get to the sink?

Personally I don’t think it’s very pleasant to see a colleague do their make-up every morning, but I wouldn’t complain to you.

Can’t you do it at home like everyone else?

Oh no @Dunderass's post has been removed. I came back to have another laugh and it's gone. Disappointed. It was hilarious.

Can't believe people are saying it's ok to use the disabled loo if it doesn't have a radar lock!!! WTF. The clue is in the name. Disabled. Only use if you need to because you're disabled. What happened that made people so entitled ☹️

This. A public loo is meant to be a private place, someone standing there while you are doing your business makes it feel less so. It’s intrusive.

I never understand the prevailing attitude that using a toilet as a toilet is bad, wrong or shameful.

It's purpose-designed around two main necessary tasks that we all regularly do, but people have randomly decided in huge numbers that one of those tasks should be excluded! There's a cubicle surrounding you; nobody's expecting you to do it in public view!!

People can clearly hear tinkling and splashing sounds when you have a wee, so maybe we should all stop weeing in public/work toilets as well?

Might as well just close all the women's toilets outside of private homes, and just have men's toilets - as they don't seem to have any objection to using toilets as toilets. That would work well, eh...?

To be honest, of all the unseemly things that people could potentially be getting up to in a public/work toilet cubicle, somebody just having a poo is far preferential.

And, of course, this completely ignores the many people with IBS and other bowel/continence issues, who have no alternative to the 'shame' of using a toilet as a toilet when away from home.

The cubicles are private but the sink/mirror area is public (well, semi-public). Anyone eligible to use the bathroom has a right to be in there.

Presumably OP is not doing a full Insta-style half-hour contouring job with her makeup. She's just using the sink and mirror for a quick brush-up, which she's perfectly entitled to do.

If you're (presumably) in a closed cubicle, the only signs that you're having a poo are the sounds.

I would venture to say that, if somebody goes into a public/work toilet and would be resolutely horrified and disgusted to hear any sounds related to people having a poo in there, that really is very much a 'them' problem.

Exactly.

Many people put on make-up in public loos yet somehow doing it at work is a problem and it must only be done at home.

How do others cope going to bathrooms in other public places if putting on make-up is such an issue?

I don't think it's bad per se.
Personally, I cannot ablute within 'earshot' of anyone. I don't understand how people can use the loo while someone is in the bath (if both are in bathroom). That's just yukky for everyone and would require several scented candles to ameliorate the smell while one continues in the bath!
I don't even like someone talking to me through loo door!
Of course I understand reasons why pooing at work/the theatre and other public places happens, esp for those with bowel connditions. But ordinary pooing? Non!!

People are weird.

Having a shit in a loo is normal, acceptable. Encouraged even.

I would understand more if you were worried about people detecting you having a shit behind the photocopier. That would indeed be embarrassing.

Op, do your makeup where you want. Angsters gonna angst about anything. I much prefer someone doing makeup in the bathroom where they can wash their hands than doing it at their desk.

And smells

I do mine in work car park (in my car of course). Better lighting depending on time of arrival.

That's fighting talk. The accessible toilet is for people you need, you, know accessibility, not for your contour routine.

Well, yes - but the same still applies: if people don't expect toilets to smell of what people commonly do in toilets, the problem is with them.

I wonder if these are the same people who become first-time parents and are horrifiesd to discover that nappies don't smell of perfume and spring meadows when they need to be changed!

Office - empty of people at 8am
Me - 5 mins to pee, change, and do make up.
8 other loos available for those who require accessibility; actually, 9 as i forgot the one on the ground floor.

Yawn off with your pointless contour comments. I know my office set up and you don't.

If I had "stage fright" or needed to do a poo at work it's on me to get over it