Am I the only one who does this?! Feel massively judged by my friends

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Girly dinner this week - not the classiest of conversations but it was somehow brought up that I use the loo at work for all ‘eventualities’.

They were horrified and said it’s strictly wee only for them.

Am I really that unusual?!

Honestly, I’ve no idea how some people get through life. I poo anywhere and everywhere I need to. I always have done. It’s easy and quick; I’m not one of these who spend half an hour on the toilet 🤣
I’ll put some toilet duck down or attempt to clean it if a friends or just make sure it’s clean at work.
I don’t know how people get to middle age not doing it.. I’d be in agony.!
My partner is like this, always needs to go home for a poo. Waste of time. When nature calls you gotta go.

I once had a (very, very urgent) poo in a hospital toilet, and I tried to hide in the cubicle - listening intently - until the coast sounded clear, so I could then leave without seeing anyone. Whilst I was hiding I heard someone say, "Fucking hell what the FUCK is that smell, it's horrendous!" I was so embarrassed I kept hiding for another ten minutes. What I really wanted to do was shout back, "It's a fucking POO, you dick! What else would it be in here?!" 😭

It was a particularly bad poo, but still...

That's made me laugh in bed, thank you!

This is what I really don't get: how the people who have somehow got all the way to adulthood without ever learning the basic fact of life that poo smells often see themselves as superior to the rest of us who do realise this.

Why are the latter group expected to feel shame and not the former?

Imagine if you were on a TV quiz show and somebody who didn't score a single point went around peacocking about how vastly superior they were to the 'strange, mad' people who got every question right!

😂
I love a poo on work time.
I also enjoy the skullduggery of when to choose your entrance and exit to avoid being identified.

lol I have IBS in our office block the top floor is sitting empty it used to belong to our blue collar division that often had to go onto building sites. So it had the best and biggest number of toilets! I go up there to poo often cos of my IBS.

I try to avoid it but have pooed at work on occasion.

I used to work somewhere where the only toilet was next to the main reception desk. It had bad soundproofing, a poor flush and a worn old toilet brush.

Main reception was manned by a very judgmental lady so you’d come out from having a desperation poo to a bunch of clients and her all staring at you. The shame!

I know. Seen the ads on telly. It's a kind of oil that lies on top pf the water and traps the smell.

However, I think it would be far healthier in every way if people stopped being some squeamish about natural bodily functions.

If anyone is shy about pooing, the old way of doing this used to say to someone heading to the loo 'I'd give it 5 minutes' - with a knowing wink.

I assume that she was ill?

I think it's actually sad that we are so 'ashamed' of pooing .

The Romans used to poo en masse- they sat next to each other on a long line of holes in the wall and even supposedly shared a sponge on a stick as loo paper (cleaning it in running water first.)

I agree it's not 'nice' to have to poo in a loo where the doors have a huge gap top and bottom (thankfully these are being replaced in places like museums and galleries) but you can poo more quietly if you put paper down in the loo first and (one thing I learned from a woman in an adjoining cubicle!) was flush the minute it hits the pan then carry on with what you need to do afterwards.

I go to the toilet every morning like clockwork. So I'm never caught out during the day unless I'm not well.

Surely you realise that it was a joke or sarcasm?

You're lucky.
I go up to 3 times a day usually after each meal.
(As do a large number of people.)

Didn't sound remotely like a joke!

You may have a medical problem. I have IBS but I manage my diet very carefully otherwise I would too!

Get paid to poo!

I manage my diet within reason but the Fodmap is just too restrictive to do long term and would potentially create other problems with not enough fibre, nutrients etc.

Carry a small bottle of perfume with you and spray it to leave a nice scent. I also use perfume at home.

You think that people would seriously choose to do their dirty business in an outside wooded area rather than in an actual private toilet cubicle in a building?!

You are lucky. I go when I need to go, it could be any time depending on when I eat. After lunch or during the evening is favourite. I do sometimes go in the morning but not first thing. I can't predict.

The point of this thread is that the op was castigated for 'going' at work which to me is quite ridiculous because a lavatory is designed for that. I don't suppose the loss is in the middle of the office.

No they would not. Do they take a trowel and dig a hole first, then cover it? Or use a carrier bag to put it in and dispose of in the refuse bin, like you do with dogs.

The mind boggles.

Toilets are designed to wee and poo in, there's nothing wrong with doing either at work.

At this point, NOTHING surprises me! 😂

Your low pay is outrageous
Boss's like Simon Cowell's
Give work the fruits of your labours
Including of your bowels

Aren’t you swooshing shitty water into places it shouldn’t go though, with a hose?

I’m happy to poo anywhere though as I am a first thing in the morning kinda gal the need doesn’t often arise.

They only masks the smell though and quite often you can still smell the poo and the perfume. It’s like scented dog poo bags. Awful idea.