Page 6 | Am I the only one who does this?! Feel massively judged by my friends

Hatsoff92 · 2025-10-03T16:28:23+00:00

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?!

MyLimeGuide · 03/10/2025 19:16

Thepeopleversuswork · 03/10/2025 19:13

In the office of a former employer we had a lovely big atrium with shiny marble floors and columns.

Someone got caught short one afternoon on their way to a meeting and literally did a poo in the middle of the atrium. The stench reached all the offices across four floors.

Let that be a cautionary tale to those of you who think its sensible to hold it in. Better to stink out a work toilet than do it at the reception desk when you're checking in for a business meeting.

All over the floor? In full poo glory?

MyLimeGuide · 03/10/2025 19:19

clipboardz · 03/10/2025 18:35

Sitting above a pool of poo though? And chilling out and dragging out the experience??? Each to their own lol

This is why I love MNs, utter batshit. Do you flush repeatedly whilst mid pooh? And taking longer than 60 seconds is dragging it out 😆

Its poo. Not pooh.

Hoxygen · 03/10/2025 19:19

What is a sodding toilet for??

If you need a shit, its not healthy to hang on to it for several hours to get to a safe toilet

Batshit

ArghCheese123 · 03/10/2025 19:25

If you eat plenty of fibre and don't poop, well then you fart. I would rather poo and piss 1 or 2 people off than piss off everyone near me for a long day at work.

Bizarre that you think I should keep it in all day....or would you suggest charcoal fart absorbing pants?

I don't think it's healthy. To keep it I when.it wants to come out....piles anyone?

TimezoneEarth · 03/10/2025 19:25

Bumcake · 03/10/2025 19:12

I’m no doctor, but I’m fairly sure poo can’t get so backed up that it reaches your throat.

I regularly poo at work, although I will turn the camera off if I’m in Teams. Afterwards I message someone in Facilities to come flush.

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Constipation massively taints your breath with poo smell.
The longer it's in there the worse it gets. It's waste remember so just smells more putrid in time.

DressOrSkirt · 03/10/2025 19:25

CopperWhite · 03/10/2025 17:46

Most people can hold it for a few hours without a problem, but it really depends on individual workplaces as to whether people should be expected too or not IMO. Big airy spaces where everyone else has a choice of cubicles, fine, go if you need to. Small workplaces with only one or two toilets and no windows to cater for a lot of people, then if you can, hold it. It’s selfish to stink out spaces that other people are forced to use when you could just wait a while.

That's the companies fault for not providing satisfactory facilities, not any individuals for using what is available.

TeenLifeMum · 03/10/2025 19:25

MyLimeGuide · 03/10/2025 19:09

This!! I kept thinking about the south park poo friend, hanky the christmas poo!

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Thank you - this is where my brain went! I’m a professional with a post grad but I’m still very immature in what amuses me. The poster didn’t appreciate my humour so thank you for joining me at my level 😂

ScreamingInfidelities · 03/10/2025 19:28

The boss makes a dollar
I make a dime
That’s why I poop on company time

SunnySideDeepDown · 03/10/2025 19:28

I’m not prissy but my poo stinks so out of courtesy to my colleagues and to save my embarrassment, I don’t poo at work.

Thepeopleversuswork · 03/10/2025 19:28

@MyLimeGuide

I wasn't there when it happened but I'm reliably informed that some of it landed on the floor and some went on her shoes.

The security guards dutifully cleaned it up but it still stank to high heaven when I got back to the office an hour or so later.

EdithBond · 03/10/2025 19:29

I go anywhere (within reason).

When you gotta go, you gotta go. Not good to hold it in.

MyLimeGuide · 03/10/2025 19:30

TeenLifeMum · 03/10/2025 19:25

Thank you - this is where my brain went! I’m a professional with a post grad but I’m still very immature in what amuses me. The poster didn’t appreciate my humour so thank you for joining me at my level 😂

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Ha ha no worries im always searching for silliness! ❤

TeenLifeMum · 03/10/2025 19:32

clipboardz · 03/10/2025 18:47

I find it odd you’d hang around sitting on the loo over your own poop while you read.

I can multi task and read whilst i poop. Not sure why you think I stay in the toilet forever post poop.

Not sure why you have to be condescending

I'm condescending?! Why not read back your responses to me? 😆😆

It’s not about multi tasking; I’m genuinely confused because I don’t poop long enough to make it worth opening a book so for me to read more than 3 sentences I’d be hanging around sitting over the poo.

I don’t think my tone is condescending, more curiously and mildly mocking because I do find it strange. I just don’t find toilets very comfortable so can’t imagine sitting there to read even a page of a book. I appreciate you’re not enjoying my humour so apologies.

EdithBond · 03/10/2025 19:33

Thepeopleversuswork · 03/10/2025 19:13

In the office of a former employer we had a lovely big atrium with shiny marble floors and columns.

Someone got caught short one afternoon on their way to a meeting and literally did a poo in the middle of the atrium. The stench reached all the offices across four floors.

Let that be a cautionary tale to those of you who think its sensible to hold it in. Better to stink out a work toilet than do it at the reception desk when you're checking in for a business meeting.

That’s almost made me poo myself laughing. Tears in full flow. Hahaha!

Oh, the shame!

Thephantom · 03/10/2025 19:35

I've never pooed at work (hope I haven't jinxed it now) and would rather wait until i get home. But if I really really had to and couldn't wait it out I obviously will.

Dontitalwaysseemtogo · 03/10/2025 19:36

I wish I could poo on cue at home but needless to say I can’t! Thankfully we have a toilet far away from my office so no one would know if was me! I’d avoid pooing at someone’s house if I could!

Arrrrrrragghhh · 03/10/2025 19:39

I wouldn’t use a work loo for a stinky poo. Really not fair on the other women who want a quick wee or change a towel/ tampon. The odd person with IBS fair enough but if we all did our poos it would’ve a horrible plus there would be even less loo roll . Men have urinals - we don’t
I really don’t get not being able to hold it in .Literally one if the strongest muscles in the body.

katieDidIt14 · 03/10/2025 19:40

Switcher · 03/10/2025 17:55

I'm on a very boring zoom call and had to go off camera because I'm dying of laughter.

🤣🤣🤣

Ddakji · 03/10/2025 19:41

Arrrrrrragghhh · 03/10/2025 19:39

I wouldn’t use a work loo for a stinky poo. Really not fair on the other women who want a quick wee or change a towel/ tampon. The odd person with IBS fair enough but if we all did our poos it would’ve a horrible plus there would be even less loo roll . Men have urinals - we don’t
I really don’t get not being able to hold it in .Literally one if the strongest muscles in the body.

Lucky you. After years of feeling obliged to hold it in by people like you, and dealing with endless bouts of constipation and pain as a result, if I need a poo I have one and I encourage all women to do the same. It’s what a toilet is for, so the idea that using it for that is “unfair” is utter nonsense.

GentleSheep · 03/10/2025 19:43

I regularly poo at work, although I will turn the camera off if I’m in Teams.

😂😂😂

popcornandpotatoes · 03/10/2025 19:45

I really really hate pooping in toilets with cubicles where someone might hear or smell it. Hate it so much that my body never even needs to poo when I'm not at home (unless on holiday). At home I need a poo like clockwork. The moment I'm out of routine and have to go somewhere at my usual poop time my bowels go to sleep. I'm pretty grateful for that

IsThisTheWaytoSlamMyPillow · 03/10/2025 19:46

SprayWhiteDung · 03/10/2025 17:37

It's absolutely disgusting using a purpose-built toilet in an enclosed, locked cubicle to have a poo at work. I would never dream of it - I keep a bucket in the boot of my car and use that under a tree in the corner of the car park.

Why wouldn't anybody with a modicum of class and decorum do the same?

RIP Patricia Routledge.

Hyacinth POOquet 😂

FlyingUnicornWings · 03/10/2025 19:48

ObtuseMoose · 03/10/2025 19:13

I only poop at home because it triggers something in me and I have to run around the house like I've been possessed by a demon afterwards.

You and my cat both!

Arrrrrrragghhh · 03/10/2025 19:48

Ddakji · 03/10/2025 19:41

Lucky you. After years of feeling obliged to hold it in by people like you, and dealing with endless bouts of constipation and pain as a result, if I need a poo I have one and I encourage all women to do the same. It’s what a toilet is for, so the idea that using it for that is “unfair” is utter nonsense.

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Theres a reason it’s called “keeping regular” . People shit at mostly regular intervals once or twice a day.
Women don’t have separate wee versus poo toilets . We all need loo roll.
Poo at will in the posh places with plenty of both. My work has one loo for us all.

ScruffMuffin · 03/10/2025 19:49

While I will use any toilet whenever I need to, I take measures to make sure it's not audible and I don't stink the place out. It's just being considerate. But this got me to thinking... why are so many women embarrassed by a natural bodily function that most men would never think to get hung up on? A lot if it boils down to societal expectations and sexism. We need to fight for equal poo rights, and fewer rude/ stupid remarks about our toilet habits at work. Who wants to join me in my campaign? #FreeThePoo