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John Lewis, you should be ashamed of yourselves

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Nevershoppingagaininjohnlewis · 31/01/2026 16:16

I had a bra fitting today. The partner was excellent and really knew her stuff.

The fitting was coming to an end. I was trying on the matching knickers.

As I was pulling them off, I heard a man talking to someone in a different cubicle just the other side of my curtain. I felt so vulnerable in that moment - I was only wearing a bra. I'd been having normal volume conversations about my boobs and my body with the partner, believing it to be a single sex space. And there was a gap in the curtain I could see out of, so knew it would be easy enough to see in.

I pulled my clothes on as quick as I could, whilst holding the curtain gap closed to recover them.

Once dressed, I found the man about 1m away. He was there with his wife. Why he couldn't wait by the sofa's and her come to him like it has always been, I don't know.

I spoke to the partner and she was very sympathetic. I asked her if there was a single sex space I could have had the bra fitting in, and she said no. John Lewis don't have them.

The bras are the last items I'm buying from John Lewis brand.

Bye bye Waitrose weekly shop.

I honestly cannot believe it has come to this.

OP posts:
StrangerThingsHappenRoundTheTwist · 01/02/2026 20:03

Dustyfustyoldcarcass · 01/02/2026 18:11

I do find this funny, because this is clearly a fake post trying to incite rage about single sex spaces which has massively back fired. 😂

She made the error of saying the male voice was a husband and not "clearly a man dressed as a woman" if she really wanted people in a froth

StrangerThingsHappenRoundTheTwist · 01/02/2026 20:05

A man was helping his wife. That's all

Surely you realise you're own knickers are coming off and pull them back off?? You flashed that poor shop assistant your fanny and you're worried about a man being outside a different changing room?

Mushypeasandchipstogo · 01/02/2026 20:10

Might be missing the point but who on earth takes their partner into a cubicle with them when trying on clothes, especially underwear! Weird.

JanuaryJasmine · 02/02/2026 10:46

FreshInks · 31/01/2026 17:04

The idea that a woman can’t try on clothing without the help of her husband is really strange.

Oh how ableist of you.

JanuaryJasmine · 02/02/2026 10:47

Mushypeasandchipstogo · 01/02/2026 20:10

Might be missing the point but who on earth takes their partner into a cubicle with them when trying on clothes, especially underwear! Weird.

Another able bodied person with absolutely no imagination.

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