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Loudly complaining about smell in public loo

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Okokokokoh · Yesterday 17:01

Suddenly needed to use the toilet (ibs) in M&S, a lady walked in and kept saying. "Oh god it stinks in here!" Over and over again to everyone in the queue.
aibu or is that a bit mean!? It's a toilet after all. I ended up having to stay in the cubicle for ages because then i was too embarrassed to walk out after she'd been telling everyone over and over again that it stinks.
i did flush multiple times to try and avoid too much smell but I'm not sure what else I could have done.

OP posts:
Enigma54 · Yesterday 22:31

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 20:33

some one else’s poo smell is just grim. People who have IBS or eat too much meat or both should stay at home until their bowels are clear.

Or at the very least try and use products to save us all from the misery of their personal smells.

Are you stupid??? 🙈

Cathmawr · Yesterday 22:32

She's rude OP. I tell me 3 year off for shouting about toilets being stinky.

dingbat5 · Yesterday 22:39

TheBers · Yesterday 21:40

Why? A few other posters have said IBS is a disability and the IBS smell is really unpleasant. Therefore the disabled loo is entirely appropriate surely?

Most people won’t need to take a dump when out and about. It’s a once or twice a day event. It’s polite not to stink up a public toilet. In the same way it’s polite to wash and use deodorant.

A toilet is for defecating in. It is being used for its intended purpose. All shit stinks, get over yourself. The op I was quoting has since shown a pathetic lack of understanding for IBS sufferers and suggest they all stay at home so yes her attitude is vile.

If you are so offended by the smells of others perhaps it’s you who shouldn’t be out in public.

NovaF · Yesterday 22:39

Enigma54 · Yesterday 22:31

Are you stupid??? 🙈

She is acting like her shit don’t stink!

TaptheCap · Yesterday 22:39

Eudaimonia11 · Yesterday 17:46

If you have IBS or a condition where you know you’re likely to cause a strong unpleasant smell, you should carry a small Vipoo or something. The smell isn’t your fault, you can’t help having the condition but you can make it a little less unpleasant for yourself and those around you where possible.

But often I don't have time to get something like that out!

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:40

I think I need to stop winding you (possibly fat) smelly bastards with very bad diets, up.

you are all never gonna care about your trail of smells or your gut health

I need to live with that

Sunbringer · Yesterday 22:42

SuePer · Yesterday 17:49

As she has ibs she should have them.

So people now have to carry around random shit drops because other people can’t cope with a toilet smelling of what is deposited in it?

No people with a health condition don’t have to carry scented oil to perfume their toilet with

XenoBitch · Yesterday 22:44

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:40

I think I need to stop winding you (possibly fat) smelly bastards with very bad diets, up.

you are all never gonna care about your trail of smells or your gut health

I need to live with that

There is something to be said about someone who gets their kicks winding up people with health conditions.
There are plenty of other hobbies you can indulge in.

Again, if you don't like normal human smells, then stay under your bridge at home.

Sunbringer · Yesterday 22:45

batmata · Yesterday 21:50

I have IBS. I would recognise the smell anywhere lol. TBH I wouldn’t say a damn thing. I’d go to the toilet and that’s it. If u said anything (and wouldn’t expect u to), I’d just say “don’t apologise. It’s normal. I have IBS anyway”… or something similar.

IBS is a catch all term for a cluster of mechanisms where the guts function is disturbed but the structure appears normal. There is no ‘one smell’ of what is a cluster of symptoms and signs of disregularity.

dingbat5 · Yesterday 22:46

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:40

I think I need to stop winding you (possibly fat) smelly bastards with very bad diets, up.

you are all never gonna care about your trail of smells or your gut health

I need to live with that

I would actively fart in your direction to be honest.

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:48

dingbat5 · Yesterday 22:46

I would actively fart in your direction to be honest.

Well you see that is my point you are all quite repulsive

Floppyearedlab · Yesterday 22:50

Seymour5 · Yesterday 17:48

The loos in our local M&S never smell nice, even though they are cleaned regularly. A drop of bleach would help 😱. I’m old fashioned, and still use it, albeit very sparingly, at home.

Same in ours!

Ignore OP. It’s a toilet. That’s what they’re for. As long as you left it clean.

With hindsight it would have been so funny to make loud fart/poo sounds from inside your cubicle every time she said it. 💩💩💩💨💨💨

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · Yesterday 22:51

EatingHealthy · Yesterday 17:44

She wasn't commenting on you specifically though. You seem to have taken it very personally so presumably you think the smell came from you. She probably thought it was a general toilet smell, due to build up over time and poor ventilation, or someone who'd been in there previously, I doubt she meant it as a personal attack.

Exactly!

dingbat5 · Yesterday 22:52

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:48

Well you see that is my point you are all quite repulsive

You are the repulsive one with your embarrassing lack of knowledge and ableist attitude. But do enjoy floating through life in your bubble of ignorance believing that you fart fairy dust.

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:54

dingbat5 · Yesterday 22:52

You are the repulsive one with your embarrassing lack of knowledge and ableist attitude. But do enjoy floating through life in your bubble of ignorance believing that you fart fairy dust.

So saying farting in someone’s face is okay ????????

DidChandlerGoToYemen · Yesterday 22:54

There are some truly disgusting people on this thread. OP isn't one of them.

Some of you ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves.

dingbat5 · Yesterday 22:57

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:54

So saying farting in someone’s face is okay ????????

It’s a lot less offensive than some of the drivel you’ve been spouting. I said in your direction not in your face but since I thankfully don’t know you then neither will happen.

GaIadriel · Yesterday 22:57

"She who smelt it dealt it". 🤣

Franjipanl8r · Yesterday 22:59

If you shouted back “oh shut up” would she have known which cubicle it came from?!

If you were feeling really brave, you could have shouted “can someone tell that woman to be quiet, I’m trying to concentrate on taking a shit in here”.

DidChandlerGoToYemen · Yesterday 23:00

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 21:08

This is a real lark for me, IBS is a first world problem. For a start western diets are correlated with bowel problems, and bowel disease. As a matter of fact it is particularly related to Northern Europe and especially scotland. Lack of vegetables in peoples diet are a significant factor and eating too much red processed meat

so sort out your diets folks and stop inflicting your bowel problems on us.

Sorry, you do know your mouth is for talking out of and your arse is for shitting out of, right? Because you seem to have it back to front... 🤔

FancyKitten · Yesterday 23:04

We call our toilet the Piss Parlour, the Shite Shack, the Poo Palace. If I walk in after DH has done his business, and complain… He simply says “this room is for shitting & peeing”.

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 23:07

DidChandlerGoToYemen · Yesterday 23:00

Sorry, you do know your mouth is for talking out of and your arse is for shitting out of, right? Because you seem to have it back to front... 🤔

You all love your smelly shit, don’t you and all your charming analogies about mouths and shit you are all a bit weird really.

HangingOver · Yesterday 23:09

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 22:54

So saying farting in someone’s face is okay ????????

It's from Monty Python

Lonity · Yesterday 23:12

LlynTegid · Yesterday 18:18

I hope none of you are the kind who will not have a tradesman use your own toilet in your home.

That’s a separate topic.

That woman was rude and childish but some people have legitimate concerns with male tradies being disgusting and disrespectful in their toilets. The horror stories I’ve seen on here. It’s not about them leaving a bad smell - that would be fine and normal. It’s people not flushing or making any attempt to clean the toilet after a watery stool or just leaving it in a really bad state. Of course not all are like that but you can never tell.

I have a toilet in my apartment building so thankfully the tradies use that 😆

Illegally18 · Yesterday 23:13

Franjipanl8r · Yesterday 22:59

If you shouted back “oh shut up” would she have known which cubicle it came from?!

If you were feeling really brave, you could have shouted “can someone tell that woman to be quiet, I’m trying to concentrate on taking a shit in here”.

😆