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I wet my knickers in M&S on purpose.

180 replies

IPdaily · 21/11/2006 12:17

Ok, so I've changed my name to protect my identity and from the life long ribbing I'd get on here.

I went Xmas shopping with my mother and we stopped at M&S for a bite to eat, I need to wee more but am also hungry -we had to queue for ages but finally when we sat down all was good.

I go to use the loo as by now I am desperate. There is a man outside the loo with a cleaning cart and he stops me from going in "I'm cleaning them" he says. After 10 minutes of waiting there, staring at him staring at the door I say "You're not actually cleaning them are you?"

He says "Yes I have to wait 20 minutes to make sure everyone is out"

"Well, I'll go in there have a look for you , spend a penny at the same time and we'll all be happy"

"No, I'm cleaning" he says

By this point I am barely able to walk and scream in an awful Nicki (from BB) fashion
"I'm bloody 7 months pregnant and need to wee for gods sake"

"But I'm cleaning" he says still outside staring at the door, now with his arm in the way of entry.

Right then.

And I wet myself in front of all the other ladies who were tutting at having to wait.

Cue one of the ladies in the queue getting an assistant who then got the manager who took me to the staff toilets/asked my size brought me some knickers and trousers and apologised profusely.

I am terribly stubborn sometimes.

OP posts:
ComeOVeneer · 21/11/2006 13:12

Following on from Flamesparrows comment re the policeman's helmet, check some of these out -

Iran The eating of snakes on a Sunday is prohibited.

Israel It's illegal to pick one's nose on the sabbath.

Italy In Milan people are legally required to smile at all times- although there are some exemptions for patients in hospitals and those attending funerals.

Japan It is illegal to wear the colour purple unless you are in mourning.

Madasgascar A pregnant woman may not wear a hat.

Paraguay duelling is perfectly legal, provided both parties are registered blood donors.

Peru Unmarried men are banned from having a female alpaca live in their home or apartment.

Russia It is illegal to drive any car that is dirty.

Saudi Arabia By law a wife is entitled to divorce her husband if he fails to keep her supplied with coffee.

Singapore Failure to flush a public toilet is punishable by a large fine or even a prison sentence.

Syria A man is forbidden to look at the body of any woman who is not his wife.

Sweden Training a seal to balance a ball on it's nose is prohibited.

Switzerland The law strictly prevents anyone from mowing their lawn on a Sunday.

Thailand Treading on Thai money is outlawed.

UK A pregnant woman can legally urinate anywhere she wants to, including in a policeman's helmet.

A woman may not be topless in public in Liverpool unless she is employed as a clerk in a tropical fish store.

If a stranger should knock on your door in Scotland and require the use of your commode, then you must by law allow them inside.

In London it is illegal to drive a car if you are not sitting in the front seat.

Married couples in Upton-upon-Severn, are banned from living in discarded buses.

ledodgychristmasjumper · 21/11/2006 13:13

"A woman may not be topless in public in Liverpool unless she is employed as a clerk in a tropical fish store"

OOps!

Cappuccino · 21/11/2006 13:13

I think the coffee thing is perfectly reasonable

KathyMCMLXXII · 21/11/2006 13:13

But when you're pg your need to go fluctuates weirdly according to how the baby is lying.
Personally I have had serious problems with this kind of thing this pregnancy - sometimes literally needing to go every 10 sodding minutes, other times managing to hold on for hours.
The OP seems entirely plausible to me and I don't blame her at all (though I would probably have gone straight to the men's myself).

ComeOVeneer · 21/11/2006 13:14

That one made me laugh too Ledology

flamesparrow · 21/11/2006 13:18

Damn - can#t drive in London then... I always drive in the back seat!!!

fitch · 21/11/2006 13:19

she didn't piss on the floor because she didn't get her own way she pissed on the floor because some jobsworth twat shut the toilets for 20 minutes with no good reason to ban a pregnant desperate woman from going in. its not like she did it because there was no milk or parking space ffs. having said that i would either have barged past or used the mens/disabled/whatever

fitch · 21/11/2006 13:21

and what pathetic rule is it that he has to wait outside for 20 minutes to make sure there's noone in there? a simple holler through the doorway would work or he could go in and check because i would imagine most women would be in a cubical if they were going anything personal

Cappuccino · 21/11/2006 13:27

fitch read the thread

'I wet my knickers in m&s on purpose'

fitch · 21/11/2006 13:28

i can read thank you very much whats your point? she wet them on purpose because some twat wouldn't let her inthe toilets not because she couldn't get what she wanted klike a pint of milk.

nailpolish · 21/11/2006 13:29

but fitch there are alternatives

fitch · 21/11/2006 13:31

yes, which is why I said I would have barged past or used the men's. what i am saying is that she didn't have a tantrum in tescos and wet herself because there wasnt any milk like some people have suggested.

flamesparrow · 21/11/2006 13:31

Toilets being cleaned in my M&S about the same stage of pregnancy - I went in the mens. Got some baffled looks as I came out

Gobbledigook · 21/11/2006 13:36

Eeew, no, sorry but that is gross.

She waited ages before going to the loo - the cleaner was annoying but I might have just complained. I absolutely could not have let it go on purpose to make a point. God, how embarrassing.

nailpolish · 21/11/2006 13:36

i think in future the OP will go to the loo when she first needs, not wait til she is desperate after her bite to eat

a lesson to us all! i tell my dd's this all the time - dont wait til you are desperate

muma3 · 21/11/2006 13:39

its illegal to drive to church on xmas day

its illegal to eat mince pies on xmas day

its illegal to eat a 3 course dinner on xmas day

and your allowed by law to piss up the back left tyre of a taxi

you dont have to pay a black cab if it hasnt got a bale of hay in its boot

VeniVidiVickiQV · 21/11/2006 14:09

Yes - i vaguely remeber those rules about taxi's.....

WhizzBangCaligula · 21/11/2006 14:10

I think my DB would have something to say about a passenger who tried to get him to show him his hay bale!

TheHighwayCod · 21/11/2006 14:11

lets face it that post ( th OP) is toatally fictitious

VeniVidiVickiQV · 21/11/2006 14:11

I think my DB would have something to say about someone pissing in his helmet

NotAnOtter · 21/11/2006 14:30

WHAT FUN

Flamesparrow · 21/11/2006 14:32

Found the welshman one:

In Chester, its legal to shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside city walls after midnight. In Hereford, you may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.

And the Scots aren't safe either:

In York, excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.

3andnomore · 21/11/2006 16:37

At OP...no opinion to that, but
"Singapore Failure to flush a public toilet is punishable by a large fine or even a prison sentence."
Could they not have such law over here....please....

WestCountryLass · 21/11/2006 21:56

Really cannot understand why OP did not jsut barge past the cleaner and use the facilities

handlemecarefully · 21/11/2006 22:13

F*&^ing hell - that took some front! Sort of impressed and appalled all at the same time

(I would have sent my belligerent mother off to demand to speak to a Manager - NOW!, rather than pee my pants tbh)