Today, I really had to go to the bathroom. Due to my fear of public restrooms, I made sure it was clear before I started. I heard someone sigh halfway through. Embarrassed, I waited a full ten minutes before leaving the stall, only to see that it was only the automatic air freshener. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, despite my fear of using public restrooms, I was forced to anyway to avoid my bladder exploding. I was finally getting over it when someone stuck their head under the stall to "see if someone's in there". I'm scared more now than I was before. FML
Today, I had no choice but to use a public bathroom. I have issues going when there are others in the stalls, and apparently another person did as well. We both sat there in silence, waiting stubbornly for the other to give up and leave so we could go. It’s been 20 minutes. FML
Today, my coworker friend told me she was going to the restroom. Soon after, I did the same. Once in the stall, I could smell a stench emanating from the next one. I yelled, "Ew, you stinky bitch" and sprayed air freshener under the partition. As I left the stall, my friend walked into the restroom. FML
Today, I had to use a public bathroom. I have problems going when other people are there, so I waited until everyone left. Two girls noticed I was taking a long time, and started giggling and throwing notes under the door asking if I was alive. This continued for half an hour. FML
Today, I was at a gas station and I went to the bathroom. Thinking some was already in the bathroom, I waited for ten minutes while people lined up behind me only to find out that it was empty. FML
Today, I got stuck for a while in a hallway between two security doors due to a malfunction. I'm not claustrophobic, but I sure am sensitive to horrifying smells coming from a nearby bathroom stall. FML
Today, I desperately needed to pee, so I decided to confront my anxiety issues and use a public toilet. I opened the lid, only to see several huge, rancid floaters staring back at me. I had an attack, started sobbing, and pissed myself on the way home. Never again. FML
Today, I needed to take a dump at school. As soon as I sat down, somebody else walked in. I'm extremely poop-shy, so I was forced to wait for several minutes while they styled their hair and applied makeup. After they left, I breathed a sigh of relief. Then someone else walked in. FML
Today, I was at a new shopping mall. After an hour, I desperately needed to use the bathroom. Spotting one, I ran inside, locked myself in a cubicle and relieved myself. The toilet paper was out so I knocked on the cubicle beside me to ask for some. A lady's voice answered. She needed some too. FML
Today, while at work I went to use the public restroom because I had a severe case of diarrhea. All went well until the timed sensor lights went off and I couldn't leave my stall to get them back on. I sat there for thirty minutes in pure darkness. FML
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Top comments
iAmScrubs 19
I've seen the same thing before in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Except, in that case, the air freshener was carrying a chainsaw and it was chopping everyone's heads off. OP, you were right to wait inside the stall. Air Fresheners are very dangerous.
adropofpeace 8
My sympathies are with you. However it still makes me laugh that you'd sit there for 10 minutes without leaving.
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Comments (141)
stormracer101 5
I have a similar fear. it has to be empty so I can go. or I flush while I'm going to cover the sound.
hottottie 0
that's funny dude.. but I think u should only care if u have explosive stank bombs or loud farts or somethin..well, maybe u did. in that case, I'd wait too.
wonder11 0
Hahahahahaaaa ! OMG that just made my day!! LOL! seriously an air freshener! Daang!
SupermanXL 3
lol
TheWicked 4
YDI for stupidity.
blinkingstarlet 15
lmfao! FYL
mab_987 5
YDI for being a coward.
Skatejock21 0
Why would you have a fear of public washrooms? it's almost the same as a home washroom, just more people use a public washroom. If you were so scared, go to the washroom in a bush. Yeah, public washrooms are gross, but it's either that, wetting yourself, or risking infection due to waiting to go to the washroom for a period of time. Quite frankly, if it was a washroom with several stalls, studies have proven that the first stalls are the cleanest because everyone assumes it's the dirtiest so nobody goes in it. YDI. It's a public washroom and an air freshener... there are many more worse things than that in life.
MurphyS94 4
You're being a bit unreasonable. People can't control their fears, and I've heard of a lot of crazier phobias then that. Give the OP a break, at least she was trying to face her fears...
Alycidon 1
Fear of public washrooms? Wow, I haven't even met such a paranoid person IRL yet. YDI
candycane101 0
bwahahah, atleast you got to use the washroom.