Today, I sat in my hotel room bathroom in dead silence for 30 minutes while I waited for the cleaning staff to stop watching TV and drinking beer from the minibar, so that I could finish using the toilet. FML
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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, I was given a powerful laxative to clear me out. I can't go to the bathroom because the four guests of my sleeping roommate are all sitting in dead silence against the paper-thin bathroom wall. FML
Today, I still have my ridiculous fear of being heard on the toilet, and I can't go if people are around. I'd just sat down on the toilet when three of my housemates started chatting immediately outside the door. I had to sit silently until they were gone. For half an hour. FML
Today, after being constipated a few days, I used the restroom at a bar. It took a loooong time before I got out. As I went to exit the bar, only the employees were still there, waiting for me because they had closed 30 minutes ago. FML
Today, I'm sharing a hotel room with co-workers on a business trip. The walls are paper-thin, you could hear a pin drop, and I'm trying to make my explosive diarrhea as close to silent as possible. FML
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
Today, I waited for the single bathroom for a very long time. I finally knocked on the door and found no one was in there. FML
Today, while using the restroom at my favorite cafe, I fell asleep for 30 minutes. There is nothing more jarring than waking up to the banging of 7 angry, urine-filled patrons viciously breaking down the only barrier between between you and your shame. 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
Today, my boyfriend and I wanted to kayak. On the way, I told him I had to go back to our hotel because I needed the bathroom and didn't want a public one to smell. Once back in the elevator at the hotel, it got stuck. For an hour. I pooped myself and had to wait 40 minutes after that for help. FML
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MsConfusedd 27
Hopefully you complained and the hotel repaid you in full, that's so unprofessional and creepy.
jeffprobs 29
File a complaint, but next time make a loud cough noise to scare them so they know you are there
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Comments (45)
MsConfusedd 27
Hopefully you complained and the hotel repaid you in full, that's so unprofessional and creepy.
Ramb0 20
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Be more assertive. YDI.
hellobobismyname 24
OP might have anxiety. I have social anxiety and in a situation like this that requires confrontation, I would have panic attacks most of the time. Sometimes it's not easy for someone to be assertive.
MikaykayUnicorn 36
OP doesn't deserve this. Don't be a dick. Not everyone is free of mental health issues and able to be assertive or to do something in a situation like this.
tomvertigo 17
#30 and #41 Don't use that as an excuse. ALL OP had to do was make them aware of his/her presence and, if they didnt go, call the front desk. It's not confrontation to clear your throat or ask "who is there". Beyond that ALL hotels have "Do Not Disturb" signs for a reason. Put it on the god damn door if you are in the room. Period.
Brandi_Faith 34
All op needed to do was ask them to come back later. 3 words. And if the op does have such severe anxiety, then 42 is right and he should be leaving his do not disturb sign on the door every time he's in the room. I'm not saying op deserves it per say, but I am saying that there were several solutions to op's "problem."
Brandi_Faith 34
Just another thing, but usually when the housekeeping comes in they ask, repeatedly, if anyone is there. So if they asked if someone was in the room and you continued to say nothing, then ya, you kinda deserve it.
lilchica22001 22
#42,44,&45 Clearly ya'll are lucky enough not to be stricken with social anxiety. It's not an "easy fix" or JUST "three simple words". To someone with social anxiety or just horrible anxiety in general....speaking to anyone especially a stranger is like trying to give a speech in front of 1000 people. It's terrifying on a level that you can't control! So don't talk about things you don't understand. You'll never know until you have to experience it.
andrealynne1987 2
They didn't even have to say anything- or leave the bathroom.. Just flushing the toilet would have accomplished the same thing- letting the staff know they were in the bathroom..
KingAdrock 16
I have to agree. While not everyone would be comfortable walking out and yelling at people, there are a myriad of minor tiny things OP could have done to better the situation. Even something as simple as: FLUSH THE TOILET. The cleaners would hear that sound, realize someone was in the room and ran for the hills.
Xamry14 10
But people with social anxiety also don't want to cause a feeling of embarrassment to others. So OP was kinda stuck.
jeffprobs 29
File a complaint, but next time make a loud cough noise to scare them so they know you are there
vikky538 29
Or a loud fart noise would do the same.
Cian_1 28
Did they not want to clean the toilet?
CheekyRaccoon 27
They did but OP was using it so they decided to wait for OP to finish, but they couldn't wait forever since they had other rooms to clean.
teentee401 37
I think the OP was in the bathroom and the maid walked in either without checking to see that it was empty or not hearing the OP. The maid then began to lounge and not do their job while the OP waited awkwardly on the toilet.
CheekyRaccoon 27
Yea I knew that, I was making a bad joke, perhaps I should've made that more clear.
lfrider92 21
you pay them, so tell them to GTFO
soulreaper12296 28
You definitely need to let the management know about that. That is incredibly unprofessional and leaves a bad reputation for the hotel/motel.
jenn2119 9
the hotel, motel, holiday inn? :)
ViviMage 40
Your minibar, your tab. WTF that is so unprofessional to steal your beer and add it to your bill. Complain about stealing drunken staff
kowsee 22
I hope you make sure they get in trouble for that. That's ridiculously unprofessional, and awkward for you!!!
hoosiergirl94 31
Did they not realize someone was in the bathroom?
Spark_Slicker 19
Report their unprofessional asses.