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FannyCornforth Mon 07-Nov-22 12:29:29

Hello!

On the ‘Ask a Question’ thread, a poster bravely shared an embarrassing incident that involved the loos in BHS.

Which reminded me of my own embarrassing BHS loos-based incident.

I was with a Year 2 class visiting the panto in town.
The school was in walking distance to the town centre, so we always walked there.

At the time my Number 1 charge and constant companion was a little Latvian boy who had autistic spectrum condition (and didn’t you just know it).

We actually loved each other to bits (am I allowed to say that?) but he was extremely self willed and vocal about everything.

Having refused to do the obligatory toilet stop before leaving school, half way to the panto he decided that he did actually need the loo, and he needed it pronto.

So, he and I split from the rest of class, quickly trotting hand in hand to and through the crowds to BHS in pursuit of the toilets.
And I had to really hold onto him as he was a bit of a flight risk.

He also wasn’t exactly delighted at the prospect of going in the ladies, as he usually went in the gents with his Dad.

As it was coming up to Christmas, town was absolutely packed.
I was also mindful that I needed to get back to the teacher and the rest of class as navigating 30+ infants through a packed shopping centre isn’t easy.

All the way throughout the fraught process, whenever I urged him to ‘get a move on’, he squealed at the top of his voice, to the throngs of horrified shoppers,

‘She’s Not My Mum! She isn’t! She’s Not My Mum!’

Tell us an embarrassing incident.
It doesn’t need to involve the loos at BHS smile

jenni123 Tue 08-Nov-22 15:48:53

many years ago it was in London. friend had to go to hospital daily for iron injections. i went with her along with her 4 yr old daughter. At the hospital her daughter insisted on going into the cubicle while Mum had her jab. Left hospital got onto London bus (still had conductors in those days) Bis was packed, we had to sit opposite each other on the long seats. The bus was packed... Suddenly in a very loud voice the child said 'Mummy, why did you take your knickers off and let that man stick his thing in your bottom?' My friends face went scarlet, the whole bus went silent, the child repeated the question, in a very squeaky voice my friend replied, 'Susy. that man was a doctor and that thing was an injection'.. the whole bus breathed out, the conductor walked past and said, 'Cor love, that was a relief. I couldn't stop laughing

nannypiano Tue 08-Nov-22 15:42:26

My son and I were at the beach for the day when we both needed the loo fairly urgently. You can imagine the shock after I'd run into the ladies, but he had run into the next door which was the ladies exit and we crashed into each other in the middle. We were laughing so much we almost didn't make it in time.

MissAdventure Tue 08-Nov-22 14:45:13

grin

HannahLoisLuke Tue 08-Nov-22 14:10:20

MissAdventure

My ex was with his daughter in the local shop (where everyone knows everyone)

His girl was about three, and found a little friend to play with.

His daughter and her new friend fell out, and he said she looked like a boy.

She came running up to the queue where dad was, and pointed at him, saying "That's my dad, and he's a boy, because he has a great big willy!"

Lucky you Miss A!

grandtanteJE65 Tue 08-Nov-22 13:55:07

Not mine, but my husband's. He was walking through a crowded Belgian street market carrying two heavy carrier bags of groceries when his jeans started to slide down .(He had forgotten to put on a belt).

Even more fortunately, the old lady walking along behind him saw the funny side of the incident. He was wearing boxers, but all the same felt considerably embarrassed, and thankful it was an old lady behind him rather than two schoolgirls!

MissAdventure Tue 08-Nov-22 12:36:19

grin

Scottiebear Tue 08-Nov-22 12:35:22

When our son was a tot we took him on a day bus tour. He waited till we were on a twist turny country road to announce he needed the loo. The toilet was right in front of us so DH took him. Cubicle was tiny and not built for 2. Son did a poo but there was no loo paper, which was badly needed, so DH sat him on the sink and ran the tap. Problem was door wouldn't lock so door was flying open every time the bus turned revealing a not so pretty sight and DH trying to hold door shut. I should have rushed to help, but was too busy laughing hysterically.
A male relative took his infant daughter to school. They were running late and as they approached the young pretty teacher, his daughter said sorry they were late, dad was having a poo. Exit one red faced dad.

pce612 Tue 08-Nov-22 12:01:08

Not mine, but my husband's.
Long before I met him, he was taking his children on holiday abroad and had to remove belts, braces etc at security to go through to the plane. Really needing his belt and having to carry bags etc, his jeans ended up round his ankles as he went through the detector. His kids were mortified.

jenpax Tue 08-Nov-22 11:56:52

These are very funny 😂 mine was taking my toddler eldest DD into the ladies where I had to change a period pad. “ooh mummy, she announced very loudly, why are you wearing a nappy have you pooed your pants?”😂

grannyro Tue 08-Nov-22 11:42:47

Because of a family emergency I was asked to pick my grandson up from his scout group. I had never been there before and arrived early whilst he was in the middle of a game which he was obviously enjoying. I explained I was his grandmother and the person in charge asked Andre if he knew me. He stopped running round, looked me up and down and said "Nope, never seen her before!" then he ran off to continue his game! It took some convincing and a call to my daughter in law to confirm who I was before I could take him home. As you can imagine he was in the bad books for a few days!

AskAlice Tue 08-Nov-22 09:52:18

My DH took my daughter, then aged about 3, to the local park. He was caught short and needed to use the loo, so had to take her in with him. As the cubicle was out of action, he had to use the urinal. On exiting, daughter went up to a complete stranger and loudly announced, "My dad has just done a wee up the wall!!"

Shelflife Tue 08-Nov-22 09:18:33

Smileless , that has really made me laugh - thankyou!!

Wyllow3 Tue 08-Nov-22 00:46:43

Bookmarking the thread, have had so many chuckles!

MiniMoon Tue 08-Nov-22 00:36:03

At my house DGD who was about 2 or 3 decided she wanted to use the toilet in my en- suite bathroom and trotted upstairs. She was a long time so DD and I went up to see what she was doing. She had turned the key in the bedroom door and couldn't turn it the other way to unlock it.
Fortunately it was summer time and my Velux window was open. We had to call the fire brigade to come and release her.
DD and I were rather embarrassed, but the firemen saw the funny side.

MissAdventure Mon 07-Nov-22 19:39:15

I went down town with someone I supported at work.

We came back later and there was a training course going on 'in house'.

Everyone there made quite a fuss of my service user, and he enjoyed being the centre of attention.

He announced to everyone there, with a flourish "And this is miss A, she's lovely, and she popped off all the way down town, and all the way back!"

BlueBelle Mon 07-Nov-22 19:30:29

I was in the dungeons with brother and sister grandkids then aged about 10/8 We had a tour guide who was quite stern telling a dramatic story about the dungeons We were told to be in silence for a minute to imagine the life there … everyone was very quite until my grandson let out a rather loud fart he stayed completely po faced and might have got away with it if he sister hadn’t said in a loud voice Nan xxxx just farted

Maggiemaybe Mon 07-Nov-22 16:35:48

We bravely took our young family to Spain on a coach one year. The coach arrived at our local bus station, and while we were waiting for the last passengers, DS (3) announced that he was desperate for a wee. He took himself into the loo, and managed to lock himself in. There must have been an issue with the lock, as the driver couldn’t get him out without taking the door off. He then failed to fix it back on and off we went on the very long journey to Salou with a doorless toilet. We were very popular, as you can imagine. DS cemented that later by being violently sick when we broke down on a motorway in stifling heat and were stuck there for an hour….

Septimia Mon 07-Nov-22 16:16:24

One of my primary pupils got herself locked in the school loo. She was getting anxious, so rather than wait for the caretaker and a screwdriver, I climbed over the partition from the next cubicle and opened the tight bolt from the inside.

Then I got stuck myself in a loo on a Danish campsite. We were virtually the only people on the site and I had my small son with me (he was perhaps 3 at the time). I tried every way I could to open the door and was on the verge of getting DS to squeeze under the door and get his dad from the other side of the site (although I was worried about him managing to do that) when the lady warden came in. She showed me how to manage the lock on the door so, fortunately, it didn't happen again!

MrsKen33 Mon 07-Nov-22 16:02:05

Granmarie You are lucky you got them back…. We never did

hulahoop Mon 07-Nov-22 14:58:35

Same here farmore😅

Farmor15 Mon 07-Nov-22 14:49:34

This thread is making me chucklesmile.

Grannmarie Mon 07-Nov-22 14:20:07

I taught P.1, 4 and 5 years old, for many years. In the days before Classroom Assistants, I kept a basket with clean pants and baby wipes in my big walk in cupboard, to deal with the occasional ' toilet accidents'.

One day , a wee girl Y wet herself, so I got her cleaned and changed, and she went home later with her wet pants in a plastic bag.

Next morning, I walked out into the playground to bring in the line of children. Many parents and grandparents stood waiting to wave the children in to school. I had hardly said " Good Morning ", when Y , waving a paper bag above her head, shouted, "Mrs X, here's your knickers!"

Witzend Mon 07-Nov-22 14:14:41

catladyuk

reminds me of an incident with my nephew many years ago. i think he was about 4 or 5 and wanted to pee urgently so i took him into the ladies public loos. he was insistent on going into the cubicle on his own and after a short while, an impassioned little voice said ' auntie m, my willie's got stuck in the zip and it hurts'!! it caused much amusement in the queue, but embarrassment to me, luckily no lasting damage was done!

Eeek!
Just after last Christmas dd and SiL took Gdcs ice skating at Hampton Court - dh and I were there to mind bags and the 2 year old.

At one point Gds (then 5) needed a wee, loos were quite a way away (NB Hampton Court, too far!). I carried him - he still had skates on - but when still a distance from the loos he said he had to go NOW, and said he’d go behind a little wooden hut we passed en route.
So I waited nearby, only to hear at the top of his voice, ‘Granny, I can’t get my willy out!’ 😂
(he still had his hefty protective gloves on.)

Yammy Mon 07-Nov-22 14:14:33

I had lots of incidents with children and toilets while teaching, we had a 5-year-old who kept disappearing to the loose every 30 mins or so, a nursery nurse went to check and heard funny noises that were not toilet related. When they peeped over the door the child was sitting sucking a dummy and had obviously gone every time they felt they needed comfort.
Arriving at a big house with a Zoo we took the children to the toilets. Unfortunately, we did not have a male member of staff with us and the house was open to the public. Men were going in so we talked to the boys. All the girls came out, but no boys appeared. A member of staff suddenly realised there was a back entrance to the mens and ran round. Some boys were crying and the public was tutting about the incompetent staff.
With new intakes, we always had some who did not know what a urinal was and one little chap wondered why he wet himself when he went. We realised he was standing with his hands in the air as if surrendering.

MissAdventure Mon 07-Nov-22 14:08:47

My ex was with his daughter in the local shop (where everyone knows everyone)

His girl was about three, and found a little friend to play with.

His daughter and her new friend fell out, and he said she looked like a boy.

She came running up to the queue where dad was, and pointed at him, saying "That's my dad, and he's a boy, because he has a great big willy!"