Teachers, do you seriously stress over pooping your pants at work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure why every teacher thread needs to turn into “other professions have it SO much harder.”

The OP asked teachers.

It’s because of the post that says no other professions have limited access to a bathroom. Many times, teachers post things that suggest they have the hardest jobs and no one else has challenges. These comments demonstrate a real lack of awareness about other people’s jobs. If that poster hadn’t said there are no other jobs with limited access to bathrooms, no one would have chimed in about other jobs.

No. Teachers often post that they have HARD jobs, not HARDER. And then DCUM goes on the attack anyway, reminding teachers that they have lazy summers off and that all they do all day is play with children. (Neither is true, but we don’t come to this site for truth.)

And many teachers now are career changers, so we have experience in offices, etc. I worked in DC for years myself before entering the classroom. Additionally, many of our former coworkers who left the classroom regularly report back to about their new fields. We don’t live in a vacuum; we know how professions compare.

My ability to deal with DCUM nonsense regarding my profession is at an all-time low. And do we even know if the poster above who compared professions is even a teacher?

[Anonymous]

I have a coworker with crones who doesn’t eat at all at school to avoid bathroom emergencies. My DH has similar issues but works from home. Eliminating dairy has made a big difference for him. A friend’s teenage daughter avoided eating at school because of similar issues and it turned out she has lupus. Please get tested for underlying issues, especially food allergies and autoimmune diseases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I have a coworker with crones who doesn’t eat at all at school to avoid bathroom emergencies. My DH has similar issues but works from home. Eliminating dairy has made a big difference for him. A friend’s teenage daughter avoided eating at school because of similar issues and it turned out she has lupus. Please get tested for underlying issues, especially food allergies and autoimmune diseases.

* Crohn’s disease

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure why every teacher thread needs to turn into “other professions have it SO much harder.”

The OP asked teachers.

It’s because of the post that says no other professions have limited access to a bathroom. Many times, teachers post things that suggest they have the hardest jobs and no one else has challenges. These comments demonstrate a real lack of awareness about other people’s jobs. If that poster hadn’t said there are no other jobs with limited access to bathrooms, no one would have chimed in about other jobs.

No. Teachers often post that they have HARD jobs, not HARDER. And then DCUM goes on the attack anyway, reminding teachers that they have lazy summers off and that all they do all day is play with children. (Neither is true, but we don’t come to this site for truth.)

And many teachers now are career changers, so we have experience in offices, etc. I worked in DC for years myself before entering the classroom. Additionally, many of our former coworkers who left the classroom regularly report back to about their new fields. We don’t live in a vacuum; we know how professions compare.

My ability to deal with DCUM nonsense regarding my profession is at an all-time low. And do we even know if the poster above who compared professions is even a teacher?

Look,
You can scroll back and read the posts. Everything was talking about strategies, and commiserating, and then one poster said “no other jobs have this problem besides teachers”, and that’s when people chimed in that duh, of COURSE other jobs have this problem. That was the extent of it. It wasn’t even malicious it was just “actually , trial lawyers and surgeons and bus drivers and police officers etc etc also struggle with this”. Again- commiseration.

[Anonymous]

I think this is more common than people realize. I had a work colleague I suspect might have had problems. The toilets where at the far end of the building we worked and required a key to access. By the end of the day, she often smelt a little strange, like she had soiled her underwear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do.
I have seriously overactive bowels. Probably irritable bowel syndrome although it’s never been diagnosed. There have been many many close calls where I have been sweating bullets on my way to the restroom, and have even worked out an escape scenario where I bring my cell phone and car keys with me to the bathroom, so if the worst happens I can jump in my car and leave.
Have any other teachers put serious thought into what they would do if they ever find themselves in this humiliating situation?

I am not a teacher but discovered that the best solution is to take Nullo tablets and wear two underwear or ones with thick material. I hated using the toilets to poop during high school and found that combination worked, and I could do it in my underwear without being discovered. I had the same problem with the toiles when I started working so started doing the same thing.

God, I hope you're kidding, but otherwise this might explain why one of my coworkers reeks of sh!t all the time.

No, I'm not. Maybe they should start taking nullo tablets, so they don't reek all the time. When I started taking them during high school it made a big difference, so I started doing it virtually every day.

It doesn't. Everyone knows you smell like sh!t. Use the toilet for Christs sake.

[Anonymous]

Yes, particularly with the inability to leave during classes and short breaks between. Worse still, our school had a policy where students could not leave during class. Fortunately, common sense prevailed, but not until it became evident it was a bad idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So sorry OP your situation sounds very anxiety provoking. I am used to stepping out if I need to while at the office. I don't think there are any other professions where you are unable to leave as needed to use the bathroom.

Really? "any others"? Bus driver and surgeon come to mind right away. I'm sure there are many, many others.

School health aide. Clinic tech. Often there’s one toilet and a sick kid is using it or needs to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, particularly with the inability to leave during classes and short breaks between. Worse still, our school had a policy where students could not leave during class. Fortunately, common sense prevailed, but not until it became evident it was a bad idea.

We are not allowed to use student bathrooms in our district (for good reason).

The staff bathroom is on the other side of the school. I have 5 minutes between classes, and it would take me at least that long to get there and get back. So I don’t go.

I have a 4 hour stretch with no breaks. I’ve learned not to drink anything.

[Anonymous]

Depends should sponsor teachers with free product bc teachers are not allowed to go to the potty without getting in trouble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do.
I have seriously overactive bowels. Probably irritable bowel syndrome although it’s never been diagnosed. There have been many many close calls where I have been sweating bullets on my way to the restroom, and have even worked out an escape scenario where I bring my cell phone and car keys with me to the bathroom, so if the worst happens I can jump in my car and leave.
Have any other teachers put serious thought into what they would do if they ever find themselves in this humiliating situation?

I am not a teacher but discovered that the best solution is to take Nullo tablets and wear two underwear or ones with thick material. I hated using the toilets to poop during high school and found that combination worked, and I could do it in my underwear without being discovered. I had the same problem with the toiles when I started working so started doing the same thing.

God, I hope you're kidding, but otherwise this might explain why one of my coworkers reeks of sh!t all the time.

No, I'm not. Maybe they should start taking nullo tablets, so they don't reek all the time. When I started taking them during high school it made a big difference, so I started doing it virtually every day.

It doesn't. Everyone knows you smell like sh!t. Use the toilet for Christs sake.

+1. I am laughing so hard at the idea that the solution is to just shit your pants every day.

OP, I have Crohn’s. Go to a gastro and get your issues figured out.

[Anonymous]

Teachers should organize and all poop their pants at exactly the same time (kind off like a sick out) in order to raise awareness of an unsupportive profession that dors not even support basic human needs like bathroom breaks. It can be called a poop out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do.
I have seriously overactive bowels. Probably irritable bowel syndrome although it’s never been diagnosed. There have been many many close calls where I have been sweating bullets on my way to the restroom, and have even worked out an escape scenario where I bring my cell phone and car keys with me to the bathroom, so if the worst happens I can jump in my car and leave.
Have any other teachers put serious thought into what they would do if they ever find themselves in this humiliating situation?

I am not a teacher but discovered that the best solution is to take Nullo tablets and wear two underwear or ones with thick material. I hated using the toilets to poop during high school and found that combination worked, and I could do it in my underwear without being discovered. I had the same problem with the toiles when I started working so started doing the same thing.

God, I hope you're kidding, but otherwise this might explain why one of my coworkers reeks of sh!t all the time.

No, I'm not. Maybe they should start taking nullo tablets, so they don't reek all the time. When I started taking them during high school it made a big difference, so I started doing it virtually every day.

It doesn't. Everyone knows you smell like sh!t. Use the toilet for Christs sake.

+1. I am laughing so hard at the idea that the solution is to just shit your pants every day.

OP, I have Crohn’s. Go to a gastro and get your issues figured out.

I don’t think its something to laugh at and everyone deals with things in different ways. When I saw the subject title, it reminded me of how it made me feel during high school before I found ways of dealing with it. The combination I talked about works for me and I thought it could help others.

[Anonymous]

Could you fast during the day? I know surgeons and other physicians who don't eat or drink until after work so that they don't have to use the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I talked about a solution earlier on in this post, but I just wanted to say that it does work. Nullo tablets eliminates the smell so you can do it in your underwear without anyone knowing. I always wear underwear with thick or double material as well. I first discovered it when I was in high school but still used it now.

If you have a job where you can’t just leave to go to the toilets like a teacher it would work for you.

What do you do after? Take off the poopy underwear and put it in a bag? Just walk around with poop on your butt and in your underwear for the rest of the day?