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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Odd-South-6025 on 2026-01-22 16:18:04+00:00.
Not today, but this summer, and I still think about it way too much.
I (26F) was touring Paris with friends when I suddenly really had to go. We found a public toilet by a crowded canal. The line moved fast, so I thought I was saved, until I saw the sign: a “no poop” symbol. I thought, WTF? People are actually not allowed to poop in a toilet?
I shrugged and went in. Big mistake.
It was not a toilet, but a women’s urinal (something I’d never seen before). The door barely closed and didn't lock, there was no toilet paper, and the fixture was for squatting/peeing, with a metal grid underneath.
I panicked. I tried to just pee and find a real toilet later. It did not go as planned. The metal grid made it very clear this situation was not what the designers intended.
I left as fast as humanly possible, avoided eye contact with the next person, and rejoined my friends pretending nothing happened.
I hate people who wreck public toilets. I’ve always wondered who these psychos are… and that day, I became one.
TL;DR:
I mistook a women’s urinal for a normal toilet, panicked, lost control, and became the public restroom villain I always hated.