Anna C Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Gosh Lisa, that's risky. Do you know that they were definitely laughing at you? I ask because - right or wrong - they could complain to the Police under the Public Order Act. I know teenage girls are prone to going off into fits of laughter at the most inopportune moments, and I know that girls can of course be absolutely vicious, but without absolute proof that they were laughing at you, I'm not sure it was worth calling them what you did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yes Anna they were definately laughing at me. They were all staring at me. Didn`t even try to hide the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yes Anna they were definately laughing at me. They were all staring at me. Didn`t even try to hide the fact. I can see how that would have been upsetting but I'm struggling to see how calling them "bitches" to their faces is any better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I understand what you`re saying. But up until a few years ago if people had made a comment like that to me, I would probably have just put my head down and walked away. I think as I am getting older I don`t care as much what people think of me. Besides,it made me feel a whole lot better ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Has any one else 40+ ever been brave (or just plain foolish) enough to use the communal changing room in Primark? I have to say the open looks of horror & the giggles were awful....wish I'd been able to just hold my head high (or better still - looked great in the same clothes they were trying....but enough of fantasy.... I promise I had picked only the frumpiest offerings to try on!). I have learned the thing to do is pick up items in 2 sizes & 2 colours - take home to try on & decide then return what's no good! Guess it got me thinking how I behaved to 'old dears' when I was young & (I like to think!!) gorgeous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The changing rooms are not communal in my Local Primark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I LOATHE COMMUNAL CHANGING ROOMS SO MUCH I SHALL GO AND PUT THEM IN ROOM 101 IMMEDIATELY! Thanks Peanut for reminding me about them. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I didn't know that communal changing rooms still existed? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygirlsmum Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 I have not used a communal changing room since my teens, fortunately I don't think there are any local to where I live. However, I would definitely avoid. It is a shame that most of us feel that we should avoid these situations instead of having the confidence to embrace our maturer physique. Peanut68 is it possible that the girls were just a bit giggly and not laughing at you, both my girls ages 11 & 13 tell me I look good (I know I don't, I'm at least 3 stone overweight) I would like to think that they wouldn't make anyone feel self concious even in jest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The changing rooms are not communal in my Local Primark. Nor mine! I haven't seen one for over 20 years, since I worked in the West End. Even then I think they were only in a couple of stores; Miss Selfridge and maybe Topshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Miss Selfridge. That`s right. I remember when I was a child/teenager them being individual. Then one day my mum was buying me something. Walked in and it was just a room full of semi naked women. I was mortified. Was only about 14 I guess. Still,when in Rome and all that,but I remember they had this whole communal changing room thing going on for a few years. Must have been trendy at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I remember the Miss Selfridge store in Brighton, circa 70s/80s. It was de rigeur to shop there and the communal changing room was well populated with trendy folk admiring themselves in the mirrors. If you hadn't tried something on in there and bought something, not necessarily the same thing, you better get yourself across the street to what I think was called Plummer's in those days, as you were just so uncool. I hated the communal set up, not just because I wasn't one of the beautiful people apparently. I just like privacy. I wouldn't use one now and if that was all that was on offer, I would go elsewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I also hated them. I was painfully skinny as a young teenager and I found such changing rooms mortifying. I would equally dislike them now as I could stand to lose some weight since it is many months since I have had regular exercise as I have been unwell this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I always thought they were counterproductive: after all, you want the privacy to be able to look at yourself from all angles and decide whether or not something suits you. If you're in a communal situation, I'd have thought people might well buy less. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Communal changing rooms were also slightly less than fragrant, what with the mass removing of shoes in a confined and usually already overheated space. There was a small item in yesterday's Sunday Times about the unwelcome trend of communal or unisex lavatories in new restaurants. No waaaaay! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Funnily enough Jacqueline I was in a pizzeria in Leeds on Saturday within the cinema complex. One of my companions came back from a visit to the facilities and said they were unisex. We waited till we got to the theatre! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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