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Anyone else have to rely on someone else for potty breaks?

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On of my many jobs at work is to answer phones, it rings very consistantly throughout the day. I also have to greet people coming in and out, and we have a secure building, so I have to let them in when they ring the bell... This means I cannot leave my desk unless someone else is covering for me. This person would be my boss, and she's not always available or around to give me potty breaks, which means I have to sit here and squirm until she comes and sits here while I run to the bathroom. NOT FUN, my tummy is like aching right now cause I have to go potty, and I asked her about 15 minutes ago. I'm annoyed. Needed to vent.

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  • CnAnACnAnA member
    Same here only I don't have to call my boss. But the woman I do have to call has threatened to catheterize me on more than one occasion. ;)

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  • mmeans1224mmeans1224
    Oh my goodness that would be awful!! I had to do that at my old job but THANK GOODNESS I don't have to do that here. Basically, whoever is in the front office has to answer the phone.  Although, I do have a handheld I have to carry with me in case more than one call comes in and I have had to answer it in the bathroom...so awkward!  Smile
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  • Cooper81Cooper81 member
    Can you approach her about finding 1 or 2 other backups?  It's only less than 5 minutes right?  I would give her some guilt trip about how holding it can lead to UTI's which could lead to pre-term labor or other issues (although I know there isn't a strong correlation between the two)
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    imageCooper81:
    Can you approach her about finding 1 or 2 other backups?  It's only less than 5 minutes right?  I would give her some guilt trip about how holding it can lead to UTI's which could lead to pre-term labor or other issues (although I know there isn't a strong correlation between the two)

    Sometimes there is another lady here who works PT that can also break me.

    I tried the guilt trip thing.... She tells me when SHE was pregnant (9 years ago) she only went to the bathroom once a day, because she worked in retail and she was the manager and had the walkie talkie on and couldn't go to the bathroom with that on. I call BS on that and pregnancy brain, because there is no way she only went to the bathroom once in a 9 hour shift?!?!?!

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  • danienrossdanienross member
    imageblp0118:

    imageCooper81:
    Can you approach her about finding 1 or 2 other backups?  It's only less than 5 minutes right?  I would give her some guilt trip about how holding it can lead to UTI's which could lead to pre-term labor or other issues (although I know there isn't a strong correlation between the two)

    Sometimes there is another lady here who works PT that can also break me.

    I tried the guilt trip thing.... She tells me when SHE was pregnant (9 years ago) she only went to the bathroom once a day, because she worked in retail and she was the manager and had the walkie talkie on and couldn't go to the bathroom with that on. I call BS on that and pregnancy brain, because there is no way she only went to the bathroom once in a 9 hour shift?!?!?!

    Not that I'm defending your boss but when I was PG with DD I really didn't go to the bathroom any more than normal until the last month so it's possible.  This pregnancy has been much different and I pee at least every couple of hours but I'm still not getting up at night to pee.

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  • BronzeMamaBronzeMama
    Can you ask another coworker/friend to help you out twice a day? Someone who's not the boss? Sometimes if you go to the boss with your solution already in hand, then they are more apt to approve the plan. If you find someone else who can cover you at least once in the morning and once in the afternoon, and you write it out and present it to your boss - and present a doctor's note stating it is unsafe for you to 'hold it' and at some point as you get further along, there will be accidents - then I bet boss lady might ease up.
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    imageblp0118:

    imageCooper81:
    Can you approach her about finding 1 or 2 other backups?  It's only less than 5 minutes right?  I would give her some guilt trip about how holding it can lead to UTI's which could lead to pre-term labor or other issues (although I know there isn't a strong correlation between the two)

    Sometimes there is another lady here who works PT that can also break me.

    I tried the guilt trip thing.... She tells me when SHE was pregnant (9 years ago) she only went to the bathroom once a day, because she worked in retail and she was the manager and had the walkie talkie on and couldn't go to the bathroom with that on. I call BS on that and pregnancy brain, because there is no way she only went to the bathroom once in a 9 hour shift?!?!?!

     

    CRAP CRAP CRAP!!!  I am a manager in retail. On my feet 8-10hrs a day.  I STILL have to run to the bathroom about once every hour or up to every 3 hrs (depending on if I can drink the water that I'm supposed to).  My boss gets frazzled because of having to go so often, and that it takes me some time to get from the front of the store to the back (i wish they had put the restroom up front!)  But I try to make it lighthearted enough and really do try to hold it til we get slow, but that is not always the case.  So I joke that if I pee myself I'm not going to clean up the mess.  And they know I'll be back quickly and if there is an emergency can still contact me on our WALKIE TALKIES (they just know I won't respond until I get out)

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