Are you ever afraid when you're trying on clothes in the Fitting Rooms

Hannibal Smith

....that you're going to fall through the curtain

Silverfish

Please explain how you discovered my deepest fear?

Yes, especially when hopping about on one leg trying on jeans.

*hop hop hop*

*wobble*

*crash*

*roars of laughter*

Hannibal Smith

Silverfish wrote: »

Please explain how you discovered my deepest fear?

Yes, especially when hopping about on one leg trying on jeans.

*hop hop hop*

*wobble*

*crash*

*roars of laughter*

haha...it's like walking a tight rope 100 ft in the air isn't it? You just pray to God you don't lose your balance!

I prefer the fitting rooms with little benches!

I'm always convinced they have cameras in there though

smileysurfer

YES!!!!!! When trying on pants I always feel il trip over and fall through the curtains!!Thank God im not the only one! :P
When I was changing in a room before the shop assistant for some reason assumed there was no one in there and riopped back the curtains while I stood there in the undies!! Nice! To this day im still paranoid! :rolleyes:

smileysurfer

smileysurfer wrote: »

YES!!!!!! When trying on pants I always feel il trip over and fall through the curtains!!Thank God im not the only one! :P
When I was changing in a room before the shop assistant for some reason assumed there was no one in there and riopped back the curtains while I stood there in the undies!! Nice! To this day im still paranoid! :rolleyes:

I hope you let loose at her :eek:

Hannibal Smith

smileysurfer wrote: »

YES!!!!!! When trying on pants I always feel il trip over and fall through the curtains!!Thank God im not the only one! :P
When I was changing in a room before the shop assistant for some reason assumed there was no one in there and riopped back the curtains while I stood there in the undies!! Nice! To this day im still paranoid! :rolleyes:

nooooooooo! :eek: I'd flippin die :eek: Did you get the clothes for free?

haha I'm glad I'm not the only one who's paranoid about cameras Bluewolf I saw it on the Bill one time where the security guard put a hidden camera in the changing rooms and I've never been the same since

smileysurfer

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

nooooooooo! :eek: I'd flippin die :eek: Did you get the clothes for free?

Nope!! :rolleyes:

bluewolf wrote: »

I hope you let loose at her :eek:

I was so embarrassed I couldnt, I just janked the curtain back and dressed and left! If it happened now Id freak tho :eek:

Larianne

smileysurfer wrote: »

When I was changing in a room before the shop assistant for some reason assumed there was no one in there and riopped back the curtains while I stood there in the undies!! Nice! To this day im still paranoid! :rolleyes:

This is what I'd be more worried about!!!:eek:

sorrywhat

Im more worried of the silly curtain that doesnt come across to each edge of the doorway and people can see in when walking past and see me standing there in my non-matching undies!

But yes falling through the curtains is also on my mind.

skinny jeans are a b1tch for helping with that worry.

storm2811

There's some urban ledgend about 2 way mirrors in changing rooms..:eek:

Worst is when someone opens the door/curtain and you just scream "I'M IN HERE!":pac:

LadyW

At least you have privacy in a cubicle. Anyone else remember the communal changing rooms back in the eighties??

*shudders at the memories and keeping fingers crossed that there aren't some of these still around*

Black Swan

Shop lifting is getting so bad in the States that I begin to wonder if they have security cams in the fitting rooms.

Hannibal Smith

sorrywhat wrote: »

Im more worried of the silly curtain that doesnt come across to each edge of the doorway and people can see in when walking past and see me standing there in my non-matching undies!

LMAO I do that too, if I could staple the curtain to the wall I would

Hannibal Smith

storm2811 wrote: »

There's some urban ledgend about 2 way mirrors in changing rooms..:eek:

Don't tell me that! :eek:

storm2811

LadyW wrote: »

At least you have privacy in a cubicle. Anyone else remember the communal changing rooms back in the eighties??

*shudders at the memories and keeping fingers crossed that there aren't some of these still around*

They still have them in some places..
walked into one a few years ago and walked right back out,didn't know what was going on!

I've seen enough half naked middle aged women to last me a lifetime..
:pac:

LadyW

Oh dear God no.... I was afraid of that... Horrific places....:eek:

Hannibal Smith

LadyW wrote: »

At least you have privacy in a cubicle. Anyone else remember the communal changing rooms back in the eighties??

*shudders at the memories and keeping fingers crossed that there aren't some of these still around*

Yes! I remember trying on my confirmation outfit in Roches and the horror of going into the changing rooms and seeing all the mature ladies in their smalls :eek: Maybe that's where my fear of changing rooms stems from

The_Minister

bluewolf wrote: »

I prefer the fitting rooms with little benches!

I'm always convinced they have cameras in there though

If the cameras are anywhere its behind the mirrors.


I hate when the curtain won't close properly, and you know that people can see you in your boxers.

xOxSinéadxOx

No but I'm always scared of getting stuck in clothes

Rozabeez

Silverfish wrote: »

Please explain how you discovered my deepest fear?

Yes, especially when hopping about on one leg trying on jeans.

*hop hop hop*

*wobble*

*crash*

*roars of laughter*

Sigh, Silverfish! You're doing it wrong. You're SUPPOSED to lean your shoulders against the back wall! :pac:

princess-lala

I hate new look in Liffey Valley for this - I always seem to be put in the cubicle at the entrance of the changing rooms where everyone can see me! The curtain doesnt even close over enough :eek:

Is_mise_mimi

Oh god, one thing i truly fear is getting stuck in something and not having a friend with you to pull it off you! I remember once i spent twenty minutes trying to pull a top off me without ripping..i jsut couldn't face walking out half naked to the assistant for help...... Eventually pulled it off, nearly started to cry and all!!! State of me!

Truley

LadyW wrote: »

At least you have privacy in a cubicle. Anyone else remember the communal changing rooms back in the eighties??

*shudders at the memories and keeping fingers crossed that there aren't some of these still around*

I think some Dunnes and Penny's stores have them, I avoid like the plague. My biggest changing room related fear are the ones with really unflattering flourescent spotlights *shudder*

Rozabeez

Is_mise_mimi wrote: »

Oh god, one thing i truly fear is getting stuck in something and not having a friend with you to pull it off you! I remember once i spent twenty minutes trying to pull a top off me without ripping..i jsut couldn't face walking out half naked to the assistant for help...... Eventually pulled it off, nearly started to cry and all!!! State of me!

Most terrifying experience ever! Happened to me once and I thought I'd faint, got all claustraphobic and all!

Wibbs

Women I dont envy ye. What with the mad arbitrary sizing guff you have to deal with. It seems 3 outfits size "10" could be anything from 8 to 12. So you really have to try stuff on. I rarely do. I know my size and have never had to return something. That said I've fallen over twice and had one of the staff pull back the oul curtain and me in the jocks and socks. Not a good look. I could tell by her face she felt the same.

xOxSinéadxOx

Truley wrote: »

I think some Dunnes and Penny's stores have them, I avoid like the plague. My biggest changing room related fear are the ones with really unflattering flourescent spotlights *shudder*

river island have crazy good lighting, my make-up always looks awful under it :pac:

Nevyn

Oh gods, I remember when Penny's on O'Connell street put in a changing 'room' no privacy, no curtains, went in and tried to try on a top to some one reeking of garlic and who hadn't washed in a month come stand right on top of me, I nearly threw up with the smell, and all the clothes were in piles on the floor and there was someone looking for thier bad which had gone missing. Never, never, never ever again.

As much as I don't like shopping in Evans, the hanging rooms there have always been nice, well lit 3 mirrors and well looked after.

I hate clothes shopping, I rarely like the look of most of the ranges and then the sizes are all over the place and being the size that I am find tbh no matter how much of a good mood I maybe before trying to go clothes shopping the changing rooms are one of the most demoralising places. I doubt there is a single woman who has not cried in a changing booth at least 3 times in her life.

jellie

have never fallen through curtains but have fallen against walls if in doubt, lean towards the wall not the curtain! there may be an almighty thump though!

for the curtains that dont fully close i pull the bottom over past the edge of the gap and dump my bag against it securing it temporarily :cool:

The Big Red Button

LadyW wrote: »

At least you have privacy in a cubicle. Anyone else remember the communal changing rooms back in the eighties??

*shudders at the memories and keeping fingers crossed that there aren't some of these still around*

Penneys in Sligo have one of these. And it's always full of tiny little size four teenage girls ... I'm not overly paranoid about getting changed in front of other people at all, especially other girls, but I hate trying stuff on in there! I usually just end up buying items in a couple of different sizes and trying them on at home and bringing back the ones that don't fit.

Novella

Ahhh, fitting rooms, my long lost love! :rolleyes: I worked in fitting rooms for about three years and the things I have seen...

Once a girl got completely stuck in a dress. Now she was tiny, the zip just jammed and she was shopping on her own so she came out to me absolutely mortified. I had to cut her out with a scissors in the end. The poor girl, I felt awful for her.

Loads of people don't seem to be bothered about what anyone sees though. I remember one girl, wearing the smallest underwear I have seen in my life stood there talking away to me, topless - I did not have a clue where to look. My god, it was possibly the most uncomfortable situation of my entire life! :pac:

Myself, I've very rarely tried clothes on in shops where the fitting room doesn't have an actual door so I don't have the curtain fear! I hate trying on clothes though, it's always so bloody warm in fitting rooms and they're really small, grrrr.

Rozabeez

Oh Novella, the hell of working in a fitting room! I do it the odd time, the amount of stuff people just throw on the floor is unreal... including their own rubbish!

Novella

Rozabeez wrote: »

Oh Novella, the hell of working in a fitting room! I do it the odd time, the amount of stuff people just throw on the floor is unreal... including their own rubbish!

Don't even start! People just come out with like ten items, tangled up, inside out, throw them back at you and you're like, "Sorry, do you have the hangers for these?"... "Eh... they weren't on hangers". Yes, yes, they bloody were! They weren't floating around on the shop floor out there, were they?!!! Oh, and leaving your empty coffee cup, Coke bottle, scrunched up Penney's bag behind the seat... ugh. Just ask and I'll bin it for you!!! As for the person who left her disgusting, soaking wet and muddy shoes... EW.

banshee_bones

Novella wrote: »

Ahhh, fitting rooms, my long lost love! :rolleyes: I worked in fitting rooms for about three years and the things I have seen...

Once a girl got completely stuck in a dress. Now she was tiny, the zip just jammed and she was shopping on her own so she came out to me absolutely mortified. I had to cut her out with a scissors in the end. The poor girl, I felt awful for her.

Loads of people don't seem to be bothered about what anyone sees though. I remember one girl, wearing the smallest underwear I have seen in my life stood there talking away to me, topless - I did not have a clue where to look. My god, it was possibly the most uncomfortable situation of my entire life! :pac:

Myself, I've very rarely tried clothes on in shops where the fitting room doesn't have an actual door so I don't have the curtain fear! I hate trying on clothes though, it's always so bloody warm in fitting rooms and they're really small, grrrr.

Ahhhhhh the joys of retail! I did my stint in fitting rooms before and it is a boring and sometimes very unpleasant job!

Im not afraid of cameras or falling I just hate when you really really like the look of something and you try it on and it just doesnt work.

Also.... the three way mirrors in River Island make me want to hit a gym immediately and or never eat again in my life! :pac:

Novella

banshee_bones wrote: »

Also.... the three way mirrors in River Island make me want to hit a gym immediately and or never eat again in my life! :pac:

Tell me about it! I worked in RI, so you're just checking everything is okay in the fitting rooms and seeing yourself from every possible angle - torture!

banshee_bones

Novella wrote: »

Tell me about it! I worked in RI, so you're just checking everything is okay in the fitting rooms and seeing yourself from every possible angle - torture!

Oh yeah we had them in DPs too! Woeful!!

Truley

banshee_bones wrote: »

Also.... the three way mirrors in River Island make me want to hit a gym immediately and or never eat again in my life! :pac:

Yeah I don't know how anyone shops there without getting really depressed. I am a size 6 in any other shop, and I can barely squeeze into a size 12 there. Their mirrors are really unflattering too. Not a big fan of the clothes anyway.

Hannibal Smith

Novella wrote: »

Ahhh, fitting rooms, my long lost love! :rolleyes: I worked in fitting rooms for about three years and the things I have seen...

Once a girl got completely stuck in a dress. Now she was tiny, the zip just jammed and she was shopping on her own so she came out to me absolutely mortified. I had to cut her out with a scissors in the end. The poor girl, I felt awful for her.

Loads of people don't seem to be bothered about what anyone sees though. I remember one girl, wearing the smallest underwear I have seen in my life stood there talking away to me, topless - I did not have a clue where to look. My god, it was possibly the most uncomfortable situation of my entire life! :pac:

Myself, I've very rarely tried clothes on in shops where the fitting room doesn't have an actual door so I don't have the curtain fear! I hate trying on clothes though, it's always so bloody warm in fitting rooms and they're really small, grrrr.

haha this made me laugh so much! I thought things were bad enough for us poor mortals, I never thought of the poor fitting room attendant and all they might see

Have you ever seen some one fall through the curtain?

Hannibal Smith

Truley wrote: »

I am a size 6 in any other shop, and I can barely squeeze into a size 12 there.

I don't feel so bad about RI stuff now, knowing a size 6 gal has probs!

Overature

try shouting: "theres no loo role in here"

Vinta81

No.

Novella

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

haha this made me laugh so much! I thought things were bad enough for us poor mortals, I never thought of the poor fitting room attendant and all they might see

Have you ever seen some one fall through the curtain?

Naw. I worked in a shop where the fitting rooms had doors. I've seen people look at the doors in total confusion and had to say, "Er, it just opens like this". I've had people poo on the floor, wee, you name it, it has happened.

The Big Red Button

Novella wrote: »

I've had people poo on the floor, wee, you name it, it has happened.

:eek: That is horrific! Yuck!

I used to work in a clothes shop which catered mainly for rich old ladies. And some of them would have been quite large old ladies. And when they tried things on, they used to often require my assistance in wedging them into the clothes. I'm not going to say too much, because it would be mean - after all, they couldn't really help being old and fat - but lets just say ... it got quite unpleasant at times

Silverfish

Novella wrote: »

Don't even start! People just come out with like ten items, tangled up, inside out, throw them back at you and you're like, "Sorry, do you have the hangers for these?"... "Eh... they weren't on hangers". Yes, yes, they bloody were! They weren't floating around on the shop floor out there, were they?!!! Oh, and leaving your empty coffee cup, Coke bottle, scrunched up Penney's bag behind the seat... ugh. Just ask and I'll bin it for you!!! As for the person who left her disgusting, soaking wet and muddy shoes... EW.

I actually bring other people's rubbish out of the changing room with me in case any of the attendants think it was me that left it there

Novella

Silverfish wrote: »

I actually bring other people's rubbish out of the changing room with me in case any of the attendants think it was me that left it there

That's really sweet! I loved it when people came out and were like, "Hiya pet, I just found this in the fitting room, here you go" When people are nice, it's so easy to be nice to them! I hate those people who think you're their personal slave! I had no problem helping anyone, but jesus, when you go to get another size for someone and come back and they're like, "Ffs luuuuv, I've been waiting for ages, could you have been any slower?". Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were the queen of the universe. While I was on the shop floor, another customer asked for my help, then I had to go to the stockroom to get this for you because it wasn't on the floor. The stockroom is up two flights of stairs, not just 'out the back'. So sorry for the inconvenience. Grr.

/rant!

miss5

I HATE fitting rooms, I'm always convinced someone is just going to
walk in and worried that they have hidden cameras! Usually bring a friend.

Rozabeez

Ever afraid a little kid is going to whip open the curtain?

miss5

Always, happened to my sister once!!!!!!!!!!!!

Silverfish

Rozabeez wrote: »

Ever afraid a little kid is going to whip open the curtain?

That did happen me. I think it was in Penneys or somewhere. I shrieked and whipped the curtain closed, causing the child to start ROARING crying, and his mother came up and yelled at me

Eventually the attendant told her she'd have to keep control of her child, but the whole experience was a bit traumatic.

Rozabeez

Oh dear god, worst nightmare. I hate people who bring their children shopping and let them run wild!

Toto Wolfcastle

I used to work in a lingerie fitting room. *shudder* The cubicles had both doors and curtains though so no one ever fell out!

I very rarely try on clothes in changing rooms but nearly every time I do I manage to drop my phone and it slides into the next cubicle if there is a gap. I always forget that my phone is in the pocket of what I'm wearing so it falls out when I'm changing. Usually the person next door slides it back.