Communal changing rooms in shops

Denzil2222

Do you remember until about 10 years ago most shops had open communal fitting rooms, So if you wanted to try something on you would have to strip off in front of a room full of strangers, and of course somebody you knew could have come in,

starbelgrade

Denzil2222 wrote: »

Do you remember until about 10 years ago most shops had open communal fitting rooms, So if you wanted to try something on you would have to strip off in front of a room full of strangers, and of course somebody you knew could have come in,

No they didn't.

Biggins

Yes, I do remember that far back, and no, there was no communal rooms, next question...

...At least my town, can't speak for the culchie places.

BluesBerry

Yeah pennys in artane had one and no name in town they dont seem to do that anymore

It's good to talk

KevinVonSpiel

Giggidy giggidy.

alwaysadub

A few shops did. Hated them. But i never try stuff on anyway so very rarely used them.

starbelgrade

Do you remember until about 10 years ago when the sky was made of marshmallows & everyone had chocolate flavoured hair?

starlit

Ya there was Pennys in Tralee one time that had that. Weird really. Thank god for seperate cubical changing rooms there now.

JohnK

I remember them from about 15+ years ago but not from 10 years ago.

AckwelFoley

i prefer the separated ones yet you can still see into the womens changing room.

Masturbating in communal changing rooms tends to offend the ladies and they leave complete with looks of disgust

Chuchoter

Jesus, how were those allowed?!

And especially in Penneys, would not have liked to be looking at some of the shoppers in there in the nip. :S

Copper23

He's right, they did! It was probably more than 10 years though since I've seen one.

I remember when I was a smallie, going into Dunnes Stores to get my school pants every August with my Mam and you'd have to go into one big area where all the guys changed. Hated it!

It wasn't unisex, there was one for guys and one for girls but yeah it was just one room.

The have individual stalls now but a lot of them are unisex, that freaks me a bit going into a fitting room when its all girls queuing up, feel a bit weird.

starship

i think it was a strange penneys thing. the one in galway had that kinda fitting room, but never seen it in any other shop

AckwelFoley

Denmark have communal toilets.

Denmark. A nation full of win

Biggins

snyper wrote: »

Denmark have communal toilets.

Denmark. A nation full of win

Meh, the Swedish ones are far better.

starlit

Not very enticing having communal toliets. :eek:

squeakyduck

snyper wrote: »

Denmark have communal toilets.

Denmark. A nation full of win

:eek: Not peeing in toilets in Denmark then! What if you had to pee with a junkie shooting up beside you? I don't like communal changing rooms! I don't feel comfortable with strangers looking at me in my smalls! I think the Pennys near home has that still!

Absurdum

the only one I can think of was Army Bargains, they had a medium-sized mirror that you kinda hid behind..then again there wasn't a whole lotta ladies in there back in the day

The Big Red Button

As far as I know, the Penneys in Sligo still has communal female fitting rooms!

stupidusername

I wonder does Pennys in Market Cross in Kilkenny still have that.... Did last time I was there anyway.

Dudess

The odd place had them, not most places.

chirogirl

Yeah I remember them, hated using them. Miss Selfridge used to have them also.

easyeason3

Can't say I can remember communal changing rooms but I can remember large changing rooms for same sex people.

It was gas really. Big women would throw slim women a dirty look. Slim women would throw skinny women a dirty look. It was a small wonder fights didn't break out in there at times.

Geansai Rua

There used to be one in Magic in the square...
And no name..
Suppose its tallaght though;)

stovelid

You're confusing them with locker rooms.

Perfectly understandable considering the changing of clothes part.

up for anything

stupidusername wrote: »

I wonder does Pennys in Market Cross in Kilkenny still have that.... Did last time I was there anyway.

Pennys here has just undergone a big refurbishment including adding more cubicles to the changing room. At long bloody last.

SugarHigh

No but I remember my mother making try on trousers in the middle of Dunnes, seriously she's getting sh1test care home I can find.

darragh16

SugarHigh wrote: »

No but I remember my mother making try on trousers in the middle of Dunnes, seriously she's getting sh1test care home I can find.

Ah I'm sure everyone Mother made them do that..

"Just go behind the clothes rack there. Nobody's watchin ye"

ordinary_girl

No Name used to have them, I hated it so it put me off going in there.

cc-offe

Oh oh and there's also those changing rooms that don't have a mirror so you have to come out of the changing room after getting dressed to look in the mirror outside while the sales assistant oohs and aahs at ya, hate those.....like if I want your opinion i'll ask for it!

FlutterinBantam

Dudess wrote: »

The odd place had them, not most places.

Untrue, I remember going into Guineys for a pair of cavalry twill trews.

I'm stripped down to the jocks when in comes this geezer in a pair of corduroys,and a pair of moleskin trousers over his arm. Stands in the middle of the cube and drops everything,exposing a member which was 'rampant' and erm :there was a tear in the Japs eye.

Sleazy fcuker gave me a leer, bent down to 'pick something up' exposing a flitthered hole like a burst beef tomato. Well riddled with stale jizz.

I was out of there ultra rapido.

Get your facts right poster

Links234

jesus I would never want to try anything on in a shop if I had to do it infront of someone :eek:

Kimono-Girl

cc-offe wrote: »

Oh oh and there's also those changing rooms that don't have a mirror so you have to come out of the changing room after getting dressed to look in the mirror outside while the sales assistant oohs and aahs at ya, hate those.....like if I want your opinion i'll ask for it!

ugh i hate that too! This happened me in a shop last week she actually asked me to wait outside the changing room so she could show her fellow assistant the dress i was trying on :eek: i was so shocked the fellow assistant was oohing and aahing at me before i could blink!

the communal ones havent been around since early 90's i thought!

but yes im so glad communal changing rooms are defunct, i like my privacy thank you!

losthorizon

snyper wrote: »

Denmark have communal toilets.

Denmark. A nation full of win

I was in Hungary. Cummunal Saunas.

kfallon

Links234 wrote: »

jesus I would never want to try anything on in a shop if I had to do it infront of someone :eek:

I wouldn't give a shiit to be honest, let them look and admire or laugh! If I want to buy something I'll try it on first despite who's around!

MistyCheese

snyper wrote: »

Denmark have communal toilets.

Denmark. A nation full of win

Dublin has too. It's called "The City Centre".

phasers

I went into a shop The Square once to try on a dress. I was about 10 and there was a communal changing room. There was a big fat auld one trying something on, she was just in her bra and knickers.

I got the fright of my life and legged it from the shop in tears

Links234

kfallon wrote: »

I wouldn't give a shiit to be honest, let them look and admire or laugh! If I want to buy something I'll try it on first despite who's around!

well I don't have that kind of confidence

munchkin_utd

fair play for the topic.
I was just thinking about this last week and wondering did I dream it or something.

Ireland is probably the prudest non muslim nation on the planet** and I was wondering what my mind was doing to me to be thinking that we had communial womens changing areas.

(** prude as in nobody can see you in your knickers for the shame of it but nooooo problem to hop into bed with a randomer stark naked for a ride after the nightclub.... but that contradiction is probably deserving of another thread in itsself)

smallgarden

Geansai Rua wrote: »

There used to be one in Magic in the square...
And no name..
Suppose its tallaght though;)

i remember the magic one alright as it was just a small room with small flimsy curtain at back of the shop which anyone could wander into no bother,at least changing rooms are out of sight now,hate ones that are smack bang in middle of shops

dearg lady

BluesBerry wrote: »

Yeah pennys in artane had one and no name in town they dont seem to do that anymore

Penneys in Artane still has one!! but yeah, it's been about 10 years since I've seen one anywhere else

orourkeda

MistyCheese wrote: »

Dublin has too. It's called "The City Centre".

We got ourselves some culchie.

Yes. Us Dubs like to go slashing and dropping dumps in public. Only common courtesy.

P.S I've also heard that Borris In Ossory is an open sewer. Not that I've ever been there or anything.