Communal changing rooms in shops

Denzil2222 · 16-09-2010 09:58PM #1

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 · 16-09-2010 09:59PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:00PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:00PM

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

16-09-2010 10:00PM

It's good to talk

KevinVonSpiel · 16-09-2010 10:00PM

Giggidy giggidy.

alwaysadub · 16-09-2010 10:01PM

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

starbelgrade · 16-09-2010 10:02PM

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

starlit · 16-09-2010 10:02PM

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

JohnK · 16-09-2010 10:05PM

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

AckwelFoley · 16-09-2010 10:06PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:06PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:07PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:07PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:07PM

Denmark have communal toilets.

Denmark. A nation full of win

Biggins · 16-09-2010 10:10PM

snyper wrote: »

Denmark have communal toilets.

Denmark. A nation full of win

Meh, the Swedish ones are far better.

starlit · 16-09-2010 10:13PM

Not very enticing having communal toliets. :eek:

squeakyduck · 16-09-2010 10:15PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:15PM

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 · 16-09-2010 10:17PM

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

stupidusername · 16-09-2010 10:18PM

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

Dudess · 16-09-2010 10:19PM

The odd place had them, not most places.

chirogirl · 16-09-2010 10:22PM

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

easyeason3 · 16-09-2010 10:38PM

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 · 16-09-2010 11:08PM

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

stovelid · 16-09-2010 11:10PM

You're confusing them with locker rooms.

Perfectly understandable considering the changing of clothes part.

up for anything · 16-09-2010 11:13PM

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 · 16-09-2010 11:17PM

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 · 16-09-2010 11:58PM

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 · 17-09-2010 12:11AM

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

cc-offe · 17-09-2010 12:12AM

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!

Communal changing rooms in shops

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