What's your worst pooping in a public toilet experience?

In college there was this restroom down in the basement. And it was a long L-shaped bathroom. Right when you came in the front of the L was a small corner with sinks and then a thin hall that had a row of toilets after a few feet and then a couple of urinals.

Well I was a pretty weird kid and I always like to do pranks and I was marvelous. And one time when I was in there taking a dump someone clicked off the light. Well it was the middle of the day but due to the design of this bathroom without a single window it became as black as night. I mean so dark you could get eaten by a grue.

And that's when I realize how funny it was. Because I was about 30 feet from my door and no lights at all no switches. Only the switch as you enter the bathroom. So I eventually found my way out but I thought gosh that's funny I'm going to have to do this to other people.

So I would start timing it and I would shut off the light when someone was in at the farm style or middle stall because that was where they really had to suffer and walk quite a ways to get out. And at first it was enough just to deprive them of the light. And I'd listen to them call "I'm in here. " sometimes they would even yell help.

But then I learned that people would into the bathroom and turn the light on. And rescue those people. Goddamnit. No one could hear the screams. So I could stand just inside the dark in bathroom so that I could hear him laugh. I want someone heard me laughing and got mad and yelled what the fuck but didn't know the layout of the dark bathroom well enough so he couldn't do anything.

Man I was like Gollum or something it was awesome. But then I realize that most people just wait and then the light would get turned on and they were get rescued. That call help for a few minutes and sit silently in the dark. This was before cell phones so nobody really had a portable source of light. But so I was pissed I thought geez this guys keep getting rescued ...,,they're not fumbling around in the dark enough to entertain me.

So after that I would trap someone by shutting off the lights . I would then put the bath room out of order sign on it. In Highwood trap people. In the dark and it seems like they would go to the first offer privacy so they had a good 30 feet of pitch black separating them from anything that could help them.

Whenever I was bored at school this would keep me entertained but, the thrill wore off. I kept thinking, how could I make this interesting again. How can I recap for the fun. I tried small things like shutting off the light and then quietly moving the trashcan to change the way out so that they don't remember the path.

That is when I had my brainstorm. I would throw a stinkbomb, those little glass capsules. Then I would move the trashcan silently right into the middle of the aisle.

And then… That's when I realized. The only thing missing was some kind of a lubricant on that floor. Sometimes I would sit there in the empty classroom across from this bathroom. And I'd be doing my homework and reading and wondering how long is the poor person going to sit there on that toilet in the dark. So there was an element of suspense. This wasn't just slapstick.

Nobody is coming to rescue you there's an out of order sign on the damn door. And I always take note of who the person was. So that way later if I saw them around campus I could talk to them about their experience.

I'd find a way to mention it to them, or bring it up to my friend when they were around and they would immediately bond with me over our shared bathroom nightmare.

they would tell me all of the horrible things that happened from their perspective. And I would stress, I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing because I remember how frustrating that situation was.

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