A shopping trip is rarely without its chaos when you have three youngsters to tend to, but one mam was absolutely 'mortified' when things went down the toilet during a shopping tip at her local B&Q.
Caroline Akhtar and her partner Azzy popped into the Glastonbury branch on Saturday to pick up a brand-new washing line, with their four year old son, Jacob, and daughters Frankie, three, and Eliza, one.
However, a routine outing as a family soon turned disastrous, when nature called Jacob's name as he was browsing the bathroom section.
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Surrounded by an abundance of toilets, and not knowing any better - Jacob used one of B&Q's display items to relieve himself, much to the shock of his mother.
Taking to Facebook to share the story Caroline wrote: "Can’t quite believe what’s happened. J has taken a very big poo in one of the B&Q display toilets.
"Only went in for a washing line, turned around and J is sat on one of the toilets. Ran to say get off but it was very much too late.
"I left to get wet wipes and came back to him still sat on there because he ‘needed to finish’ and hubby didn’t know what else to do. The young shop assistant couldn’t stop laughing but also completely ignored the situation, don’t blame the lad."
The Mirror reports that the parents were ‘mortified’ at first but then saw the funny side of the situation, although they were less pleased when they had to fish out the waste from the toilet.
"At first we were mortified but then we found it funnier and funnier," Caroline said.
"I quick paced back to the car park to get wet wipes and nappy bags and couldn’t stop laughing then. He was still on the toilet so I proceeded to help wipe his bum still and explain that the toilets in shops are not actual toilets.
"He said his sister, Frankie, said he could use it. Eliza was oblivious to it all and happy just playing on the toilets."
Facebook users love the funny story, and the post has been shared thousands of times.
"Mate I'd have walked out! Sack that!," wrote one user, while another, wrote: "This is legendary."
"Well at least he's potty trained," wrote a third user, adding a flurry of laughing emojis.
"That is the best thing I’ve ever seen," commented another person, and someone else, said: "I have never laughed so much in my life.”
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