E0029

A chubby young woman in black leggings struggles intensely just meters from a unisex toilet at a lively carnival parade. So close to relief, she’s stalled by a queue that refuses to budge for minutes. Waves of urgency crash over her every few seconds, forcing her to shift, twist, and clench to keep control. The steady drip of rain from the sky above only worsens her plight, though she’s likely grateful for her dark attire, which conceals any potential leakage.

Nearby, an attractive black girl in tight blue jeans and a stylish long coat hurries toward the toilet, her pace frantic. The line stops her cold. She bends forward, masking her desperation with a forced chuckle in front of her friends. Shedding her coat to speed up her eventual dash, she fidgets relentlessly, unable to stand still. As her urgency grows, the poor girl doesn’t fail to make her desperation obvious to everyone around. Her eyes flicker toward the less crowded men’s toilet, but the potential embarrassment keeps holding her back from trying her luck. In a bold move, she instead pleads with the woman ahead to cut the queue, hoping to avert an embarrassing disaster in front of her friends. Even as she’s near to the stall, her frantic movements worsen. It‘s a battle teetering on the edge of collapse, and it seems like she’s losing control any second now.