08/28/2026
An Atlanta teacher is going viral for setting up a designated corner of her elementary school classroom where students can go when they need to pass gas.
The creator, Candy Sydney-Browning, a 36-year-old second-grade teacher, showed off the spot where students go, with a fun little sign informing them they’re now in the “gusty winds area.” There are air freshener sprays nearby. And, according to her, the station works, and kids ask for it.
She posted the video to TikTok, where she describes herself as a “millennial teacher,” and touts a classroom wishlist. Sydney-Browning begins, “OK, so y’all have been asking me about my “gas station” in my classroom.”
She walked through her brightly decorated classroom before reaching the now-infamous area.
“If they have to relieve themselves, they will just simply get up off of the rug, and they will walk back to that corner right there where you see that little yellow sign. And of course, we have everything they need over here,” she said, showing off an array of scented sprays.
The goal of this corner isn’t just for laughs, though it certainly elicited some online. Sydney-Browning said it’s to foster a better learning environment, one where children don’t have to miss out on learning to go relieve themselves, and have a safe place to do so away from their classmates.
“That’s the station. It’s pretty simple. They just come stand here, and what I love about this is, while I’m teaching, no one has to ask. I don’t have to stop teaching in order to say, yes, you can go. No, just get up... go excuse yourself—and I can continue teaching,” she explains.
