I just had to share this hilarious story I read:
Traveling down the interstate and needing to use the restroom,
I stopped at a rest area and headed to the restroom.
I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying:
"Hi, how are you?"
I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom and I don't know what got into me,
But I answered, somewhat embarrassed,
"Doin' just fine!"
And the other person says:
"So what are you up to?"
What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say:
"Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling!"?
At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question.
"Can I come over?"
Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation.. I tell them
"No..I'm a little busy right now!"
Then I hear the person say nervously...
"Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions "
4 comments:
I laugh every time I hear that. :-)
okay.... so that sad thing is, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME! The scary part is, the person wasn't on a cell phone! It was in the movie theater public restroom...
weird person: "Hi!"
me: "um....hello"
weird person: "what are you doing?"
me: "uh.... I'm using the restroom.....?"
weird person: "oh...... you gonna see a movie?"
me: "uh.... yeah?" (thinking, I AM in a movie theater, aren't I?)
weird person: "I'm gonna see a movie too!"
me: "okay......"
awkward silence.... and then just as I'm about to leave the bathroom, my noble self kicks in...
me: "do you need help?"
weird person: "me? ....oh no, I'm fine!"
I ran out of there.
Ok, so I actually laughed out loud when I read this. Thanks for posting it.
Most men (dare I say all), when confronted with a bathroom, are careful to avoid eye contact and rarely, if ever, initiate conversation of any kind, especially when standing at your-nulls (bathroom etiquette is a whole other topic altogether). However, it seems that a fair number of women do actually converse in aforementioned lavatory. I really wasn't aware of this until Debbie. Early on I began to notice how she'd come out of the bathroom chatting up a storm with women she'd just met inside. Of course, this is Debbie we're discussing, a woman who can talk to just about anyone, anywhere, and become instant friends. She's amazing, isn't she?
Ok, I laughed out loud, too when I read this....TOO funny. It's totally something I would do to not be rude. Then I'd stay in the stall until they left....:)
Leslie
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