Humor - My Uncomfortable Experience in a Public Men's Room

[Lek]

Now that everyone's minds are in the toilet as a result of the Craig scandal...


My Uncomfortable Experience in a Public Men's Room
by kharma

I was drinking coffee heavily so that I would stay awake and needed to relieve myself pretty badly. I pulled into a rest area, locked the car doors, left the kids sleeping in the car, and went into the restroom. When I entered, I noticed it was unoccupied except for a pair of sneakers visible under the second stall.

As I unzipped at one of the urinals and began to relieve my burning bladder, I heard a voice say, "Hey, what's up?" I looked around and there was no one else in the restroom. After a moment's hesitation, I answered, "Not much."

A little time went by and he says, "What ya doing?"

I didn't feel very comfortable talking to someone in a stall, but I didn't want to be rude and answered, "Uh...we are heading to San Antonio to visit friends."

"Want to come over?" he says.

At this point I am really uncomfortable and I finish up and scoot over to the sink to wash up. "No, I don't think so," I replied. Wow, was this something else? I had never even had someone next to me with a wide stance before, and now I've got someone in the stall asking me over!

As I reached for the paper towels to dry my hands, I hear, "Hey, man, can I call you back? There's some ******* in the bathroom answering everything I say to you."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/29/174659/091

[elcharrom]

Now that everyone's minds are in the toilet as a result of the Craig scandal...


My Uncomfortable Experience in a Public Men's Room
by kharma

I was drinking coffee heavily so that I would stay awake and needed to relieve myself pretty badly. I pulled into a rest area, locked the car doors, left the kids sleeping in the car, and went into the restroom. When I entered, I noticed it was unoccupied except for a pair of sneakers visible under the second stall.

As I unzipped at one of the urinals and began to relieve my burning bladder, I heard a voice say, "Hey, what's up?" I looked around and there was no one else in the restroom. After a moment's hesitation, I answered, "Not much."

A little time went by and he says, "What ya doing?"

I didn't feel very comfortable talking to someone in a stall, but I didn't want to be rude and answered, "Uh...we are heading to San Antonio to visit friends."

"Want to come over?" he says.

At this point I am really uncomfortable and I finish up and scoot over to the sink to wash up. "No, I don't think so," I replied. Wow, was this something else? I had never even had someone next to me with a wide stance before, and now I've got someone in the stall asking me over!

As I reached for the paper towels to dry my hands, I hear, "Hey, man, can I call you back? There's some ******* in the bathroom answering everything I say to you."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/29/174659/091
I dont get it, but yay San Antonio!!!!!!! :aparty::aparty::aparty::aparty::aparty:

But seriously I dont get it...??? :confused:

[u-dog]

I dont get it, but yay San Antonio!!!!!!! :aparty::aparty::aparty::aparty::aparty:

But seriously I dont get it...??? :confused:

a guy goes into a public men's room and a man in a stall speaks to him

He answers

the conversation makes him think the guy is hitting on him

it turns out the guy in the stall was talking on the cell phone

each thinks the other is a pervert.

[BrianB]

a guy goes into a public men's room and a man in a stall speaks to him

He answers

the conversation makes him think the guy is hitting on him

it turns out the guy in the stall was talking on the cell phone

each thinks the other is a pervert.

That actually happened to me at a restroom at school. I wanted to flush myself down the toilet from embarrassment.:o I mean the guy started talking with "Hi, How ya' doin'?" I responded with "I'm fine." Then he said "How are your classes going?" I said "Okay" Then he some something about some dude is eavesdropping. I'll call you back.

[Zerbie]

That actually happened to me at a restroom at school. I wanted to flush myself down the toilet from embarrassment.:o I mean the guy started talking with "Hi, How ya' doin'?" I responded with "I'm fine." Then he said "How are your classes going?" I said "Okay" Then he some something about some dude is eavesdropping. I'll call you back.

Oh my gahhhh!!!!!!!! :laughing::rofl::rofl:

I'm laughing so hard I'm gonna cry. :lol:

[sailaway58]

When people first started wearing those blue tooth phones I started talking to a couple people in the checkout line. No one ever laughs it off, they look at you like you are invading their space. That, by the way, really ticks me off. :mad:
I also hate waving back at someone only to find they are waving to someone behind me. :o

[Daniel]

This kind of the thing happens all the time here in the City. I cannot tell you how many times I have been walking down the street and hear a loud voice talking behind me, and for a moment, think it is someone who is trying to get my attention. Well....the sound of their voice certainly is. And then, as Sailaway as noted, if you aknowledge the person, you can be stared at as if you are invading their space. Irony is: they don't appreciate how loud they are talking.

I have a theory about why this is so.

Cellphones, and phones in general, do not carry the full range of tonal frequencies, especially the higher ones. Instead, they carry what is considered necessary for speech. This is a rather narrow bandwith. In attempting to 'fill in' the missing acoustic information, the person speaks louder and louder, not unlike one who, when conversing with someone who doesn't understand English, uses vocal force rather than intellect.

[Blockwell]

I really did laugh out loud at this story, mostly at myself for not recognizing what was happening right away. This happened to me for the first time just about a month ago a work. I walked up the urinal to take care of business and suddenly the guy in the stall seems to be striking up a conversation with me; “Hey, how are you doing?” I was so startled by it that I hesitated long enough for him to answer whoever was on the line and I was spared the embarrassment of answering him.

Why would you even answer your cell phone on the toilet? You can always call them back. Perhaps it is just a generational thing. I work for a large company with over 6,000 employees at our building alone. Most of the employees are in their 20’s (I’m 47) and from what I can tell almost of all of them keep their phones with the at all times. I got my first cell phone 18 months ago just to have one in the car in the event of an accident. I use Tracfone as my provider since I don’t see the need to spend more for a full fledged calling plan. So far I have averaged thee minutes a month on my phone and most of that was used when we lost our land line for a few hours and had to make a call.

If I were to calculate how many minutes a month I use my landline at home I would guess about 40 minutes a month. (We use Vonage at home and get 500 minutes a month for $15. So far my partner and I have never exceeded 150 minutes in one month.) Even when I was teenager my conversations rarely lasted more than three or four minutes, just long enough to decide when and were we would meet later. Many of my younger co-workers tell me they spend anywhere from $60 to even $150 per month for phone service! I suppose that is why I never tell anyone my cell phone number; someone might just want to call me a chat! Ugh!!

[Progo35]

I'm laughing because that sounds like something I would do.

[pnggrad79]

That was too funny!!! As it happened just last Friday, I thought I was going into the women's restroom under the stands at the football game where my daughter was dancing for half time. I went in, and there were no doors on the stalls and really funny looking sinks, kinda like the ones at Walmart these days where you have to stick your hand under the faucet for the water to come out. Anyway, I thought, geez no doors, lucky I don't have to spend a lot of time there, so I did my business, hoping and praying someone wouldn't walk in. When I came out, I looked on the opposite wall and noticed the sinks, and realized I was not in the women's restroom but the men's. Luckily, I got out of there with no one coming in, although, when I came out of the restroom, I saw a police officer and he just happened to be the father of one of my students 2 years ago. He just grinned, I turned 7 shades of red, and he pointed to the women's restroom on the other side. :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o

[Zerbie]

That was too funny!!! As it happened just last Friday, I thought I was going into the women's restroom under the stands at the football game where my daughter was dancing for half time. I went in, and there were no doors on the stalls and really funny looking sinks, kinda like the ones at Walmart these days where you have to stick your hand under the faucet for the water to come out. Anyway, I thought, geez no doors, lucky I don't have to spend a lot of time there, so I did my business, hoping and praying someone wouldn't walk in. When I came out, I looked on the opposite wall and noticed the sinks, and realized I was not in the women's restroom but the men's. Luckily, I got out of there with no one coming in, although, when I came out of the restroom, I saw a police officer and he just happened to be the father of one of my students 2 years ago. He just grinned, I turned 7 shades of red, and he pointed to the women's restroom on the other side. :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o


:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

WHY do we insist on gender-segregated bathrooms?!?!! Just make some huge unisex things (WITH doors on the stalls) and let's stop being so darn embarassed!

Besides, unisex bathrooms would be more trans-friendly.

I do NOT get talking to friends on the phone while sitting on the toilet. I notice it a lot from other people and it is really annoying. Besides, people on cellphones think they have to scream, and I do not want someone in the stall next to me shouting at the top of their lungs - but they do. Sometimes I'm tempted to shout back "I SO do not CARE what Bob said to Crystal on Saturday night so SHUT UP!"

I use my cell phone for business contact, activism, and telling the time. That's mostly all it's for. Some days it's off a lot.

[pnggrad79]

Zerb,
Besides frequenting men's restrooms and not meaning to, I do find it annoying for someone to be on the phone in the restroom. I think it is in bad taste for someone to be on the other end of the phone call and hear someone else do their business. EWWWW! gross.

[NathanATX]

lol... but bathroom time is valueable time to a busy guy... if I can call a few people on my call list, why not? :)

[u-dog]

lol... but bathroom time is valueable time to a busy guy... if I can call a few people on my call list, why not? :)


WHy not? hmmmm.... let me count the reasons.

1. everyone needs "down time" just to ponder the meaning of the universe.
2. people make noises in the bathroom that no one else wants to hear.
3. Its just a BAD idea.
4. It makes you look like a moron to others.
5. It is in poor taste.
6. You are JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT.
7. Did I mention that its just a really BAD IDEA?
:rolleyes:

[tdogg]

Well, I am on either of my 2 cell phones probably more than many here (for work and personal), which is exactly why I won't use them in the RR. Why would I want to have my hands all over my phone after opening the stall door, wiping, etc. I don't really have anything against anyone else using it (just don't hand it to me...), it doesn't bother me, I just have to wonder...And, like U says, I like to spare those I'm talking to from bathroom noises.

So, the weirdest/funniest thing to happen to me in a public RR - I was in Jr High, a notoriously BAD (I mean that in the true definition) school in L.A. I was attached by two girls who actually were climbing over the stall door, peering in and demanding the money from my purse. I politely asked if they could possibly wait until I was finished relieving myself and cleaning up. When I exited the stall, before they could proceed to rob me, a teacher walked in and we were all sent to the principals office to explain the incident. I have no idea what befell the two girls, but it never ceases to make me wonder at their action. Was it really worth it, to get a few cents???

[NathanATX]

WHy not? hmmmm.... let me count the reasons.

1. everyone needs "down time" just to ponder the meaning of the universe.
2. people make noises in the bathroom that no one else wants to hear.
3. Its just a BAD idea.
4. It makes you look like a moron to others.
5. It is in poor taste.
6. You are JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT.
7. Did I mention that its just a really BAD IDEA?
:rolleyes:

lol... ok, lord... :lol::lol:

Can I at least check my voicemail in the bathroom?
:lol::lol::lol:

[u-dog]

lol... ok, lord... :lol::lol:

Can I at least check my voicemail in the bathroom?
:lol::lol::lol:


I guess that would be alright, but you could be PRAYING! or reading a magazine!

[Jennifer5]

If I were to calculate how many minutes a month I use my landline at home I would guess about 40 minutes a month.

Many of my younger co-workers tell me they spend anywhere from $60 to even $150 per month for phone service!

I'm kind of guessing that you don't have to use that the phone for work at all then and that any family lives near you? I mean, I don't use the phone all that much either... and I hate when people just all to chat... but with school (the online academy, secretary type work), my mom always needing to find my sister and I, checking up with my brother from time to time... I know I break 40 by a lot.

On the other hand, $60-$150 a month... for one person? that seems crazy to me.... if you pay that you should really look into family plans if you have that option, my mom stays in that price range with 2 of us on one plan.

lol... ok, lord... :lol::lol:

Can I at least check my voicemail in the bathroom?
:lol::lol::lol:
I don't see why not... it's not like you're bothing anyone else if its just voicemail.... unless you talk to your voicemail, it's different... :love:

I guess that would be alright, but you could be PRAYING! or reading a magazine!

Praying????? :confused: For what? That everything goes well? :sick:

[elcharrom]

Ok I get it now :D

[Blockwell]

I'm kind of guessing that you don't have to use that the phone for work at all then and that any family lives near you? I mean, I don't use the phone all that much either... and I hate when people just all to chat... but with school (the online academy, secretary type work), my mom always needing to find my sister and I, checking up with my brother from time to time... I know I break 40 by a lot.

On the other hand, $60-$150 a month... for one person? that seems crazy to me.... if you pay that you should really look into family plans if you have that option, my mom stays in that price range with 2 of us on one plan.


You are right about work; I get about ten calls a month and half are my partner asking me to pick something up on the way home and the other half are wrong numbers. I hate jobs were I need to use the phone. I never get work related calls at all. I love that.

My family consists of my twin brother and one older sister; both of my parents are dead now. I live in New Hampshire, my brother in Texas and my sister lives in Hawaii, which is kind of odd when you think about it, we all grew up in Los Angeles. All three of us have the same aversion to the phone. We email each other all the time and when we get together we can talk your ear off, but put us on the phone and we can’t think of thing to say. Maybe it’s genetic. Every time the phone rings at home I say a little mantra in my head, “Please don’t let it be for me. Please don’t let it be for me!”

Blockwell

[Jennifer5]

You are right about work; I get about ten calls a month and half are my partner asking me to pick something up on the way home and the other half are wrong numbers. I hate jobs were I need to use the phone. I never get work related calls at all. I love that.

My family consists of my twin brother and one older sister; both of my parents are dead now. I live in New Hampshire, my brother in Texas and my sister lives in Hawaii, which is kind of odd when you think about it, we all grew up in Los Angeles. All three of us have the same aversion to the phone. We email each other all the time and when we get together we can talk your ear off, but put us on the phone and we can’t think of thing to say. Maybe it’s genetic. Every time the phone rings at home I say a little mantra in my head, “Please don’t let it be for me. Please don’t let it be for me!”

Blockwell
Really, when the phone rings at home... I always say "mom, why won't you just let us unplug that thing already?" or "mom, why is it doing that again?":rolleyes:

But I completely hated phones, then the older kids graduated from the school and I was left to answer the phone... I didn't have much of a choice. Then my dad got my sister and I a cell phone, because we refused to answer his calls (it was supposed to be some deal, I give you this, you pick up)... and pretty soon my mom was working full time, dad was out of our lives, and that was the only way for my mom to know where we were when she gets off work. Plus with my brother in NY, it's nice to talk to him occasionally, emailing doesn't work out well simply because he doesn't have much time for it. :rolleyes: .....and before you know it, the evil phone has taken over, I still don't care for the phone, but somehow it gets used from day to day.

[pnggrad79]

Except for talking to my adorable wife, I really hate the phone. And it is a really cool phone too. I can check my email from my phone, take pictures, text message, etc. I just hate talking on the phone. Ugh!:o

[tdogg]

Talking on the phone doesn't bother me. But that walkie-talkie on my Nextel work cell, that is ANNOYING. I hate those things! :mad: