OT – Road Warrior Notes Nr. 346

[RHPConsult]

I was just sitting down when I heard a voice from the next stall saying, "Hi, how are you?"

I don't know what got into me, as I'm hardly the type to start a conversation in a men's restroom at an Interstate rest stop, but, somewhat embarrassed, I answered: "Doin' just fine!"

And the other guy says, "So what are you up to?"

What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is just too bizarre, so I say, "Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling east!"

Now, I am just calculating how to get out of there as fast as I can when I hear another question: "Can I come over to your place after a while?"

OK, so this question is just wacky, but I think I could just be polite and end the conversation. so, I tell him, "Well, I have company over, so today is a bad day for me!"

At which point I hear the guy say nervously...

"LISTEN, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!"

[Gregg]

Thanks, Dick. I nearly choked on my sandwich!

[LR827]

Thanks, Dick -- That was hilarious!!!!

[sandbox]

Funny story Dick!   Life is a Trip!

QUOTE

Real Life and Work: Don’t you just hate toilet talkers

We’ve all heard them, but politely pretend not to. There you are at the office bathroom hand basin, washing your hands when all of a sudden loud guffaws of laughter come from a cubicle. Before you get the chance to imagine all sorts of illicit activities that could be happening on the other side of that door, it becomes apparent that the person in question is conducting a business call on the mobile while answering the call of nature itself.

The advent of technology has been great in numerous ways, but it has definitely resulted in a slackening of manners and, well, cop on. Often you see people texting
others frantically, ignoring the present person beside them, but these misadventures in lavatory land are out on their own. All sorts of possibilities go through your head: how do you know if you’re talking to someone who may be sitting on the toilet during the conversation? Frankly, the thought of someone using the toilet while giving you a rundown on the latest project does nothing for your sensibilities… It’s not always good to talk, you know.

With a shiver, you remember hearing flowing water in the background during the last conversation you had with a colleague, who assured you he was caught out in the rain. Hmmm, it certainly does make you question what ‘stuck in a shower’ means to some people.

As you hear the toilet talker warble on unashamedly about the bottom line of the firm’s most recent business transaction, you can’t help but judge. This blatant rudeness really is a bum deal.

Paula McGovern

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[jwboyd]

And then there's the classic story of the minister who, just before the worship service was to begin, made a last-minute pit stop and forgot that his wireless microphone was "on."

I'll leave the rest to your imagination.
   

[Gregg]

The ones that get me are those wearing a headset walking around talking "to themselves".

[kcourt]

Dick,

  I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair....

Life can be so funny.


Kathy

[krissel]

Had a similar situation about a year ago.  During my Mom's stay in the hospital my sister and I went to the ladies' room. I thought she was in the next stall and I started talking quietly to her but received no answer. Looking more carefully I noticed a strange purse on the floor next to me and realized it was someone else in the stall. Needless to say I was feeling like a fool.

[RHPConsult]

I'm home, again. So it's confession time.

This "adventure" wasn't really mine, but I, too, laughed so hard when I first read it, I thought it might add to the amusement to imply that it did. Some Members of Senior Caucus, for example, wonder how I somehow keep out of even more real trouble than I actually encounter!

Of course, TeeEss being what it is, even a good joke doesn't lie fallow. so to speak, around these parts. Someone always has something interesting, edifying, funny to add. I have to admit that I didn't realize that Cell Phone Ethics have been refined to the extent that this Adventure is already proscribed!

WhataForum!

Cheers.

[danf63]

I know, I read it in an e-mail in Spanish about a year ago.  It's hilarious!

Dan

[Gregg]

QUOTE(RHPConsult @ Jun 11 2006, 12:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...it's confession time.

This "adventure" wasn't really mine...

I figured as much, though I had not heard the joke before. With all your gadgets, it would be more likely that you'd be the one on the phone.

[gunug]

My father long ago warned me against having conversations with strangers in bathrooms!