Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Bathroom Adventures, part 2

Bathroom Mishap #2

I'm was sitting in my cubicle on a day that seemed like any other day, doing my normal day to day activities. (Mainly reading blogs and clicking Alt-Tab whenever my boss walks by.) I had drank rather copious amounts of coffee and hot cocoa that morning, and was feeling the inevitable effects of beverage consumption. So I made the trek to the bathroom to take care of it.

It's worth noting that the bathroom in this building designed so that you have to walk by the sinks in order to get to the toilets. As I walk in and passed the sinks, an elderly gentleman that I've seen around the building before finishes his business and starts walking towards the sinks. We ackknowledge each other with a nod and go about our respective business.

So I finish peeing and walk over to the sinks where he is still washing his hands. That's when it happened. Just as I square up to the counter, he makes eye contact with me in the mirror and, with one deft movement, he yanks his pants down to his knees. I was dumbfounded. My brain did a quick search through my memories to see if I had anything to train me for this situation, but came back blank. The guy proceeds to just stand there and hold eye contact with me through the mirror.

I did manage to yell out "What the hell, dude?!?" before bolting from the bathroom. It wasn't until days latter that witty remarks started popping into my brain. Every time I pass this guy in the halls now, he just stares at me, and I still have no real response. I just give him my best "what is wrong with you look" and the spend the rest of the day trying to get the image of his old man, pale, flabby thighs out of my mind.

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