I know weird things happen in public bathrooms, but this is getting crazy.
A while back, SWA started the process of updating the building, one big start was the bathrooms. I think I started noticing the changes around the same time but still, check this sh*t out! (As we start every fairy tale in TEXAS)
Let me backtrack even more. It's a funny thing here at this company. When someone gets paper towels to dry their hands, they pull the crank a few times and then leave. Which leaves you with a little bit of "starter" towel so you don't have to have wet hands to get them. Pretty darn nice, right? I think so too. That's just a SWA culture thing. I have been told it even happens in the men's room.
And we've all experienced the cell phone user in the bathroom. Not just in the stall, but those folks who seem to need the "privacy" of an echoing bathroom to carry on their conversations. So we flush and flush just to either be funny or make a point.
This is where things get weird.
Last week I pushed open the bathroom door and was startled by a person standing there, with her back to me, talking. So I went around, she was talking to another employee, who was standing in the first stall, with the door open. I thought that was weird, but I had more urgent things to worry about. As I was "doing my thing" I got the gist of their conversation.
Seems Women#1, we'll call her the Blocker, for reasons that will be very clear in a second. And the woman in the stall will be called…hmmm…Polite.
They were talking about being pregnant and all the fun physical stuff that comes with it. Namely, bathroom stuff.
As I am washing my hands, I take a peek at Polite's posture. She's fidgeting, smiling, engaged in the conversation, but also shifting her weight often. So now you know why I called the other Blocker. Let the Pregnant woman pee!
If you ever run into someone in the hall and they happen to stop at the entrance to the restroom, be nice enough to let them go in and do their thing. If you go in too, all the better. But don't keep them from doing their thing!! So you may be wondering how I know the woman needed to pee…cuz the conversation would have led to the hallway OUTSIDE the restroom had she done her thing.
I had this happen to me once at a startup that I worked at, I rarely had time to get up from my desk, but the CEO saw me in the hall and started asking me questions. He suddenly stopped and said, "Oh my Gosh, were you trying to go to the restroom?!" Me: "Um Yeah" CEO (I'll paraphrase): "I do need to talk to you, so, if you don't mind, I'll linger here so I can talk to you when you come out because I know all you're probably thinking about is that you need to use the restroom." And he was there when I came out, but I liked him much better after that.
Okay, so back to SWA. …I failed Polite, I should have said something. I feel bad.
Oh and there's more! Two days ago I was entertained by Muzak while in there, seems someone was jamming to some nice contemporary Latin pop. We have Argentinians here so that's all I could figure, but it wasn't a ringtone that she was ignoring! It was this person needing the soothing sounds of Luis Miguel or Juanes…or whoever that was, to get them thru. Might I suggest earbuds??
Which brings me to the singers. You know what I'm talking about. Singers and hummers, those are just bathroom staples and we have our share here too.
After the Blocker/Polite encounter I said how do you top that! …and then the music started. I'd love to say "That is all" but who knows.
