Every day I use the same restroom stall in our restroom at work. If I find that my usual stall is occupied, I experience a bit of internal discord, but then casually move to the next-to-next stall down (no one wants to do their business RIGHT NEXT to someone else doing their thang if it can be helped...).
My bathroom visits are so frequent, that I have become very accustomed to the experience each time I go, which can be several times a day depending on my water intake. I know to expect that when I enter the bathroom, the temperature will be about 10 degrees cooler than what I have acclimatized (I hope I used that word right) to at my desk. I know that as soon as I step away from the toilet, the sensor will automatically and instantly trigger a flush. I know that the latch on "my" stall will stick just a little bit every time I lock or unlock the stall door. And I know that when I wash my hands, the sensor on the soap dispenser will give me one squirt more than I wanted. It's clockwork! Sadly, it's almost more familiar than home...
So today as I was in the bathroom, I got curious and wondered:
1. Can everyone relate to my similar experience with their restroom visits at work? or places they frequent?
2. Do people really even care as much as I do or even notice that they too are in a routine with their most frequented restroom?
3. Why is this such a big deal to me?
4. It's crazy to think that that book is true, everybody poops? Crazy.
5. I wonder what the men's room looks like...
I don't think I am alone in any of my thoughts. Just like taking the same route to work every morning is a familiar routine, why not would be my daily activities while at work? Sometimes a visit to the restroom is the only time I ever leave my desk, although if I am going to the restroom, it also means I am frequenting the kitchen for refills on water.
This is really just my observation today. Nothing big to report. Just my observation.
Anyway, the men's room. I took a peak in and it totally threw me off. The color scheme is the same, but the layout is completely different and that urinal thing is just unsightly.
6 comments:
Always enjoy your posts but find that I must comment on this one. :)
I remember when I worked at Nordstrom, THE Nordstrom Family was coming to visit our store. This was quite the event, and I was kinda nervous...but advice from a friends at work helped.
Here is it:
The Nordstrom Brothers poop and pee just like you and me (haha, that was a funny rhyme)
So there you go. Everyone Poops...like you said the book is right. :) We're all not that different after all.
I love this post. I've thought about this many times and considered doing a blog post myself!
Yes, I go to the same stall every day (when I was working). If someone was in it...I'd go to the end to the large handicapped stall.
If I was in the other set of bathrooms in another part of our building, there was a certain stall where the temperature was warmer, so I usually used that one (to defrost from our freezing office).
Thanks for giving me an outlet to talk about my stalling etiquette.
I love being a mom because then I can use the handicapped stall (and sometimes there is even a separate bathroom!) without getting dirty looks from others. It's usually so nice and super clean and I thoroughly enjoy it.
Speaking of handicapped banos, someone who is very near and dear to me (who probably doesn't want to be mentioned on the WWW), ONLY uses them, or he waits to come home.
That's some willpower!
I think out of habit everyone uses their "favorite" stall at a work place, I think it feels less like you're sharing with your entire floor if you use the same one and since occupied by you, makes it harder for others to use.
Because my mother is handicapped and needs to use those stalls, i will often not use those in public places if possible. But, if you are at work and you know there are no disabled people and it's there because building code said it had to be, is it ok to use the larger stall?
It's not so much the urinal that freaks me out, but the little "sanitizing plug" that rests in the bowl...How does peeing on that thing possibly make ANYTHING smell better OR appear less disgusting?
yes. i choose the same one. even now that i am in a wheelchair (ha ha!) ... humans are routine driven. some people's are odd, but they are still routines that make sense to them! and yes, i notice all those things you mentioned - thank you for letting me know i am not the only weirdo.
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