I REALLY need to start drinking coffee in the mornings again, especially when I’ve had less than 6 hours sleep.
I’m at work, and the Taco Bell I had for lunch yesterday combined with last night’s dinner of White Castle’s finally made their presence known to me. I left my workstation to go to the restroom, but found the one closest to my desk was closed for cleaning. So I walked around to the restrooms at the back of the building, entered and sat in a stall for, well, you know.
So I’m there and it strikes me as strange that through the crack of the stall door, I can see other stalls across from me and not urinals, as you would in an ordinary men’s room. That’s when it dawns on me.
I had entered the ladies’ room! I obviously couldn’t just up and leave, so I resolved to finish and get out as quickly as possible. Then the door opened and two women entered.
Thoughts started racing through my head: What if they notice the size 13 men’s shoes under the door? What if one of them comes to my stall and I have to say that I’m in there? How the hell do I explain that I’m here by accident?
So I sat and waited. And the women chatted about the stock of the company and the breakup of AT&T and how one of them has vacation coming up next week and yada yada yada. Then they went to their stalls. For a split second I thought about getting the hell out then, but what if someone came in as I was leaving? What if someone was walking down the hallway as I exited the ladies room? And just who in the fuck thought it was a good idea to put the two doors so close to each other like that?! (Then I had a crazy, although pleasantly improbable thought that has its origins in watching too many porn films, but we all know that sort of thing never happens in real life.)
So I waited some more, and finally the women left. After what felt like 5 minutes, I left, peeking nervously out the door before leaving so no one saw me. Luckily, the coast was clear and here I am safe and free of having to awkardly explain what I was doing in the ladies’ room.
I may never use the restrooms at work again.