Working on the commode

I'm due for a post, and what better topic to post about?

Three bathroom stalls at work should be plenty for our floor. Yesterday, it wasn't. So, what do you do? Do you turn around and leave the bathroom, only to return 10 minutes later to check in again? Then everyone wonders why that guy just walked in and walked out. But how much more appropriate is it to just stand and wait?

Well, I elected to stand and wait. It helps that I have a phone on which I can play solitaire. It makes it look like I'm actually doing something while I wait. It also makes it look like I think the bathroom is a great place to hang out.

So I waited. And waited. And I started to notice tapping inside the stalls. And then I realized that those people weren't really taking care of business. Well, they may have been, just not the type of business that requires a commode. They were working or playing on their phones.

What the crap? They may have needed to take a crap when they went in there, but it sure doesn't take 8 minutes to finish up with that! Who keeps people waiting for a commode so they can finish text messaging, emailing, or playing their game?

So, I stood there and played solitaire. A few games of solitaire, actually. And then I finally got my chance to take one of the stalls and I sat down at last and took care of business.

And as I sat there, annoyed that I had been kept waiting so long, I pulled out my phone and played some solitaire.