Sometimes I just feel like there’s a bit of “George Costanza” in my daily life. I have these obscure and ironic little experiences that you’d naturally expect that Seinfeld character to get into and have to weasel out of. Case in point, the events of this afternoon in the Men’s room at work. While heading out at the end of the day, computer bag in hand, I decided to stop at the mens room before driving home. As I’ve mentioned before I’m a “stall” focused restroom user, preferring the handicapped stall over others, as it’s always easier to have the space to set down a brief case or other belongings out of “Harms Way”.
Having completed my brief visit, I started to buckle my belt, but I found it difficult to do so with my shirt, the type that hangs out un-tucked, in my way. So I placed the tip of the bottom of the shirt lightly between my teeth and quickly buckled and zipped.
Only to find that the shirt was terribly absorbent and/or I have a serious saliva issue. In either event, there i stood, ready to exit, with a big dark wet stain positioned at a point that would clearly indicate some rather roughshod and haphazard use of the facilities on my part. It looked like I pissed on my shirt.
I rolled my eyes at the situation, figured I’d just have to conceal it on the way out, and envisioned writing this post about the whole thing and making light of it. In fact, I figured what better way to illustrated the situation then snapping a photo with my iPhone of my freshly stained shirt.
And i did just that. I took the iPhone, turned on the camera, made my best guess alignment and pushed the shutter button.
“CLICK” went the audible shutter sound of the iPhone.
Did I mention I was not the only person in the restroom?
There was a guy seated in the stall next to me. A guy oblivious to any of the humor behind the events transpiring in the stall to his left. A guy who’s only point of reference was the sound and vision of shuffling feet, a modest snorting of irony, and then the sound of a camera shutter being triggered.
I left as quickly as possible.
