it a point to get LOUDER!
Or say something very strange, like a friend of mine did in high
school, in the pre-cell-phone era. A teacher he didn't like came into
the boys' room while he was in there and this friend cleared his
throat and said, in a very loud, deep voice, "Mmmmmm... I LOVE to go
to the bathroom!"
I keep forgetting to try THAT one on a cell phone user.
--- In [email protected], k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Oh my.
>
> One angle of bathroom habits no one has brought up yet. Who
writes to Miss
> Manners about this? Really- who? I'm hoping it's a joke.. for a
laugh...
> but wow.
>
> *
> Dear Miss Manners:*
>
> *I was involved in an event that was a little funny and at the same
time a
> little aggravating. It was like the joke where the guy goes into the
> dressing room and thinks the person in the next booth is talking to
him,
> only to find that that person is talking on a cell phone.*
>
> *While I was in a restroom stall of a very busy office building, a
man went
> into the stall next to mine and started a conversation. At first I
was close
> to answering him, but fortunately I quickly realized that he was
talking on
> his cell. Then I realized that I was about to make noises that
should only
> be heard in a privy. Now I'm starting to feel embarrassed and a
little angry
> at the thought of being broadcasted to who knows where.*
>
> *I was at a loss. I didn't go to the restroom to listen to others
conducting
> business on the phone.*
>
> *I've always been a little shy in public restrooms, and the idea of
his call
> going to a meeting where the other party may be listening on a
speakerphone
> did nothing for my confidence.*
>
> *So I just sat there hoping he would leave so I could finish in
private.*
>
> *Is it wrong for me to flush and make other noises that may disrupt
his
> call?*
>
> Why do you feel that you would be the one to bear the
embarrassment? Has it
> not occurred to you who the caller's listeners will imagine created
those
> noises?
>
> Miss Manners assures you that etiquette is contextual. What you did
was not
> improper in a restroom; what the other person did was.
>
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