phones in public restrooms were CTU moles.
--- In [email protected], "maxshenk"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Anytime someone starts in on a cell phone when I'm in a stall I
make
> 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 <noname222005@>
> 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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