a joke. I typed the sent from my blackberry thing at the bottom. I
felt the need to make you all aware of that since no-one responded. I
don't want everyone to have a mental image of...oh, never mind.
On 5/11/06, Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That's why I make it a point only to use a blackberry when I'm in the
> restroom.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Blackberry
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> On 5/11/06, Dara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I always thought that the only people who talked on their cell
> > 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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