Ladies. Is this true?

dweller
By dweller

 

It was written by a woman. 

When you have to visit a public toilet, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the stall doors. Every stall is occupied.

Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the stall.
You get in to find the door won't latch. It doesn't matter, the wait has been so long you are about to wet your pants! The dispenser for the modern "seat covers" (invented by someone's Mum, no doubt) is handy, but empty. You would hang your bag on the door hook, if there was one, but there isn't - so you carefully, but quickly drape it around your neck, (Mum would turn over in her grave if you put it on the FLOOR!), yank down your pants, and assume " The Stance."

In this position your aging, toneless thigh muscles begin to shake You'd love to sit down, but you certainly hadn't taken time to wipe the seat or lay toilet paper on it, so you hold "The Stance."

To take your mind off your trembling thighs, you reach for what you discover to be the empty toilet paper dispenser. In your mind, you can hear your mother's voice saying, "Honey, if you had tried to clean the seat, you would have KNOWN there was no toilet paper!" Your thighs shake more.

You remember the tiny tissue that you blew your nose on yesterday - the one that's still in your bag. (Oh yeah, the bag around your neck, that now, you have to hold up trying not to strangle yourself at the same time).. That would have to do. You crumple it in the puffiest way possible. It's still smaller than your thumbnail

Someone pushes your door open because the latch doesn't work. The door hits your bag, which is hanging around your neck in front of your chest, and you and your bag topple backward against the tank of the toilet. "Occupied!" you scream, as you reach for the door, dropping your precious, tiny, crumpled tissue in a puddle on the floor, lose your footing altogether, and slide down directly onto the TOILET SEAT. It is wet of course. You bolt up, knowing all too well that it's too late. Your bare bottom has made contact with every imaginable germ and life form on the uncovered seat because YOU never laid down toilet paper - not that there was any, even if you had taken time to try. You know that your mother would be utterly appalled if she knew, because, you're certain her bare bottom never touched a public toilet seat because, frankly, dear, "You just don't KNOW what kind of diseases you could get."

By this time, the automatic sensor on the back of the toilet is so confused that it flushes, propelling a stream of water like a fire hose against the inside of the bowl that sprays a fine mist of water that covers your butt and runs down your legs and into your shoes. The flush somehow sucks everything down with such force that you grab onto the empty toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged in too.

At this point, you give up. You're soaked by the spewing water and the wet toilet seat. You're exhausted. You try to wipe with a gum wrapper you found in your pocket and then slink out inconspicuously to the sinks.

You can't figure out how to operate the faucets with the automatic sensors, so you wipe your hands with spit and a dry paper towel and walk past the line of women still waiting.

You are no longer able to smile politely to them. A kind soul at the very end of the line points out a piece of toilet paper trailing from your shoe. (Where was that when you NEEDED it??) You yank the paper from your shoe, plunk it in the woman's hand and tell her warmly, "Here, you just might need this."

As you exit, you spot your hubby, who has long since entered, used, and left the men's toilet. Annoyed, he asks, "What took you so long, and why is your bag hanging around your neck?"

This is dedicated to women everywhere who deal with a public rest rooms/toilets (rest??? You've GOT to be kidding!!). It finally explains to the men what really does take us so long. It also answers their other commonly asked questions about why women go to the restroom/toilets in pairs. It's so the other gal can hold the door, hang onto your bag and hand you Kleenex under the door!

By Vegas• 21 Mar 2008 14:01
Vegas

You can't teach experience...

By Vegas• 21 Mar 2008 13:56
Vegas

You can't teach experience...

By Vegas• 21 Mar 2008 13:48
Vegas

You can't teach experience...

By sky• 19 Mar 2008 23:02
Rating: 2/5
sky

http://www.randomfaq.com/facts/00442/?Amsterdam's%20Outdoor%20Urinals/

By sky• 19 Mar 2008 22:59
sky

Many European countries do share the similar status of Asia in this respect.   starting from Amsterdam ................

By QT• 19 Mar 2008 22:56
QT

Yes, but we don't have to touch anything except soap dispensor and taps.

and yes, I have been to Asia, but when in remote areas, I always bring or buy baby wipes!   lol

By QT• 19 Mar 2008 22:46
QT

Please...

enough pictures in my head!!!!

By QT• 19 Mar 2008 22:41
QT

As a child, the boys and I used to alway wonder what went on in the female toilets!

Now that I'm older and have been enlightened by this thread, all I wish is to never have known!

 

This leaves a distasteful picture in my head!!!

By TweetyBird• 19 Mar 2008 16:09
Rating: 5/5
TweetyBird

This reminds me of my experience in the public restrooms at the roadside of the interstates in the US.

 

Very funny and very, very true unfortunately.  You guys don't know how good you have it sometimes!

By Vegas• 19 Mar 2008 15:33
Vegas

You can't teach experience...

By jassKat• 19 Mar 2008 15:23
jassKat

 

this is so funny, and true!

Well written!

 

 

tra la la

By owen• 19 Mar 2008 15:21
Rating: 3/5
owen

this made me laugh... :D

[img_assist|nid=12867|link=none|align=left|width=|height=0]Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

By keziah17• 19 Mar 2008 15:19
Rating: 3/5
keziah17

yeah..absolutely right...

By thexonic• 19 Mar 2008 15:18
Rating: 4/5
thexonic

Thanks for giving us a mentle picture of ladies bathrooms at the malls  

Always wondered what kind of party goes on in there lol  

 

 

It's always the small things that make big differences.

By anonymous• 19 Mar 2008 15:15
anonymous

 

 

Not even a joke but plaine reality always good to have wet wipes in the bag lol.

By dragonfly212• 19 Mar 2008 14:58
Rating: 5/5
dragonfly212

hahaha... now the truth is comes out. ooopppsss....

Everybody is right Everybody is wrong, it depend where we stand.

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