So the other day I was on my way to the bathroom at work. When I got to the door, there was another guy on his way in, and I held the door open for him. Was that weird? Maybe a little weird, but I like to think I'm a nice guy.
Anyway, once we're inside the bathroom, I make a cardinal mistake. There are three urinals, and I choose the middle. The MIDDLE! When all urinals are empty, that is an offensive maneuver in the bathroom. It was an accident. I could've played it safe, taking either of the end urinals, but there I am in the middle. Like I'm king of the urinals!
But here's the creepy part! The dude I held the door for took a defensive maneuver, WAITING until I was finished to approach the urinal. What did he think was going to happen?
OoooooK, I'll admit that I had been hoping he'd take the urinal next to mine so that I could then urinate all over his shoes, but that's only because I was jealous of his shoes. They were so shiny and had these little tassels. But it's likely I wouldn't have even been able to pull that off! There was a little protective wall between the urinals, so I'd either have had to take a high angle and hope for a thin arc or aim under and hope for no splashback!
My point is that maybe I was in the wrong for taking the middle urinal, but I think his response was a overblown and unwarranted. And now that I think about it, it was much creepier that he was watching me pee than it was that I'd held the door open.
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