I have just got back from a week of holidaying and I found that I had one pet peeve while traveling. "Automatic Flush Toilets"
Have you ever noticed how those crazy things flush at all the wrong times?
It seemed to me that every time I'd get in the cubicle and close the door all of a sudden there would be flushing happening. Then just as I'd get comfortable and about ready to take care of business it would flush again.(It kind of gives the experience of a bedday (can't spell that word) LOL) When I'd finish what I came to do and I'm all back together again, there is no way that the toilet will flush. I stand there flapping my arms hoping to trigger the motion sensor and frantically trying to figure out how to get the flush to happen so that I can get out of there.
It would shock you to know how many times this happened to me.
Not only were the automatic toilets a pain but so were the automatic sink faucets. It seemed as if I always picked the one that didn't work. It would work for the person after me but not for me. (I can't figure out what I do wrong.) Others in the restroom would look at me and wonder what was wrong with this woman who moved down the row of sinks waving her hands. Oh well, I always seemed to find one that would work. It was always a great relief to get that job over with.
This got me to wondering if this is how it works for men. Do they have automatic urinals and do they flush at random times just like womens washroom toilets?
Well, there you have it. That is what has been on my mind lately. It's Sad but True!
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there's this automatic urinal at the casino yellowhead in the green room back stage that is a motion sensor flushing urinal. As soon as you stand infront of it it flushes, and then again when you leave. Atfirst I was worried that it would splash all over my dress pants, but after re-thinking it I was kind of flattered. to me it seemed as though the toilet was giving me an extra courtesy flush just to make sure all the extra leftovers from the last guy are gone.
Okay, this one I just have to respond to. It is now a little contest to see how few of flushes I can get. It is a running joke with my daughter and me. I stay as still as I can...no reaching to protect my purse, no checking under to see if someone is in the next stall, no reading the writing on the walls,or making sure there is paper...boring. Sometimes I wonder if other ladies are listening to how many times my cubicle has flushed and no one has exited. Now a little self conscious and lack of focus isn't helping. Needless to say I am always the last one out of the bathroom. Not much better luck with the faucets either!
HEE,HEE,HEE! Yeah, it's a little disturbing and can stop "business" mid-swing when those darn toilets start swirling and swishing.
I always have a "mini panic attack" when I enter a fully automated women's room. They never work for me. The Shaw Conference Center has a fully automated ladies room and I felt like a novice 50 year old when another woman had to educated me on how to get soap out of the dispenser. Very sad, but hey, she didn't know my name so I can fly under the banner of an anonamous woman, just fresh off the farm or from hickville.
DM
Love the post! Same thing happens to me all the time. It's good to know that there are others out there.
anonymous 1
Thanks for the info that men seem to have the same things happen to them. It makes us women feel releived to know that this was not just some man's invention to laugh at women.LOL I take it that your dress pants stayed dry. That is where we women have it over you guys, if your pants get water on them you have to hope that your shirt is really long so that no one will think that you didn't make it.LOL
anonymous 2
Never thought to make a game of it. I know what you mean about the wondering if there are others in the washroom thinking "what is she doing in there that would need so much flushing". You hate to show your face incase they know that you are her. And the faucets are out in the open waiting for you to blush with embarassment over your lack of skill with automated things.
Shauna
How right your are!LOL
DM
Only saving grace is your anonymity!
Celine
I'm glad to not be alone and it looks like there's more than us. Yeah!
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