No, it's not modern art. It's a bathroom. A very tiny bathroom.
Really. See below.
I went to a resturant to eat this weekend, and
after consuming approximately seventy-five gallons of water,
I had to whizz somethin' powerful. So,
I headed to the loo.
Here I am, as represented by the blue dot, just peeing away, happy as can be.
Of course, nothing is that simple. Just
as I am finishing up, another guy comes into the restroom. A big
guy.
A really, really big guy.
No, this isn't going to get erotic.
As I turn to leave my urinal and return to the
bar for more drinking, I am faced with the situation pictured above.
The really huge guy has taken up a position at
the other urinal. He starts whizzing, as one might expect.
So, he's, like, whizzing. For a long time.
There's not enough room to squeeze past him, and I'm, like, done.
I'm done with my whizzing. So, I'm just
kind of stuck there.
I feel like a doof, and he won't acknowledge me
in any way, not that I'm sure I'd want him to. But, I dunno, if he
could just say something, like, "Sorry, gotcha
blocked in there, huh?" And then I could laugh, and then I wouldn't
feel like such a schmuck. But, he says
nothing like that. He's concentrating solely on the 'zing.
And he's a big guy. Big guys hold a hell
of a lotta whizz. And he's just taking forever. And I'm just
standing there,
trying not to watch him or anything, but, like,
what can I do? Should I pace? Should I pretend to be inspecting
the
drywall? I wish I had a newspaper or something,
or a cell-phone, or something. Anything! A yo-yo! A toy trumpet!
A nail file! Just something I could do
while I stand there so I'm not just standing there.
I'm just standing there. So, I figure I'll go back to my urinal, and pretend I've got some more whizzing to do.
You know, make like I didn't take care of it all
the first time, and it seems like since I'm stuck in here,
I might as well take advantage of the time and
just finish up.
Then, I realize that the place is full of huge
beer-drinkin' guys. What if I'm standing there, pretending to whizz,
and this guy finishes and another immediately
comes in and takes his place? I could be there for hours.
I decide to call off the pretend whizz, and resume
my post, and just cope with it.
I stand there a long time.
A part of me is still standing there.