July 22, 2004
SOB Of The Week
PANTS AROUND ANKLES MAN: Monday morning, as I sat in my usual bathroom stall doing what I usually do around that time of day, I hear the bathroom door open and man walk in. Nothing strange about that. I hear a zipper unzip. Once again, I'm in a bathroom - it's par for the course. I finish up, walk to the sink and catch a glance at the man in the sink mirror. This guy, who looks to be in his 50s, is standing facing the urinal with his pants around his ankles. Seriously, just so I'm absolutely clear about this, this guy dropped drawers at the urinal, happily doing his business with his saggy tighty whities and hairy legs exposed for all to see. WTF?
I know that there are random social rules and methods people never learn until later in life. I, for one, am very awkward when doing the sly underhand folded-bill tip to valets, barbers and other service professionals who aren't in the food- or drink-service industry. But I'm getting better and I know it's a problem. But this guy is way, way, beyond me on the social wierdness scale. He has lived more than twice as long as I have, yet nobody ever told him that YOU DON'T PULL YOUR PANTS DOWN IN A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE IS LIKELY TO SEE YOU UNLESS YOU'RE A STRIPPER OR ON AN ACID TRIP. Have a problem with the zipper? Drop trou in a stall.
A caveat: it's not like I'm scarred for life, and I wasn't even offended by his behavior in the moral sense (I don't really know how that could be the case), but I am pretty pissed off that he's so clueless about bathroom etiquette. Therefore, Pants Around Ankles Man, you earn the SOB of the week award. Just be sure to rinse off the trophy if you put it down on the bathroom floor.
Posted by rj3 at July 22, 2004 4:09 PM
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Did I hear right? DC Metro ran out of metro cards, so they're not selling them until september?
Posted by: alanjstr at July 22, 2004 11:33 PM
Just wondering, where do you work? That could be my boss...
Posted by: Tim at July 23, 2004 4:52 PM
I work near the Capitol.
Posted by: randolph at July 24, 2004 7:48 PM