Does this kind of thing happen to you?
Okay. I knew it would happen one day, and today was the day. (This is the last of my bathroom stories – for a little while, at least).
I went to the restroom here at work (you know, the one with the three stalls, the one on the left being my favorite). I sat and with utter revulsion stood up again quickly because without my knowledge, someone had been there before me. Not too long before me, either, judging by the warmth of the seat. I HATE sitting on a warm seat. – not a seat warmed by the sun, or the heated seat in my car on a cold winter's day – no, a seat that is warm because someone else was just sitting there. ICK!
I know, I know. I've heard it all before. It's silly, yes. I get it. But I still hate it. It just grosses me out. Really.
Whenever I encounter this problem, I have to stand beside the seat and wait for a couple of minutes for it to cool off before I sit down. This has been a problem at amuzement parks because the ride attendants usually end up telling me I must sit down because the ride is starting soon.
Back to my story. I sat on the seat in MY stall, and it was warm. So, I quickly stood up, let it cool off, swallowed my revulsion, and sat when the seat was cool again. I still wasn't able to completely dispell the sensation, but since then I have been able to return to some degree of normalcy.
People think I'm still single because of all my weird quirks. Let me fill you in on a little secret. It's because I WANT to be, folks. I WANT TO BE!
posted by kimw @ 10:04 AM
3 Comments:
I can actually understand why it grosses you out, especially in restrooms. It is icky.
Now this one makes perfect sense to me, even though it doesn't bother me at all when it happens to me.
The previous foot thing, though? It's an irrational icky, I know it entirely, but it bothers me way more.
Here's one I do: I sometimes fake-wash my hands. I'll go through the bother of running my hands underwater for a split second, letting the water run an "appropriate" time, if there's someone around to hear. I'll dry my hands and sneak out of the bathroom. But I really cleaned my hands by the little sanitizer bottle in my purse. I know the people still in the bathroom won't know, and I don't want to gross them out, so I just fake washing my hands.
If I -really- wash my hands, they dry out badly, even if I moisturize right after. So I use the little bottle of sanitizer instead.
I have the weiredest bathroom "etiquette" in the world. And you have some fun bathroom preferences.
so I randomly came across your blog and had to laugh about the warm seat post. I totally understand what you are saying...especially in the bathroom...Actually the bathroom is the only place that I don't like warm seats cause there's no barrier..if you know what I mean. Anyways! I enjoyed reading your blog..and now I must check out this Andrew Peterson person you speak of.
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