Tuesday, February 28, 2006
you're not fooling anyone
there are a couple of things that i can't stand. namely stupid people, and people who try to fool me (and you). this is about the latter.
but first, i have to apologize to my male readers b/c i don't really know if you can relate to this. see, this is about the intermost workings of the secrets behind the female bathroom. and, seeing as how i'm a woman, and don't spend much time in the male bathroom (you notice i said much), i can't really guess as to whether this rings true for men. somehow, i think that it would, though i don't think that you'd notice this kind of thing (unless you're more nosey than i assume).
also, i don't know why i am paying attention to this, b/c i have something else to do at the moment, but it's an annoyance, so i noticed.
ok, so, ladies. you're in the bathroom, and there's someone else in there. you finish doing what it is that you have to do, and you get up to that moment in which you say to yourself: "well, there's someone else in here, so i know that they can hear what's going on, and i can't just walk out and not wash my hands, they don't know me, but they'll still judge me. if there was noone here, i'd just walk out. so, i'll just splash some water on my hands for 2 seconds just so they hear the water." i know that some of you have done this. b/c i hear it.
i am a hand washer. its just this annoying little habit i have. call it a quirk. if you knew my mother, you would believe me completely. i cannot go into the bathroom and walk out without washing my hands. i tried. i was at the door, almost free, but my mothers voice came shreaking in like a banchee. and i HAD to go back. now, if it was anything else, i'd resist. but this just happens to be one of the annoyingly obsessive habits that i'm glad i can't walk away from. but, for the others that don't have a crazy obsessive mother... you should.
i hear you in there. you walk up to the sink, spray water on your hands for a second, and then dry off the little drop of water that you actually managed to get on your finger. you're not fooling anyone. time didn't just lapse for me, and i don't believe that you're superwoman that you can turn on the tap, pour out soap, effectively wash your hands and turn off the tap in 2 seconds. if superman washed his hands, i doubt even he could do that in 2 seconds.
point is this. if you're going to go thru the motions of actually making it look like you're washing your hands, at least leave the water running for like 10 seconds. don't wash (well, actually, please wash) but at least be smart enough to know that 2 seconds of the sound of water running doesn't make me believe that you actually washed your hands. and don't insult my intelligence. oh, and yes, i am judging you, even if i don't know you, that's just who i am.
but first, i have to apologize to my male readers b/c i don't really know if you can relate to this. see, this is about the intermost workings of the secrets behind the female bathroom. and, seeing as how i'm a woman, and don't spend much time in the male bathroom (you notice i said much), i can't really guess as to whether this rings true for men. somehow, i think that it would, though i don't think that you'd notice this kind of thing (unless you're more nosey than i assume).
also, i don't know why i am paying attention to this, b/c i have something else to do at the moment, but it's an annoyance, so i noticed.
ok, so, ladies. you're in the bathroom, and there's someone else in there. you finish doing what it is that you have to do, and you get up to that moment in which you say to yourself: "well, there's someone else in here, so i know that they can hear what's going on, and i can't just walk out and not wash my hands, they don't know me, but they'll still judge me. if there was noone here, i'd just walk out. so, i'll just splash some water on my hands for 2 seconds just so they hear the water." i know that some of you have done this. b/c i hear it.
i am a hand washer. its just this annoying little habit i have. call it a quirk. if you knew my mother, you would believe me completely. i cannot go into the bathroom and walk out without washing my hands. i tried. i was at the door, almost free, but my mothers voice came shreaking in like a banchee. and i HAD to go back. now, if it was anything else, i'd resist. but this just happens to be one of the annoyingly obsessive habits that i'm glad i can't walk away from. but, for the others that don't have a crazy obsessive mother... you should.
i hear you in there. you walk up to the sink, spray water on your hands for a second, and then dry off the little drop of water that you actually managed to get on your finger. you're not fooling anyone. time didn't just lapse for me, and i don't believe that you're superwoman that you can turn on the tap, pour out soap, effectively wash your hands and turn off the tap in 2 seconds. if superman washed his hands, i doubt even he could do that in 2 seconds.
point is this. if you're going to go thru the motions of actually making it look like you're washing your hands, at least leave the water running for like 10 seconds. don't wash (well, actually, please wash) but at least be smart enough to know that 2 seconds of the sound of water running doesn't make me believe that you actually washed your hands. and don't insult my intelligence. oh, and yes, i am judging you, even if i don't know you, that's just who i am.
The End of Privacy - Whitaker