Comments | bzoppa: Random Observation

bzoppa

Random Observation

Feb 22, 2008 12:53

In the workplace (at least mine), men are more willing to openly carry reading material to the bathroom than women.

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nessabfly February 22 2008, 20:52:24 UTC

Is it strange I'll openly carry tampons into the bathroom and don't care who sees me?

bzoppa February 22 2008, 20:56:08 UTC

I sometimes do that but more often than not I'll put it in my pocket. I think advertising I'm going to the bathroom to perform an exchange of absorbent materials is something other people necessarily want to know.

nessabfly February 22 2008, 21:01:22 UTC

Haha but nor do I want to know my male colleague is going in the bathroom to take a massive shit when I see reading material in his hands!! :)

bzoppa February 23 2008, 07:50:43 UTC

That's my point! I don't need to know this. I don't indulge when I'm at work unless I happen to have my backpack with me. I don't openly bring a paper in...

cassandralz February 23 2008, 00:31:41 UTC

my office too!

bzoppa February 23 2008, 07:50:04 UTC

Maybe it's a MD/DC thing?

plateoshrimp February 23 2008, 06:13:23 UTC

Reading in the bathroom drives me crazy. My roommates do it all the time. With me, I just go in get my business done and leave. There's not even time to read, unless I'm sick or something. But not just that, when you bring a book into the bathroom it is tainted!

I loved that episode of Seinfeld where George was at the bookstore and he took the book into the bathroom and they made him buy it, and then no store would let him return it because it was marked as having been in a bathroom.

bzoppa February 23 2008, 07:49:25 UTC

I know someone who can't take a crap if he's not reading.

I read in the bathroom all the time. Oh, and crosswords. Ma and I had a big book of crosswords for the bathroom when I lived at home. I stole it when I moved out.

Shamelessly Striding Down The Hall With The Sports Section And A Large Bowl Of Fruit plateoshrimp February 25 2008, 18:27:10 UTC

Am I he to whom you refer?

The entire Queek family is like that. My nephew would not subject himself to be potty-training unless he had a Curious George book with him.

Re: Shamelessly Striding Down The Hall With The Sports Section And A Large Bowl Of Fruit bzoppa February 25 2008, 18:29:30 UTC

I purposely didn't name you because I figured it was of the "personal, coned" information. But I couldn't resist bringing it up.

Now you've gone and exposed yourself for all 2 of my DC readers (who probably don't recognize you).

Heh, I remember the story of your nephew. I mentioned this to alterna this weekend and he said he never could.