When you gotta go, sometimes you gotta wait.
Twice in the past two days, I have found myself in a single-person public bathroom. You know, the kind with no stalls, just, you open the door and there's a toilet and a sink.
Nothing really unusual about that in itself, because as you all know, I go to the bathroom A LOT, so wherever I am, I usually have to check out the facilities.
What struck me though (and quite frankly pissed me off a wee bit) [huh huh, I said 'wee'], was that BOTH TIMES, someone very impatient stood knocking at the door repeatedly, wiggling and twisting the doorknob, and saying things like "Helllooo? Anyone in there?"
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the locked door kind of a HUMONGOUS CLUE that you are just supposed to wait?
The first time it happened, I was waiting for Aiden to have his hearing checked at the pediatrician's office, so I hurried up a little in case it was a little kid who really needed to go. (It was, but her mom was the one banging on the door like a lunatic.) (And there are like 5 bathrooms at that place.)
The second time was this afternoon, when I was out of the house on my 'kid-free' time, eating a leisurely solo lunch, which also happened to include peeing uninterrupted (a simple mom's simple pleasure). Wouldn't you know it, someone started aggressively turning and jiggling the doorknob over and over, as if, what? By sheer force you're going to bust the lock open and charge in while I'm mid-stream? I MEAN, C'MON, PEOPLE! Have a little self-control, and a little sense.
Locked door = ocupado. Cross your legs or something. Sheesh.