Campfyre Stories

As women know and men suspect, the ladies’ bathroom can be a very social place. Women frequently will take their private or gossipy conversations to the restroom, away from prying ears. Apparently, this is not always a smart plan.

My desk at work is just outside of the bathrooms. This afternoon, I could hear women talking, but wasn’t paying attention to *what* they were saying (to my later chagrin).

After a few minutes a guy came around from the other side of the floor and banged on the door.

It got very quiet in there.

30 seconds later, he knocked again… and after no response again after another 30 seconds. Still no response, so he pushed the door ajar and shouted “I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE WHOLE FLOOR CAN HEAR YOU.” Apparently the walls are even thinner on that side of the restroom. (This is the point where I would have liked to know what, exactly, they were saying. The folks on the other side were horrified and/or fascinated by the discussion.)

As you can imagine, the ladies were mortified that their private conversation had been heard by most, if not all, of their co-workers. The first one waited a good 10 minutes before emerging. The second one took an alternate route, but I (probably among other nosy folks) made note of who it was.

Heh. Lesson learned - no private conversations in the bathroom at work.

Not that it’s an issue for me anyway. I always assume that all public restrooms are bugged anyway.

Paranoia FTW!