Can this wait???....Really....!!!!

Working in a major metropolitan airport I see a lot of, let me keep this clean, crap. One of my favorite pastimes has to be people watching. Nothing amuses me more than to see people from all around the world parading past me on a daily basis. Watching their body language, facial expressions, exasperations and utter confusion while trying to navigate an airport never ceases to amaze me. Watching is one thing. Listening, well that's a whole other subject.

Case in point: There's a time and place for everything. Now if there are any men reading this, I don't know if you have this happen, but it happens quite often in the ladies room. First let me set the stage: A noisy public ladies room in a great international airport. I walk into a stall, close the door, and someone enters the stall right next to me. The following happens:

Lady in Stall: (beep beep beep, beep beep beep beep)...Hello? Yeah, hi!....we just landed....yeah no kidding, we just landed.....the flight was great!.....what?....no really it was nice...

My Inner Monologue: She did NOT just call someone while peeing..I mean, who DOES that?!...

Lady in Stall: ....what was that? yeah we ate....yeah it was lunch, and the stewardess even asked me if I wanted seconds, they had extra...isn't that nice?.....say again?...it's noisy in here....

My Inner Monologue: yeah no shit it's noisy in here, and is she REALLY talking about food while other women are relieving themselves and flushing toilets??? Can this wait??...Really...!! and she used the word "Stewardess"...what is this, the 1970's?...she's got a cell phone, surely she knows it's the 21st century....

Woman in Stall: Yeah okay...so I'm gonna hang up now..(flush)...yeah I'm gonna get my bags...I'll see you at curbside.....bye.

I love my cell phone as much as the next guy. Let me ask you, in the old days, would you ever see a pay phone in a bathroom stall? No. Because you only do one thing in a bathroom stall. So it brings me back to the subject of this blog. Can this wait??....Really...!!

I leave on this final thought: Hang up the phone and pee already!