Things that you rather didn't know...

[Dahlia]

The funniest thing just happened... My co-worker is a network technician at our company, and he carries a cell phone at work so that he can help people on the phone while away from his desk.

Well, I was on the phone with him about an issue with my computer, and he was talking me through it. All of a sudden, I heard the sounds of a flushing toilet.

EWWWWW! Did he just take me to the bathroom with him.
Harmless, but that's one of those things I rather didn't know. One of those things that make you go "Did that just happen?" And you kinda had to laugh at the same time you go "Eww..."

And to top it off, I didn't hear the sound of a faucet running afterwards.

Not so harmless. Double ewwww...

[jmarie]

That is funny....Never had it happen, hope I never! I am sure that it happens a lot. Could he have been waiting for a toilet to open and you just heard someone else's flushing? I sure hope that was the case.

[MinEaston]

Ewww on the no faucet running.

We had a Med Dir here who insisted that it was okay to call his cell phone anytime if we had an important question. Well, one day I did need an answer quickly, so I called. I heard "hold on a minute," then I heard the urinal flushing. I did hear the faucet, then he came back on and said "sorry, I was in the bathroom." OK, I really didn't need him to tell me where he was !!!!

[Jessica]

Ew. I was just in the airport and saw people come out of bathroom stalls while talking on the phone.

[Dahlia]

Originally posted by jmarie
That is funny....Never had it happen, hope I never! I am sure that it happens a lot. Could he have been waiting for a toilet to open and you just heard someone else's flushing? I sure hope that was the case.

Nope. The bathroom was just right around the corner from my office. We have a small unisex bathrooms, with just one toilet. It was him and only him...

[jmarie]

So, now you have a can of disinfectant spray at your desk? ;) Maybe we need to post signs in the Bathrooms

" BEWARE! You never know who is listening on a cell phone.":D :p

[bobmark226]

The stall use is fairly common, but I encountered a first yesterday when I went into the mens' room and saw a guy standing at the urinal, cell phone in one hand to his ear, ---- in the other. :rolleyes:

Bob

[Jessica]

This is a good reason to have a cell phone...so I never have to borrow a phone from one of these folks. Ick.

[Gail]

Originally posted by bobmark226
The stall use is fairly common, but I encountered a first yesterday when I went into the mens' room and saw a guy standing at the urinal, cell phone in one hand to his ear, ---- in the other. :rolleyes:

Bob
I guess it is...

We were out of town again this weekend. My husband returned to me at poolside with a look of disgust on his face. Apparently, he'd just witnessed the same thing.

[JanetB]

Funny - DH was "spoken to" at work for refusing to answer his cell phone while answering a call of nature. Apparently, one afternoon he was using the facilities and someone kept calling his cell for business purposes. So, like most of us, he ignored it - well - this business associate refused to leave a VM and called back five times in the five minutes he was in there - and washing up.

DH told his boss straight faced - I'm sorry - I think it might just be an HR issue to suggest that I can't take five minutes of uninterupted time to take care of business. . . what is up with that!

[JenB]

:confused: Does anyone else not feel that this infringes on your privacy if you're in the restroom with someone who can't be without their cell phone? Maybe they don't mind but I do!!

[AzAnne]

This thread reminds me of an email I received a while back...


I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: "Hi, how are you?"

I'm not the type to start a conversation in the men's restrooms at a rest stop but, I don't know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassedly: "Doin Just Fine!"

And the other guy says: "So what are you up too?"

What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say: "Uhhh I'm like you, just traveling east!"

At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question. Can I come over to your place after while? Ok, this question is just wacky but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell him, "Well, I have company over so today is a bad day for me!"

Then I hear the guy say nervously... "LISTEN, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!"

[Kristine]

I'll admit it, my cell phone has rung (rang?) while I'm in the bathroom. I'll usually answer it and say "I'm in the bathroom, can I call you back?", but it really doesn't bother me if I hear others talking on their phones while they're using the restroom.