This week I will be trying something a little different. Each day, Monday through Friday, I will be posting an anecdote that I was unable to expand into 700 or more words but I feel is funny in it’s own right. Each one will likely take you a minute or less to read. Hence the name. I know, it’s clever, right?
Your minute starts now.
Health Code Violation
At the office where I work, things can get a bit awkward for the male workers. You see, the men’s restroom is in a rather strange location. Unlike the lady’s room, which is tucked away in a quiet and peaceful corner, far, far away from the hardships of the world, ours is in the kitchen. Yes, the kitchen. It’s right smack in the middle of the area where all the employees from the entire building go to take their breaks, eat their lunches and have water cooler talk about whichever reality television show is hip and cool on that particular week.
The men of the department learn quickly that one has to master the art of managing their restroom time effectively because if you don’t go early on in the day then you run the risk of that super large mega coffee that you paid eighteen dollars for at Starbucks kicking in right when the all-female financial department sits down for their noontime lunch, and before you know it, you are stuck in a single toilet bathroom doing your business with an audience of thirteen to twenty gals who can clearly hear every stir, noise, and grunt through the paper-thin walls. The only thing worse than having your co-workers hear your most private of moments? Having to then exit the restroom into a room full of people who do everything in their power to avoid making eye contact with you while doing the walk of shame past them all. You might be wondering if having a restroom so close to a kitchen a health code violation. I’m pretty sure it is. It also brings a new meaning to the old phrase “Don’t poop where you eat.” It all makes so much sense now.
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Also in this Series:
One-Minute Anecdote #1: Haiku Poetry
One-Minute Anecdote #2: Awkward House Shopping
One-Minute Anecdote #3: My Corrugated Plastic Hell
One-Minute Anecdote #4: Health Code Violation
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