 |
| Image source: Miriella's photostream |
I was a little nervous about meeting these particular friends because I wasn't the super outgoing, confident woman I am today [wink], and they were all super brains, you know the kind who can make you feel inadequate just by looking at you. Did I mention they were musicians, too? I felt a bit like a goldfish who had just flopped out of his bowl - can someone give me a hand here?
However, this is what really made it different. Would you like fries with that? Can I buy you a drink? These are normal questions asked by strangers. Upon our arrival, and at the point where one would be escorted inside and offered a drink, our hostess asked? "Would you like to use the bathroom?"
Pause. What? Um- maybe later, but I will take a jumbo-sized margarita if you have one...thanks! No, I didn't say that...I just accepted her unique hospitality.
What was even more strange than the question, though, was the facility itself. It was separated from the rest of the room by a curtain. Just a curtain to flap in the breeze. No door, no lock for privacy, just a curtain. Hubby-to-be stood guard. That was our first and last such get together.
Got a "strange" story to share?
OH nooo! What if you had to "number two?" I would have died!
ReplyDeleteOh my word! A curtain? I would have used a cork!
ReplyDeleteI would have rather gone in the bush!!
ReplyDeleteWho asks that?
ReplyDeleteI once went into a ladies room and found two open stalls without doors to them, just a partition. I freaked and for a second, I thought I walked into the wrong bathroom. I mean, it looked so odd to walk into a public restroom and see the toilets straight away. I had to laugh later, though, cuz I saw two women walk into the same bathroom (I wasn't being a stalker - the restroom was directly across from the bar where I was sitting) and come back out & check the sign. Lol!
Katherine- Fortunately that wasn't the case!
ReplyDeleteBabs- I've seen curtains in stalls in public places like very casual restaurants, etc. but in someone's home?
Nicky- I've done that, actually, but not then.
Marla- It was a first (and only) for me. In some of the parks around here you see restrooms with two toilets, one in a stall with a door, and one just out in the open. Who designs these places?
Hi Linda .. personally I'd have been grateful - because that's usually my first question to the hosts - where's the loo?! Though I might have been somewhat surprised ..
ReplyDeleteI think I'll leave my stories where they are .. in the recesses of my mind!
Cheers - Hilary PS I can see why you never met up again though!
Hilary- It's always nice to know where the facilities are, but I thought it was an unusual question to ask upfront.
ReplyDelete