Public Potty

WAYNE’S WORDS
Volume 1 Number 7
Public Potty

I was at Wally World today. Argh! I have a love/hate relationship with that store.

I love the World because it has most things I need in one stop and of course, really good prices. Today I was looking for wire hangers (sorry Mommy Dearest). And as much as I love those two facts about the World - and most other, how you say, box stores - I hate them with a red hot passion! So much I try my best not to go there, but alas, I do.

To be honest, the source of my hatred is NOT the stores, selection or prices. It is the people! Before you say “amen, I have problems with the employees at those places myself,” bite your tongue! I am talking about the other people…us, the idiotic box store shopping public.

Son of a gun! Are we all not the worst people in the world? Not because we want to save money, not because we want to one-stop-shop – in fact, those two reasons make us good, financially responsible people. The reason we box store shoppers are the worst people in the world is because we are the biggest pigs ever! We are so vile!

I have seen the writing on the bathroom wall and it is scrawled in feces! I hate to be disgusting, but it is true! Do NOT for one minute blame it on the employees. Trust me, I have had to cross my legs and do the pee-pee dance for quite awhile while the janitorial staff attended to the facilities; I HAVE witnessed staff members cleaning them! It is like customers see the word “public restroom” on a sign, just walk in and let loose. How difficult is it to flush?!?! For that matter, how hard is it to actually go inside the bowl or urinal?? Can you dispose of the TP and the paper towels properly? And who in hell goes in and just starts breaking things? Idiots! Guys, you know what I mean on this one….who in hell is standing at the urinal and at the same time picking a nose goblin only to leave it on the wall you get to stare at when you come in to let the juice loose? COME ON!!!!!!!

This is by no means isolated to the Wally World toilets. That is just the most recent occurrence in my life. I have come across this disgusting phenomenon in other stores, theaters and even restaurants. It is true of the many of the public restrooms in this city, nay in this country!

Is this all the doing of just one slob that goes around to all the public restrooms wreaking havoc on the poor unsuspecting stalls that wait there patiently for the public to use? No! We need to ALL be held accountable and we ALL need to do something about it. Please, don’t pick up other people’s crap (no pun intended), but I beg you to be responsible for your own.

It is not that hard to do. I’ll bet we all do it at home. Use tissue! Flush! Wash! Dry! Dispose! Walk Out! If we each did this I bet we would all be happier (and YES I do clean up after myself in those situations)! I bet the janitorial staff would be REALLY happy, because then they would only have to clean the bathrooms rather than scour them like they were porcelain and tile versions of Karen Silkwood.

Suspend for just a moment the reality that there is a binary bathroom situation in public and imagine if your Grandmother was going to go in and use the facilities right after you were finished. Would you make sure you cleaned up your own mess a little better? Of course you would.

Maybe Senator Larry Craig IS innocent. Maybe his “wide stance” was due to the fact that he was trying to keep his feet out of someone else’s filth on the public restroom floor.

Probably not, but maybe.

Until Next Time,
Wayne

PS While we are on this crappy subject; if anyone needs a poopy baby diaper, just go look in ANY parking lot in Las Cruces and I am sure you will find at least one. My car’s rear passenger tire did!! Gross, people!!!!!