I work with a guy who is widely known to be a very talkative person while he is in the bathroom. In order to protect his identity, I'll call him "Chris."
Back in January, Joe and I were enjoying some drinks at a local watering hole when we began discussing what the rules for Friendly February would be. Eventually we began talking about how the hugging plan could backfire - like if there were a really awkward situation in which I had to hug someone. It was at this point that our friend Chris's name came up. Chris is a very friendly and outgoing guy who feels incredibly comfortable starting a conversation with just about anyone anywhere. He is also well known to strike up conversations in the bathroom, regardless of what the other person may be in the process of doing.
Joe and I had already concluded that it would be very awkward to hug someone in a bathroom, let alone a male co-worker. Now with Chris's antics in mind, we continued down this path, trying to determine the craziest bathroom-hug our friend could pull off - I won't list them here, but believe me when I say they were hilarious. We only stopped brainstorming because we were laughing and crying so hard that we couldn't get any words out. The whiskey may have also had something to do with it.
Fast forward to a few days ago. I was walking past the stalls in the bathroom as Chris came towards me. It's a narrow path, so I backed up a few steps and let him pass. As I walked towards the urinals, I heard "Oh, wait a second!" and turned around to see Chris staring back at me, arms outstretched and head slightly cocked like the puppies in that annoying stereo commercial from a few years ago.
I began laughing hysterically. "Did Joe tell you about that? That was hilarious. You totally should've done it." We had a conversation back and forth for a few minutes, discussing how weird/hilarious/awkward it would have been. I think we finally decided that "next time" we'd hug.
However, during this conversation, we never actually mentioned the word hug. So if you were in one of the bathroom stalls and couldn't see anything, it would be very difficult to picture what was going on. We realized this when a mysterious voice said "You know, I can hear you guys," which made us laugh again. "I have no idea what you're talking about, but don't worry, I totally don't recognize your voices." He was obviously lying which made us laugh harder. Generally, when two men exit a bathroom laughing loudly...well, I don't really know what that means, but I'll bet it doesn't happen too often in most workplaces.
Needless to say, we did not hug, but I thought it was a funny story.
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