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Well, after this morning's success,( see 'Hey Guys, Guess What') I went off to work in high spirits.
During the afternoon I needed a pee, so took myself off to the toilet. There are two rather close urinals and two cubicles. I can now use the urinals as long as I'm alone and the fact that anyone coming in has to come through two doors, you do get a warning of approaching company.
I had only just taken up my position when my boss charged through both doors as if they were one and stood right next to me for a pee. I would have siezed up whoever it had been but he was about my worst nightmare. He's a nice guy but very assertive.
I couldn't pretend I'd finished 'cos I had only just got there so he probably saw me go in and what was even worse, a cleaner had just sprayed blue dissinfectant over the urinals, so you could see that I hadn't been! All I could do was to turn slightly away from him and wait for him to finish. And, of course this seemed to take for ever and he insisted on chatting to me throughout the whole proccess.
Much later in the day, I needed to go again and was heading for the urinal but decided to get something out ou my locker first. As I was going through the second door, in comes the same guy!! Had I not gone to my locker, I'd have had to go through the whole thing of being next to him again. I'm afraid I went straight for a cubicle.
Aah well, can't win 'em all!
Cheers guys, Geoff
Re: So Embarrassing!
Posted by Mark L on 20/3/2009, 1:27 am, in reply to "So Embarrassing!"
Hi Geoff,
Thats unfortionate!! I was lucky in my office, there was a seperate room for the male and femail toilet so no urinals. I would hate to work in an office with urinals as you can end up right next to one of your collegues!
Dont let it get to you, small, quite wc's with close urinals are very challenging and you have not reached that level yet. Let alone with your boss! The more confident you get ar public urinals, the more it will help in any other situation, ie, your work toilets with a collegue.
Thanks for sharing!
Mark
Re: So Embarrassing!
Posted by Pete L on 20/3/2009, 10:52 am, in reply to "So Embarrassing!"
Geoff
It doesn't matter that you 'can't win em all'...... you made the effort, and that's what counts. You deserve a pat on the back for actually standing at the urinal in the first place. Don't forget, a few hours earlier you were in the public toilets in the town centre, that was the more challenging. Try not to dwell on this experience Geoff. And, as far as your boss is concerned, he's probably got his head up his a**e and didn't notice anyway.
Had I not gone to my locker, I'd have had to go through the whole thing of being next to him again. I'm afraid I went straight for a cubicle.