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Haven't posted for a while 'cos I have'nt made any significant steps forward. Not until this morning, that is
Had to go to a part of town I don't often visit. Made sure I'd had pleanty to drink before I left home, to make sure I'd need the loo. I wasn't expecting a very challenging event, as the loo is little used.
As I got to the door, I found a load of buckets etc, which means only one thing. A cleaner
My thoughts were that if he was busy in there, I'd just go straight to a cubicle, as my last experience with a cleaner wasn't very helpful. However, as I opened the door, he was just about to walk through it from the other side, which made him jump, Ha! So, in I went, as he left, and went to the urinal. I do like the ones in there. There are three, nicely spaced and with dividers. The cubicles are at right angles to the urinals, so when someone goes into, or comes out of a cubicle, they are not directly behind you.
Just as well, 'cos no sooner had I chosen my urinal, than back in comes the cleaner! Fortunately, he goes into a cubicle and starts cleaning. I am delighted to be able to report that I started to pee straight away
Had he been a bit quicker, or if I'd been a bit slower, I recon I might have been able to keep going with him around. But that's for another time.
You never know, the cleaner may have already cleaned that particular cubicle, but, felt embarrassed due to you being there, so cleaned it again, or went in there to hide..... I'm just bending the negative thoughts that's all.
We are going away this weekend and have a 5/6 hour journey ahead of us. We would normally take a flask with us, which I wouldn't drink from, just to take the boredom out of the journey ( as well as the tea of course!) Anyway, the flask isn't really for me......"Cos I don't drink on long journeys!!" Not any more though, I'll be drinking lots before I go, and I'll be drinking from that damn flask too!! If I need a pee, I now know that I CAN enter the toilets in a service station and, even though it might not be up to your standards yet Geoff, I CAN enter a cubicle in order to pee.
I'll let you know how I get on next week.
Again, well done Geoff. Have a great Easter Holiday
It's great to hear you're not going to let this problem get in the way of you having a great weekend. A positive attitude is the first hurdle to jump on the way to 'normality', I reckon, and you've jumped it
Yet another positive progress report from Geoff P! hahaha
Cleaners are soo annoying, they always seem to be in WC's! I am becomeing immune to them now though as iv seen so many! Its good you managed to crack that one though, in such a small WC.
Pete - great attutude on your upocming trip, drink drink drink! I had a recent day trip where it felt good to drink tea so far away from home so enjoy!
How would you have felt/behaved if the cleaner had been female? It is very common now to find female cleaners checking mens toilets regularly and often without any signs or warning eg M&S and many motorway service stations!
