the things i’ve learned about people while sitting in a public bathroom stall
i (26f) have been on and off the recovery road for a few years now, currently off. my family is wise to my tricks, but our brains work different, we always find a way.
long story short, i spend a lot of time sitting in grocery store bathrooms drinking the alcohol i just bought, before lyfting home and declaring that i had a great time at my friend’s house.
i’ve spent probably upwards of 40 hours this year combined sitting in this very toilet stall, drinking my $8 rail vodka, just listening to the other people who come in and out. here’s a non-comprehensive list of things i’ve learned about women/people in general:
- apparently we do not wash our hands as often as we like to say we do.
- literally nobody fucks with seat covers, its bare booties on the seat
- this is a great place to cry and i’m not the only woman in this city that’s figured that out
- i hear people watching a LOT of fucking fight videos in here while they do their business. like more than anything else
- Flush rate is falling below 60%, do better ladies
- if a girl is spilling some tea or shit talking someone on the phone, she’ll usually go in the handicap stall and talk quietly like it’s not still echoing
- and finally, the one i just heard, “it smells like cleaner in here” (that would be my vodka… time to go!)