I always feel bad when I use the half-height, little kids
urinal in the bathroom and some little kid comes in. When I look over my shoulder at him he is invariably fidgeting nervously, holding his crotch, crossing his legs and, of course, giving me the look of death that says something like "Look, tall dude, there's a perfectly good normal height urinal right next to you. Why aren't you using that one - you're tall enough, I'm not!" (We'll ignore the fact that the short one had been the only one available when I went into the bathroom.)
While he sits there fidgeting, trying to avoid peeing in his pants, I am furiously trying to hurry and finish so I don't have it on my conscience that some kid peed in his pants because
I was using the short urinal. Because along with the guilt that not only has some poor kid now pissed himself, I feel bad because his parents have to deal with it, too. And I just don't need that much guilt.
Fortunately, I let all that go pretty quickly - I hold on just long enough to blog about it.
P.S. - One of the best bathroom/urinal designs I've seen is when they put the half-height ones right next to a big one, so a father-son combo can go right next to each other. This is much better than the design where all the short ones are at the end. What father really wants his five year old three urinals away where it's harder to keep an eye on them?
I get so tired of the phrases in pop culture. Some of the really annoying ones are below. And yes, while I've probably used them all at least hundreds of times I've finally realized how annoying it is when others use them, so I'm going to do my best to stop. Now, that's not a New Year's resolution - it just so happens to fall around this time of year.
- "Oh no you didn't"
- "Here it comes...wait for it..." - I think I've seen this one written more than spoken.
- "I'm not gonna lie"
- "I'm just sayin'..." (usually said after you've just really offended someone)
There's probably a dozen more, but nothing comes to mind. Perhaps someone can comment on my lame blog and add to the list!