Snarky wheely moment

[badgerbag]

In the restaurant bathroom yesterday a woman was coming out of the stall. The corridor to get to it was really narrow and it was a standard hollow metal-frame bathroom stall. I waited out in the main bathroom area by the sinks.

You can guess what's coming!!!!

She paused in the bathroom doorway to hold open the wide, swinging door which opened out into the corridor. Totally failing to realize that she was *standing in the door and the corridor*.

We had a long moment of perfect silence.

She waggled her eyebrows and smiled nervously as if to indicate "Come on! Go in! I won't hurt you!"

Finally I went "Um. You're STANDING IN THE DOORWAY." I started giggling and just waited.

She got all flustered. I don't know how but she managed to sort of fumble around with the door and her purse. She went "Well, let me..." and tried to squeeze herself to one side (opposite the door, while still holding it open.) I said "No, really... it's okay. I can't get by you like that."

She finally got out of the way. But you know what's coming next!!!

Yes!

She was mad at me!

"WELL!!!!! I was JUST! TRYING! TO HELP!" (in a massive huff)

Me: (from inside the bathroom stall now) Uhhh okay then next time TRY NOT PEEING ON THE SEAT. *mad giggling*

She was all dressed up in heels and a little black dress and pearls and super classy looking, so I think the part about the pee on the seat must have burned her extra hard.

Doing my best as a diplomat.. yup!

Comments

[vito_excalibur]

You are my HERO.

ETA: I told Mr. E and you are now his hero as well!

[bcholmes]

*snort*

You are full of awesome.

[dharma_slut]

I extra love the giggling part... Giggling + truth = win

[thistleingrey]

That is awesome. (Clearly, good intentions can make her temporarily one inch wide! Perhaps she didn't try quite hard enough, this time!)

[beable]

*snickers*

That happens without the wheelchair too (I am only inferring that you were using your wheelchair at the time from the subject header though) - maybe I just have personal space issues or something (and am fat), but I find it completely useless when someone approaches the door at the same time as me - and they try to hold it open for me while standing in the door.

And yeah, they do always seem to look confused when I - yanno - step back out of their way to let them pass rather tham slamming into them in an attempt to pass by.

The other one I hate is the people who see me reaching with one hand to open the door (with the other being full of packages/bags/etc) and who "helpfully" hold the door open so that I can catch it - with the wrong hand.

I step out of their way too, and pull open another door with the hand I actually have free. Apparently this makes me a horrible person for not inconviniencing myself greatly so that they can help me.

[jesse_the_k]

Score!

[badgerbag]

Hhahaha ! I know, it so rarely happens! Usually just the awkward eyebrow waggling and a certain lack of grace or projection of fiery grumpiness. But I almost never have a witty retort available. Pee is inspiring that way.