In the light of day
We’ve all heard of that recurring nightmare where someone is naked in public or at their office. Mine is a tangential offshoot to that: it’s where I’m going to the bathroom and suddenly it becomes very public, like all the doors unlock and people start streaming in or the toilet (and me on it) is suddenly transported into the middle of a grocery store. Or some other equally absurd, and public, place.
There’s no doubt I’m a bit of a weirdo.
Last month I was in Philadelphia for a conference. I went to drinks with a friend and the place we went had set up shop in an old school building. We were up on a rooftop area – very chic, great view – and inside across the hall was a snazzy restaurant. Outside the restaurant, in the “hallway” of the school in its former layout, was the bathroom, which I used before we left.
And this is the picture I took from inside the stall:
Yeah. Basically, it was my awkward nightmare come true. Miniature bathroom stalls that any adult or inordinately tall child would be able to look over, with huge gaps at the edges of the door. That’s me, just standing normally. Granted, these were probably built for what I assume are elementary school children, who would fall well below my 5’9” size but I mean…come on. Let’s get some renovation done here people!
You know what’s interesting though? Ever since having my awkward nightmare experience in real life…I haven’t once had that awkward nightmare.
Maybe our nightmares aren’t as bad as we think when they hit the light of day…
