The only reason I can function as an adult is because I was not allowed to go to the bathroom when I was in school.
Students today think that the way to avoid work is to leave class and “go to the bathroom”. I have never done a serious study, but I bet you would find a strong correlation between students who do poorly in school and the frequency of bathroom breaks. I don’t work in an office but from the cartoons I see the water cooler might fill the same niche in business life. It is a place to go when you don’t want to produce. It is a place to go that nominates you for the next RIF list.
Some students never have to leave class. Some claim to need to go every day. From what I hear the same students need to go every period. I also see them pressing their faces repeatedly against the window in my door during the day. We all know who they are.
As an adult I have been forced to plan my day and look ahead. Part of that education was the second stage of potty training: Not now and not here. As I get older I use these lessons when I travel. It is hard to find a bathroom on the drive from Barstow to Las Vegas. It is rough to need the bathroom on an airplane when there is a long line and one closet.
Growing up is hard to do.
homo unius libri
I've noticed that water pills tend to make you appreciate all manners of bathrooms and note their locations.
ReplyDeleteWater pills and age. Never tried the first. Can't avoid the second. As I might say, "Am there, doing that."
ReplyDeleteGrace and peace.