Wednesday, January 11, 2006

So the other day I was sitting in a bathroom stall in the back at work.
I'd had a very busy afternoon so far and, while I never really "stress out" over work,
I was getting dangerously close. So as I sat atop my porcelain thrown,
I began to reflect on my life in general. On a side note, I don't think a stall
is the ideal venue for this activity. Everything seems more hopeless in the bathroom.

Just then, somebody came in (to the bathroom, not the stall).
And then another. And then another! I guess maybe the day shift meeting had just gotten out.
Soon, I heard the unmistakable splish-splash of someone using that particular bathroom's only urinal.
And apparently they all had to use it. One by one, they took their turn on this thing,
splish-splash, over and over and over. These guys were practically bumping into each other
to get a piece of it. They just couldn't wait to pee all over that poor thing.

And I thought to myself, "Hey Man... my day may be sucking right now,
but at least I'm not that urinal. I mean, here's an object that literally exists to be pissed on.
All day, every day, splish after splash, over and over. And I've never had a day THAT bad."
So I want you all to think about that. Maybe you're stressed out today.
Maybe you feel like it's all too much to handle. But you know what?
Something down the hall from you spends all day covered in other people's urine.

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