So, there I was working, paying the rent, as they say, when a rather robust, muscular woman popped out of a stall in the ladies room.
As I stood combing my hair, there was something unusual about her I couldn’t put my finger on, until she lifted her Chanel skirt, concealing more in her thong than your average bikini wax.
After arranging things like a seasoned decorator, she said, “Am I straight?”
I don’t know…are you? No I didn’t say that. Even then, Connecticut made a cameo.
“I think so,” I said, waiting for John Waters to come in and say…CUT.
She demurely rolled down her skirt, took a quick look in the mirror before sweeping out like Bette Davis, if Bette had calves the size of coconuts, that is.
I thought of this odd encounter, as I made out my rent check for March.
Oh well…
all in a day’s work Susannah, all in a day’s work.
SB
My eyes snapped open, even though the time was late. Is this fact or fiction?????
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Fact. Oddly enough I wrote it not aware of this situation with a young transgender boy in Virginia wanting to use the boys’bathroom.
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I thought the question “Am I straight?” was most amusing in that circumstance. What an experience that was for you!
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It’s New York after all, nothing should surprise me…:)
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Gender specific toilets are archaic. We have to lose the two gender model in favour of the facts of modern life. Granted: it’s a shock when it first catches you on the hop. But inclusion for all is the right way forward. We all need to pee, irrespective of what we pee through!
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Well good morning to you. I guess it all boils down to what we’re accustomed to. I’m used to girls in the same loo, how bout you?
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Yes, I’m accustomed to girls in the girls’ loo too. I’m also accustomed to hatred, greed, small-mindedness, xenophobia and bad manners. Let’s grow accustomed to better ways.
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Well said, sad…but sadly on the money.
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I saw a stunning girl in center city. She looked as if she walked right off of a runway … gorgeous. If it weren’t for her unusual height, which was that of an NBA star, it would have been business as usual. I don’t care where people pee as long as they wash their hands and throw their towels in the trashcan.
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I guess it maybe the new norm like in Europe. I was just surprised is all. Just read about the transgender kid, hate that term by the way, like they made him in shop…in Virginia who wants to use the boys’ bathroom. He’s a boy now you see, but people don’t treat him like one. And if you knew what he went through to become your be, you’d be in tears. Sigh
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I have lived alone for 15 years I reckon. The cat can walk in anytime and does. I do not have the same allowances when she doing probably the only work she ever does.
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What time is it there. It’s 6 here. Curious.
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2237 now. Tuesday night.
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Forgive me, but I’m not Patton. What time is it in dumb girl’s terms. It’s 6:41 a.m. here.
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I was actually likening you to MacArthur. 😅 10:49pm now. Sorry. 😆
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Wow…you’re a whole day ahead.
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Is it something to do with Guam. I know during world War 2 a lot of our national interest changed because Churchill wanted all our troops saying we could afford to let the Japanese in as far as Brisbane. So we threw our lot in with your Gaijin Shogun. MacArthur actually overrode our entire legal system (and British head of state) by executing US Private Leonski for murdering several Melbourne women.
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It’s so hard to tell which way the wind blows sometimes, Susannah. And her/his question was so loaded.
I was in a stall a few decades ago, when the sound of the person peeing next to me seemed to be coming from a great height. I bent down to sneak a peak at the feet next door and sure enough, they were pointed the wrong way!
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It’s okay with me. Again, I was just surprised. Times they are a Changin. To quote Bob Dylan
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At least she was concerned about being properly “dressed.” Haven’t seen that myself but then again, I live in a more provincial area.
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fasten your seat belts…it’s only a matter of time.
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If you let a (ahem) straight line like that pass un-pounced upon, you’re a better man than I am sister, no matter where the hell you were raised!
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What can I say? Didn’t want to hurt her/his feelings. I don’t think he meant to be so wry.
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Another encounter that could only happen to you. You would be bored to death here.
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Yeah, but I’d have Teddy, who’d meet me for lunch…meow
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Isn’t that kinda borderline ‘flashing’?
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It’s just an essay.
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Sorry? I meant he flashed you.
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I see…LOL
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Do you not feel that’s the case?
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Oh I don’t know. This is New York after all. 🙂
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Haha is seeing a thong common?
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There’s an epidemic 🙂
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I need to move to NYC!
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The Thong capital of the world. 🙂
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Haha fairly sure I would’ve worn one whilst visiting. I’ve been twice and wear quite regularly!
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Funny….Funny…:)
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