Post by Brit on Jun 17, 2013 18:17:03 GMT
I was in 7th grade. I had braces, and glasses... and after a hair mishap, I had tic tac orange hair... (the hair dye went awry... bad bad bad. A girl's hair is her baby... that and her cell phone.) So, in accordance with the braces, I had an orthodontist appointment. So I went in... and I haven't been able to look at automatic lighting the same since then. It was a lifechanging experience. I went in, did the standard check up and tightening thing, etc etc.... and then all of a sudden I had to pee afterwards. My mother was filling the paperwork out, so I asked for the bathroom key. (cue the dun dun dun....) I headed to the bathroom, unlocked the door and headed inside. Set the key on the counter. And headed into the stall.
The lights were on one of those automatic timers.. the kind that, unfortunately for me, lasted only two minutes. I was on the toilet, doing my business, when the bathroom went pitch black. A normal person would have stood, pulled their pants up, gotten out, and turned the lights on again. Did I? Well...
I got up. I panicked. And with my dignity around my ankles, I pounded on the door and freaked, yelling "MOMMY! HELP!" at the top of my lungs. When she finally heard me, I had a bruise on my hip the size of a grapefruit and my pants were still around my ankles. I think I peed a little, too... Well, in addition to this, I was crying. Okay, yes. I get that a 12 year old girl should have rationalized... but I panicked. I told her I couldn't get out and it was dark. So she said "crawl under". This was a floor to ceiling door, so I couldn't. And I was still panicking. So anyway... she goes to get the other key for the bathroom. She tells the receptionist:
Can I get the key to the bathroom? My daughter locked herself in...
The receptionist just looked at her and said, "She CAN'T lock herself in..."
So she gave her hte key. THey unlocked the bathroom, the light went on, and I pulled my pants up... only to realize.. that the whole time I'd been pulling on the door... All I'd have had to do was push. I walked out, red as a tomato, and said "oh..." To add insult to injury, my mom said (while laughing) that I had to be the one to turn the key in... so I walked in, head down, feet dragging, and gave the woman the key. She burst out laughing of course and asked me if I was okay now. I said yeah... then walked out.
Life lesson: ALWAYS pay attention to how doors open and close... please for the love of god...
So close... but no dice.
The lights were on one of those automatic timers.. the kind that, unfortunately for me, lasted only two minutes. I was on the toilet, doing my business, when the bathroom went pitch black. A normal person would have stood, pulled their pants up, gotten out, and turned the lights on again. Did I? Well...
I got up. I panicked. And with my dignity around my ankles, I pounded on the door and freaked, yelling "MOMMY! HELP!" at the top of my lungs. When she finally heard me, I had a bruise on my hip the size of a grapefruit and my pants were still around my ankles. I think I peed a little, too... Well, in addition to this, I was crying. Okay, yes. I get that a 12 year old girl should have rationalized... but I panicked. I told her I couldn't get out and it was dark. So she said "crawl under". This was a floor to ceiling door, so I couldn't. And I was still panicking. So anyway... she goes to get the other key for the bathroom. She tells the receptionist:
Can I get the key to the bathroom? My daughter locked herself in...
The receptionist just looked at her and said, "She CAN'T lock herself in..."
So she gave her hte key. THey unlocked the bathroom, the light went on, and I pulled my pants up... only to realize.. that the whole time I'd been pulling on the door... All I'd have had to do was push. I walked out, red as a tomato, and said "oh..." To add insult to injury, my mom said (while laughing) that I had to be the one to turn the key in... so I walked in, head down, feet dragging, and gave the woman the key. She burst out laughing of course and asked me if I was okay now. I said yeah... then walked out.
Life lesson: ALWAYS pay attention to how doors open and close... please for the love of god...
So close... but no dice.