The Restrooms
by George Hedley

Arriving early at the hotel to present a program, I wore casual clothes to set-up my room. No sense in getting sweaty in my good clothes. After I was ready, I went into the mens room to change into my speaking clothes. Heading for the last stall, I noticed that this mens room was furnished. "Nice place. That’s unusual because men don’t usually get a couch," I thought as I headed for the last stall.

Minutes later and now half undressed, much to my surprise about 20 women filed into the restroom. You know how they go to the restroom in groups, and this was the worst! What should I do? If I speak up, I might as well do my speech wearing a name tag reading Pervert. But if I stay quiet hoping not to be discovered — and then I am discovered… they’ll have that Pervert name badge ready for me when I come out. Hey, maybe they’ll even have a policeman pin it on me!

Hoping for the best, I locked the stall door, stood up on the toilet and waited for them to leave! Then 20 minutes later I was finally able to finish getting dressed and run into the meeting room to start my presentation.

Lesson to Learn: Always read the restroom sign (Men or Women).