A Word to the Wise

All of you urinal users out there, beware!!! A very humiliating thing happened to me yesterday. Sit back, relax your finger on the scroll ball, and allow me to tell you the story.

My wife and I were trying out a new eating establishment in Yorkton called "Gramp's Fish and Chips." Sounded appetizing, since we both like fish and chips made by men named Gramps. The meal was good, but the hazard is what followed. I had to use the men's room, so I did. As I was using the urinal, I did what is inherent to all males (I hope) and peed on the urinal puck.

But this was no ordinary urinal puck. The stream of pee sent a tidal wave of blue water/pee flying in all directions, mostly on my thin white shorts. I didn't even have time to re-aim, it was too late. Now I was faced with a dilemma. Do I do nothing, shorts covered in blue pee spots? Or do I attempt to rinse it out, being sure that my white shorts will be the equivalent of a white t-shirt being wet.

I opted for a little of both, trying to use a minimum of water on only the most noticable of spots. After a bit of tactful scrubbing, I succeeded in at least fading the big spots, but my shorts were still very wet in the "You wet your pants!" area, so I did what I could with a paper towel, gathered what dignity I had left, and walked out of the bathroom. Luckily my table was near the bathroom door, so I didn't have to walk far before I could sit and hide my shame. To my sheer delight my shorts dried quickly, and I was able to walk out without fear of embarassment.

But the best part of the story is that right before we left, another guy exited the restroom, embarassment on his face, and blue stains on his pants. I have never felt so close to someone, I assume that is what it feels like to fight a war with someone.
You can know nothing about them, and yet you have a bond.

So all you urinal users, think twice before watering the urinal puck, unless you have dark pants on.

wow, prayer works!

Last night I had a meeting with the CE Board, the first since my 3 hour review with them a little over a month ago. Obviously I was a little anxious, I don't do well with conflict. As an example, I used to be a waiter, and I had a customer who was very not pleased with his hashbrowns, and I had a grunpy cook who wouldn't fix them, and I had an awful lump in my throat as I took the "new" hashbrowns out the customer. Thankfully he just blamed to cook, knowing that all I was doing was serving the poor food, so it ended up fine, but I was freaking out because I was getting conflict on both sides.

So going into this meeting, I just made sure I was prepared, telling them what I had been doing differently, what I was planning on doing differently, and stuff like that. After I was done talking, there were a couple easy questions, and that was it! It was a breeze. Needless to say that was an answer to prayer, I don't know if I was emotionally ready to take more criticism.

I will leave with my new life verse: Proverbs 30:2

"I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense."

So true.