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Annoyed
is among the words that describe how I feel
about something that happened to me today.
Distressed is another word. Flabbergasted,
another. Shocked... well, not really because
it's the 3rd time that it has happened to me
in a year, which is just plain wrong!
I was
doing my "business" this afternoon in the
men's room. So I was standing in front of
the urinal and getting on with it when a
little boy walked in and stood in front of
the urinal next to me. He said "hi", I said
"hello", and he started doing exactly what I
was doing.
A
minute later a woman in her mid-30's barged
in! Yes, right into the men's room and
straight into the urinals section.
I
suspect that she's the little boy's mom. She
pulled his pants down and stood beside
him... and closely watched him while he did
his "business". At that time I was still
doing my "business" as well!
She
didn't say anything to the same effect as
"I'm so sorry but I had to check if he's
okay." or anything as such. She's not even
meant to be there in the first place! If she
wasn't confident enough to leave him alone
then she should've taken him to the ladies'
room instead.
I
wanted to say something to her... but I had
to restrain myself because I was in the
presence of her child. I looked her straight
in the eyes, and she looked back with an
expression of "Why, what's the matter?" on
her face.
The
little boy pulled up his pants, washed his
hands. He said "bye" to me, and I said "bye"
to him. And he left with his mom by his side
who didn't utter a single word.
Look,
I won't incriminate every young moms in
Sydney. I won't even lecture on the right
thing to do because I'm not a parent and I
have absolutely no idea on how to mind a
child. But if the roles were reversed... say
for example, if that was a dad who went into
the ladies' room to watch his daughter pee
then what do you think would happen? Most
probably the police would arrest him, the
press would have a field day, and all the
women in the ladies' room that he walked
into would've abused him either verbally or
physically.
It's
wrong and it's unfair!!!
To
avoid any unpleasant situations in the
future maybe I'll just use a cubicle. Geez!
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