Okay, this post is a two part post. Hopefully, I get some gasps and get you to ponder exactly what you would do in a certain situation...lol.
A few Saturdays ago, the whole clan went to watch Luke play in Sparks-a-Rama. It is a fun game day that is part of the AWANA program. The games were held an hour and a half away so it was a little road trip for us.
As always happens on road trips, one of the kiddos, Abby in this case, had to use the bathroom. So we stopped at a gas station to let her go and fill up the gas tank. So we rushed in as we figured we were going to be late to the games and each of us went into our own stall. I happened to notice that it was one of the cleanest gas station bathrooms that I had been in, in a LONG time.
Abby was wearing tights and a jean skirt and she needed some help pulling up the tights (which she normally doesn't). As we were running short on time, I went into her stall and bent over to help her. That's when I heard a weird noise.
Plop, plop.
I had my "over-the-shoulder-purse," of course, over my shoulder. As I had leaned over and down to help Abby, three pens had fallen out. Yes, you guessed it, they fell out into the toilet.
EwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwWWWWWWW
So, I starred in disbelief at my pens, floating in the water. One was a nice pen. It was the pen that Mike had taken on job interviews, I had found it and thought, why let this set in the drawer? Ha! It is for times like these that we let nice pens sit in the drawer. The other two I didn't really care about.
Questions gathered in my mind. Do I just leave and let someone else deal with this? Do I try to flush them down? Do I (shudder) grab them out? What do I do?
What would YOU do? hehehehe
Part 2, coming in a few days, will reveal the path I chose. Perhaps it will surprise you, perhaps not.
April 09, 2009
What would you do? Part 1
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Ok, I assume the toilet had been flushed already? In which case, I would've reached it and grabbed all three quickly, thrown away the two normal pens, and washed my hands really well! Or if you had something like a baggy to protect your hand... Can't wait to hear what you did!
Grab them. Unless...as Susan mentioned, there was more in the toilet than water. Double Ewwww!
I would know better than to flush, my hubby the plumber would really have a fit over that one!
Hey, at least it wasn't your cell phone! :)
This maybe TMI but Abby's #1 was still there ;)
HaHa!! I've totally had to deal with this situation! But for me it was my cell phone! Tyson and I were driving to North Dakota and we stopped at Beach to fill up. Yep, I totally stuck my hand in (AHHH!! So gross - I can still feel it!) and took it out. When we got to my parents house a few hours later, my dad did his best to dry it out with a hair dryer and it worked for a while but it wouldn't charge, so I ended up getting a new phone (my boss paid for it since it was a work phone - oops!) My mom had the same phone and it worked when we put her battery in - so I still have it for a spare - don't let anyone know just in case they need to use my phone!! Pens are a little better to save since you don't put them up to your face! Just don't put them in your mouth!!!
Well, WITH the presence of #1, I'd have still reached in. But definitely looked for a barrier first. If none was available, oh well! I've had worse on my hands...
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