What?

What is it about me and bathrooms in courthouses?

A couple of weeks ago I walked into the men’s room to find a young lady standing in front of the mirror. A little unnerving, but we both lived.

This week I was in a smaller courthouse, actually it’s a satellite about 5 miles from the main courthouse. This courthouse has two restrooms, both of them unisex, which is no problem, the doors have locks and I’ve never had an issue. That is until this Monday.

After entering the courthouse and passing through security, I didn’t beep at all, yeah! Anyone once inside the courthouse I decided to go to the restroom, I never know how long I will actually be in the courtroom so it’s a good idea to visit the restroom if I have time before court starts.

As I said this courthouse only has unisex restrooms. I walked down the hall and stopped at the first restroom and started to open the door. There was an immediate shriek and I saw just a glimpse of a women lowering herself on the toilet seat. I mumbled a sorry as I quickly closed the door. Stepping to my right I could see that the door to the next restroom was slightly ajar, still I opened the door slowly, not wanting to have the same experience twice in one morning.

When I entered the courtroom I was relieved to see that there were several women in attendance and I didn’t recognize any one of them. It took awhile for me to get completely comfortable in the courtroom, I don’t know if the women in the bathroom got a good enough look at me to recognize me, I certainly didn’t recognize her.