Friday, March 14, 2008
is this some kind of a joke?!
pij and i had dinner at the Uni cafeteria tonight. note the capital U in Uni. that's cause i don't mean any old uni, i don't mean the one i go to (the ETH), i mean Uni Zurich (the ETH's much better *g*). right now it's an important distinction, cause you wouldn't get such bizarreness at the ETH ;-)
afterwards i headed off in search of the loo. set back from the entrance i find a series of doors. the first one has a sign on it saying 'MEN A 11' and one of the usual little male figures after the 11. i think 'isn't that overkill, they already said MEN...' and look at the next door. which has a sign with 'MEN A 12' on it. what, the men get two loos?! ok, so where's the women's?
i then realise that the little figure on the second sign is wearing a skirt. is this some kind of a joke?!?!?! it says MEN, why is there a female stick figure next to MEN?!
i'm a little touchy about rest room signs because, speaking from bizarre experience, i am easily confused even when there is absolutely nothing to be confused about.
i thought i'd posted about it, but i can't seem to find the post. maybe it got left behind in my imagination :-s
i've walked into the men's room before after concentrating hard on reading the signs and getting it right, even when the signs simply said 'damen' and 'herren' which shouldn't be too taxing after growing up in swtizerland!!!
so it took me a while to work out that MEN A stands for mensa A not men's loos A. what moron thought that was a good idea? maybe there's a hidden camera there somewhere ;-)
afterwards i headed off in search of the loo. set back from the entrance i find a series of doors. the first one has a sign on it saying 'MEN A 11' and one of the usual little male figures after the 11. i think 'isn't that overkill, they already said MEN...' and look at the next door. which has a sign with 'MEN A 12' on it. what, the men get two loos?! ok, so where's the women's?
i then realise that the little figure on the second sign is wearing a skirt. is this some kind of a joke?!?!?! it says MEN, why is there a female stick figure next to MEN?!
i'm a little touchy about rest room signs because, speaking from bizarre experience, i am easily confused even when there is absolutely nothing to be confused about.
i thought i'd posted about it, but i can't seem to find the post. maybe it got left behind in my imagination :-s
i've walked into the men's room before after concentrating hard on reading the signs and getting it right, even when the signs simply said 'damen' and 'herren' which shouldn't be too taxing after growing up in swtizerland!!!
so it took me a while to work out that MEN A stands for mensa A not men's loos A. what moron thought that was a good idea? maybe there's a hidden camera there somewhere ;-)
Labels: bizarre, i'm special, random
I'm with you on this one. There's a diner by my house with a 'dog' theme. One bathroom door says "Rottweillers" and the other says "Poodles".
When I gotta go, is not the time for them to be cute. Just freakin write MENS on the door!
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