I’d Hold It!!!!
NOT!!!!. As I was driving home from work this evening in heavy traffic - as usual in the DC metro area, I saw something that totally disgusted me. You can probably guess by the title and pic. One may assume that becuase of the slow crawl of the traffic, some guy just pulled over on the shoulder and relieved himself. Big deal right? I know this happens all of the time. However, what I witnessed (in it’s entirety due to aforementioned stand-still traffic) is something I haven’t seen since I was a little girl in the ’70s. AND….NEVER, by an adult.
When I was 4-7 years-old, it was 1976-1979. I grew up the oldest of 4 girls. When my mother took us out, it was a chore. I grew up in New York City and based on my memory, this was never out of the ordinary. Mother lifting little girls up by the seat of their underpants (which was pulled around the knees) and holding them in a squat position while they peed between 2 parked cars. C’mon, don’t tell me some of you gals never experienced this as kids! Especially if you grew up in a big city.
Back to my commute home. I’m in the middle lane (really the right lane b/c the “right” lane is really a transition/merge lane) and this Saturn is to my right. It pulls over to the shoulder and I am now almost parallel to the car…but a little behind it. Anyway, out steps what appears to be a 50 year old white woman. She wasn’t dressed like a corporate exec - more like a high school art teacher…wiry hair and all. Anyway, I assumed she was getting something out of the trunk but she opened the back passenger door. I’m thinking that she’s switching drivers since it was a looong and slow crawl on I-295, but I didn’t notice anyone else in the car. Yes, I had time to think all of this through because traffic was virtually at a stand-still. I kid you not, this ol’ bird proceeds to pull down her pants and underwear, squat, and just pee on the side of her car!!!
She was not totally shielded b/c cars were just sitting there and people were looking! Can you imagine???? She then gets back in her car and pulls onto the road. She drives a bit but I passed her (as she had to merge in my lane). A few minutes later, she’s back in view. Guess what? This triffling lady was wiping her hands with napkins!!! AFTER she had already driven with nasty hands on her steering wheel.
OK…I know how it can be. I am 5 months pregnant and have to go all of the time. However, I try my best to hold it. I know medically this is not the best practice but what is the alternative? I have considered keeping a potty in my car for these situations but thankfully it’s never come to that. I’m not saying there haven’t been close calls in the past. We can all admit to having to go so bad and holding it right up until we start getting closer and closer to the bathroom…..
Oh, and I noticed she wore a wedding ring. What would her poor husband think if he knew?
hehe! Terrible! I cannot even imagine doing something like that!!
chelle
Comment by chelle — February 16, 2006 @ 5:48p
I can! (okay, maybe not quite so out in the open…but maybe in a ziploc in my back seat! I have JUST that small of a bladder; even when I’m not pregnant!)
Once you run in a marathon club you have peed in front of everyone - even while chatting to the other runners so it becomes not so much of a big deal…
NICOLE ARE YOU SERIOUS? I OFTEN WONDERED WHAT LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS DID WHEN THEY HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM! WOULDN’T THE PEE FLY BACKWARD ON THE PERSON RUNNING BEHIND YOU?….NEVERMIND, I’M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE A SYSTEM:)
Comment by Nicole — February 16, 2006 @ 2:12p
ewww ewww eww@nicole!
i always wondered how they did that! now i know and i’m not happy about it…LOL
Comment by nikki — February 17, 2006 @ 12:23p
In the words of Eddie Murphy’s Grandma, “Baby, why you put your dick in the sink?…That’s just nasty baby!” And the insight into long-distance runner’s lives has made me a couch potato forever! Safa, don’t be swayed…you were raised right!
Comment by Sharon — February 17, 2006 @ 12:42p
That is just plain sick! I admit I have held my girls up to use the bathroom between two cars but never in pulic for them nor am I doing anything nasty like that! I of course will squat where I have to if need be but not in rush hour on the side of 295, YUCK!
Comment by Rhonda — February 22, 2006 @ 5:18p
HOLY MOLY! People AMAZE ME! The only time I have even thought about doing that is when I was stuck in traffic (on freakin 295
and I was about 7 months pregnant but I even held the shit till I got home!
Comment by Brandi — February 22, 2006 @ 5:38p
Ha ha! It took me a while to get back but you guys are hilarious! No, the pee doesn’t fly! We squat on the side of the running trail (in the bushes if there are any, but sometimes there aren’t and you have 10 more miles to run so we look for tall grass, a garbage can…anything!) and most of the time you’re alone, but sometimes there’s a strange man beside you asking “So, that last hill sucked, eh?”
Comment by Nicole — February 24, 2006 @ 1:31p
Ok. I ain’t even gonna front. I am one of those chicks that will pee just about anywhere. Probably not so bold to do it in daylight on 295..but..
I went to Atlantic City with one of my men. We were there till the wee hours of the morning. I am a germaphobe when it comes to peeing at gas stations. So, I tell him to pull over..anywhere..I gotta pee bad! Tell me why I was taking care of business, holding on to the car door, and this fool pulls forward, for what, I don’t know. I fall backwards and onto my nekked ass in dirt and gravel. ~LOL~
I was pissed..
Comment by Brenda — February 26, 2006 @ 5:45p
Honestly….I had to pull over on a highway because I had to pee so bad…drinking after a party…yeesh….the wind whipped the piss on my leg…and I had to walk to my trunk for paper towels…panties down…so no…no more outdoor peeing for me… I may have to write a post on this now…LORD
Comment by DJ Diva — February 27, 2006 @ 5:10p
Another example of the virtue of Islam. Whether it’s a dire necessity or not, a person must have some sort of conscience, and some sort of morals. What makes it even worse, is the utterly graphic portrayal of just how NASTY these people can be. There is no concept of hygiene or purity or clenliness. Just the, “When you gotta go, you gotta go…” mentalilty that applies, onlin in America, to more than just relieving oneself of urine or what not. In reality, ANYTIME they want to reliev themselves, in ANYWAY, they just do it. Anybody remember Bill Clinton?
Islam > *
Comment by Abu Miftah — May 13, 2006 @ 7:19p