Bathroom Etiquette

I had to go really bad when I got off the metra today. So i figured I do my business in Panera, then get a coffee, sort of like a treat for a job well done. (see, i recently went on a pretty high fiber diet. i don't really know why beyond it has like great health benefits for like older people... stuff i probably won't have to worry about for years)

Panera had one stall which happened to be occupied.... for a while. I probably stood waiting for like 5 minutes. then, mind you - i needed to go, the occupier starts talking on what i can only presume his cellphone. in another language. it never rung... he must have dialed, or it vibrated, i assume he dialed though. here i am waiting to use the toilet and he is sitting on it talking on the phone. now i don't know what's socially accepted in other countries, but gross. this is a perfect example of fecal-oral transmission.

having never been in this situation, i finally knocked on the stall and said "Sir, I need to use the toilet." This really did not speed him up. probably did not understand english. i was fuming. before finally leaving, he started pulling obscene amount of toilet paper, doing I-don't-know-what with it. flushes the toilet. then pulls off more obscene amounts of paper. then leaves without saying sorry... i enter to see a large wad of toilet paper unflushed....

what's wrong with people today. i was so shocked and needing to go so bad, that i forgot to listen to hear if he washed his hands... i can only assume he did not, given his other habits...

i may not have the best etiquette, but if this what other countries see as acceptable, maybe we don't have it bad here in the usa.

i will post more about my weekend soon.

happy father's day, papa. happy birthday, mama.