Walk In On Someone? Pretend It Never Happened!

It’s not often that bathroom etiquette reaches the mainstream of pop culture, but when it does you can bet we love it. I am of course talking about last week’s episode of The Office. Yes, we’re a little behind.

If you haven’t seen the episod yet yourself (do you live in a cave?), the story goes something like this:

1) Jim and Pam visit a potential daycare

2) Jim walks in on the daycare director sitting on the toilet

3) Hilarity ensues, including a very awkward confrontation about the incident.

#3 is where it all went wrong. If you walk in on somebody going to the bathroom, leave immediately and apologize as you do so. Don’t apologize and then leave, apologize while you are already leaving. And for goodness sake, look down while you do so.

Now if somebody walks in on you, you have to apologize too. Oh, and try not to scream – that doesn’t help anybody (unless of course it’s a prowler).

It doesn’t matter who’s fault it is, both people simply need to do a quick apology and never, ever talk about it again.