There are Good Delay Tactics, and there are Bad Delay Tactics

I just went pee in the public bathroom here at work – fascinating, I know. After finishing my business at the urinal, I headed to the sinks where I encountered an individual lurking around in a rather creepy fashion. Kind of just stalking around with a sour look on his face.

At first I was totally confused, since there was an available urinal, but it turns out he had been waiting for the one I had occupied (the other is kiddie-sized) since as soon as it auto-flushed, he headed in.

Which brings us to the topic of delay tactics.

There are any number of reasons you might need to kill some time in a bathroom – waiting for a urinal or stall to become available for example. And there are good ways and bad ways to kill this time.

Pacing around is one of the bad ways! Wash your hands. Check your teeth. Adjust your hair. Fish an imaginary eyelash out of your eye. Really, do something, anything other than just lurk around.