The Coffee Shop Bathroom Incident
The Coffee Shop Bathroom Incident
I should have known Tucker wouldn’t show up. I arrived at the coffee shop a little late (as usual, Filipino time), but there was no Tucker waiting for me. I waited for a few minutes and hoped that he was just late.
Twenty minutes later, there was still no sign of him.
He definitely was not going to show up.
For the next fifteen minutes, I sat at the corner table contemplating on my next move. Should I just go home and pretend that nothing happened? Should I go to his house and kick his ass? (By the way, I am a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do). Or should I put a voodoo spell on him? I always wanted to see how he would walk with swollen testicles. ***evil smile***
Okay, the evil smile didn’t last long for my stupid tears started falling, and once they fall, there’s no end to it for at least an hour or so. People stared at me like I was some kind of a pathetic lunatic waiting for a lover who obviously didn’t love her enough. I ran to the bathroom to hide my embarrassment and maybe (just maybe) to lament.
I wailed like a pig about to be slaughtered. How could I be so stupid?
I cried. And cried. And cried. Good thing nobody was around. I felt silly for a second, but I didn’t care. I was hurting and I had to let out my pain.
Then I suddenly stopped my dramatic episode because I saw a pair of men’s shoes in front of my stall. The person knocked.
“Somebody’s in here,†I said. The pain that I felt earlier turned into a feeling of fear. I’ve heard of bathroom horror stories before.
“From the way you howl, you are definitely a woman. Just to let you know, you are in the wrong bathroom.â€
Eww. I am in the men’s bathroom. Eww. I touched the door knob. Eww. I’m sitting on the toilet bowl (with cover, of course… but still). I quickly stood up. Did he just say I was howling? What am I? A freakin’ wolf?
I felt like Kim Sun-ah in the Korean drama, My Name Is Kim Sam Soon. The same exact thing happened to her when her boyfriend dumped her. She was so distraught that she accidentally went into the men’s bathroom to cry. Luckily, the hot Hyun Bin was there to save the day. Well, not right away, but you know what I mean… that was how they met.
So, if Kim Sam Soon met the guy of her dreams in the men’s bathroom after her boyfriend dumped her… Hmm… maybe I would meet him here too? What if the guy who was talking to me was my own Hyun Bin?
But I was too embarrassed to go out. Plus, I was kind of scared too… what if it’s some weird ugly white guy? Plus, he kind of said that women cry like a wolf or something like that. He might be a jerk.
A few minutes passed, and I heard the bathroom door open and close. I heaved a sigh of relief. He was gone. I could finally get out.
As soon as I stepped out of my stall, I heard someone say, “Are you a pervert or something?â€
I saw the face of the voice I talked to earlier. Wait a minute, did he just call me a pervert?
“What did you say?†I asked with an angry tone in my voice.
“I told you this was the men’s bathroom, but you still stayed. Did you come in here to look at guys?â€
I could not believe what I was hearing! He definitely was not my Hyun Bin. He was Asian, but yuck, he was not my type. Thank God! I knew the guy was a jerk. He had like a semi-smile on his face… the kind of smile that really bugs me.
“Are you a pervert?†How dare he use Hyun Bin’s line.
“Did you wait for me to come out just so you can ask me that? Or are you here waiting for your face to look like whatever it was that just came out from your ass?†He looked at me like he was lost in translation. Maybe it was my accent. The irksome smile was replaced with an open-mouthed surprised look. “Well, I have good news for you. You don’t have to wait long.â€
I have to be honest, that felt extremely good.
I quickly turned around and got out of the restroom before he could do something terrible to me. I ran out of the coffee shop and left as soon as I could.
