You're in a cubicle in the Ladies at the supermarket when you hear violent and repeated vomiting, peppered with small groans and whimpers coming from the cubicle next to you. You assume the vomitter is:a) pregnantb) hungoverc) contagious.Your reaction is to:a) check if they are okb) leave in such a rush that the vomitter isn't quite certain that you had finished peeing before you made a run, yes A RUN, for the door.(The first question is one I'm genuinely interesting in, I'd always assume c) first, b) second and a) as a complete afterthought. The second question is just me being passive aggressive.)
Thursday, July 01, 2010
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i don't know why, but with the three categories in possible cause i was expecting three options for reaction choices.
ReplyDelete(i choose c)
There only really seemed like two options for a reaction, be nice or run.
ReplyDeleteAhaha I enjoy passive aggressive multiple choice. :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha!
ReplyDeleteI chose c.
ReplyDeleteBut would still check on you. What can I say, I'm a healer!!
I suppose the third option might have been to hover outside your stall laughing at you. But really, an, "Are you OK?" would have been courteous. Perhaps eating disorders have scared people off helping women puking in bathrooms?
ReplyDeleteLPC: eating disorders! A fourth option that hadn't even crossed my mind.
ReplyDeletei usually ask if they're ok...but typically they are so embarrassed that i leave...
ReplyDeleteOh no! I'd probably guess C, as well; then b, then a. But I'd definitely check to see if she was okay.
ReplyDeleteReally hope the sick feelings leave you alone soon.
In my case, I've only ever done that when I've been drunk (not hungover). I may have tried to pretend it was food poisoning.
ReplyDeleteI usually think: c), then eating disorder, then b), and rarely a).
ReplyDeleteAnd I always see if they're okay and what I can get them.
Ha, I'd probably assume they were contagious first, then hungover, and pregnant last.
ReplyDeleteC) then A)
ReplyDeleteMy husband once fainted in the washroom at Cineworld due to a heart condition (we later found out about as a result of this event). Not one person checked to see if he was okay or got help. When he woke up nobody helped him up.
Sometimes people are poo.
this quiz kind of makes me feel like I need to vomit. you paint such a vivid picture.
ReplyDeletehaving puked in a public restroom (hungover...sorry :) ) and living in Los Angeles I assume hungover first and bulimic second.....and I just leave. Everyone likes to puke alone.
ReplyDeleteI do have to add that I found a friend of mine passed out in a bathroom and no one had helped!! they just went about their business!!! So.....if they're puking I'll leave them alone...or maybe ask if they're ok.....but if I see a body slumped on the floor I DEFINITELY help.
ReplyDeleteI think I am a horrible person (or a jaded New Yorker) because I immediately thought "beginner bulimic."
ReplyDeleteNot sure, but probably c/b depending on the location of the cubicle.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I was in a supermarket toilet cubicle this lunchtime and thought of your dilemma when I overheard from the next cubicle a (presumably small) child being cajoled to "just try" and when this was refused "well, I don't think there will be time to go strawberry picking this afternoon then".
I considered whether an intervention was appropriate but decided the mum could probably manage...
Oh, I would absolutely run. Run, run, run like a little girl. (Or, well, like a big girl.) I'd probably tell Customer Service that there was a sick person in the bathroom.
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Ha! I would think a, actually, but I think that's only because I'm pregnant right now. Funny how our perspectives change according to our circumstances. I have had this happen before and thought eating disorder, though.
ReplyDeleteI would choose A to both questions. In today's world there are too many people who look the other way and don't offer to help.
ReplyDeleteIf they look ill, I`d assume contagious.
ReplyDeleteIf they were just vomitting, I`d leave. I don`t want to catch it! (Sorry, I`m selfish. But when I get sick, I get really sick.)
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ReplyDeleteHmm, I'm really surprised by how many would assume an eating disorder, it really never crossed my mind. Also disturbed by how many of you have actually come across someone vomiting in a bathroom, I count myself damn lucky that for me (as the witness) it's an entirely hypothetical question.
ReplyDeleteActually, I was thinking bulimia. I think I would hang outside the bathroom for a few minutes and then come back to make sure she was okay. But I wouldn't talk to her until she was finished and out of the stall and cleaned up because I wouldn't want someone to talk to me in that position.
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