at what age do children learn that it is possible to use a urinal without dropping their pants to the floor? I pose this question because for the past week I have encountered a small asian child who is a student at my current place of employment who has not yet learned.
class for the summer program i teach runs from 8:40am until 10:40am before the students break for 20min for a recess/snack period. so usually at this time I take the opportunity to use the restroom, as I, unlike the students, do not have the luxury of going during class.
and for two out of the last three days (this past wed, thurs) I have entered the bathroom only to find the aforementioned bare-assed asian child relieving himself at one of the three urinals. now, usually this puts me in that awkward position of trying to figure out a way to stall for time, so as not to put myself in a position of having to stand next to him while urinating (this usually means pretending to use the mirror or washing my hands — which, needless to say, is perhaps not the best of choices as it puts me in a position where I cannot escape seeing his behind due to the position of said mirrors in relation to the urinals — however, there are not too many other ways to stall for time in a bathroom). and while this whole thing about not using the urinal at the same time may seem slightly foolish on my part, I have as a rule of thumb a pretty firm policy of not standing next to people in the bathroom while their pants are dropped to the floor (no matter what their age).
on friday, however, the nature of our relationship (that is me and the bare-assed asian child) changed. see, on friday i entered the bathroom to find it empty, and with a sigh of relief made my way to the urinal at the far end of the room. but, no sooner than i had unzipped and began to go, did the kid burst through the door and make a beeline for the urinal right next to mine. caught literally with my dick in my hands, i could do nothing but stand there as he dropped his pants to the floor and began to pee.
and there the two of us stood side by side relieving ourselves.
the kid finished up before i did, and he headed over to the sink to wash up. once i finished i too joined him at the sink area to also wash. he finished washing, and grabbed some paper towels to dry his hands. but, then after drying his hands he did not (unlike the previous days) exit the bathroom. instead, he continued to stand by the paper towel dispenser watching me. I, unsure of what he was doing, slowly finished up washing my hands and then turned towards the paper towels. and that is when the kid reached up and grabbed three paper towels from the dispenser and handed them to me. i took the towels from him, and as i did, he smiled, turned, and ran out the door, leaving me behind to think about how the handing of paper towels to a random person in a restroom and standing at a urinal with pants around the ankles are both things (with some exceptions) we eventually stop doing with age.
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