Put down the cell phone!

Seriously people, this is getting ridiculous. Do you have to be available 24/7?

I understand the need to be connected. I really do. But there is a time and a place for cell phone use. Last time I checked, the restroom is not the time or the place. Does the person on the other end of the call know what you're doing? Ugh!

One of the most embarrassing cell phone situations I've experienced was when I walked into a public restroom with only two stalls. Already occupying one stall, was a woman getting situated for her…well…let's just say she was settling in for a long stay.

It was all very normal until it happened.

Her cell phone started ringing. Loudly. Instead of just turning it off, she answered it. She started chatting with the caller on the phone very casually as if she was seated at her desk, not on a toilet bowl.

She was casually giving someone directions, planning on meeting up for dinner. And here I was, needing to go and feeling very odd that it was about to be broadcasted over AT&T's network.

I contemplated proclaiming loudly, "Please turn off your cell phone!" Or stomping my foot and sighing loudly. Or exiting the restroom and coming back in 10 minutes. Or just walking in and out of the restroom repeatedly until she got off the phone.

In the end, I just went ahead, feeling thankful no grunts or groans were needed. Even if they were, I figured whoever it was on the other end only had her to thank for the additional background noise.

This is a bathroom after all, not a phone booth.