I just returned from a weekend trip to Texas for my nephew’s wedding (and yes, he was born when I was ten, thanks for asking!). So I wanted to share a few airport potty tips with you. Believe me, there’s a science to using the toilet when you’re loaded down with luggage and you don’t want to fall in or have your most precious possessions take a dip either. (So says the gal whose iPod found its way into the drink…)
Consider wearing a skirt or dress when you fly. Pulling it up is a lot easier than fumbling with snaps/buttons/zippers and tight denim in either a small stall or the plane’s minuscule bathroom.
Carry a backpack. You can squat and never have to worry about finding a bag hook because we all know only one in four stalls has a place to hang your purse. A backpack will stay balanced so you don’t have to worry about your bag falling off your right arm and you crashing into the stall wall (and meanwhile peeing down the inside of your leg).
Don’t be an idiot and wait in line just because all the women in front of you are ninnies and refuse to look under the stalls. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve found not one, but multiple, unoccupied stalls when twenty woman are waiting in line, refusing to knock or check for feet. Man up, ladies, and scout for empties!
When you spot an open stall, but the snotty chick in front of you says, “It’s dirty,” just ignore her. I don’t know about you, but unless the whole place is flooded or the seat is disgusting, I can handle flushing the handle. I do it all the time at home. After all, I live with two men.
Next time you’re flying, consider my travel tips and you might make it in and out of the ladies room before your traveling companion exits the men’s room. And won’t he be shocked!
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November is Banana Pudding Lovers Month. If you missed my post about Southern Living’s yummy recipe they published a few years back, be sure to check that out.
It’s also National Young Readers Week so encourage the young people in your life to read by buying them an e-book or taking them to apply for a library card. And don’t forget, books make great holiday gifts for the young ‘uns too!
