#10 RJ::Moral Dilemma

Around mid-day, I made my way down to the local restroom. I noted that I was a little behind schedule, and quickly deduced that it was due to the long weekend. I began pondering what my next post should be about. It had been a while, a week or two at least. I had been juggling a couple different ideas over the weekend, and finally came to my decision: my new briefs.

Yeah, I know my underwear doesn't necessarily fall into the category of this blog, but I had just bought some new ones and was thoroughly impressed with their performance. But was I impressed enough to give a gushing product review? Yes, yes I was.

Men, you've seen the commercial with Michael Jordan and Charlie Sheen (previously co-staring Cuba Gooding Jr.) for Hanes Boxer Briefs; with their Comfort Soft waist band, tag-less inside and "no-rise" technology that keeps the legs from riding up. I had just recently bought a pack, and was surprised by the quality of the new briefs.

Over the past year or so, I've been slowly converting from boxers to boxer briefs. The biggest complaint I had thus far was the "riding up" of the leg portion of the briefs. Hanes has forever solved this problem - and I felt my reader(s) should know about it.

So there I sat, thinking of clever ways to describe under ware and justify how they applied to this blog. Once I had finished my deed, and felt had sufficient material for a post I began wrapping up my stall session... only there wasn't any toilet paper!

I had been so preoccupied in my thoughts, I had failed to notice the most basic of toiletry needs was missing. I took stock of my situation: there was no chance for a reach around (grab TP from stall next door), so I needed to move over a stall or two. A quick check for feet, and a peek at the sinks showed I was alone in the bathroom. I needed to act fast, as at any moment someone could walk in and trap me in my stall. I jumped into the next available stall and completed by business.

It was then that I realized I was now in the crux of a moral dilemma: should I go back and flush the turd in the previous stall or not?

On the one hand, if I don't flush the visibly used stall will serve as a warning to others that they should try a different stall. Also, if left untouched until the custodial engineer comes, it will punish him/her for not refilling the dispenser with TP.

Or, if you look at another way, its just gross. No one should have to see that. Even worse, it might distract the janitor from noticing that the stall is out of TP.

Ultimately, I took into account an unforeseen variable - someone walked into the bathroom as I was exiting stall two - and therefore I chose not to flush. Was it the right decision? I don't know.

What would you have done in this situation?