fun story from yesterday's wedding.

gorgeous black tie affair on the water last night - daughter of a big wig judge - fancy fancy. and you'd think very prim and proper, yea?

during dinner and a break in the action, i slipped into the ladies room. an older woman walked in right after me and i held the door for her. i went into a stall, locked the door, and she started talking... loudly. "oh! photographer! i'm so glad we're here together. tell me your name, dear. we were all just talking about you at our table and two of us have daughters getting married next year and you two are the most wonderful photographers. you're so unobtrusive and you just never stop smiling. can i have a stack of your cards? i want to hand them around our table." and here comes the best part: "just pass them under the wall, dear... i'm going to be in here a while."



somehow i just don't see this happening while you men are standing around the trough.

Urinal etiquette is that guys NEVER talk to or look at each other while using a urinal. Its just not done.

http://gamescene.com/The_Urinal_Game_game.html

In the stalls, casual conversation is generally frowned upon, but sometimes words of encouragement are OK, particularly in response to loud or odorous usage.

Who does #2 work for!?!?

Inku Yo wrote:
Who does #2 work for!?!?

You tell that turd!

So, how did you respond?!

It's true the man code would expressly prevent any such conversation from taking place. Ladies, on the other hand, write it into their marketing plan...

Something similar has happened to me and I raised my legs above the stall cut off and closed my eyes. Something in my head told me that if I can't see him and if he can't see my legs with my pants dropped on the floor, that I am therefore somehow invisible. I then waited it out, exiting the stall after I heard him flush the toilet, wash his hands, and proceed to the party yet again.

I talk to myself in the bathroom....
haha nice story, I suppose any way you can get business you have to jump on, even if it means pinching a pee.
Doug

4honor wrote:
So, how did you respond?!

That is the Million Dollar Question...

She probably said "Kiss mah grits!"

Seriously, my guess is that she was probably a few cards lighter after that encounter. Can't let a good pee get in the way of booking 2 weddings...

Steve Tinetti wrote:
Ladies, on the other hand, write it into their marketing plan...

Good one Steve, might be worth dressing up for

i, thankfully, was done with my tinkle before she was done rambling. exited the stall and said something like, "oh congratulations, how exciting for your daughters. i'll leave you some right here by the sink - and now i'll just have to drop by your table to photograph all you gorgeous gals!"

"ps - i didn't need to know you're in there baking brownies!"

ok. so maybe i didn't say that last bit

i also had a bridesmaid a few weeks ago ask me to grab the back of her spanx and yank them up during prep - yet another one of the joys of being woman wedding photographer.

FAIL.

ugh i hate conversations at ANY point in the bathroom.

ksmahgrts, you're hilarious-i love your posts-always know you're going to shoot straight and say something funny

side note: gravygraffix, i think your avatar is, um........


daniel

ksmahgrts wrote:
fun story from yesterday's wedding.

gorgeous black tie affair on the water last night - daughter of a big wig judge - fancy fancy. and you'd think very prim and proper, yea?

during dinner and a break in the action, i slipped into the ladies room. an older woman walked in right after me and i held the door for her. i went into a stall, locked the door, and she started talking... loudly. "oh! photographer! i'm so glad we're here together. tell me your name, dear. we were all just talking about you at our table and two of us have daughters getting married next year and you two are the most wonderful photographers. you're so unobtrusive and you just never stop smiling. can i have a stack of your cards? i want to hand them around our table." and here comes the best part: "just pass them under the wall, dear... i'm going to be in here a while."



somehow i just don't see this happening while you men are standing around the trough.

This is why at every wedding I always make AT LEAST 1 trip into the women's bathroom.

Tony Hoffer wrote:
This is why at every wedding I always make AT LEAST 1 trip into the women's bathroom.

you would

lol i was TAKING PICS in the womens bathroom last weekend,,, that felt awkward!

That is a great story!!!!

gravygraffix wrote:
lol i was TAKING PICS in the womens bathroom last weekend,,, that felt awkward!

so, you got something to share with the rest of us?

Reading these trials and tribulations, is why I love this forum...lol

@Mike, that's priceless and probably unique to the "rock"...

I get women follow me into the mens room all the time actually.

I would zip up and exit, sneak out as quietly as you could so that she was left talking loudly to herself in the bathroom.

Evan Baines wrote:
Urinal etiquette is that guys NEVER talk to or look at each other while using a urinal. Its just not done.

http://gamescene.com/The_Urinal_Game_game.html

In the stalls, casual conversation is generally frowned upon, but sometimes words of encouragement are OK, particularly in response to loud or odorous usage.


There are some exceptions to the rule, simple sentences are permitted such as "Man that water is cold", or "I'm just renting the beer".

bobrossi wrote:
There are some exceptions to the rule, simple sentences are permitted such as "Man that water is cold", or "I'm just renting the beer".

Two men are peeing off a bridge, one man says "water is cold," the other says "water is deep"

it pays to pee.

meeting with daughter #1 a week from today

i'm just glad tony wasn't in the stall between us. bitch would have stolen my gig!