Dear Lady in the Women's Washroom
LOOSE END
Ivan Coyote / Vancouver / Thursday, September 22, 2011

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Dear_Lady_in_the_Womens_Washroom-10801.aspx#.Tn0C2S-FUcz.facebook

I can only surmise from our recent interaction that I startled you in the women's washroom at the mall today. I guess I don't look much like what you seem to think a female washroom user should.

This is not the first time this has happened to me; in fact, this was not the first time this happened to me this week. Forgive me if I was not as patient with you as you seemed to feel I should have been, but I would like to point out that your high-pitched squeal startled me, and I needed to urinate very badly. Perhaps I was not as gracious as I could have been.

To ensure that the next time this happens to you, or me, things go more smoothly for everyone involved, I have jotted down a couple of notes for your reference.

Nice essay. I enjoyed it.

Ivan E. Coyote is pretty awesome in general. If you like her writing: http://www.ivanecoyote.com/stories

Thanks for the link, Sarah.

Very nice and the comments from woman who had been startled were well written and thoughtful as well.

Cindy