Traveling from Malta to Germany

 

            Doing Time in a German Toilet

I often said you could drink from a German public toilet.  And the other night, I almost had the chance.

Mr. S and I were in Germany at a really nice hotel in Heidelberg at a breakfast meeting of his company.  I was doing my usual investigation of the hotel bathroom.  I have to examine—or use—every bathroom in any building I enter.  You know.

When I was finished, I was just thinking how I was going to tell everyone upstairs at the breakfast how wonderful German toilets are—especially in comparison to those in Malta—spotless, flushable, completely well maintained.  As this thought passed through my mind, the handle of the toilet door came off in my hand, and I was locked in the toilet.

For the next thirty minutes, I was yelling out one of the few German words I know—Hilfe—which means help.  The bathroom was really far down in the basement of the hotel and no one could hear me banging on the door or yelling.  Finally, someone from the hotel heard me yelling Hilfe out the basement window.  A maid came in and pushed the door in from the outside.

When I got upstairs, Mr. S. looked up from his coffee and noted that he thought I took longer than usual in the toilet.  But one of his female colleagues had convinced him that women sometimes take long in the bathroom, so he didn’t do anything about it.  Well, thanks for listening to your instincts, Mr. S.

Anyway, it could have been worse. I could have been locked in a Maltese toilet.

Comments

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Inverter--thanks very much!  Ilene

[invertir forex]

nice info !!!

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Got you, girlfriend, Dee.  Yes, hovering is good exercise, too!--Ilene

[Dee Owen]

He forgot to say, I always carry T.P. and hand sanitizer in my purse! And have learned how to 'hover'!

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Mike, If nothing else this post is letting me in on the most terrible toilets in the world.  Wow--that Panamanian toilet sounds really pleasant. You and Dee have a good and healthy New Year--and only the best of toilets xxx  Ilene

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Mary, Your humor is a classic, too!  Ive never been to a toilet in the Dominican Republic, but I think Ill pass!  A healthy, happy and lucrative New Year to you, too  xxxx Ilene

[Mary Bartolotta]

Or at the Puerto Plata airport in the Dominican Republic? OMG how lucky you were. I always enjoy your stories. Your humor is classic. Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year with a job!!!

[Mike Owen]

It could have been a whole lot worse. It could have been worse that your wildest bad dream. Imagine the smell from a septic tank. Imagine not having a seat on which to sit. Imagine not having a door to close. Imagine not having anything to wipe your underparts with. Imagine not having water to wash your, by now, disgusting hands.
IMAGINE BEING IN A PANAMANIAN TOILET.