What’s an appropriate response when someone knocks on your bathroom stall? How about “You can come in, but you can’t sit down!” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Response from Inside the Bathroom Stall”
You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language and how we use it. I’m Grant Barrett.
And I’m Martha Barnette. A few weeks ago, we talked about the expression “occupado.” Remember that, Grant?
Occupado, yeah. For some reason, when you’re in the bathroom and somebody knocks, that’s what you say.
Right. That’s what some people say, but a lot of people say other things.
And we got an email from Carol Mills in Dallas, Texas. I love this. She says, “I once knocked on a closed bathroom stall and the person inside said, come in.”
Surprise!
She writes, “I’m still laughing.”
And Connie Walt from Michigan wrote, “My absolute favorite response to a bathroom door knock? You can come in, but you can’t sit down.”
Oh, my.
The things people say.
The things people say.
That’s what we’re all about.
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