Most memorable day at Target

The funniest things happen in public restrooms. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because people expect a modicum of privacy or their crazy cuts loose after keeping it tapped down in the public eye.

How many of us have taken the precaution of not touching any surface in the bathroom, making use of the paper seat covers and using a piece of paper towel to open the door so our fingers don't touch the handle? Signs are all over the walls cautioning you to wash your hands thoroughly before exiting the space. Many times I have hung my purse around my neck risking choking or cervical spine injury to avoid having to put it on the floor if the door hook is absent. I've been known to roll my pant legs up to my knees.  Nothing of mine is touching that bathroom floor except the bottom of my shoes. I've never been fond of public restrooms, but very glad they are available when needed. So I find myself at Target in need of this facility.

I was taking care of "business" in the store rest-room. While I'm in my stall, I hear a woman rushing in with her 2 little kids and packing them into the handicapped cubicle at the end of the row all together, cautioning them to not touch anything..... Soon, I hear the mom say, "Ricky! Do not touch that door lock. Stop touching the walls!  Stand up! Get up off of that floor!"

Apparently , Ricky wasn't having it. He wanted OUT.

"Ricky! Get up right now"! Soon, I hear shuffling and a commotion in the stall next to mine. An elderly voice says,  "Oh my!"

Then, here comes Ricky, on his back, sliding along the bathroom floor under every stall. As his head comes into view in my stall, he is all smiles, and as he passes through , scooching along like an upside down worm. I look down at him and say, "Hello there. Where are you going?"

His mother is frantic and shouting, "Ricky!" Just as Ricky is about to clear my stall and heading for the last on the row, 2 hands grab his legs under my door and in a blink of the eye, Ricky is dragged out and disappears. He was laughing so hard. He was making this shopping day fun on his terms.

So glad that Ricky was able to help the store janitor wipe down nearly all the stall floors with  his hair and back side. Maybe he was auditioning for a job position? He is also lucky that he wasn't my child. I would've had to wrap him in saran wrap before putting him into my car on the way to a sterilization chamber and you can bet the head would be shaved just to make sure , well , you know, all of the stray "debris" would be gone for good!

Ricky rates High on the YUCK scale.  He get's  a perfect 10 for most memorable day at Target so far!