My Own Obessions: Public Restrooms and Prison Sinks

I can’t help myself. Lately I have become mildly fixated on the public bathroom experience. I know, it’s sort of twisted to WANT to look closely at anything in a public restroom. We all want to just get in, get out, and get on with our lives. But I like to find ways to amuse myself, just to keep life from getting too serious.And thanks to the advent of  the iPhone (aka my Crack), it’s become so darn easy to snap a quick photo of the oddities I come across during mundane, mindless activities such as using a public restroom. 

As Brad has often wondered as I come out of a bathroom giddy over the ‘prison sink’ (as I have dubbed them) that I just encountered, how are people not wondering what’s wrong with this lady who is snapping photos in the bathroom? Apparently a man taking pics in the men’s bathroom could not get away with this. Unless he wants to get his ass kicked.

So far, no one has punched me for taking photos. And apparently my obsession is catching on, as Brad himself and another male friend who shall remain anonymous are posting pics to Facebook for my ‘Bathroom Collection’. How precious!!! And neither of them has gotten their ass kicked…not once!

Without further ado, I give you some favorites from my Bathroom Collection. Ooh, I sound so fancy! My own collection. Like the Jaclyn Smith Kmart collection. Or the Cindy Crawford Rooms To Go furniture collection.

I know. Something is wrong this obsession of mine.

This Prison sink is at the Georgia Welcome Center…what next? Prison toilets, where we all share a tinkle drain? Say it ain’t so…

In my travels, I have found the prison sink to be popular at state line welcome centers.

Thank goodness for the drawing at the bottom.

Wow. This was one complicated toilet we encountered at a Chattanooga brew pub. Never before have I been intimidated by the simple act of flushing a toilet!

Idiot sign

Dang! I was planning on practicing my swan dive…

super sucker

New Orleans loves them some super-powered hand dryers! These suckers will rip your skin clean off.