you conducting that sales call from where?????

[Rodent]

so I head to the can to take a whiz, and while standing there at the urinal I can't help but hear that the guy in the 2nd stall is chatting away on his cell phone whilst making the customary sounds typically associated with 'working to deliver a solid waste deposit'

about 15 seconds go by and then it dawns on me - the guy in stall #2 is conducting a sales conference call with prospective clients

I took note of the shoes while washing my hands, and later that afternoon was relieved to discover that the dude isn't a co-worker but instead one of our resellers.

what is the world coming to? how can the guy not have a clue that his clients on the call can easily detect the room echo, and as loud as he was venting those refried beans I know they heard that as well. I mean, I could easily hear his gassing acrobatics outside on the other side of the door


too bad I didn't have the conference call number, else I might have called-in and then requested all attendees go on mute as there were loud noises in the background making it difficult to hear the speaker who had some kind of echo and/or bad connection


anyone else experience something like this - or been victim to a loo-ser sales call?

all the best,

R

[OldDog52]

I can almost match that. We were doing contract work for another company. One of their management guys was visiting us to check on our progress. I go into the mens room and he's in a stall, talking loudly on his cell phone while taking a dump, telling his superior how our management team needs a shakeup, isn't performing, etc.

He was fired about a month after that. We are still intact.

[elgecko]

Multi-tasking...it's one of the signs of highly successful people!

[Kwesi]

I made the mistake of deciding to take a whiz with a friend on the phone. She started laughing...

[powderfinger]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

I made the mistake of deciding to take a whiz with a friend on the phone. She started laughing...

I do that all the time.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

I made the mistake of deciding to take a whiz with a friend on the phone. She started laughing...

Let me get this right, you and a female friend took a whiz on your phone and she started laughing when you dropped your pants?

lowsound

[Skitch it!]

Originally Posted by elgecko

Multi-tasking...it's one of the signs of highly successful people!

Or a case of verbal diarrhea

[Relic]

Sorry, but I would never ruin a great bm by yapping on the phone. Some things just need to be enjoyed and appreciated for the magical experience that they are.

[Gard]

Originally Posted by Relic

Sorry, but I would never ruin a great bm by yapping on the phone. Some things just need to be enjoyed and appreciated for the magical experience that they are.

Sir, you are a poet.

[Chebass88]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Let me get this right, you and a female friend took a whiz on your phone and she started laughing when you dropped your pants?

lowsound

I was going to respond to the wording in this one, but you beat me to it. Good question - how exactly does this happen?

[The Lurker]

Originally Posted by Relic

Sorry, but I would never ruin a great bm by yapping on the phone. Some things just need to be enjoyed and appreciated for the magical experience that they are.

Indeed.

One of my supervisors at a past job was talking on cell phone on the loo, dropped it in...

and reached in, fished around, and pulled it out.

Then resumed talking.

Afterwards, he said "I'm from North Carolina... that's how we do things."

I was never able to bring myself to shake his hand after this.

[PSPookie]

I will not make or receive calls in the bathroom and I can't understand those that do.

It just makes everybody involved, from those on the other end of the phone to other in the restroom, uncomfortable.

Plus, I don't know if I could focus on a conference call while engaged in such a demanding task.

[Webtroll]

happened yesterday, i was busy pushing out a blimp and the guy in the next stall was talking business. i made sure i made the appropriate grunting noises.

[The Lurker]

You know what's funny.... President Johnson back in the 1960s used to drag staff and politicians into the thunderbunker with him and discuss national policy with them while he was bakin' brownies.

[Bloodhammer]

What would be hilarious is a guy singing "Takin' Care of Business" loudly whilst taking a dump. I might have to try that.

[PSPookie]

Originally Posted by The Lurker

You know what's funny.... President Johnson back in the 1960s used to drag staff and politicians into the thunderbunker with him and discuss national policy with them while he was bakin' brownies.

hehe, "thunderbunker"

Originally Posted by Bloodhammer

What would be hilarious is a guy singing "Takin' Care of Business" loudly whilst taking a dump. I might have to try that.

Definitley! In fact, you should do it the next time you hear someone talking business in the bathroom.

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by elgecko

Multi-tasking...it's one of the signs of highly successful people!

I'm sure that taking a duke whilst talking business on the phone is exactly what Steven Covey had in mind when he wrote his book!