New Trends in Etiquette

At my old job, my sister and I used to joke about the people who brought newspapers into the bathroom with them. One repeat offender even had the gall to borrow one of OUR (she was a reporter, we were on the sales staff) newspapers, take it into the stall with her for a good 15 minutes and then bring it BACK to us. Has the girl never seen Seinfeld? That is such a breach of both newspaper borrowing and bathroom etiquette.

But then again, I am pretty sensitive to these things. When I go into a friend's bathroom and they have books, magazines or, heaven forbid, "Passing Time at the Loo" (or whatever it's called) I do tend to blush a little. My thinking is: get in, do your business and get out of there. I don't want to sit there any longer than I absolutely have to.

But the real reason for this post is that I just witnessed something far worse than any of the said transgressions. I just watched a man bring his open laptop into the bathroom with him. It wasn't in a bag. It wasn't even closed and inconspicuously tucked under his arm. No. It was open, as if he was going to read the newspaper ONLINE while in the bathroom.

Please tell me this is not a new trend.