The Hipster Mirror
November 24th, 2012 at 9:05 pm by MarkTags: bathrooms, hipster, hygiene, mirror
Ever wonder why Hipsters tend to show up unshaven, with eye crust and disheveled hair? There might be a reason for that…
Ever wonder why Hipsters tend to show up unshaven, with eye crust and disheveled hair? There might be a reason for that…
A few months ago, I was using a urinal in a public restroom, minding my business. As I zipped and turned, some idiot, for reasons still unknown, swung a punch — and missed. I quickly used the momentum of his failed blow to spin him and throw him down hard. I held his face to floor for several minutes, all the while explaining the reason this was a bad idea. Eventually, he said, “Uncle” and I pulled my knee from under his shoulder blade.
With tears streaming down his face (which, considering his aggressive condition, may have been more to do with several minutes of close proximity to years of stale urine and industrial strength floor cleaner than actual pain), he proceeded to leave the establishment.
Although he apologized to me and several other patrons for the trouble he’d caused, he did scream, “F#$* you all! I’m never coming to this place again!” exactly one second before exiting the building. This is expected behavior from an aggressive asshat.
Apparently, said asshat had already caused a lot of problems. Some of the regulars, who had observed the last portion of the short-lived melee, found the situation altogether hilarious. It wasn’t long after that I was sitting at the bar (no one would find that shocking) drinking an on-the-House pitcher of beer.
We laughed, discussed, and I was accepted as “part of the family.” Eventually, the subject of our banter became “restroom etiquette.”
Though we did not create this video (the fine folks at Zarathustra Studios did it, using The Sims 2, Sim City 4 and some other cool stuff), many of these same subjects were touched upon…