mailhurl

"what do you do when you have to go to the bathroom on your route?".

i've been asked that question plenty of times.
usually there is no problem making it to a public restroom.
on occassion, we ask to use the bathroom of a customer that we are tight with.
some situations arise that need to be taken care of in more "creative" ways..but i'll leave those to your imagination.
your body tends to give you enough of a warning to not have to scramble.

the other day though i was walking the beat feeling OK.
then after lunch..all of the sudden my body just went into some weird mode where my legs didn't want to move..my eyes wanted to close and i felt like i might pass out.
very inconveinient when you still have an hour or more of mail to get rid of.

so i did what we've all done at one time or another...pep talk myself into finishing..
"come on now..one foot in front of the other..just 8 more bundles..keep going..".
i was almost done when i got hit by a tidal wave of nausea.
no time to find a restroom.
two options:
puke on a customers lawn
or in the back of the truck.
luckily i found an empty tub.
that was friday.
it's monday and i can still barely
move.
don't like this
nasty thing i contracted
whatever it is.

wonder if the PO would ever consider
equipping the trucks with
some rudementary form
of port-a-pottys?
i'll have to talk to
management about it
upon my return.