Boomer |
04-24-2023 08:26 AM |
Ready golf?
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Originally Posted by oldyeller
(Post 2210734)
I recently played golf off campus at one of the area golf courses. It was early am with a shotgun start due to the large number of people in two different groups. Ninety women in one group and twenty men and women in the other group.
Prior to the start, one of our gentlemen (the term is used very loosely here) went to use the facilities and found a lineup of women standing waiting at the men's door. Our guy (the aforementioned gentleman, again, term is used very loosely here) went to the door, pointed to the "MEN's sign, and proceeded through the door oblivious to the line of women waiting in line. His argument, much to the chagrin and chastisement of the women standing in line, was its the MEN's restroom not the women's. Aren't the women offended when the men use their facilities?
The question is, is this guy a hero activist for men's rights, or a misogynistic cad?
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Aw, c’mon, this is nothing new.
When women outnumber men — in a large group of people — and the restroom break-time is limited, this can happen. The men’s restroom is always a whole lot faster and if no one is in there, it is fair game.
A couple of times, at conferences, when the men’s restroom was empty and the line to the women’s room was ridiculous, I have led the charge myself…….
“Squatters’ Rights!”
BUT, in the circumstance described above, I would have smiled my very best smile at the guy and said, “Hold on a minute. Let me clear the stalls, and then you can go in next.”
That would have been the fair and mannerly and common sense thing to do.
But in this day and age, would that have taken the wind out of his sails?
Or would he rather have continued to rant and rave?
Btw, I doubt those women were “chagrined” because they were embarrassed to be in that line. But they were probably worried he might shoot them…..
Boomer
PS: Our nation has been stoked into losing its collective mind. Millions of Americans wake up each morning looking for something to be angry about, something or somebody to hate.
Pogo was right.
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