I pee while I'm talking to people on the phone. I also eat, blow my nose, or fart. This is courtesy of the mute button. It's fantastic. Except for the one time I accidentally forgot to take the person off of mute and she thought I hung up. Whoops.
If I need to use the washroom I don't want the person on the phone to hear the special trickle (or fountain, depending on the day) nor the flush. One time Lucky heard me urinate and hung up. He lectured me that this is gross, which is why it made it to my list of things not to do in front of guys. I figured it could be extended to people in general. Anyway, the trickle (or fountain) could be explained as water running (washing dishes maybe?), but the flush always gives it away, which is why it's important to mute. Last week I used the mute procedure on Black. Sorry buddy, I guess we're better friends. This is what I did: I know Black likes to explain things "thoroughly" so knowing I had to pee, I just asked him something that would launch a monologue. Perfect. Insert mute. I've also learned that the speaker needs to know I'm still there and paying attention. Therefore, it's important to unmute it every so often to say, "Hmmm" or "Yeah." I used two of them and Black never knew a thing...
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