Africans save the day

So I'm all excited about going to this interview last week. Earlier in the day i was feeling good and decided to have a meal for lunch that I hadn't had since my return to DC, so I go down to my local Jamaican spot for lunch and order up some Jerk Chicken. They just don't make it in the midwest like they do on the East Coast. It was delicious.

Now at 3:30 about 6 blocks from the office I was going to, it hit me.... with nothing but a salad for dinner the night before and an apple for breakfast, my stomach couldn't take it. As I was getting closer and closer I figured I'd release a little bit on the way so that by the time I got to the interview I would be in good shape.

Even outside, the stench was so bad, that I knew if I was to let one of these out in the interview I surely wouldn't get the job. I contemplated rescheduling the interview, but knew that wouldn't be a good idea. After popping in several busy lunchtime establishments, I just couldn't find a good place to let it all out. I knew I was in trouble and didn't know what to do.

Earlier in the day, these obnoxious Africans were in front of me in the line at the Jamaican spot and I was cussing them out in my head. "fucking cocky ass Africans in their wack ass suits thinking their the shit... pissing me off, move the fuck out of the line..." Then, it all comes full circle.

I enter the office building and approach the female security guard at the front desk, an African, and calmly ask, "By any chance would you happen to have a bathroom on this floor....... please......." she must have seen it in my eye, I was serious and needed a bathroom right away.

So she leaves her post and escorts me through some back hallway, past the mailroom to the most private restroom in DC. One toilet and a sink, and uses a key to get in. It was like heaven.

I blew it up. I mean, I BLEW IT UP!!!

After dropping 5 pounds and freshening up, I go upstairs and had what I think was my best interview thus far.

~C

CD of the moment: Thievery Corporation - "Out of Babylon"