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11/16/2005: "Scatalogic Professionalism"

Scott Adams has a blog, wherein he recently posted on the issues surrounding body functions in a professional setting:

One of the AV technicians came rushing in and was startled to find anyone sitting there. He recognized me from the earlier sound check. Now he had a dilemma. I could tell from the look on his face that this visit wasn’t going to be the brief kind. The dressing room is tiny and concrete, with little privacy from the business area of the bathroom. I could practically see the gears going in his head.

Do I just act nonchalant and go pinch out a steamer in this tiny airless dressing room? How professional would it be to leave the keynote speaker marinating?

He hesitated. He said hi. He continued to the bathroom, then paused, put his head down and shuffled out as fast as he could, as if maybe he had only gone in to use the mirror to check his beard for anomalies.


This reminds me of the time I was in a Wayport board meeting, with the speaker phone going and the new investor (I won't mention his name, but he's a General Partner at a name-brand VC firm), who was, shall we say, "remote", clearly got up off the toilet (while talking) and flushed.

At least speakerphones don't carry video or stench. Yet.