It is a habit of mine that hand washing and face washing come prior to taking a leak when using the restroom.

However, a catastrophe could have fallen on me the instant when the sudden awareness of the restroom without any urinal alerted me:  "where am I?"

The story was that

by instinct I was going into a restroom.

Washing my hands. Cleaning my face. Fixing my hair.

By accustom I turned back toward the urinal - the flushable wall fixture used by men - as was presupposed to be there, with the 'pee-pee' thing on my mind,

only to find it clear of ANY urinal fixture attached upright to the wall.

Standing still, staring at something that "should have been there."

And, it had been 3 minutes by the time I left the room. Neither more nor less.

VERY unfortunately, the mirror placed ahead of me had belonged to the restroom "only and aways for women."

What was worse, I was and am neither a female nor a woman, nor a girl, nor a lady.

Luckily, I was the only one user in that room before I sneaked out in a hurry.

Before a real catastrophe screamed me out of the restroom.

This accident reminded me to "read signs before using."

by Mac