Fun Friday: A trip to the Zoo and a little "Poo"

Friday we went to the zoo.

Will got to see the elephants up close and in person. I think he recognized them from the Baby Einstein "Baby Noah" DVD he watches all the time. :o)

Based on the title of this post, you're probably expecting me to make some joke about the smell of animal poo at the zoo. Well, you're wrong. The poo comes into the story at lunch when my friend Sarah and I were at a pizza restaurant with 4 of her kids and 2 of mine (This particular restaurant is one we frequent often). Child A goes into the single stall ladies room and does a little business. The toilet will not flush. So, with her head down, Sarah tells the employee that there's a bit of a problem in the ladies' room. He goes in with gloves and some plumbing tools and fixes the problem. A few minutes later, Child B needs to do some business. The same toilet malfunctions again. Before we have the chance to tell the employee (again), Child C and Child D need to use the facilities to conduct business. So, we send one into the ladies' room and one into the men's room. A few minutes later, the ladies' room toilet is now quite full and still not working. The men's room toilet has also now become stopped up AS WELL, threatening to overflow.

Picture with me now: we have one big pizza restaurant, lots of customers, and ZERO working toilets...both full of, well, you know. We were absolutely humiliated. Sarah's biggest fear in the midst of this was that the employees and restaurant patrons would think it was her "byproducts". So, I am posting this story on the blog to CLEAR her name, once for all. If you were at a pizza restaurant on Friday and the restroom situation was unpleasant, please do not think for one minute--not one minute--that it was Sarah. Pass this along to anybody you hear discussing said restroom incident.

So, I put a tip on the table and we slinked out as casually as you can with 6 children in tow. Sarah swears the employee and manager were whispering about the poo situation as we walked out. With her head down again...she uttered the news they most feared: "it's still not quite working right."

I think we're going to have to find a new pizza place to become "regulars" at.