Thursday, August 16, 2007

Just Try to Pee in Downtown Seattle. I Dare You.


So a few months ago, I was in Seattle at another work thing and one evening I spent some time at SEATTLE's BEST COFFEE where I read a book and drank some of Seattle's most mediocre iced tea. When I got hungry and tired of sitting there I noticed a sign indicating that restrooms were located down a little hallway. I walked down this little hallway and found that the men's room was locked and the only way in seemed to involve this little keypad that (if I remember correctly) had only digits 0-5 on it. I thought about going to speak to the Seattle's Best Coffee Barista that had just served me Seattle's Most Mediocre Iced Tea, but I decided I didn't need to go that bad and I was headed off to find something to eat anyway.

I made my way to this indoor shopping plaza - not really a mall but it had a couple of restaurants and a few office suites and a couple of retail establishments. I wanted to try Seattle's version of the Rock Bottom brew pub in that I like the one in San Diego so much. I stepped in and noticed that the location of the Rock Bottom was not apparent, but I continued to need to urinate. I saw a sign indicating that restuarants were located down a little hallway so I followed it to the men's rooms where I encountered another locked door and another key pad. I said profane words and punched a few keys at random. The door remained closed so I left the little hallway in search of the Rock Bottom. I found it on the top floor of the shopping plaza and I noticed the restrooms near it right away. Once again the men's room was locked and I was confronted by that silly little keypad. I made my way into the Rock Bottom, got seated, looked over the menu quickly and asked my young watron how the whole restroom thing worked. He gave me the code. If I could remember it now, I would type it here. I went to urinate and that's all I remember about my time in Seattle.

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