Don't Let Them Take Booze in the Bathroom...

[Laund-o-rama Mama]

Working today, it was steady. I had a guy come in from the liquor store next door to use the bathroom. He carried a paper bag (with a bottle he just bought) and looked to just be an average 40-something guy. Well dressed. He was lucid. And it's not uncommon for liquor store customers to use our restroom.

Well, he went in the loo and I got busy with something else. After a little while, I realize I never saw the guy leave. Just as I was going back to check the bathroom, he comes out.

He presses the bathroom keys into my hands with a slurred, "D'y' work 'ere??" A stink-wave of booze hits me.

Before I could gather my wits about me he staggered out the door. I noticed that the brown paper bag (with bottle) that he brought in with him: GONE! I check the bathroom trash: NOTHING THERE!

Where did he hide the empty bottle????

[rbxelya]

From the sounds of it, he may have drank the bottle right along with the booze.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Ohhh...you probably do NOT want to know the answer to that question.

[Seshat]

Check inside the flush tanks.
Check all the semi-hidden and hidden places in the bathroom, too. Including up underneath the sink surround, if that area isn't fully barricaded away.

Worst case (for you/your business), he tried to flush it. In which case you may well need a plumber to clear it out.

Best case, he took it with him ... somehow. And best not to think about 'how'.

Also, give some thought to getting some waterproof board, a few nails and some paint, and barricading off all the hidden and semi-hidden places you can find. You'll need to pull that off for plumbers, but it'll make the bathroom easier to clean - and harder for people to conceal stuff there.

[Athaelia]

Was this guy walking like he'd been horseback riding all day?

[chainedbarista]

Where did he hide the empty bottle????

are you sure you want to know?

[smalltownclerk]

Do you have removable ceiling tiles?

[LillFilly]

The ceiling tiles remind me of the guy trying to hide mice in his pizza shop's competition!

Either that was some GOOD booze, or the guy was just really impatient. Hope he didn't drive!

[phyrturtle]

It was either good booze or he needed something to medicate himself before going home to his significant other... Perhaps he has an EW for a wife?

[sevendaysky]

Not being a boozer myself, I once inquired about its appeal to my college aged friends. Among the various gems, I discovered that the fastest way to get drunk is to basically give yourself an alcohol enema. No, I didn't want that mental image THEN, and I don't want it now. It might explain how he managed to guzzle that much alcohol AND where the bottle went...

Logically speaking, ceiling tiles, under/behind the sink/pipes, behind the toilet, and in the flush tank are all favorite places.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Not being a boozer myself, I once inquired about its appeal to my college aged friends. Among the various gems, I discovered that the fastest way to get drunk is to basically give yourself an alcohol enema. No, I didn't want that mental image THEN, and I don't want it now.

And just last night I heard of using of vodka soaked tampons for getting drunk quickly. And that's for both gals and guys.

Where's the brain bleach?

[mharbourgirl]

Not being a boozer myself, I once inquired about its appeal to my college aged friends. Among the various gems, I discovered that the fastest way to get drunk is to basically give yourself an alcohol enema. No, I didn't want that mental image THEN, and I don't want it now. It might explain how he managed to guzzle that much alcohol AND where the bottle went...

And according to a couple of paramedic buddies of mine, it's also the fastest way to expire from alcohol poisoning, because alcohol is absorbed MUCH more quickly that way AND you'll continue absorbing it after the bottle is empty. If you drank it normally, they'd pour that charcoal stuff down your throat to absorb the alcohol still sitting in your stomach. Little hard to do when you've put the liquor in the other end.

Which is to say, don't ever try that. It's not as much fun as it sounds.

[Sapphire Silk]

Ok . . . I'd never heard of this particular idiocy before. Why I don't know . . . just lucky I guess.

[Seshat]

I had.

There are also other mind-affecting substances which can be absorbed that way.

ER staff take note.....

[BroSCFischer]

Not being a boozer myself, I once inquired about its appeal to my college aged friends. Among the various gems, I discovered that the fastest way to get drunk is to basically give yourself an alcohol enema.

And just last night I heard of using of vodka soaked tampons for getting drunk quickly. And that's for both gals and guys.

Where's the brain bleach?

I imagine it would be fairly easy to pass a breathalyzer then. Still damn stupid.

SC