Empty Public Toilet Conversation

>Sitting down in an empty public toilet cubicle taking a shit >Some guy takes the stall next to me >Feel awkward, so I try to break the ice and ask him if he likes movies >He doesn't respond >Start getting nervous, repeat my question but this time louder >He says "not really" >Ask him if he's heard of Drive >He says "No" >Feel kinda mad and hit the wall of the stall that he's on in a fit of rage >Instantly regret it >Say "Sorry" >He doesn't respond >Feel really bad >Hold some money under the stall as a peace offering >He doesn't take it >Tell him to take it >He says no >Feel really freaked out so I wipe, get up and leave >Wait outside the door of the toilet to apologise >See him come out >Say "I just want to apologise" >He says "Fuck off"

A person tries to make conversation with a stranger in the next toilet stall, becomes increasingly anxious, and angrily hits the partition after getting no response. The absurd escalation peaks when the stranger finally leaves and bluntly tells him to "Fuck off," parodying awkward social interaction and the narrator's obsessive attempt to apologise.

• @eternalclassic / 855 2021-10-05