January 07, 2003

Release

As he began pissing into the water fountain he took a moment to reflect about what had brought him to this point - pissing in the company water fountain at three in the morning. Pissing is often a reflective time, and this was not an exception. It can also be said that pissing anywhere at three in the morning on a Friday night is an ideal time for rumination.

Pissing in a public place, such as a company water fountain in the main hallway, is normally an act of desperation or revenge and you would expect him to be thinking about how miserable his life is, how lonely he is, how his job drains him of his essence, or how he has no purpose, but he was mainly thinking about how he got there. He remembers being frustrated and getting up to get a drink. He had no change. He then went to his car - completely on the other side of the now empty lot - to get some change and as he pushed the key against the lock the little piece of plastic around the top of his key, the part that holds it on the key chain, broke and fell on the ground. He then walked calmly to the fountain and began pissing. After he was done he sort of mentally giggled about how he felt much more refreshed at having produced liquid instead of consuming it. He then went back to his desk and continued working.

January 7, 2003 09:24 PM