Thoughts

When you see people running in the hallway, let's face it, they are almost positively running to the restroom. Where else could they be heading in the middle of the afternoon (or morning)? I understand that if it were maybe, say, noon or thereabouts, maybe they are running to catch their ride to lunch. However, most of the time I would wager that this person was just too caught up in their day to day responsibilities to make it to the restroom in a reasonably timely fashion.

So now here they are, running towards the restroom with nothing between them and pay dirt but YOU. You cannot tell me that you have never once thought about striking up a conversation with this person. Subject matter at this point is irrelevant. Play it off as if you did not notice the pace by which they were covering distance in the hall. I am sure you would find at least one person that might find it rude to shrug you off in light of a more pressing engagement, right?

But I guess at this point the more meaningless the conversation the better. Small talk would work best. If you tried to catch them on what the latest sales figures were or what budget projections would be for the third quarter of 2014 I think the humor would be lost. Idle chit chat is by far the Privatjokr endorsed method for trying to stop someone dead in their tracks as they hightail it for a pit stop.

I just hope this is not in any way related to Haley's comet. How can I try this out if I don't see someone running to the restroom again for another 75 years?

You know you've done it.