While Brushing My Teeth

[disalarming]

Last night while I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom, one of my floormates said, “Hey, Manda!” and looked expectantly at me with an answer. As my mouth was filled with foamy toothpaste, I hurriedly finished brushing my teeth and mumbled a semi-intelligible, “Oh, hey.” The girl continued merrily chatting along as I washed my face, and I gave half-hearted answers to whatever questions she was asking me, because every time a question came up I either had a mouth full of toothpaste or I was busy rinsing off my facial cleanser with water.

If I see someone else in the bathroom brushing their teeth or washing their face, I don’t feel obligated to strike up a conversation, or even greet the person with a hello. I don’t go to the bathroom to start conversations, I go to either use the toilet, shower, brush my teeth, and/or wash my face, so I never bother with niceties when I see my floormates in the bathroom. I simply go about my business as if they weren’t even there. Plus, I find it incredibly awkward to have to answer someone with a toothbrush in my mouth as it’s not exactly the easiest scenario to reply to someone with, so I always try to avoid putting others in that position!

Question of the Week: Do you find it uncomfortable when someone greets you when you are in the middle of doing something like brushing your teeth or washing your face?

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.