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If the store doesn't have a restroom I can see why: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon
by bigbillheck 4y ago
If the store doesn't have a restroom I can see why:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon
- autoexec 4y agoWeird. I've never experienced that. Not in Japanese bookstores or American ones. Maybe folks who spend a lot of time in bookstores and libraries over years become immune to it?
- jandrese 4y agoI can't say I have either. Maybe it requires a specific gene activation? Like 5% of the population has the "bookstore pooper" mutation?
- bigbillheck 4y agoIn my life I've spent an awful lot of time in bookstores and libraries and have developed no such immunity.
- daveslash 4y agoNever heard of this. But I experience this almost every time I enter the door to my own home after being away for more than 6 hours. I won't have any inkling of feeling prior to entering, but as soon as I do.... 15 seconds later I know where I'm now headed. Edit: My home is not a bookstore, but I do have a non-trivial personal library in my front room. Coincidence?
- alpaca128 4y agoThat's probably just a habit. It's the same for me when I enter the bathroom in the evening before going to sleep.
- pacaro 4y agoWell, this explains something. When my daughter was very young I used to take her to bookstores as an activity (the kids sections are often setup like play spaces) and without fail she'd fill her diaper. Juggling a kid with a full diaper while trying to buy some books and decide whether to risk the nearby public restrooms (also a shooting gallery) or try to wait to get home before changing her. Now I have an explanation