Overheard: Number one or number two?

Powell's guy: Number one or number two? I have to clean the bathroom.
Customer: Uh... Number one. I'll hurry.

I was coming out of the bathroom at Powell's Books on Hawthorne yesterday evening and a guy who'd been waiting started to go in. A Powell's employee came up and said the above. I nearly tipped over. I've seen them turn people away before, but I've never heard them ask for the particulars of someone's intended activities.

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Comments

[Priapus]

Do you know, here I am at the ripe old age of twiddly-dee, and I’m still never sure which is which!

[local insurgent]

It's important to know what to expect, apparently.