Gotta run, I have diarrhea!
Not really having plans to write anymore of these things, bathroom talk caught my attention. The lead starts with the words Tormented by bouts of diarrhea…who wouldn’t look! What caught my attention even more was the fact that this lady actually gave quotes about her explosive diarrhea, I think I would have wanted to remain an anonymous source.
This made me think of the things we learned in the beginning of the course. Without her consent, this piece could not have used any of her examples. I still think it’s unecessary to bring a person into all of this, how embarrassing! Her quotes are particularly important because it’s a circular story bringing her back in the end.
Another thing I found weird about the story was the quote humbling disease right in the middle of the story. Just those two words were typed. I am wondering if it was a title of some sort becasue the next few sentences are about how Crohns disease is humbling to people.
I know this is a serious issue and some people gotta go right now. But, by ending with a lady who had her friend have a poop accident in public makes me laugh. (sorry)….. I think they should have tried to keep it more legislative and about the law rather than adding all the bathroom talk, bathroom humor to me. However, it did make me look at the story, so they did their purpose.
In the comments section of the story, someone said something about these people getting a frequent pooper pass…that made me laugh too. Overall, I guess to spare these people their reputation (I don’t want to be known as the diarrhea woman) they should have taken a different approach.
Another question I just thought of….how in the hell did they find these people? I thought some of my interviews were awkward but can’t imagine asking someone about the accidents they have.
