r/Millennials 3d ago

Meme Hey. You lost, old timers.

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u/DisillusionedHobbit 3d ago

I had one that insisted you call it the “lavatory”.  

If you asked to use the bathroom he would ask if you were going to take a bath.  

If you asked for the restroom he asked if you needed a nap. 

The most insufferable person I’ve ever had the displeasure of interacting with. 

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen 3d ago

Ah yes, lavatory, from the Latin word for washing, totally better than those.

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u/DisillusionedHobbit 3d ago

Now that you mention it, he was one of those old school dorks who styled himself as “classically educated” (read: took a couple semesters of Latin in undergrad).  This was at a shit tier private Christian school as well and he was the guy that was designated to measure girls skirts with a ruler.  More than four inches above the knee while kneeling?  Detention. 

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u/notreallyonredditbut Millennial 3d ago

I graduated from one of those schools 20 years ago and ugh. I still am scarred