Restroom Etiquette

I took my son out to lunch today, and against my better "maternal instincts" I allowed him to go to the men's restroom on his own. Hey, the poor child is eight years old now, I can't exactly drag him into the women's restroom for the rest of his life.

Anyway, after we went over the bathroom "rules" he took off on his first solo flight. He came back to the table, very coolly took his seat and informed me that he had to remind the gentleman who had the stall before him that he forgot to flush the toilet. "You what?" I asked, crunching through my salad, thinking I had not heard him correctly. No I had heard right. The man in front of Boo did not flush the toilet and so Boo politely asked him to return and flush the toilet because he needed to use it and not flushing the toilet afterward was just gross for the next person. I asked him what the man said. Boo said he just shook his head, laughed, flushed, washed his hands again and left.

I guess we need a more in depth conversation on the "bathroom rules." But, true to his nature, that's my little superhero. Saving the world one little flush at a time.