Ladies, ladies, ladies, I have a new pet peeve about you. I am not one to be easily irritated, but my recent observations leave me quite disturbed.

I have gone to the restrooms at Sacramento State on numerous occasions and heard women entering the bathroom while they are talking on their cell phones. They then proceed into the stall next to mine, do their business and continue to have a conversation the entire time. They flush, half-heartedly wash their hands and exit the restroom, all while with their cell phones still attached to the ears and their yaps keep on moving.

I am disgusted, appalled and really just think it’s plain old nasty. The restroom is a place for potty and primping. It is not a place for talking on your cell phone.

Can you not get off the phone for five minutes to take a pee? Is the call such an emergency that you risk sanitation and health concerns? Does the person on the other end of the line not mind hearing you tinkle and flush?

A couple years ago, I was in a restroom stall and heard a woman come in while she was chatting on her cell phone. I heard her go into the stall and say to the person on the other end, “I’m about to take a fat (dump).”

I was half mortified, half amused by hearing this and to this day cannot get the experience out of my head.

I agree we have become so reliant and dependent on our cell phones. I know I couldn’t leave the house without mine. But the restroom is reserved for two very specific things-number one and number two.

A new law was recently passed to ban drivers from using their cell phones while driving without a hands-free device because it is a major distraction. If driving is anything like peeing, the last thing we need is a distraction. One cannot properly focus on wiping and washing while yapping away.

And nobody wants to sit on your dribble. It’s just gross. Everyone else in the bathroom does not want to hear your conversation about how you just took a huge, stinky ? exam and think you failed miserably, or that you are planning to eat Cup O’Noodles for dinner tonight.

If you are on the phone and must use the restroom, call the person back. If you are sitting on the toilet and your phone rings, call the person back. Do your business, wash your hands and then proceed with your oh-so-important and intellectual conversation.