Day Seventeen: The Fountain of Life

I often wonder why bathrooms and drinking fountains are always found in such close proximity. I understand that it probably has something to do with plumbing, but I find that explanation entirely unsatisfactory. The true answer has something to do with the fact that drinking fountains are vengeful. Every time I leave a bathroom feeling relieved, I feel compelled to stop at the nearby drinking fountain. However, when I am done quenching my thirst, I feel the drinking fountain/bathroom area saying to me, “haha, sucker, I’ll be seeing you in about an hour.” Yet, I fall for it each time. I think the drinking fountain is the bathroom’s means of self-preservation.