Public Accidents and the Walk of Shame

At the Detroit Opera House, David Sedaris told a story about the “walk of shame” involving an elderly man who shat himself in an airplane. Apparently everyone within proximity heard the man’s daughter express her outrage; David was seated a few rows behind them. He cringed. The old guy shuffled off to the bathroom never to return his seat, despite the airline attendants attempts to lure him out during landing.

Sedaris wanted to shout at them, “Oh, please, just leave the poor man alone!”

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