The call from the stall

I know we live in a connected society. But how connected do we really need to be?

Yesterday, I walked into the Ladies' Room and heard some woman in a stall yammering away on her phone.

This happens a good two to three times a week.

How important can a call be? Must we be connected at all times? Has common decency gone to hell?

And who wants to get that call with toilets flushing and lord knows what else in the background?

It's awkward for the rest of us in there, because when you're connected, we're connected too (by default). And that's when I suffer through a jumble of thoughts:

• Should I flush while she's on the phone? Would that be rude?
• What if she's trying to disguise the fact that she's in the Ladies' Room while she's on the phone? Flushing would out her. That might embarrass her. 
• Wait. Why am I worrying about this? 
• She's on the phone in the bathroom while she's on the damn toilet. She no longer has a say. 
• WTF?
• I should screech Hey, Mildred! Can you bring me a tampon?

*FLUSH*

Grumble.

It's just plain gross, people.