I'm sitting at my desk, getting ready to pee into a bucket

[LuckyCharms]

because I am on hold with Lowe's and have been for a half hour. Gonna be a long wait.

[safeinOhio]

1. Did you say bucket or cup?

[LuckyCharms]

3. LOVE IT!!

[eShirl]

2. try to hold it until 10 seconds after you finally get through

"...........................AHHHHHH!"

[LuckyCharms]

4. .

[Kali]

19. ...

[5X]

5. There is a bathroom below my computer desk that is upstairs

I have thought of putting a hole in the ceiling so I can pee from up here but, the
wife wouldn't appreciate that if she was sitting on the throne.

[LuckyCharms]

8. Important rule: Never pee on your wife...

even if she wants you to. Just say no.

[onethatcares]

13. that just ain't right.

no matter what.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Surely your phone isn't connected by a wire to something, even if it is a landline.

Put it on speakerphone, take it with you to the bathroom, do your business and continue being on hold.

I call it broadcast mode, but the speakerphone thing on cell phones or the handsets of my landline phone are the best thing ever. Get put on hold, put it on broadcast, and do whatever else until someone finally shows up.

Surely I'm not the only person who has figured this out.

[LuckyCharms]

7. My landline is wired.

I did not use my cell phone since I was expecting another call on it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. You mean it's attached by a cord to the set?

Wow. I am simply surprised that you didn't go to a wireless version long ago. Or, alternatively, have purchased a 25 foot long cord so you're not stuck to being two feet from the base unit.

Decades ago, long before we had the wireless handsets, I discovered the joys of a 25 foot cord.

[LuckyCharms]

11. Well, I hear you, but to be honest...

I've been a little busy the past 5 years on projects. Other things on my mind.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. I guess I'm just surprised that anyone would still be using

a phone set-up like that. Which says more about me than a hypothetical anyone.

[Kaleva]

16. I keep a corded phone to use if power goes out for an extended time which happens where I live.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. That's not a bad idea.

[LuckyCharms]

9. .

[Brother Buzz]

12. I hear "There's a bathroom on the right"

I see a bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today
Don't go 'round tonight
It's bound to take your life
There's a bathroom on the right

[Kaleva]

15. Put your phone and laptop near the kitchen sink or a window facing the street that can be opened

[panader0]

18. What you need:

https://www.stadiumpal.com/

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Is that you, Ruprecht?