If I got to take a leak I go do what I need to do as quickly as possible. Any thing beyond that I wait until I get home.
I have to defend the cop, here. In fact, the cop who gets caught up in the underworld he seeks to police is a common theme. Most notably, ironically enough, in CRUISING, which is so un-PC as to be RIGHT OUT. In this case, based on the post-arrest interview, I thought the cop represented himself as a technician. There certainly was a lot of psychology in operation though, in the way he kept his distance. He kept mentioning “respect”, and seemed to indicate that most of his, um, detainees, readily confessed to what they were up to, and that he pretty much showered them with respect in the spirit of reciprocity. He reacted to Craig’s stonewalling by saying that Craig was disrespecting him. Of course we all know that cops hate being lied to, just because they get so sick of it.
It is interesting the way the cop was trying to orthogonalize the whole thing. It reminded me of several scenes in CRUISING which showed the moral disorientation of Pacino. I’m thinking of “cop night”, and the scene where he shows a yellow handkerchief as a come-on, and gets upbraided by some guy when he backs off from an invitation to “water sports”.
Damn right!
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Glad you made this comment. I have had very much the same thoughts.
I believe that right at the beginning of this story there was something from Craig indicating that he frequented this restroom. I could be mistaken, but I interpreted this as an unnecessary concession referencing his typical travel pattern between Washington and Idaho.
I tried to be generous -- in my own mind -- thinking that a man like Craig is on the go a lot and can not live as close to his personal pot as I do. Still, it troubled me. I don't think of myself as especially regular, but it is extraordinarily rare that I visit a public restroom for anything requiring that I pull down my trousers. One of the perks of maleness.
Does frequenting a stall in a restroom with a reputation make you a pervert? Maybe not...but it ain't exactly a character reference either.