THE SAN FRANCISCO TRAIL

Young and happy with an exiting work and proud 
working for ONA having the emblema on my chest. 
This is a story that can happen to anyone at any 
time. We had a ferry flight coming in from Tokyo to 
Travis Air Force base in the northern California. 
Being a bit tired and worn off after the flight 
standing in the front of the terminal building 
I felt a bit for going to the toilet.

I told the crew, whom all were waiting for a 
limousine to take us to San Francisco. 
I went down and having the ONA wings on my shirt 
and two stripes on my shoulders felt very proud.
 The whole terminal was crowded by soldiers and 
some were looking at me as I strolled down, all 
probably wondering who the hell I was. I went 
down to the toilet and as usual I always put 
some toiletpaper on top of the toiletring before 
doing my needs.

When ready I did as you have to do, put my 
trousers on and went up the stairs and in to the 
hall and as I was walking through down again I 
felt that a lot of the people in the hall were
looking at me. 

I felt like a lion, proud, young and happy. 
Coming out to the ONA crew I leaned against 
the wall. I felt like a king! Suddenly 
one of the stewardesses asked me - what the 
hell is flying in the back of  you? 
I turned around and found myself having a 
long peace of toilet paper trailing after me. 
I had actually been walking through the hall 
with a long peace of toilet paper hanging 
from the top of the back of my trousers  
(probably 50 cm), off course I directly 
understood why people were looking at me 
while passing through the terminal.  

The whole crew were laughing and at that 
moment I felt like wanting to disappear 
into the ground, I felt a terrible shame 
and all of my pride was suddenly gone. 
I didnt say a word in the limousine. 
Since then I do check the back of my 
trousers at all times leaving the bathroom. 

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