Welcome to a session of the Toilet Violations Punishment Committee (TVPC) – this writer’s favorite fantasy. The story takes place in a high school not unlike other high schools. In this high school, however, there are strict rules regarding the toileting behavior of the school’s female students. Those who break the school toilet rules (including the rules against going to the bathroom in your pants) are brought before the TVPC to have their cases heard and their punishment given out if they are guilty. Meetings of the TVPC are called to order at 3:10 PM each school day in the TVPC meeting room – Room 222 of the high school. It should be noted that where this story takes place you need to be 18 in order to enter high school so all persons depicted, even though entirely fictional, are at least 18 years of age.
My name is Arnold Ziffel and I’m chairman of the TVPC. What follows are the summary minutes of the TVPC meeting of April 4, 2018..
Like most days here at the Toilet Violations Punishment Committee (TVPC), we have several accident cases to deal with and that is where we’ll begin today’s session. The first case is actually from yesterday and is a charge of panty-soiling against a loud, outgoing junior brunette named Trish. “I had Trish in detention yesterday writing lines,” reports Miss Spellman, her Math teacher, “I had to punish her for constantly talking to her friends AUSTIN AND ALLEY.” It was far from her first offense so I had her in detention for the long haul,” Miss Spellman explains, “And I didn’t notice the mess in her panties until she got up to hand in her lines.” The point, of course, is that it was too late to include on yesterday’s TVPC agenda. “I’m thinking she may have actually done it earlier in the day,” the pretty, blonde-haired Math teacher clarifies, “But I just couldn’t tell for sure until she was done with her lines and was handing them in.” “I could tell by the way she got up and then by the way she was walking,” Miss Spellman tells us, “And then as she turned and was walking away, I could definitely see a bulge in the seat of her pants.” “Shame on you, Trish,” she tells the girl, “You’re a junior now -- Shame on you for having another accident at your age.” Trish has 3 prior panty-soiling accidents this school year -- one of which was a doubleheader. A “doubleheader,” of course, is when a girl goes both ways in her pants. “As I said, I didn’t really notice it until Trish was done with her detention,” Miss Spellman reiterates, “But I’m thinking she may have already done it by the time she reported to me for detention.” “Maybe she had already done some of it in her pants beforehand and then it got worse as she sat in detention writing her lines,” the pretty Math teacher suggests.
But Trish insists that it only happened while she was in detention with Miss Spellman. “She had me in detention for like forever,” Trish tells us, but with a snide tone meant more for her Math teacher, “She made me stay for almost 2 hours.” “She made me write until it felt like my arm was about to fall off,” Trish continues in an uncharacteristic angry tone, “And I’ve got even more lines to write for homework tonight.” “And you’d better do them, too,” Miss Spellman, in an equally uncharacteristic angry tone, snaps right back at her, “Or you’ll find yourself right back in detention tomorrow.” “Hopefully, this time if you have to go, you’ll have enough sense to go do it in the toilet instead of your pants,” Miss Spellman adds.
Trish is a compulsive chatterbox and it’s certainly no surprise to hear of her being punished for talking in class. Still, Miss Spellman is usually one of our most easy-going teachers and it is definitely quite unusual to hear of her punishing a student so severely. But that is of no concern to the TVPC. Our concern, of course, is the load that Trish did in her pants yesterday. When I ask her about that, Trish reiterates that it happened entirely in Miss Spellman’s detention. “As I said, Miss Spellman had me in detention making me write lines until it felt like my arm was going to fall off,” Trish tells us. “She made me finish 250 lines in detention yesterday,” she explains, “Do you have any idea how long it takes to finish 250 lines?” “It happened while I was sitting there in detention writing all those lines,” she explains further, “I just couldn’t hold it in so long and eventually it all came out in my pants.” The implication, obviously, is that she’s blaming Miss Spellman for what happened. Not surprisingly, Miss Spellman takes exception to that.
“I asked you if you needed to use the bathroom,” Miss Spellman tells Trish, “I asked you 3 separate times if you needed to go.” “Three times you told me you didn’t need to go,” Miss Spellman reminds Trish, “Three times you had a chance to go to the girls’ room and you didn’t go.” Turning to Trish, I see that the junior brunette has nothing to say. She simply stands there in shame staring at the floor. But the fact that she doesn’t deny what Miss Spellman is saying, tells me a lot. “You know my policy about going to the bathroom, Trish,” Miss Spellman continues, “You know that I always let girls go when they need to.” “I gave you lines to write for your constant talking to AUSTIN AND ALLEY in class,” she tells Trish, “And I was making you write them in detention because you didn’t write them for homework like I assigned.” “Your punishment was writing lines -- it wasn’t being denied permission to go to the bathroom,” the pretty, kind-hearted Math teacher goes on, “I never said you couldn’t go to the girls’ room if you needed to.” “And I asked you 3 times if you needed to go,” Miss Spellman reiterates, raising her voice a bit, “And all three times you told me that you didn’t need to go.” “That’s why I thought that she might have already gone in her pants -- at least a little bit -- before she came to me for detention,” Miss Spellman adds, “I thought that’s maybe she didn’t want to go when I asked her.” But Trish is still adamant that it only happened when she was already in detention doing her lines.
Turning again to Trish, I press her for an answer as to why she didn’t just go when she had the chance. “You don’t strike me as someone who is shy, Trish,” I tell her, “I can’t imagine you’re at all shy about using the bathroom at school when you need to.” “And if you were a bit shy about that, I’d think there would be no better time to use the toilet than after school,” I suggest, “It’s not like the girls’ room is going to be crowded at that late hour.” But the usually talkative girl has no answer for me. “I don’t know,” is all she mumbles. “Well then, I certainly think the mess in your pants is no one’s fault but yours, isn’t it?” I ask. “Yes, sir,” she tells me, uncharacteristically soft-spoken and once again, staring at the floor in shame.
“The punishment gets worse for repeat offenders,” I remind her as I look over her school toilet record. As previously noted, it’s her 4th panty-soiling of the school year. And she’s got 2 charges of “Loitering in the Girls’ Room” and 2 for “Leaving the Toilet Unflushed (after urinating)” as well. I first sentence her to write “I will not soil my panties in school again” 500 times. She lets out an audible groan at hearing that. “I still have lines to write for Miss Spellman,” Trish complains. “Well, if you weren’t constantly talking in class, you wouldn’t be having to write lines for me,” Miss Spellman quickly interjects. “And if you’d have just gone in the toilet instead of your pants, you wouldn’t be having to write lines for me, either,” I tell her. Next, I sentence the junior beauty to a week of detention sitting on a toilet in the Main Corridor Girls’ Room. “Sitting on the toilet?” she asks, once again unhappy with her punishment. “Yes, young lady, sitting on the toilet,” I tell her, “When you don’t go sit on the toilet when you need to, you end up sitting for a longer time in detention.” And given the other circumstances of this violation, I also sentence her to a week of toilet sitting during her 4th period study hall and writing Miss Spellman a 1,000 word letter of apology. “Next time you lie to a teacher and say you don’t have to go when you really do, you can expect to be punished even worse,” I warn her sternly, “Most teachers wouldn’t have even cared if you needed to go to the bathroom during detention.”
Our next case is a pretty, sophomore brunette named Mallory. She soiled her panties earlier this afternoon, a fact underscored by the big bulge in the seat of skin-tight jeans. “Really, Mallory,” I tell her, “If you’re going to wear jeans that tight, you really need to not mess in them like that.” You can clearly see the outline of the load she’s carrying under those skin-tight jeans. It’s probably not more than a regular normal bowel movement in her pants, but it bulging out like it does makes it look a whole lot worse. Mallory’s FAMILY TIES with our school are quite extensive. Her brother Alex is one of the top students in the senior class, her father runs the local public television station which frequently features programming for our school, and her mother is an architect who has worked on several projects for our school.
Turning to Mallory, standing there with that big load in her panties, she’s already quite disgusted and ashamed of herself. “I guess I just waited too long,” the pretty sophomore brunette tells us, “I guess I just waited too long to go.” But that, of course, begs the question of why she was waiting at all.” Miss Bliss, the teacher in charge of the 7th period study hall where this happened and the teacher who brought the panty-soiling charge against Mallory, asks her about that. “It’s not like you to go in your pants like that,” Miss Bliss tells the girl, “I don’t imagine you’d particularly want to have a bowel movement at school but I wouldn’t think you’d be hesitant to do it if you really needed to.” “And I know you can’t be happy about making a mess in those nice new jeans of yours,” she adds, a reference to Mallory’s obsession with fashion, “It’s not going to be easy to get those jeans clean after packing a load like that.”
Mallory nods her head in agreement with Miss Bliss’s point. “I don’t even want to think about that,” she tells Miss Bliss shaking her head, “This is the worst mess I’ve ever had and I don’t even want to think about cleaning this all up.” “I just want to close my eyes and have it be done with,“ she adds. As to having the accident, she just reiterates the point about just waiting too long to go. “I just waited too long and it just happened, Ma’am,” she tells Miss Bliss, “I tried to hold it in as best I could, but I guess it was just too big a load to hold in as long as I tried to do.” “My name was on the list for a girls’ room pass in study hall,” Mallory explains, “But the accident happened before my turn came up.” Girls are encouraged to use the girls’ room during study hall periods rather than on class time, but the rules are that only one girl can go at a time. But that still doesn’t really explain what happened. I got that Mallory had the accident while waiting her turn, but it still doesn’t quite explain how Mallory would wind up in such a desperate situation to begin with. Mallory is not known for being a particularly smart girl, but you’d still have to think she’s smart enough to get herself to the toilet in time. I mean, it’s not like she’s been particularly accident-prone in the past. I press Mallory for a more detailed explanation. “I doubt that it was in study hall 7th period that you first had to go,” I tell the sophomore beauty, “I’m thinking that if you lost control 7th period as you did, you’d have already been holding it in a while before that.”
Mallory nods her head and admits that she’d been holding it in for a while before that. She tells us that she always goes to the girls’ room during 7th period study hall. She says it’s usually only to pee, but going during 7th period study hall is a regular part of her daily routine. “You always say we’re supposed to go during study hall if we have to,” Mallory reminds us. “I pee after lunch 4th period and then I pee again 7th period,” Mallory explains, “Doing that, I’m usually good for the whole day.” “Today, I had to do more than just pee, though,” the pretty sophomore continues, “I first felt that in 5th period during English.” “I guess I really should have gone during French class 6th period,” Mallory explains further, “I guess I should have used one of my bathroom passes and gone then.” “But I’m so used to going during 7th period, I figured I’d just hold it in and go then,” she tells us, “But I guess I just had to go a lot worse than I thought.” She reminds us that Mrs. Defaquar -- her French teacher -- has a strict policy that allows for 3 girls’ room passes per month. “I had already used 2 of them this month and I didn‘t want to waste my last one,” Mallory explains. “I thought I could hold it in and wait until study hall,” she reiterates, “But like I said before, I guess that was just too long to wait.” She tells us that she did make it to study hall rather easily (she didn’t even think it necessary to go between periods), but by the time she put her name on the list for the girls’ room pass, there were already a lot of girls ahead of her. “I don’t know that it was, but a lot of girls had to go during study hall today,” she says, “And judging by how long they were taking, I don’t think most of them were just peeing, either.” “The accident happened while I was waiting for the girls’ room pass, sir,” she tells me, “As I said before, I guess I just waited too long.” “Well, hopefully you won’t make that mistake again,” Miss Bliss chimes in, “Hopefully, you’ll be a little more attentive to your bodily functions in the future.” “You can bet on that,” Mallory tells her, “You won’t believe how awful this all feels in my pants and I still don’t know how I’m ever going to get this all cleaned up.“
Moving on to her punishment, I see no reason to be particularly severe with her. It’s only her 2nd panty-soiling this year and her only other violations are for twice “Loitering in the Girls’ Room.“ But Mrs. Karbopple, a member of the TVPC, suggests that Mallory be given extra punishment for having a particularly bad accident. “That’s a major load in her pants there,” the committeewoman argues, “I think that qualifies her for more than the usual punishment for a basic panty-soiling accident.” “With her good toilet record, I’m not suggesting we make her clean the mess here at school,” she argues, “But I’m thinking more than the usual writing assignment and detention is warranted.” But I argue that it’s the tightness of Mallory’s jeans that make the mess seem worse than it really is. “If you look at it really closely, you can see it’s no more than the usual accident,” I point out, “I know it looks really bad but that big bulge in the seat there is more because of the jeans being so tight than the load being all that big.” “I mean, it’s definitely a big, healthy bowel movement and it certainly looks like she’s done the whole thing in her pants there,” I acknowledge, “But I don’t think it quite reaches the level of warranting a more severe punishment.” Mallory breathes a sigh of relief when Mrs. Karbopple then drops her request for an enhanced punishment. “But it was awfully close young lady,” I warn the sophomore beauty, “You’ve certainly had quite a bad accident there and the case certainly could be made to punish you more severely for it.” “I certainly hope that you’re thoroughly ashamed of yourself young lady,” I admonish her, “And if the punishment I’m assigning you isn’t sufficient to teach you a lesson, I can easily make it much, much worse next time.” “There won’t be a next time, sir,” she assures me, “Just having this mess in my panties is punishment enough not to do it again.” Well, that’s what I like to hear. Still, Mallory will have to serve 2 days in detention and write, “I will not soil my panties in school again” 200 times.
For our next case, we have a pretty dark-haired blonde named Cady. Cady is a junior but she’s a new student at our school having been home schooled prior to enrolling here. She’s extremely bright -- particularly in Math. Ms. Norberry, coach of our “Mathlete” team is already trying to recruit her. But apparently she’s had a bit of at tough time trying to fit in to a more formal school atmosphere, having been home schooled up until now. Apparently, she’s already run afoul of some MEAN GIRLS at our school. Today, she faces the TVPC for the first time -- having been charged with “Eating in the Girls’ Room.” The charge, filed by Mrs. Johns (our ace bathroom monitor), alleges that Cady did so during her 6th period lunch earlier today. Cady pleads “Guilty” to the charge and, with a promise never to do it again, asks for leniency in her punishment.
“It’s not really a serious offense, Cady -- You don’t have to worry about getting a severe punishment,” I tell her sympathetically, “It’s just that food is not allowed outside the cafeteria.” “Normally, enforcement of that would be a matter for the principal,” I explain, “But when you bring an item of food into a bathroom, it becomes a matter for the TVPC.” “I know that if you’re in a hurry and need to go to the bathroom during lunch, it seems convenient to carry a piece of fruit or a popsicle or whatever into the bathroom when you go,” I explain further, “But once again, you’re not allowed to have food outside the cafeteria.” “As I said, it’s not really a serious offense -- especially for a first time,” I point out as Cady nods her head, “But next time, just make sure you finish your lunch before you head over to the girls’ room.”
It seems like a simple case -- As I noted to Cady a lot of girls are finishing up an apple, or some cookies, or something as they head to the bathroom during their lunch period and it’s not really a big deal. But Mrs. Johns is standing there shaking her head like something is wrong. Of course, I ask her about that.
“You don’t quite get it, Mr. Chairman,” Mrs. Johns then tells me, “You’re not understanding specifically what Cady did here.” She then explains that Cady ate her entire lunch in the bathroom. “It was not just a matter of her finishing up her last bit of lunch as she headed to the girls’ room,” our ace restroom monitor reports, “Cady just took her lunch into the girls’ room and eat it there.” “She had her tray and her entire lunch in there with her,” Mrs. Johns explains, “I caught her in a stall sitting on the toilet with her lunch tray on her lap.” The members of the TVPC -- myself included -- are stunned by this revelation. Anticipating my next question, the ever dutiful restroom monitor then clarifies, “She was just sitting there fully-clothed on the toilet eating her lunch.” “Her being new and all, I think she was nervous and not sure where to sit in the cafeteria,” she adds, “I don’t think she’s really made any friends yet.”
“Yes, Ma’am,” Cady states, agreeing with Mrs. Johns. “I just wasn’t sure what to do,” she says, “I just wasn’t sure where to sit.” “Well, surely you shouldn’t have to sit in the girls’ room,” I tell her sympathetically, “Surely, we can help you find someone to sit with in the cafeteria.” Looking over to Ms. Norberry, I can see that she is eager to help. In addition to being a Math teacher and coach of the “Mathletes” team, Ms. Norberry is also a Guidance Counselor. “I’ll help you find a group to sit with, Cady,” she tells pretty junior, “A few of my mathletes are in the same lunch period as you and I’m sure they’d be happy to have you sit with them.” It would seem that Ms. Norberry has an ulterior motive there, but nevertheless it’ll still be good for Cady. As I told her, she certainly shouldn’t be having to eat her lunch in the girls’ room.
Getting back to the case, I believe this is the first time the TVPC has ever dealt with a girl going to the girls’ room specifically to eat her lunch. As I’ve noted, our previous cases of “Eating in the Girls’ Room” dealt with girls finishing up a bit of lunch as they headed into the girls’ room for the usual reasons. But still, the TVPC rules make no distinction between this incident and all those other incidents. This is simply an “Eating in the Girls’ Room” violation just like the others. Besides, I’m thinking it would be downright cruel to punish Cady more severely under these particular circumstances. I merely sentence her to 1 hour of detention and having to write “I will not eat in the girls’ room again” 100 times. “No more eating in the girls’ room, Cady,” I tell her, “O.K.?” “Yes sir,” she tells me, smiling. She’s quite pleased that her punishment is so light and no doubt because she’ll now have someplace else to sit and eat her lunch.
My name is Arnold Ziffel and I’m chairman of the TVPC. What follows are the summary minutes of the TVPC meeting of April 4, 2018..
Like most days here at the Toilet Violations Punishment Committee (TVPC), we have several accident cases to deal with and that is where we’ll begin today’s session. The first case is actually from yesterday and is a charge of panty-soiling against a loud, outgoing junior brunette named Trish. “I had Trish in detention yesterday writing lines,” reports Miss Spellman, her Math teacher, “I had to punish her for constantly talking to her friends AUSTIN AND ALLEY.” It was far from her first offense so I had her in detention for the long haul,” Miss Spellman explains, “And I didn’t notice the mess in her panties until she got up to hand in her lines.” The point, of course, is that it was too late to include on yesterday’s TVPC agenda. “I’m thinking she may have actually done it earlier in the day,” the pretty, blonde-haired Math teacher clarifies, “But I just couldn’t tell for sure until she was done with her lines and was handing them in.” “I could tell by the way she got up and then by the way she was walking,” Miss Spellman tells us, “And then as she turned and was walking away, I could definitely see a bulge in the seat of her pants.” “Shame on you, Trish,” she tells the girl, “You’re a junior now -- Shame on you for having another accident at your age.” Trish has 3 prior panty-soiling accidents this school year -- one of which was a doubleheader. A “doubleheader,” of course, is when a girl goes both ways in her pants. “As I said, I didn’t really notice it until Trish was done with her detention,” Miss Spellman reiterates, “But I’m thinking she may have already done it by the time she reported to me for detention.” “Maybe she had already done some of it in her pants beforehand and then it got worse as she sat in detention writing her lines,” the pretty Math teacher suggests.
But Trish insists that it only happened while she was in detention with Miss Spellman. “She had me in detention for like forever,” Trish tells us, but with a snide tone meant more for her Math teacher, “She made me stay for almost 2 hours.” “She made me write until it felt like my arm was about to fall off,” Trish continues in an uncharacteristic angry tone, “And I’ve got even more lines to write for homework tonight.” “And you’d better do them, too,” Miss Spellman, in an equally uncharacteristic angry tone, snaps right back at her, “Or you’ll find yourself right back in detention tomorrow.” “Hopefully, this time if you have to go, you’ll have enough sense to go do it in the toilet instead of your pants,” Miss Spellman adds.
Trish is a compulsive chatterbox and it’s certainly no surprise to hear of her being punished for talking in class. Still, Miss Spellman is usually one of our most easy-going teachers and it is definitely quite unusual to hear of her punishing a student so severely. But that is of no concern to the TVPC. Our concern, of course, is the load that Trish did in her pants yesterday. When I ask her about that, Trish reiterates that it happened entirely in Miss Spellman’s detention. “As I said, Miss Spellman had me in detention making me write lines until it felt like my arm was going to fall off,” Trish tells us. “She made me finish 250 lines in detention yesterday,” she explains, “Do you have any idea how long it takes to finish 250 lines?” “It happened while I was sitting there in detention writing all those lines,” she explains further, “I just couldn’t hold it in so long and eventually it all came out in my pants.” The implication, obviously, is that she’s blaming Miss Spellman for what happened. Not surprisingly, Miss Spellman takes exception to that.
“I asked you if you needed to use the bathroom,” Miss Spellman tells Trish, “I asked you 3 separate times if you needed to go.” “Three times you told me you didn’t need to go,” Miss Spellman reminds Trish, “Three times you had a chance to go to the girls’ room and you didn’t go.” Turning to Trish, I see that the junior brunette has nothing to say. She simply stands there in shame staring at the floor. But the fact that she doesn’t deny what Miss Spellman is saying, tells me a lot. “You know my policy about going to the bathroom, Trish,” Miss Spellman continues, “You know that I always let girls go when they need to.” “I gave you lines to write for your constant talking to AUSTIN AND ALLEY in class,” she tells Trish, “And I was making you write them in detention because you didn’t write them for homework like I assigned.” “Your punishment was writing lines -- it wasn’t being denied permission to go to the bathroom,” the pretty, kind-hearted Math teacher goes on, “I never said you couldn’t go to the girls’ room if you needed to.” “And I asked you 3 times if you needed to go,” Miss Spellman reiterates, raising her voice a bit, “And all three times you told me that you didn’t need to go.” “That’s why I thought that she might have already gone in her pants -- at least a little bit -- before she came to me for detention,” Miss Spellman adds, “I thought that’s maybe she didn’t want to go when I asked her.” But Trish is still adamant that it only happened when she was already in detention doing her lines.
Turning again to Trish, I press her for an answer as to why she didn’t just go when she had the chance. “You don’t strike me as someone who is shy, Trish,” I tell her, “I can’t imagine you’re at all shy about using the bathroom at school when you need to.” “And if you were a bit shy about that, I’d think there would be no better time to use the toilet than after school,” I suggest, “It’s not like the girls’ room is going to be crowded at that late hour.” But the usually talkative girl has no answer for me. “I don’t know,” is all she mumbles. “Well then, I certainly think the mess in your pants is no one’s fault but yours, isn’t it?” I ask. “Yes, sir,” she tells me, uncharacteristically soft-spoken and once again, staring at the floor in shame.
“The punishment gets worse for repeat offenders,” I remind her as I look over her school toilet record. As previously noted, it’s her 4th panty-soiling of the school year. And she’s got 2 charges of “Loitering in the Girls’ Room” and 2 for “Leaving the Toilet Unflushed (after urinating)” as well. I first sentence her to write “I will not soil my panties in school again” 500 times. She lets out an audible groan at hearing that. “I still have lines to write for Miss Spellman,” Trish complains. “Well, if you weren’t constantly talking in class, you wouldn’t be having to write lines for me,” Miss Spellman quickly interjects. “And if you’d have just gone in the toilet instead of your pants, you wouldn’t be having to write lines for me, either,” I tell her. Next, I sentence the junior beauty to a week of detention sitting on a toilet in the Main Corridor Girls’ Room. “Sitting on the toilet?” she asks, once again unhappy with her punishment. “Yes, young lady, sitting on the toilet,” I tell her, “When you don’t go sit on the toilet when you need to, you end up sitting for a longer time in detention.” And given the other circumstances of this violation, I also sentence her to a week of toilet sitting during her 4th period study hall and writing Miss Spellman a 1,000 word letter of apology. “Next time you lie to a teacher and say you don’t have to go when you really do, you can expect to be punished even worse,” I warn her sternly, “Most teachers wouldn’t have even cared if you needed to go to the bathroom during detention.”
Our next case is a pretty, sophomore brunette named Mallory. She soiled her panties earlier this afternoon, a fact underscored by the big bulge in the seat of skin-tight jeans. “Really, Mallory,” I tell her, “If you’re going to wear jeans that tight, you really need to not mess in them like that.” You can clearly see the outline of the load she’s carrying under those skin-tight jeans. It’s probably not more than a regular normal bowel movement in her pants, but it bulging out like it does makes it look a whole lot worse. Mallory’s FAMILY TIES with our school are quite extensive. Her brother Alex is one of the top students in the senior class, her father runs the local public television station which frequently features programming for our school, and her mother is an architect who has worked on several projects for our school.
Turning to Mallory, standing there with that big load in her panties, she’s already quite disgusted and ashamed of herself. “I guess I just waited too long,” the pretty sophomore brunette tells us, “I guess I just waited too long to go.” But that, of course, begs the question of why she was waiting at all.” Miss Bliss, the teacher in charge of the 7th period study hall where this happened and the teacher who brought the panty-soiling charge against Mallory, asks her about that. “It’s not like you to go in your pants like that,” Miss Bliss tells the girl, “I don’t imagine you’d particularly want to have a bowel movement at school but I wouldn’t think you’d be hesitant to do it if you really needed to.” “And I know you can’t be happy about making a mess in those nice new jeans of yours,” she adds, a reference to Mallory’s obsession with fashion, “It’s not going to be easy to get those jeans clean after packing a load like that.”
Mallory nods her head in agreement with Miss Bliss’s point. “I don’t even want to think about that,” she tells Miss Bliss shaking her head, “This is the worst mess I’ve ever had and I don’t even want to think about cleaning this all up.” “I just want to close my eyes and have it be done with,“ she adds. As to having the accident, she just reiterates the point about just waiting too long to go. “I just waited too long and it just happened, Ma’am,” she tells Miss Bliss, “I tried to hold it in as best I could, but I guess it was just too big a load to hold in as long as I tried to do.” “My name was on the list for a girls’ room pass in study hall,” Mallory explains, “But the accident happened before my turn came up.” Girls are encouraged to use the girls’ room during study hall periods rather than on class time, but the rules are that only one girl can go at a time. But that still doesn’t really explain what happened. I got that Mallory had the accident while waiting her turn, but it still doesn’t quite explain how Mallory would wind up in such a desperate situation to begin with. Mallory is not known for being a particularly smart girl, but you’d still have to think she’s smart enough to get herself to the toilet in time. I mean, it’s not like she’s been particularly accident-prone in the past. I press Mallory for a more detailed explanation. “I doubt that it was in study hall 7th period that you first had to go,” I tell the sophomore beauty, “I’m thinking that if you lost control 7th period as you did, you’d have already been holding it in a while before that.”
Mallory nods her head and admits that she’d been holding it in for a while before that. She tells us that she always goes to the girls’ room during 7th period study hall. She says it’s usually only to pee, but going during 7th period study hall is a regular part of her daily routine. “You always say we’re supposed to go during study hall if we have to,” Mallory reminds us. “I pee after lunch 4th period and then I pee again 7th period,” Mallory explains, “Doing that, I’m usually good for the whole day.” “Today, I had to do more than just pee, though,” the pretty sophomore continues, “I first felt that in 5th period during English.” “I guess I really should have gone during French class 6th period,” Mallory explains further, “I guess I should have used one of my bathroom passes and gone then.” “But I’m so used to going during 7th period, I figured I’d just hold it in and go then,” she tells us, “But I guess I just had to go a lot worse than I thought.” She reminds us that Mrs. Defaquar -- her French teacher -- has a strict policy that allows for 3 girls’ room passes per month. “I had already used 2 of them this month and I didn‘t want to waste my last one,” Mallory explains. “I thought I could hold it in and wait until study hall,” she reiterates, “But like I said before, I guess that was just too long to wait.” She tells us that she did make it to study hall rather easily (she didn’t even think it necessary to go between periods), but by the time she put her name on the list for the girls’ room pass, there were already a lot of girls ahead of her. “I don’t know that it was, but a lot of girls had to go during study hall today,” she says, “And judging by how long they were taking, I don’t think most of them were just peeing, either.” “The accident happened while I was waiting for the girls’ room pass, sir,” she tells me, “As I said before, I guess I just waited too long.” “Well, hopefully you won’t make that mistake again,” Miss Bliss chimes in, “Hopefully, you’ll be a little more attentive to your bodily functions in the future.” “You can bet on that,” Mallory tells her, “You won’t believe how awful this all feels in my pants and I still don’t know how I’m ever going to get this all cleaned up.“
Moving on to her punishment, I see no reason to be particularly severe with her. It’s only her 2nd panty-soiling this year and her only other violations are for twice “Loitering in the Girls’ Room.“ But Mrs. Karbopple, a member of the TVPC, suggests that Mallory be given extra punishment for having a particularly bad accident. “That’s a major load in her pants there,” the committeewoman argues, “I think that qualifies her for more than the usual punishment for a basic panty-soiling accident.” “With her good toilet record, I’m not suggesting we make her clean the mess here at school,” she argues, “But I’m thinking more than the usual writing assignment and detention is warranted.” But I argue that it’s the tightness of Mallory’s jeans that make the mess seem worse than it really is. “If you look at it really closely, you can see it’s no more than the usual accident,” I point out, “I know it looks really bad but that big bulge in the seat there is more because of the jeans being so tight than the load being all that big.” “I mean, it’s definitely a big, healthy bowel movement and it certainly looks like she’s done the whole thing in her pants there,” I acknowledge, “But I don’t think it quite reaches the level of warranting a more severe punishment.” Mallory breathes a sigh of relief when Mrs. Karbopple then drops her request for an enhanced punishment. “But it was awfully close young lady,” I warn the sophomore beauty, “You’ve certainly had quite a bad accident there and the case certainly could be made to punish you more severely for it.” “I certainly hope that you’re thoroughly ashamed of yourself young lady,” I admonish her, “And if the punishment I’m assigning you isn’t sufficient to teach you a lesson, I can easily make it much, much worse next time.” “There won’t be a next time, sir,” she assures me, “Just having this mess in my panties is punishment enough not to do it again.” Well, that’s what I like to hear. Still, Mallory will have to serve 2 days in detention and write, “I will not soil my panties in school again” 200 times.
For our next case, we have a pretty dark-haired blonde named Cady. Cady is a junior but she’s a new student at our school having been home schooled prior to enrolling here. She’s extremely bright -- particularly in Math. Ms. Norberry, coach of our “Mathlete” team is already trying to recruit her. But apparently she’s had a bit of at tough time trying to fit in to a more formal school atmosphere, having been home schooled up until now. Apparently, she’s already run afoul of some MEAN GIRLS at our school. Today, she faces the TVPC for the first time -- having been charged with “Eating in the Girls’ Room.” The charge, filed by Mrs. Johns (our ace bathroom monitor), alleges that Cady did so during her 6th period lunch earlier today. Cady pleads “Guilty” to the charge and, with a promise never to do it again, asks for leniency in her punishment.
“It’s not really a serious offense, Cady -- You don’t have to worry about getting a severe punishment,” I tell her sympathetically, “It’s just that food is not allowed outside the cafeteria.” “Normally, enforcement of that would be a matter for the principal,” I explain, “But when you bring an item of food into a bathroom, it becomes a matter for the TVPC.” “I know that if you’re in a hurry and need to go to the bathroom during lunch, it seems convenient to carry a piece of fruit or a popsicle or whatever into the bathroom when you go,” I explain further, “But once again, you’re not allowed to have food outside the cafeteria.” “As I said, it’s not really a serious offense -- especially for a first time,” I point out as Cady nods her head, “But next time, just make sure you finish your lunch before you head over to the girls’ room.”
It seems like a simple case -- As I noted to Cady a lot of girls are finishing up an apple, or some cookies, or something as they head to the bathroom during their lunch period and it’s not really a big deal. But Mrs. Johns is standing there shaking her head like something is wrong. Of course, I ask her about that.
“You don’t quite get it, Mr. Chairman,” Mrs. Johns then tells me, “You’re not understanding specifically what Cady did here.” She then explains that Cady ate her entire lunch in the bathroom. “It was not just a matter of her finishing up her last bit of lunch as she headed to the girls’ room,” our ace restroom monitor reports, “Cady just took her lunch into the girls’ room and eat it there.” “She had her tray and her entire lunch in there with her,” Mrs. Johns explains, “I caught her in a stall sitting on the toilet with her lunch tray on her lap.” The members of the TVPC -- myself included -- are stunned by this revelation. Anticipating my next question, the ever dutiful restroom monitor then clarifies, “She was just sitting there fully-clothed on the toilet eating her lunch.” “Her being new and all, I think she was nervous and not sure where to sit in the cafeteria,” she adds, “I don’t think she’s really made any friends yet.”
“Yes, Ma’am,” Cady states, agreeing with Mrs. Johns. “I just wasn’t sure what to do,” she says, “I just wasn’t sure where to sit.” “Well, surely you shouldn’t have to sit in the girls’ room,” I tell her sympathetically, “Surely, we can help you find someone to sit with in the cafeteria.” Looking over to Ms. Norberry, I can see that she is eager to help. In addition to being a Math teacher and coach of the “Mathletes” team, Ms. Norberry is also a Guidance Counselor. “I’ll help you find a group to sit with, Cady,” she tells pretty junior, “A few of my mathletes are in the same lunch period as you and I’m sure they’d be happy to have you sit with them.” It would seem that Ms. Norberry has an ulterior motive there, but nevertheless it’ll still be good for Cady. As I told her, she certainly shouldn’t be having to eat her lunch in the girls’ room.
Getting back to the case, I believe this is the first time the TVPC has ever dealt with a girl going to the girls’ room specifically to eat her lunch. As I’ve noted, our previous cases of “Eating in the Girls’ Room” dealt with girls finishing up a bit of lunch as they headed into the girls’ room for the usual reasons. But still, the TVPC rules make no distinction between this incident and all those other incidents. This is simply an “Eating in the Girls’ Room” violation just like the others. Besides, I’m thinking it would be downright cruel to punish Cady more severely under these particular circumstances. I merely sentence her to 1 hour of detention and having to write “I will not eat in the girls’ room again” 100 times. “No more eating in the girls’ room, Cady,” I tell her, “O.K.?” “Yes sir,” she tells me, smiling. She’s quite pleased that her punishment is so light and no doubt because she’ll now have someplace else to sit and eat her lunch.
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