From Walter Brasch at The Moderate Voice:
When I was a junior at San Diego State, I had a sudden urge to need a restroom. The closest one was clearly marked, “Faculty Men Only.” The nearest one for male students was on the other side of the building.
I did what any rational person would do—I used the faculty restroom.
One of the professors, who was using a urinal a couple spaces away, told me the restroom was for professors only. (I assumed there were separate restrooms for staff.) “What department are you in,” asked the prof.
In my deeper voice, I responded I was with sociology, hoping he knew little about the sociology faculty.
“Just out of grad school?” he asked.
“Yeah,” I replied, hoping that I looked much older than my 19 years. I wasn’t lying. I was “with sociology”—as a student, though. And, since I had no plans to go to grad school, I was truly “out of grad school.”