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So I spent the last couple of days in Austin checking out the scenery, helping a friend move, and going to a couple auditions. At one of these auditions the I was asked an off base question by a producer. The question at hand was … “If you were a superhero, what power would you have and why, and what would be your name?” So I told him my name would be Vikerious (obviously), and that I would want the power to be invisible so that I could observe people without seeming creepy, cause you know when your staring at someone either they think you like them or that you are weird and we don’t want either to happen, do we?. Anyway, the producer replied … “Oh so you want to be a peeping tom?” I said not quite but I find peoples habits interesting. Little did I know that my powers would be called upon only minutes later.

So I had some free time and I stopped by a popular coffee joint that sells overpriced beverages and treats. I don’t really care for the coffee there but I patronized the joint so I wouldn’t look like the freeloader I really am deep down inside. Anyway after drinking the beverage I had to use the restroom but the mens room was out of order. I kept seeing this guy go back and forth with some white gloves on and realized it was the guy who was working on repairing the toilet in the bathroom. Instantly my invisibility kicked in (cue the theme music). I looked around the spot and noticed all the people drinking their “iced vanilla mocha latte cappuccino’s” and the like, eating their crumpets, and Turkish delight, and licking their fingers enjoying their food. And the poor clueless people opening the door grabbing the same handle this guy just touched. I thought to myself “if only they knew that the gloved bandit had just contaminated the door handles with the bacteria from the mens restroom”. I mean he was wearing gloves so that his hands didn’t get all nasty from the bathroom, don’t we deserve the same protection?

I can hear you now “Vic’s a germ-o-phobe” … well not really. I understand there are be germs everywhere, it’s just when I notice them being spread (especially from a public mens bathroom), I want to do something about it. And this time I did … I laughed and realized that being invisible was a stupid power and I hoped that my answer to the producer didn’t cost me the role. Moral of the story wash your hands cause you never know what you just touched.