Advice direct from the PDX Airport Bathroom

A woman wears an orthopedic boot that catches the eye of several women washing and drying their hands in an airport  bathroom of PDX. I just got out of 

boot like yours, a woman exclaims.  It did not work. My pain is still there. Yes, chirps another woman. Me too.  I am still in pain after wearing a boot. And me too, I chime in. What a funny orthopedic chorus in this bathroom. Then the person  we  would call  Madame Pipi in France, the chief maintenance manager of the bathroom, tells me about a product called Mama Bear. It is a magnesium based lotion with lavender and added botanics that thousands of people recommend on Amazon. Madame Pipi who is 61 and on her feet all day swears by it. So what do you think? Do I try it?

A day after my arrival in Paris, I am in another bathroom, this one in the Gare Montparnasse train station. This time there is a Monsieur Pipi. It looks like his only job is to say bonjour and offer surveillance for the coed facility. It costs 1euro fifty to enter the bathroom.  Luckily the turn style accepts credit and debit cards. On the way out of the bathroom, I notice some shelves 

marked Cadeaux(Gifts).  What? How weird!  I look closely at the shelf where brightly colored toilet paper is for sale as well as some personal care articles. No, Mama Bear is not for sale but it might make a good addition.