Originally Posted by
mikekelley
...A few minutes later I go to wash my hands, I'm unfortunately the one to discover this. Upon opening the door I am greeted with a horrible, horrible stench and recoil back into the galley area. I immediately briskly walk to the lav at the rear of the plane and try to cleanse myself.
You handled that as well as possible -- I'm sure you immediately realized that if you had gone into that lav even for just a few minutes, you risked being blamed for the situation.