--- title: Texas Mayor Forgets to Turn Mic Off in Bathroom: Video description: Viral video shows Georgetown Texas Mayor forgetting to turn off mic during city council meeting canonical: https://time.com/3845673/texas-mayor-forgets-to-turn-his-mic-off-bathroom/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-04T19:05:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:24.464Z og:title: That Awkward Moment When a Mayor Leaves His Mic on During a Bathroom Visit og:description: Viral video shows Georgetown Texas Mayor forgetting to turn off mic during city council meeting og:url: https://time.com/3845673/texas-mayor-forgets-to-turn-his-mic-off-bathroom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: That Awkward Moment When a Mayor Leaves His Mic on During a Bathroom Visit twitter:description: Viral video shows Georgetown Texas Mayor forgetting to turn off mic during city council meeting twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See the Hilarious Moment When a Mayor Leaves His Mic on During a Bathroom Break  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 4, 2015 7:05 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 4, 2015 7:05 PM UTC Everything about this April 28 city council meeting in Georgetown, Texas, sounded completely civilized and serious — until the mayor forgot to turn off his mic when he went to the bathroom. It all starts when Mayor Dale Ross gets up from his seat at the beginning of this clip from the live-stream of the meeting. Thirty seconds later, as Mayor Pro Tem Rachael Jonrowe talks about friends and family members who have contracted antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases, the man can be heard urinating and then flushing afterward. What could be more embarrassing than having that private moment amplified on a loudspeaker? The Internet alleging that he did not wash his hands because no one could hear the sink running. A [sassy Facebook comment](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story%5Ffbid=1007824922563688&id=208298079183047&comment%5Fid=1007915742554606&offset=0&total%5Fcomments=10&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R1%22%7D) suggests the city should raise money for hand-washing supplies for the facilities. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3845673/texas-mayor-forgets-to-turn-his-mic-off-bathroom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3845673/texas-mayor-forgets-to-turn-his-mic-off-bathroom/"},"headline":"See the Hilarious Moment When a Mayor Leaves His Mic on During a Bathroom Break","datePublished":"2015-05-04T19:05:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:24.464Z","description":"Bringing a whole new meaning to the term \"livestream\"","url":"https://time.com/3845673/texas-mayor-forgets-to-turn-his-mic-off-bathroom/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3845673/texas-mayor-forgets-to-turn-his-mic-off-bathroom/","name":"See the Hilarious Moment When a Mayor Leaves His Mic on During a Bathroom Break"}}]}] ```