A man awaiting his turn to register as a sex offender at a Seattle sheriffs office showed why he was there in the first place: He masturbated in the lobby , the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Monday.

A King County Sheriffs Office employee allegedly saw Anthony Hardison in the act, a week after he was sentenced and released for time served for exposing himself to female bus drivers, the P-I wrote.

According to the police report cited by the P-I, Hardison, 50, was spotted Aug. 12 by the female employee intentionally mak(ing) an open and obscene exposure of his penis. The employee said she was shocked, angered and disgusted.