And now onto a totally different topic: Office restrooms why are they so messy.. (random thought)

Original post by Xelindrya

Feb 06, 2004 02:11 PM

Seriously though I wonder. I work in a very professional environment. Most of the women are very professional and 'proper'. Then you go to the bathroom

The things that I just DONT get:

1. Ok ladies I understand the hover move, really I do, but can’t you TRY to aim correctly. If you miss can’t you wipe the seat? (And we think men are bad?) I hate putting down my toilet sheet and see drops of fresh wetness seep through. Then I have to toss that one and wipe the toilet, flush and reset my sheet. (NO our toilets don’t splash back)

2. So you grab for the TP and a tiny bit falls off (you know those tiny pieces). Why do they let it fall to the ground? The floor is littered with little scraps of paper.

3. Speaking of scraps of paper, tampons and napkins.. look there’s a trash thingy right there, USE it. If you drop the string .. pick it up. (same for those tiny pieces of TP)

4. We have an area for sitting and primping. We also have a mirrored wall for the sinks. Please don’t spray your hairspray while I’m tinkling at the sinks. It’s annoying.

5. Speaking of spray, why do some women thing it’s ok to spray perfume or god knows what while their on the can? To what cover up a smell? Trust me it’s NOT helping!!!

6. Ok so now onto the sinks themselves. Ladies, running water over your finger tips is NOT washing, why pretend?

7. So you actually do wash your hands (must be a guilty conscience) why must you slash everywhere and just ignore when you’re done. I just LOVE it when the woman in question says “Damn.. I got my shirt wet” but does nothing to pick up the water.

8. Same rule applies with brushing your teeth. My god you’re spitting at the sink can you at least make sure it all makes it in?

9. Here’s a REAL simple one.. F L U S H the damned toilet. Come on people, think about it, you avoid the toilet that isn’t flushed, what makes you think I’ll use it?

10. Turn off the water at the sinks. I hate when people walk off and leave the water running. I always end up having to turn off a least one sink. One lady (yes foreign) thought they turned themselves off and would just walk away after wetting her fingers.

Just thought I’d share a few…. Anyone else have any?

Sage10.03 Posted: Feb 06, 2004 03:08 PM

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Posted by KathleenG

Posted by CherylBooch

Also I LOVE when the men in the office take the newspaper with them to the Men's room. It kills me everytime!

Oh my God!! My former manager actually used to have me go down to the lobby to the newspaper stand and 'borrow' car magazines (they had a good relationship with him so they didn't care.) Anyways, when I would return upstairs and hand him the magazine he would then make a beeline for the bathroom. He even had the balls to ask me to return it to them a few times!!!!!

EWWWWWWWWWWW

OctGroom Posted: Feb 06, 2004 03:12 PM

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Finally.. a forum. a forum that speaks to me..

You said 'Poop.' hehe

KathleenG Posted: Feb 06, 2004 03:20 PM

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Posted by Sage10.03

Posted by KathleenG

Posted by CherylBooch

Also I LOVE when the men in the office take the newspaper with them to the Men's room. It kills me everytime!

Oh my God!! My former manager actually used to have me go down to the lobby to the newspaper stand and 'borrow' car magazines (they had a good relationship with him so they didn't care.) Anyways, when I would return upstairs and hand him the magazine he would then make a beeline for the bathroom. He even had the balls to ask me to return it to them a few times!!!!!

EWWWWWWWWWWW

Needless to say I left that job as soon as possible!!

Xelindrya Posted: Feb 06, 2004 03:51 PM

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I worked as a Proctor at St. Johns Law school for a season and one girl I had to work with said 'I gotta go take a crap'
uhmm Thanks..

Later I had to go tinkle so I figured she's gonna be done by now and chewing on teh free food. I go up and she had apparently been at the free food adn was JUST getting to the bathroom. She sees me .. hold the door and we go in.

I use the bathroom and as Im sitting there I hear her start to grunt. I feel embarassed and quicky tinkle and redress.

Now she starts talking 'Dear lord.. come out already.. ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!' uhmm My mind is thinking 'GET OUT NOW. “ I washed my hands and I hear her plop a few out Plop.. grunt… Plop.. squeak… Plop.. exhale… Deep breath… PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSH..

I got my butt out fast. After she finished she comes back to our little table (we were hall monitors) she sits down and just starts talking like nothing changed. “so…. How’d you find out about this?”

She TOTALLY freaked me out. What’s worse is that day I know what she had for dinner.. spicy chinese take out.. and I got to smell it too. I tried to avoid her.

brideinapril Posted: Feb 06, 2004 03:55 PM

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EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!

jennbaby Posted: Feb 06, 2004 03:58 PM

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Posted by Shamee

I've got the nastiest one!!

Some old hag a$$ in here who picks her nose while she's on the bowl and then wipes it next to the toilet paper dispenser, so you have to be careful when you reach for the paper that you don't get her booger on your hand!! I had enough of her 'decorative art' on the walls of the stall, so I made up this HUGE poster saying 'Can the person who gets creative with their snot please stop putting it on the wall and use the paper that's next to you to blow your nose!!'. I also found this nasty avatar of a woman with her finger up her nose, included it on the poster and plastered it on every stall wall!!

Needless to say, it was a huge sucess since everyone was getting grossed out over the situation and no one in HR would address it when it was brought to their attention. Let's just say the artwork ceased after the posters went up!

barf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OctGroom Posted: Feb 06, 2004 04:07 PM

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Posted by Xelindrya

I worked as a Proctor at St. Johns Law school for a season and one girl I had to work with said 'I gotta go take a crap'
uhmm Thanks..

Later I had to go tinkle so I figured she's gonna be done by now and chewing on teh free food. I go up and she had apparently been at the free food adn was JUST getting to the bathroom. She sees me .. hold the door and we go in.

I use the bathroom and as Im sitting there I hear her start to grunt. I feel embarassed and quicky tinkle and redress.

Now she starts talking 'Dear lord.. come out already.. ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!' uhmm My mind is thinking 'GET OUT NOW. “ I washed my hands and I hear her plop a few out Plop.. grunt… Plop.. squeak… Plop.. exhale… Deep breath… PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSH..

I got my butt out fast. After she finished she comes back to our little table (we were hall monitors) she sits down and just starts talking like nothing changed. “so…. How’d you find out about this?”

She TOTALLY freaked me out. What’s worse is that day I know what she had for dinner.. spicy chinese take out.. and I got to smell it too. I tried to avoid her.

If there was a post of the century.. you WIN!

I sometimes think of Scary Movie 2 when James Woods is on the toilet as far as people talking on the bowl goes. I have even quoted the movie out of just making myself laugh when I'm on the bowl.

But that's too much 411..

MrsTC Posted: Feb 06, 2004 04:09 PM

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that is so gross

Latina511 Posted: Feb 06, 2004 04:12 PM

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Thank god, ours are always clean.

Xelindrya Posted: Feb 06, 2004 04:13 PM

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My favorite was I was taking a tinkle in my office and had just sit down when I hear a woman enter and she says 'Just so you know, whoever is in here, I'm not feeling well, I ate something bad and this whole place is gonna be smelling in a few seconds'

Man I pissed like a horse and bolted out.

Thank god she warned me tho. Later I thought 'Damn that took balls!' i could NEVER do that!

Danielle&Scott Posted: Feb 06, 2004 04:56 PM

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Now that is funny.

I was in the bathroom one day (not in the stall) and there was someone in one of the stalls doing his deed. Well the whole time I was in there, this guy was on his cell phone speaking to one of his clients. I couldnt stop the giggling under my breath, because he was farting and making all these noises and the whole time he is on the phone with a client.

I had to bust out laughing...I was washing my hands as fast as I could to get out of there so I could laugh.

OctGroom Posted: Feb 06, 2004 05:08 PM

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Posted by Xelindrya

My favorite was I was taking a tinkle in my office and had just sit down when I hear a woman enter and she says 'Just so you know, whoever is in here, I'm not feeling well, I ate something bad and this whole place is gonna be smelling in a few seconds'

Man I pissed like a horse and bolted out.

Thank god she warned me tho. Later I thought 'Damn that took balls!' i could NEVER do that!

She did the RIGHT thing.. in the eyes of the Church, the President, and the Free World.

OctGroom Posted: Feb 06, 2004 05:09 PM

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Posted by Danielle&Scott

Now that is funny.

I was in the bathroom one day (not in the stall) and there was someone in one of the stalls doing his deed. Well the whole time I was in there, this guy was on his cell phone speaking to one of his clients. I couldnt stop the giggling under my breath, because he was farting and making all these noises and the whole time he is on the phone with a client.

I had to bust out laughing...I was washing my hands as fast as I could to get out of there so I could laugh.

The noises are the BEST part...

cocoa Posted: Feb 06, 2004 09:03 PM

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this is too funny!!! i'm dying here...the booger one is NASTY!!! omg, ahhh, that was funny! one thing i don't get is the hand washing thing. it's not hard!!! and the best is when someone goes to eat after!!! omg, you just wiped your a$$ and then you stick your hands in your mouth???

Maribelle7777 Posted: Feb 07, 2004 12:30 AM

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I don't know X....none of that (except maybe a bit of the pee on the toilet but that's very rare) happens in the ladies room I use.

I've never seen anyone hairspray their hair, anyone doing makeup does it by the vanity/mirror in another section of hte bathroom and I've never seen tampon covers or strings (ick) left behind on the floors.

I don't know about the other floors. I wonder what the paralegal's floor's bathrooms look like.

I odn't know about the handwashing thing - I guess I'm just oblivious about others washing their hands.

Sorry you have to deal with all that!

butterfly20 Posted: Feb 07, 2004 09:47 AM

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office rest rooms?????

i think youve described office ones, school ones, amusement park ones, EVERY public restroom....

last time i was at six flags i got SOOOOOOOO disgusted, i looked into about 9 stalls and saw major pee splattered all over the seat.. before i found one that was half way clean and wipeaple...

WHY DO PEOPLE LEAVE PUDDLES OF PEE ON THE TOILET SEAT????????? its soooooo easy to see, why cant they just wipe it up..

... fh just commented his office building has clean restrooms cause theres always a guy cleaning them..

anna Posted: Feb 07, 2004 10:49 AM

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This post is HYSTERICAL !!!!!!! LMAO

Xelindrya Posted: Feb 07, 2004 01:27 PM

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Public bathrooms are NASTY.

I remember once really really really having to go (damn sodas) and Look in a stall quickly that seemed decent. put the sheet down quickly hovered (since I didnt check for spots) and was relieved. Hey sometimes you really gotta go..

When the sheet flushed I saw that back by the flusher thingy (you know the silver pole attached behind the seat)..... it was SMEARED around with.. well you get the idea.. I was so grossed out.

This was in Roosevelt Field Mall. Macy's.

Now I only tinkle in Nordstroms & Bloomingdales. Jim thinks Im funny.

Movie bathrooms are bad too.. NEVER have TP, half of them are broken, other half are dirty.. Sticky floors.. ew.

butterfly20 Posted: Feb 07, 2004 01:33 PM

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veronica...
sounds very icky...

i also think there should be 3 bathrooms.. the third for people with children.. alot of times ill see a parent and child walk out of the bathroom stall and there will be pee all over the seat...

Xelindrya Posted: Feb 07, 2004 01:38 PM

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Posted by butterfly20

i also think there should be 3 bathrooms.. the third for people with children.. alot of times ill see a parent and child walk out of the bathroom stall and there will be pee all over the seat...

True.. I always feel bad for parents.. those kids need kid size potties.

AND bigger stalls. When I had to take my sister to the bathroom she was afraid to be alone, so I had to in the stall with her. Your back is on the door and your knees are almost touching the kids.. and you're supposed to check to make sure she cleaned herself correctly (she was potty training) get her dressed in that space???? Annoying!