A rant that is too long for twitter
I work in a building that is broken up into a few large work areas (cubicles for our call center and finance folks, of which there are about 100 employees in each section), a manufacturing area, and then a few obscure hallways or office groupings. I work on one of the small hallways that has 8 offices down the length of the hallway. At the beginning of our hallway, there is a men's restroom and a women's restroom, both of which are very small in comparison to the other restrooms in our building.
So our women's restroom has only 1 stall in it. Which, I will admit, is nice since it provides a bit more privacy than a bathroom with 3-5 stalls. The hallway that I work on is also not a main-traffic area, so a lot of people that work in the larger cubicle areas do not know that it is here. However, a group of women have recently discovered that this private little bathroom exists, and have begun to use it when they need to do a stinky.
I wouldn't mind the increased traffic to this bathroom, since I only use it a few times a day. Except that now when I want to use it, it smells. because this is the chosen bathroom that women (who have plenty of bathrooms on their own side of the building) use when they need a little extra time in the bathroom. It sucks, but I deal with it.
The funny part is that a lot of these women also have bad bathroom etiquette. They like to do their business while talking on their cell phones. What they don't realize, is that the bathroom is small and it echoes A LOT. Every office in our hallway can hear everything that the person is saying on the phone. Being one of only 2 women on this hallway, my coworkers have tried to convince me to put a sign up in the bathroom that warns cell phone users that the entire hallway can hear their conversation. I refuse to put up the sign, and am quite humored (except when I'm REALLY trying to get work done) by the things that I hear.
We've heard quite a few fun conversations. And the bathroom still remains stinky :-(
So our women's restroom has only 1 stall in it. Which, I will admit, is nice since it provides a bit more privacy than a bathroom with 3-5 stalls. The hallway that I work on is also not a main-traffic area, so a lot of people that work in the larger cubicle areas do not know that it is here. However, a group of women have recently discovered that this private little bathroom exists, and have begun to use it when they need to do a stinky.
I wouldn't mind the increased traffic to this bathroom, since I only use it a few times a day. Except that now when I want to use it, it smells. because this is the chosen bathroom that women (who have plenty of bathrooms on their own side of the building) use when they need a little extra time in the bathroom. It sucks, but I deal with it.
The funny part is that a lot of these women also have bad bathroom etiquette. They like to do their business while talking on their cell phones. What they don't realize, is that the bathroom is small and it echoes A LOT. Every office in our hallway can hear everything that the person is saying on the phone. Being one of only 2 women on this hallway, my coworkers have tried to convince me to put a sign up in the bathroom that warns cell phone users that the entire hallway can hear their conversation. I refuse to put up the sign, and am quite humored (except when I'm REALLY trying to get work done) by the things that I hear.
We've heard quite a few fun conversations. And the bathroom still remains stinky :-(