Stinky Business
I've been giving a lot of thought to the bathrooms at my workplace and proper restroom etiquette. Before you get all creeped out, let me explain...
I work in an office with 12 employees that work at our location all the time and 8 employees that work at other locations and come in about 1-2 times per month.
We have 2 unisex bathrooms (although there are no men located in our office and 2 men that come in occasionally). Each bathroomn is a large room with the commode, and sink and lots of room for a wheelchair.
While I have a strict rule about doing "stinky business" (i.e. going "#2") at work, unfortunately not everyone shares my philosophy. I would have to be VERY will to even consider it and even then I would probably drive home instead!
So here is my dilemma. How does one go about suggesting that one bathroom be designated as the "stinky business" room. I mean think about it. If everyone who had "#2" business to do went into the designated bathrooom then the rest of us could use the "#1" bathroom and not have to smell the after effects of other peoples culinary choices or the cloying smell of the Febreeze air freshener.
Considering that we have all women in the office most of the time, I am shocked at how often the stinky business even happens. I've always lived with the notion that men were the only ones who had no problem doing their BM business in public! Boy was I naive! One coworker (a female) reported at lunch one day that the removal of her gallbladder leads to extended times in the bathroom after she eats. I'm sorry TMI (and I don't mean Three Mile Island!). Sure enough, about an hour after lunch she is hunkered down in the bathroom for over 15 minutes while her lunch makes a hasty exit from her body. Oh yeah, and there goes half a can of Febreeze!
So how does one broach the subject of a "pee pee" and "poo poo" bathroom? A simple concept but not so easy to execute. Suggestions??
I work in an office with 12 employees that work at our location all the time and 8 employees that work at other locations and come in about 1-2 times per month.
We have 2 unisex bathrooms (although there are no men located in our office and 2 men that come in occasionally). Each bathroomn is a large room with the commode, and sink and lots of room for a wheelchair.
While I have a strict rule about doing "stinky business" (i.e. going "#2") at work, unfortunately not everyone shares my philosophy. I would have to be VERY will to even consider it and even then I would probably drive home instead!
So here is my dilemma. How does one go about suggesting that one bathroom be designated as the "stinky business" room. I mean think about it. If everyone who had "#2" business to do went into the designated bathrooom then the rest of us could use the "#1" bathroom and not have to smell the after effects of other peoples culinary choices or the cloying smell of the Febreeze air freshener.
Considering that we have all women in the office most of the time, I am shocked at how often the stinky business even happens. I've always lived with the notion that men were the only ones who had no problem doing their BM business in public! Boy was I naive! One coworker (a female) reported at lunch one day that the removal of her gallbladder leads to extended times in the bathroom after she eats. I'm sorry TMI (and I don't mean Three Mile Island!). Sure enough, about an hour after lunch she is hunkered down in the bathroom for over 15 minutes while her lunch makes a hasty exit from her body. Oh yeah, and there goes half a can of Febreeze!
So how does one broach the subject of a "pee pee" and "poo poo" bathroom? A simple concept but not so easy to execute. Suggestions??
posted by Lulu Carmichael at
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