# Am I the \*only\* guy with common sense on this floor? (bathroom rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 30, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802 "2006-05-30T23:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/1 "2006-05-30T23:07:09Z")
I’ve mentioned [the trash situation and wet toilet seats before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=3040527&highlight=trash#post3040527) but it’s not as bad here than it was in our previous location. The seat situation has markedly improved. But today? Oy! Around noon, I noticed that one of our soap dispensers (similar to [this](http://www.globalsources.com/MAGAZINE/GH/HK06S1/IMAGES/HK06S1_2K34WINGFAI.JPG) was broken. The little gray plastic piece you push in to get soap out was missing one of its hinges. So I took the cover off to get at the soap, which comes in plastic bags with a rubber tube at the bottom. If you’ve ever seen inside a 7-11 cheese/chili dispenser, it’s like those containers but much smaller. These things work on a suction principle–repeatedly push the rubber tube and out comes the product. Simple, right? Not for one of the common sense-impaired around here. Next time I went in there was about four hours later. First thing I see after taking a leak is soap covering half the counter! _Why is soap covering half the counter_, thinks I. My eyes move up to the dispenser, with its soap container now lopsided and someone ripped a hole in the top right corner! What the fuck was he thinking? _Was_ he thinking? Maybe it was one of the microbephobes who are afraid to touch the anything in there with their bare hand. 'Course, they’d have to touch the plastic bag with their bare hand in ordrer to rip a hole in it, right? Very weird, but probably not as weird as the interior decorator. I hope we don’t have to go weeks with only one dispenser like the last time. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/2 "2006-05-31T00:27:21Z")
I’m still wondering why I’ve worked for two companies since I graduated college and both are apparently packed full of guys who feel the best way to get rid of unwanted mucous is to pick it and leave it on the wall. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/3 "2006-05-31T00:45:30Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > I’m still wondering why I’ve worked for two companies since I graduated college and both are apparently packed full of guys who feel the best way to get rid of unwanted mucous is to pick it and leave it on the wall. WTF? Seriously! What do they think the underside of desks were invented for? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/4 "2006-05-31T00:49:29Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Seriously! What do they think the underside of desks were invented for? Um, which orifice are you shooting mucus out of that you manage to make it land on the underside of a desk? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/5 "2006-05-31T01:47:40Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Um, which orifice are you shooting mucus out of that you manage to make it land on the underside of a desk? You pick and wipe, jeez. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/6 "2006-05-31T01:50:36Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > I’m still wondering why I’ve worked for two companies since I graduated college and both are apparently packed full of guys who feel the best way to get rid of unwanted mucous is to pick it and leave it on the wall. WTF? I agree. They’re morons. Everybody knows the best way is to close one nostril and blow a really hard snot rocket out of the other one. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/7 "2006-05-31T02:08:57Z")
Errr…the only problem here is given your title I’m thinking of you as a guy on the bathroom floor. Which doesn’t show a lot of common sense in general…unless your the only guy who stays out of the wet spots. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/8 "2006-05-31T12:24:05Z")
Sometimes girls don’t show to much common sense either. This year at uni I was sharing a bathroom with three other girls, and I swear one of them never flushed. Ever. (I have no idea which one, but there’s only three likely culprits.) (TMI Alert) Said girl also thought the toilet was the best place to dump used tampons. There are some things I don’t need to see first thing in the morning. Or right after lunch, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/9 "2006-05-31T13:46:25Z")
I’m still trying to figure out who keeps stuffing toilet paper in the urinal. Seriously, If you feel the need to wipe after you piss, then why not use the toilet that is designed to flush solids. Besides, I’ve seen the huge fucking wads you leave in there. If you’re dripping that much after you go, then you should see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/10 "2006-05-31T13:53:22Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve mentioned [the trash situation and wet toilet seats before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=3040527&highlight=trash#post3040527) but it’s not as bad here than it was in our previous location. The seat situation has markedly improved. But today? Oy! > > Around noon, I noticed that one of our soap dispensers (similar to [this](http://www.globalsources.com/MAGAZINE/GH/HK06S1/IMAGES/HK06S1_2K34WINGFAI.JPG) was broken. The little gray plastic piece you push in to get soap out was missing one of its hinges. So I took the cover off to get at the soap, which comes in plastic bags with a rubber tube at the bottom. If you’ve ever seen inside a 7-11 cheese/chili dispenser, it’s like those containers but much smaller. These things work on a suction principle–repeatedly push the rubber tube and out comes the product. Simple, right? Not for one of the common sense-impaired around here. > > Next time I went in there was about four hours later. First thing I see after taking a leak is soap covering half the counter! _Why is soap covering half the counter_, thinks I. My eyes move up to the dispenser, with its soap container now lopsided and someone ripped a hole in the top right corner! What the fuck was he thinking? _Was_ he thinking? Maybe it was one of the microbephobes who are afraid to touch the anything in there with their bare hand. 'Course, they’d have to touch the plastic bag with their bare hand in ordrer to rip a hole in it, right? Very weird, but probably not as weird as the interior decorator. > > I hope we don’t have to go weeks with only one dispenser like the last time. I listened to my husband bitch about the conditions of the bathroom at work for years. I finally picked up the phone and called the local health department. That took care of it. They got a janitor whose job it was to clean, refill, sweep, flush, and what have you. They had human turds on the goddamned floor fercrissakes. Then he’d walk in it, track it through the warehouse where they make food containers. No place to wash his hands, etc. FUCK THAT. Drop a dime. Your employer will wake up in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/11 "2006-05-31T13:55:25Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > Said girl also thought the toilet was the best place to dump used tampons. er… Tampons are flushable. Some older plumbing systems may not handle them well, but unless it’s posted “do not flush anything but toilet paper” most women will assume it’s ok to flush them. Of course, “flush” is the operative word here. Leaving them floating in the bowl is ickier than icky. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/12 "2006-05-31T14:12:26Z")
Actually, we were told specifically not to flush them, although it wasn’t posted (Probably because it’s an older building–the other two toilets in the building both broke at one point during the year, and our shower flooded). Beyond that, I don’t use tampons, so I can’t say what’s normal. I do know that at least one other floor had a ‘mellow yellow’ rule–we didn’t, but I could have lived with it if I only found yellow. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/13 "2006-05-31T15:17:46Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > Actually, we were told specifically not to flush them, although it wasn’t posted (Probably because it’s an older building–the other two toilets in the building both broke at one point during the year, and our shower flooded). Beyond that, I don’t use tampons, so I can’t say what’s normal. I do know that at least one other floor had a ‘mellow yellow’ rule–we didn’t, but I could have lived with it if I only found yellow. That’s just disgusting. I mean, yeah…if I have to. But fercrissakes…they need to fix the plumbing or move to another building! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/14 "2006-05-31T16:48:16Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I listened to my husband bitch about the conditions of the bathroom at work for years. I finally picked up the phone and called the local health department. That took care of it. They got a janitor whose job it was to clean, refill, sweep, flush, and what have you. They had human turds on the goddamned floor fercrissakes. Then he’d walk in it, track it through the warehouse where they make food containers. No place to wash his hands, etc. FUCK THAT. Drop a dime. Your employer will wake up in a hurry. At least it’s not that bad here. I’m in an office building, and have only seen turds on the bathroom floor once. And those were wrapped in toilet paper. > [@betenoir](#): > > Errr…the only problem here is given your title I’m thinking of you as a guy on the bathroom floor. Ninth floor, not bathroom. We also get guys from tenth as well, and I go up there if the bathroom on this floor is unavailable, because tenth is part of the same branch. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/15 "2006-05-31T18:37:19Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > At least it’s not that bad here. I’m in an office building, and have only seen turds on the bathroom floor once. And those were wrapped in toilet paper… Did you have to unwrap them to find out what they were? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/16 "2006-05-31T19:10:31Z")
Mexicans seem to have a nearly universal fear of flushing toilet paper, presumably due to sketchy plumbing in their homeland. I’ve heard of the used toilet paper in the wastebasket thing from many people who work with predominantly Mexican workforces. However, this doesn’t explain overstuffed toilets that overflow. My husband’s company had that problem. I think they did it to piss off management. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/17 "2006-05-31T19:44:20Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#): > > Did you have to unwrap them to find out what they were? It was fairly obvious. Maybe someone ahead of me unwrapped the “present”. > [@Kalhoun](#): > > However, this doesn’t explain overstuffed toilets that overflow. My husband’s company had that problem. I think they did it to piss off management. I once encountered what I thought was an ordinary unflushed toilet but turns out that what I thought was a turd was really some brown paper towels. Might’ve someone’s idea of a practical joke–trick some rube into flushing and hope it overflows! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/18 "2006-05-31T19:49:01Z")
Regarding overstuffed toilets: perhaps it’s [this phenomenon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6056584&highlight=roll#post6056584)? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/19 "2006-05-31T19:50:02Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > And those were wrapped in toilet paper. What the hell?? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802/20 "2006-05-31T20:03:03Z")
I’m going to indulge my attention-whore self, and link to two related-topic threads I started a while ago: [Non-flushing bastards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318063) and [Nose-picking no-goodniks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351014) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-with-common-sense-on-this-floor-bathroom-rant/358802.md?page=2)