I remember being 14 and conspiring with a friend on HOW to clog up/overflow the toilet at the BP down the street.
We tried a rock, maxi pads, and loads of toilet paper. THEN, we found an old pair of reading glasses on the curb. We tried that, and left. An hour later, we went back. It said OUT OF ORDER on the door. Success! And from then on, they gave you a key. (WE also used to full around with the payphone and send people free samples of Tampax!)
The restrooms at the truck stop where I work are often quite vile. For some reason, truck drivers seem to find it hilarious to shit in the sink. We’ve lost more janitors that way. My favorite incident, though, happened just a few weeks ago. I was sitting on the john (after wiping it down with the liquid Seat Doctor, provided by my ever-so-caring boss), minding my own business, when a woman came in and took the stall right next to me, which pissed me off to start with, because there’s four fucking stalls and I see no reason why I should have to do my business within two feet of some total stranger. So anyway, she sits down and I swear her ass started detonating in the crapper. Grab your smelling salts, folks. God knows I would’ve loved to have some right about then. It was loud, it was stinky, and it went on and on. And in the middle of all this, I heard her pull out a cell phone, dial, and start having a conversation! :rolleyes:
I weep for the death of class and good taste in this country. Is there really no hope?
Next time I’ll relate the tale of the exploding colostomy bag in the restaurant.
In middle of the main yard of the prison where I work there is a small building with a toilet and sink. Unfortunately, due to the poor construction (your tax dollars at work) of the plumbing, the pipes freeze in the winter time. So when the weather starts getting cold we turn off the water and drain the pipes. The inmates in the yard then have to ask to be let into the gym to use the inside toilets.
About five years ago, our maintenance department shut off the water one day and didn’t tell anyone they had done so. They also neglected to lock the door into the building. As a result of this, inmates continued to use the toilet even though it wasn’t working. It was several hours before one inmate finally mentioned to an officer that the toilet was getting full.
The inmate whose job it was to clean this building was called and told he’d have to clean out the toilet. He took one look and said “No offense officer, but there’s no way in hell I’m going to clean out that toilet.” The officer, who had seen the toilet, said “I don’t blame you. I’d refuse to clean it too.” We finally found another inmate who had lost a month of TV privileges for a rules violation. He volunteered to clean the toilet out in exchange for getting his TV watching back.
I cannot believe certain women in this building. We have two sinks in the ladies room. The drain on one has been extremely slow for several weeks because some people insist on cleaning their lunch dishes and washing the food residue down the drain as if there was a garbage disposal. So, the sink on the right is pretty much useless. Two days ago, I encountered one of the airheads washing out her dishes in the left side sink. This morning, I note THAT drain is slow.
HOW STUPID ARE THESE WOMEN???
And, of course, because the government is energy conscious, we have no hot water in the building. none… ever…
If I wasn’t so close to retirement, I’d look at private industry.