# Need a New Nickname for Co-Worker **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036 "2008-03-11T23:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/21 "2008-03-12T12:42:26Z")
I’d suggest Scotty Potty, which is something we actually called someone named Scott when I was growing up. If you’ve ever been to the infield at the Kentucky Derby, you’d know that peeing in the sinks for women is almost passe. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/22 "2008-03-12T12:55:11Z")
**kambukta** , your nan’s story reminds me a lot of the following incident that I recounted in my [travel journal](http://www.crowaptok.com/travelogue/07/no-room-at-the-inn.html) when I was in Vietnam: > [@](#): > > The last time I was in Nha Trang, an incident occurred that illustrated what happens if you make assumptions about people’s habits. An Australian girl with whom we’d been hanging out joined us at a café. I had previously been to the toilet, which was accessible via the kitchen, off a chicken-occupied courtyard at the back of the building. So when this girl asked me “where’s the dunny?”, I gave her instructions. > > She came back from the toilet with a look of disgust on her face. “These people are animals!” she exclaimed. > > “What makes you say that?” I asked. > > “The _toilet_, it’s _disgusting_!” > > Vietnamese toilets don’t have the best reputation in the world, but this one wasn’t any exception. And the Aussie girl had been in Vietnam for quite a while, so I didn’t expect her to be quite so surprised by this one. I enquired further what was wrong with it. > > “It’s just a concrete floor,” she said. “I just had to squat down and take a dump on the floor. How do they _live_ like that?” > > “Er…” I replied. “When I went, it was a normal squatter toilet, with a water scoop, just like normal. Which door did you go in?” I asked. > > “First on the right,” she replied. > > “But the toilet is the second on the right…” I told her. > > Her disgust turned to a creeping and horrific realisation. “Oh my God,” she said, turning white. > > “I just took a dump in their shower.” > > She stood up, and walked out of the café, leaving me to pay for her coffee. I never saw her again. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/23 "2008-03-12T16:32:43Z")
I’ve read **malkavia** ’s OP 3 times, and I can’t find anything to suggest that Scott crapped in the sink. Some of you got that impression, apparently. I’m assuming the dimwit had a “Liquid Only Event.” That’s icky on its own, but nothing compared with a Solid Event in a washbasin. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/24 "2008-03-12T16:37:23Z")
“Shatner” as in “he beamed down a Shatner in the sink”. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/25 "2008-03-12T16:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] “Shatner” as in “he beamed down a Shatner in the sink”. [/QUOTE] … Captain’s log. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/26 "2008-03-12T17:50:07Z")
I just wanted to clarify; Scott, to the best of my knowledge, only drained the gecko. I’m sure if he dropped a deuce in the sink, we’d have received a system-wide email memo from our VP respectfully asking us to defecate only in designated toilets. These are great, guys! In Sink is killing us, as Scott has very… questionable taste in music. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/27 "2008-03-12T17:56:23Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] **kambukta** , your nan’s story reminds me a lot of the following incident that I recounted in my [travel journal](http://www.crowaptok.com/travelogue/07/no-room-at-the-inn.html) when I was in Vietnam: [/QUOTE] We are _dying_ over this story. Oh my god, how horrifying. :eek: 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/28 "2008-03-12T17:56:38Z")
Why is there a sink in the shower? ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/29 "2008-03-12T18:22:39Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] Why is there a sink in the shower? [/QUOTE] It’s not directly in the shower, just next to it. I think the more appropriate question might be, “Why is there a shower in the building?” We don’t have any exercise equipment here. I suspect they’re plotting to move all of us salaried employees into cots in the back in order to get more “bang for their buck”. ---
**Author:** ![Dinocochino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Dinocochino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinocochino)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/30 "2008-03-12T18:33:25Z")
Is Scott a Potty Animal? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/31 "2008-03-12T18:53:55Z")
[QUOTE=malkavia] . . . I think the more appropriate question might be, “Why is there a shower in the building?” . . . [/QUOTE] 1 - in case of emergencies 2 - it makes them a ‘bicycle friendly’ workplace. The idea is that some people might walk, jog, or bike to work if they could shower and change clothes once there, rather than just letting the sweat dry. Our city has an official Bike Plan that includes encouraging workplaces to provide bike racks and showers. It’s in line with CalTrans and FHWA bicycle regulations. Having the plan in place qualifies the City for funds to build bike paths. Our ‘encouragement’ does not extend to requiring buisnesses to install the showers, as far as I know. And even if it did, that might not apply to your area. But that’s probably the basic idea. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/32 "2008-03-12T18:58:16Z")
There’s always “Dick Trickle”. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/33 "2008-03-12T21:35:26Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] 1 - in case of emergencies 2 - it makes them a ‘bicycle friendly’ workplace. The idea is that some people might walk, jog, or bike to work if they could shower and change clothes once there, rather than just letting the sweat dry. (snip) But that’s probably the basic idea. [/QUOTE] You know, now that I think of it, I bet you’re right. I do remember some mention of encouraging employees to bike to work. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/34 "2008-03-12T21:43:55Z")
lieutenant ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/35 "2008-03-12T21:49:03Z")
“Deep Stink” I once peed in the first bidet I ever encountered , the only fixture besides a sink that was in the “bathroom” of a home I visited on my first month in France. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/36 "2008-03-12T22:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] I’ve read **malkavia** ’s OP 3 times, and I can’t find anything to suggest that Scott crapped in the sink. Some of you got that impression, apparently. I’m assuming the dimwit had a “Liquid Only Event.” That’s icky on its own, but nothing compared with a Solid Event in a washbasin. :smack: [/QUOTE] For me it was this: > [@](#): > > I just like having that big door that goes all the way to the floor so other people can’t see my shoes, ya know?! Guys don’t care if people see their shoes while they’re peeing, since we pee standing next to each other all the time. Often without so much as a divider, much less a door. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/37 "2008-03-13T14:20:48Z")
Sinkboy Scotty Potty Captain Ooops Stinky Sinky Or some very descriptive but obscure acronym, and then you’d just call him by the first two initials? “Scott, Who Peed in the Sink Thinking It was a Toilet, What an Idiot, Can You Believe He Did That?”, but just call him S.W. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/38 "2008-03-13T14:43:17Z")
Sweet Pee ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/39 "2008-03-13T15:17:35Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] I’ve read **malkavia** ’s OP 3 times, and I can’t find anything to suggest that Scott crapped in the sink. Some of you got that impression, apparently. I’m assuming the dimwit had a “Liquid Only Event.” [/QUOTE] Yeah, but that really limits the choices of nicknames, so we can go ahead and assume whatever we want. Urine Trouble. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036/40 "2008-03-13T20:34:35Z")
Nothing clever here. Sink Pisser pretty much covers it. “Hey Sink Pisser, piss in any sinks lately?” I really don’t see how someone could mistake a sink for a urinal. You’re almost better off not even bothering with a nickname. Just reference the event whenever you get a chance. “Don’t forget to flush…I mean turn off the tap.” Or at least just give him a funny grin when you see him heading to the restroom. Seems pretty strange to care that much about someone seeing your feet. I’d rather have someone know I’m there than have someone try to open the door. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-nickname-for-co-worker/441036.md?page=3)