# Workplace griping, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401 "2010-11-12T06:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9157
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/9157 "2015-07-27T20:38:52Z")
> [@tenacious\_j](#): > > Why do I have to hear about a stranger’s private parts Just because she is having a baby. Yes, congratulations on your niece’s upcoming baby-having, but the whole office does not need hourly cervix updates. Not centimeters, not mucus, none of it. Since when do you not consider this ok to discuss at random? > I guaran-damn-tee that the neice doesn’t know we all know about what’s happening to her hoo-ha and didn’t give the ok to blab about it. Eew. So next time the aunt is away from her desk at a meeting or something, call the hospital and get connected to the niece. Tell her that her aunt has been in a meeting, and you haven’t had an update for at least 20 minutes. Ask her how many centimeters she is dilated now, how regular her contractions are, etc. You might also ask her if, after the birth, she is planning to have herself stitched up some, to be tight enough to satisfy her husband – tell her the poll of the women in the office is strongly in favor of that. She might then tell her aunt to be more discreet. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401)._