Alright, let me preceed this with a little info. My agency handles millions of dollars in business every day. We write a metric shitload of Houston's biggest & wealthiest corporations and have a showplace of an office with marble floors in the entrance, conference room with mega-skyline view on the 19th floor, etc, with frequent visits from clients and company representatives. I think the youngest person employed out of about 200 is the mail guy, and he's 22. IOW, all the women here are older and presumably adults.
Or are they? E-memo just received from HR:
At the request of your co-workers it's time for another discussion on the proper use of the ladies restroom. When you have to use the restroom, please treat our restrooms as you would the bathrooms in your home - we want our restrooms to be nice and not like the ones in Wal-Mart, Target or Sears! These restrooms are not only used by our employees, but clients and visitors as well. First impressions! Here are a few general rules for bathroom etiquette.
1. Please clean up after yourselves. By that I mean, if you use one of the toilet seat covers, make sure you flush it!
2. Make sure you turn around and look in the toilet when you flush. Everything should go down. If not, flush again. Nobody likes to see "floaters".
3. If your "Aunt" has come to visit, please make sure if you dribble anything on the toilet seat, on the floor, or the wall (don't ask), please clean it up......
4. If you need assistance, sit and wait for someone to come in and ask for help. We are all at some time or another, in need of assistance.
5. If for some reason the toilet backs-up, please let us know. We will call maintenance.
6. Please wash your hands before leaving.........
Lastly, none of us like to go into the ladies room and see these things. It is very disgusting and very inappropriate. We certainly want to project an adult image. I hope I did not offend anyone, but sometimes these things need to be said. It is each and every persons' responsibility to pick up and clean up after themselves. Thank you for listening and should you have any suggestions, please let your HR department know.
I added the following, from personal experience:
I'd like to add one point pursuant to the 19th floor: the last stall does not lock properly, no matter what one does. If the stall is closed, please take a moment to look under the door, or if bending is difficult for some reason, please knock before just yanking the door open.
After this, I'm screaming if it happens again. :angry: