So I am new to this poop reporting, but so far I have not read anything that compares to the bathroom drama that I have had to deal with. First, to let it be known: I am a woman that will partake in farting contests. No bodily functions have ever bothered me -- until the stench started to appear.
The first time that I smelled it was about a year ago. This smell in the women's bathroom at work consisted of the familiar B.O. of a fellow employee and the added extra -- no, not poop, but a stench far worse. It was that smell that comes from the dirty, sweaty region that we will call "the taco." This smell cannot be covered up and has been known to last for hours after the particular person has left.
But we learned to get by with this. I mean, at least the bathroom is still clean, right? Just cover you nose and go right in.
Well, I wish the drama had stopped at the smell. But I must continue with what has happened in the last month. Yes, unlike most of the stories on the website, this one is an ongoing drama.
The next issue was found about a month ago: someone had shit down the front of the toilet. And the culprit was known -- by the smell that was left behind after the deed.
I am not so sure how this could happen, and many a debate has been launched by this phenomenon. I have even discussed the issue with my mother (who was completely appalled and has since been inspecting her work toilet). This mess took a week to clean.
I wish that I could say the drama has since ended. But it has not.
It stopped for one week while this particular person was away; but the day that she came back there was blood all over the seat. I think that I would rather have poop that the monthly devil. So finally HR put up signs. "DID YOU WASH YOUR HANDS?" it said in big letters. (This particular person has been seen many times leaving the bathroom without cleaning her hands.) Everyone has seen the signs. There was also an extra sign about cleaning up after yourself, with very harsh words.
So, at this point, the mess has stopped. But I think that someone did not like the signs that were placed up pointing out their nasty habits. The first time the signs were ripped down they were just placed in the bathroom trashcan. So we re-hung them. The next time they were taking down was on a particular Friday during which only one person was the last one in the office; that time, they were discarded somewhere else.
So the drama will inevitably continue until someone has the nerve to confront this person -- which will never happen. How do you tell someone not to shit where I sit? Or to make sure that you scrub the girl out once a day during "that time?" And how would you tell this person that taking down the signs does not stop people from knowing that you are unclean, nasty, nasty, nasty woman?
I will never know because I will never confront her on her issue. I cannot even look her in the face, because all I think about is how nasty she must be to have these smells coming from her.
If you are this woman -- or any woman -- please clean your girl once a day. And wipe your shit and other stuff off of the seat. Think about those that may come after you -- they do not want to smell you or see why you were in the bathroom.