Since you’ve been clamoring for it, once a week I may put up a short, work-related post from the restroom at my place of employment. Enjoy.

            

At my workplace, the cafeteria has many points of exit. I like that for a couple of reasons, but mainly because I’m easily able to avoid the people I want to avoid. The restrooms, however, have just one entrance/exit. This makes no sense to me … because oftentimes this design feature works to my disadvantage and the restroom becomes a trap. Without an adequate escape route, I inevitably get cornered into talking to people I don’t want to talk to. And when I’m in a restroom, the next-to-last thing I want to do is talk. But at my workplace, the restroom seems to be a gathering place of sorts. Who are these people who use the restroom as a makeshift conference room? Why do they take it upon themselves to hold lengthy conversations four feet from the urinals and leaning on my stall door?? Keep your meetings out of my john. I’m trying to do business in here, not conduct it. It’s bad enough that I have to put up with toilet paper that is so thin and wispy, it’s like wiping with cotton candy; I don’t need any more aggravation than that. Go talk somewhere else – isn't that what the designated smoking areas are for?

ZJ