Posted on 05/02/2006 by ACube2Graphic
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I work as a Graphic Designer at a medium sized, car parts wholesale company in Southern California. Most of the 40+ staff here are guys (only 5 women), and luckily I'm a Tomboy with biker friends that is phased by very little male strutting or gross-outs. BUT.....we have a few boys here that must have only recently figured out how to read "Men/Women" on the doors of the bathrooms or pee with their "equipment" as they keep using the womens' bathroom and peeing all over the seat and floor, leaving toilet paper/paper towels on the floor, and water splashed on the floor (hopefully from the sink). Now we're not an overly sensitive group of militant office estrogen, and the guys using our bathroom was not a concern, UNTIL they started missing the "target" and generally being slobs. We have, individually, complained to the GM about this. He finally told us that "that was easy enough to solve; the boys don't need to use it." And the same afternoon, he was overheard telling a dept. mgr. that he is responsible for cleaning up after his guys if they use the Ladies Room! He's the kinda guy that'll tell people whatever they want to hear if it'll make them leave quietly. The other problem is, he is also our acting HR person, as we don't have anyone officially designated in that position. Most complaints are met with a "you figure out how to deal with it" attitude. Complaints to any outside agency would most probably be retaliated against, and, since there are only 5 women, 2 of us very vocal, it'd be an easy process of elimination. Other than that, the job's tolerable :)
POST A COMMENTthe confessor(05/05/2006)
What you've described is a ticking time-bomb. How long before a female coworker is flashed by a guy in the ladies room and the sicko argues that it's ok to be in there. The fact that the HR guy is slimy makes it worse. The ladies room is for ladies. Get a bigger men's room or porta-potties in the meanwhile.
ACube2Graphic(05/05/2006)
We may well be getting a locking door soon (the kind with the push button key pad)...I think the boss is gettin' tired of hearing from the Estrogen Brigade.
vanilla ginger(05/05/2006)
Well, you could also go the "gross out" route to discourage male visitors from entering the sanctity of the women's lavatory. I'll leave "gross out" up to your imagination. Yes, I'm evil.
ACube2Graphic(05/08/2006)
Yeah we were thinking of that, too, but I really hate stooping to their level...I'd have to devolve...
ACube2Graphic(06/21/2006)
Well the boys are still being gross...So, anyone know whether that's a Labour Board violation or an OSHA violation...? Who would one call?
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