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Ok, at my office we have those single person restrooms (finance departemtn gets special treatment), you know where you can LOCK THE DOOR! Well anyway, one day I'm typing away on Allakhazam when I have to go handle my business. So I head on over to our "special" restrooms and grab the door handle to find its unlocked. "Yes" I think to myself, but to my shagrin when I open the door there is someone sitting on the can squeezing out the smelliest sh*t you can imagine. I quickly turn my head, roll my eyes and get the hell away from the door(LOCK THE DAMN THIG FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!). Now everytime I see this frggin guy around the office I have to pretend like it never happened. The mere sight of him brings back oh so unpleasent memories. I'm scared for life. Oh God why must you forsake us!?
Ok, let me tell you how to deal with this. Just walk up to the guy at the water cooler when people are standing around and say, 'Hey, you learn how to lock the door yet? I don't know whether my eyes or my nose suffered more. I'm gonna need therapy behind that ****.'
Then walk off. He should be cured of his forgetfulness. If he isn't, next time you find the door unlocked, just swing that bad boy wide open and leave it that way. Share the love with everyone in the office.
You can use any sort of creative method to expose the issue. It doesn't have to be nearly as drastic as the above. Maybe you can bring it up at the next office meeting. For instance,
'Can we have an OCCUPIED sign installed over the door of our bathroom that stays on as long as the light switch is turned on? I've walked in on persons who have failed to lock the door several times recently. This is a potential sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen.' Just air it out any old way you need to. At work, when I isolate a problem, I start out emailing the person responsible. Problem continues, I email them again, and copy their boss. Problem continues, I email them, their boss, and his boss. Repeat until problem goes away. I've never made it higher up the chain than the Director of Operations yet. I'm dying to have one that makes it to the guy right above him. He breaks balls every time an 'issue' crosses his desk. Which is why I suspect the buck stops just short of him.
Or, just don't read these boards while at work. I'm quite sure one of the side-effects is that you become FOS.