Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Misplaced Anger

Every time I go into the women's restroom at work I get angry. Sometime between when I was laid off and when they realized they couldn't go on without me I got hired back, a sign appeared in each bathroom stall. The signs say "Please do not dispose of feminine products in the toilet. Thanks Management."

We'll skip right over the part where they fail to use punctuation in their closing and also referred to themselves as "management" instead of the more traditional "the management". Although those things only intensify my anger.

No, what makes me mad is the lack of clarification and the potential ramifications. Are they referring to tampons?! Because guess what "Management", you're darn skippy I'm going to dispose of my tampons in the toilet! If you had asked nicely AND provided some of those waxy-lined modesty baggies right there next to the toilet (you know the ones that look like they have not been redesigned since 1972), it's possible that I would refrain from disposing of my tampon in the toilet.

But you do not provide the waxy-lined baggies. What am I supposed to do?! Chuck my tampon, sans baggie, into that little garbage can that spans two stalls?! Everyone knows you can't ever actually get things into the brown bag that lines that garbage. The best you can hope for is that you get it in the can and it isn't full with partially exposed products hanging out. You know what I mean. Ew.

Unless you are just talking about pads. But Management, why would anyone flush a pad?! Because then we have bigger problems than a lack of waxy-lined baggies.

I think we can all agree that what I am really angry about is that someone else moved into my old office about three seconds after I was laid off. And my new office is 2/3 the size. And my old office had two desks set up in an 'L' shape and a better computer. And sometimes I accidentally walk into my old office because it is right next door and that is embarrassing.

But actually my new office is just fine and it might just be the tampon thing I am mad about. Who knows?

3 comments:

  1. This post made me laugh! Yes, you keep putting your tampon in that toilet. They deserve it!!!

    Seriously though, I wanted to thank you for your tremendous support on my blog. It means so much to me, and you always leave the sweetest comments. Thank you for taking the time to comment and reading Sweet B's story.

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  2. Bad punctuation drives me crazy too! You make me laugh! Sorry about the small office and slow computer. :(

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  3. I'd be flushing multiple unused tampons down the toilet if it were me. "Oops! That whole box just fell in." >:D I'm kind of vendictive like that.

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