I have to get this off my chest, and since I work in an office full of women who won’t understand, I shall vent my frustrations to you, dear readers.

The straight men that I work with have absolutely no bathroom etiquette. They’re a bunch of slobbish, older guys who seem to be content to foul up the bathroom as much as possible and are completely oblivious about it.

To elaborate: The men’s room here at work is a small, one-hole operation. It consists of a sink, an inexplicable wall, and the lonely stall around the corner. It’s the only stall. We all know it’s the only stall. And yet, three times today, I have walked into the bathroom, turned the corner and actually walked into the stall while there’s somebody in it because they can’t be bothered to close the door when they’re doing their business. (And don’t go having any horny, porn film kinds of thoughts about things that could transpire afterwards–you haven’t seen the people I work with. Seriously. Ew. Ew, ew, ew.) It’s not like they don’t know someone can walk in there on accident. And I’m praying to every deity imaginable that they’re not hoping someone will walk in there on accident.

And then there’s the issue where half of them don’t flush afterwards. And then there’s at least one person–I don’t know who, fortunately for him–who seems to be chronic about not lifting the seat and … ugh. Do I even need to finish that thought? We all work here at least 8 hours a day. It’s not like he doesn’t know there isn’t a seat cover dispenser in there.

Seriously. What is wrong with straight men? Do they just not think about these things, ever? Even when they suffer the consequences? And why do women put up with it?

Tags: bathrooms, toilets