What to do about...

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by masraum

I've always wondered why some guys don't seem to be able to get it in the urinal.

Could be prostatic hyperplasia.

Prostate Enlargement: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

When I was younger I used to occasionally see a guy standing at the urinal, leaning so far forward he had to support himself against the wall and wondered WTF? Had a bout with it myself and now I understand. If you're big, I don't see leaning forward as an option. The guy should go to the toilet and sit.

[mikester]

This is a win/win situation.

You get to make the HR person have to handle something that would only be worse if the guy were crapping in the urinal. AND you get to not handle it.

Go to HR. Tell them you can't handle the bleach in your office - it's actually bad for you and they will have to do something about it.

[herr_oberst]

put a cat litter box under the urinal, and put the scoop on the offenders desk.

[Danny_Ocean]

One of my clients had a worker who would (semi)regularly smear feces on the walls of the (small, single-use) bathroom in protest. They set up a sting and narrowed it down to discover who it was.

[Macroni]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

a guy in the office who keeps pissing on the floor?

Last month we moved a guy from our VA office out here.

For about the last month the cleaning crew has been using straight bleach in the bathroom.

It wafts into my office and has been getting to me.

I see the cleaning woman yesterday and ask her to use something else because the bleach is making me sick.

She says someone has been pissing on the floor in front of the urinal and it's the only way she can keep it from staining the tile.

So I put up a sign this morning, the Uncle Sam pointing image and text, STOP pissing on the floor.

Most of the day no problem. Around 4 I go into the bathroom and dammit someone pissed on the floor. I recall the new guy passed my office on the way to the bathroom a few minutes earlier.

Cleaning lady comes by and we discuss it, she's happy I put up the sign but flabbergasted that someone still missed. She goes in and cleans it, I breath bleach for the next hour.

I see the guy we moved pass by my office and hear him go into the bathroom. I wait for him to come out then high tail it in there and dammit he missed and pissed on the floor.

He is a really large guy and I suspect he simply can't see what he's doing, kinda like pregnant women who can't see their feet.

Think tomorrow I'm sending a company wide email to the guys about the situation.

Rant off.

discuss w/ personnel "the smell of bleach makes me feel sick".

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Go straight to him privately and tell him you're tired of stepping in his pee. Direct shame works a lot better than generalized shame.

Zackly. I hate it when upper management accuses all employees because of the actions of a few or one, just because they don't have the balls to deal with it directly.

Zample: there was a time when employees were allowed to drive their company vehicle home if they had to work late and missed their carpool.
One tool abused this and was taking his company truck home every night and he lives 2 hours away. Management checked the gas logs and found that he was filling up the truck twice a week.
Their limp-wristed reaction? No one is alowed to drive a company vehicle home ever again. Miss your carpool? Call a taxi. They punished everyone because of the actions of one dumazz.

If they had any balls they would have made an example out of the offender which would solve the problem and send the message to prevent further abuses.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean

One of my clients had a worker who would (semi)regularly smear feces on the walls of the (small, single-use) bathroom in protest. They set up a sting and narrowed it down to discover who it was.

Holy carp!! In protest of WHAT?!?

Nevermind, I don't really want to know.

I guess some people just like to play with poo

[GH85Carrera]

Guantanamo Detainees End Their Feces-in-the-Air-Duct Protest - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

[tabs]

Mikey got it right it is off to HR with you.....I can't stand the Bleach smeel it is making me sick...after you settle the lawsuit you won't care where the guy pisses...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Fight fire with fire.

You know where he sits, right?

Use your imagination.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

What to do about... a guy in the office who keeps pissing on the floor?

Depends

[12own911]

I would talk to HR about becoming ill after the bleaching... Discuss why the cleaner is using the bleach and how you feel after the bathroom is cleaned. I would also mention that this started after the new person got here so that HR has a person to talk to.