bathroom pet peeves: part 3

when i posted about bathroom pet peeves (here and here), i seriously had no idea that this would become the most common thread on my entire blog - seriously who am i?

but ladies, today you brought this to my attention:

i understand the need for the little paper toilet seat covers, in fact, i quite like them. i like how when i use them i don't feel like my butt is sharing a space with every other female butt in my office/ public space. somehow, that makes me feel a little bit cleaner in the public restroom.

but ladies, after you finish using the paper toilet seat cover, please make sure it flushes down the toilet when you flush. because seriously, when i open the stall door and see the used paper toilet seat cover with your butt print on it, that actually grosses me out more than if i'd just had to sit on the seat without the cover at all. (at least then there wouldn't be hard evidence that your ass had been there.)

thankyouverymuch.

bathroom pet peeves cont.

ladies, ladies, ladies. apparently my first post wasn't enough to help you understand how to navigate the women's restroom so we're back, for round 2.

ladies, i realize sometimes you might run into a friend in our company's restroom and i get that it's monday morning and you maybe haven't seen or heard from this co-worker friend since last friday. and i get that that is approximately 3 days and that there might be loads and loads of things to catch up on - how the weekend was, what cute thing your kid accomplished, how that date went, etc., etc. but there is NO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE RESTROOM!!!! step outside and away from the flushing toilets ladies, we have a nice patio, great hallways, a starbucks within walking distance - you've got options.

and also then? then, i don't have to go pee while listening to your conversation.

thanks.

3rd Party Conversations

The original purpose of this blog was to not only deliver semi-regular updates on me and my goings on, but to provide myself (and others who comment) an open place to address the drinking of the kool-aid that seems to be so common in most places of employment these days. (That's where the title of this blog comes from - there will be no kool-aid here.) So from time to time I'll be covering off some random kool-aid induced conversation I've had recently. BTW...most of my rants relate to the use of corporate jargon which may be one of my all-time greatest pet peeves. But today? Today, I stand corrected. For the first time ever, I was introduced to a piece of corporate jargon that doesn't make my skin crawl. I'll never ever add this to my vernacular, but I love its pseudo positive note as opposed to its "tell it like it is" partner's negativity. Yesterday I was introduced to the phrase "3rd party conversations". It's a really nice way to say gossip. But where gossip sounds snarky and undermining, 3rd party sounds proactive and resourceful. For short I'll call it TPC, because why say it all when it can be abbreviated, right?

When I really think about it, I'm a TPC regular. I wouldn't call myself a gossiper, but I often seek validation for things I'm thinking or planning to do in the form of a TPC. And, isn't this blog just an outlet for the TPC. Hmmm, that's frightens me. If I'm TPCing for all the world to see and it's only 9AM, my world is going down. Next thing you know i WILL be drinking the kool-aid. In case you care, I prefer grape.