Power Suit

As weird as it may sound, today, it dawned on me that the women's bathroom at my workplace periodically smells like fruity pebbles cereal.  And... I have not had Fruity Pebbles since I was a kid!  It really is a mood booster - I have to say.  It makes me think of psychedelic colors and tie dye and daisies. It is really weird. Then I start to think - what is it - is it the automatic air freshener that mists out on its timed schedule or is it the cleaning supplies our janitor uses, someones lotion or hairspray, I truly don't know - its a mystery.

Now it doesn't smell like that always - I don't have to go there. But another smell I recognize is jheri curl activator. What is that???  Maybe someone has a jheri curl here at work that I have not noticed. I don't know - but these thoughts led me to give out some workplace restroom etiquette tips.

Why?  You will most likely see the same people in the restroom, seeing that we are at work for anywhere from 8 to 10 hours a day.  Working in a office setting where you see the same people all the time, it turns into your home away from home.  Any woman who has lived with a male, remembers toilet seats being left up - I do thanks to my brother. So if you care about being a good customer of your office restroom keep reading:

• Wash your hands.  You would be surprised how many women I have witnessed leaving the stall and fleeing the bathroom.  That is not only wrong, but a hygienic risk.  Working in a area with LOTS of people = GERMS!  So, having touched files, pens, shaking hands of people you just met and to then not wash your hands..... YUCK!
• Leave the stall clean for others (you know what I mean) and not smelly. Someone in my department actually has an air freshener canister she takes to the bathroom with her. What class!
• If its a co-ed bathroom, make it gender neutral - not too frilly not to masculine. Ladies keep your personal items placed in covered receptacles or in cabinets.
• Don't use other people's products without permission.  In our restroom we have a cabinet where people store toothbrushes, toothpaste, hairspray, lotion, etc.  Me personally I have a problem with my personal items being out of my sight or personal space, but others don't.  So, if you start to feel like you need brush your teeth or need a feminine product, stop by CVS or Walgreens and stock up on your own items.  Now if the item belongs to your work bff and you have an understanding where you share things fine.  Really, you shouldn't be using the stuff of people you don't really know anyway.

If everyone would just follow these couple of tips the world of work should be not only be hygienically sound, but also a good patron of work restrooms.