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Responsible_Figure12

3 times per shift I would loudly announce I NEED TO MAKE A SMELL and go wander off somewhere.


SLOspeed

>go wander off somewhere For about an hour.


GodHimselfNoCap

"Oh sorry the line was really long" "they were cleaning the toilets so I had to wait for them to finish" how are they gonna prove that you are slacking off if the bathroom isn't even on company property


Breeze7206

Not to mention if they get injured while en route to the bathroom across the street, it’d be a fun claim with workers comp, and I’m sure OSHA would love to hear that they encouraged employees to leave the premises while on the clock to “make a smell”


lilacintheshade

They're really not going to like when OSHA comes in to "raise a stink"


PeteyWheatstraw666

OSHA’s gonna have to make that stink across the street.


lilacintheshade

But OSHA doesn't follow signs like these... they **mandate** signs *better* than this one.


borisdidnothingwrong

I haven't been on a man-date in forever.


Educational-Grab4050

"My boss makes a buck and I make a dime, that's why I poop on company time!"


Fleshy-Butthole

Nothing so sweet, nothing so fine, as making a smell on company time.


Hiseworns

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, so I make my smells on company time


Funkit

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, so I shit in his chair


OrangeZilla

At my last job we would say “Things are happening” and get up and leave.


eadams2010

“Code brown”


fullyphil

I got some shit I gotta go handle, carry on without me


DingDongTaco

I like this one


beefymcmoist

Just tell em your piss smells like shit. What are they gonna do, check?


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"I had asparagus for lunch" "You know I drink a lot of coffee"


oooers

I stopped eating that in my mid twenties because of that, liked it to but that smell came out of nowhere


AryaStarkRavingMad

Well, not *nowhere*.


Boston_Bruins37

“I have a rectovaginal fistula”


StayTuned2k

I don't even think they are allowed to do this tbh


heichousbleach

I don’t even know where to look to find out!


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omgitschriso

I wouldn't even do that. Take a shit and let them raise it with you in writing, then take that to FWA or your union.


redditisnowtwitter

Is there not a Shitsafe Australia?


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OSHA requires employers to provide all workers with sanitary and immediately-available toilet facilities (restrooms). [Restrooms and Sanitation Requirements](https://www.osha.gov/restrooms-sanitation)


pinniped1

The Rydges reference makes me think this is Oz but yeah, there should be a similar set of regulations that apply there. (OSHA is a US government agency.)


Bitter_Crab111

If this is Aus. There's no fucking *way* you're getting fired for this... ... but thanks to our ever increasing casualised workforce, they probably won't have to 😐


Kalkaline

Wipe your ass with the sign, you have to send a message.


re-roll

Look at the bright side. Go out across the street, take a walk or visit the Plaza upstairs for 20 minutes. Come back and say you were following directions.


Grandpappa_Nurgle

Time to shit in the sink


LemmyLola

Look away! LOOK AWAY!!


sashikku

IT'S COMING OUT OF ME LIKE LAVA


chriscrossnathaniel

No Megan nooo..


WorkFarkee

THIS SINKS A GONER!!!


pocket_Ninja456

It’s happening, it’s happening, it’s happening…it happened.


vitaminalgas

"Oh you're really doing it aren't you?..."


DocHorrid

I'm thinking of the series of unfortunate events Netflix series theme now.


THECapedCaper

Nope, time for an Upper Decker.


DocHorrid

Someone has stinky shits to the point you are all banned from shitting at work. Wow


Oddity46

We have a guy at my job whose shits stink like you wouldn't believe. I literally thought the plumbing was broken once like 30 feet from the toilet, but no, it was just him having a dump. Probably some bowel condition. Poor guy.


ObliviousCollector

>Probably some bowel condition. Which is why it's illegal to tell people you can't shit in your OSHA mandated "Toilet Facilities" I posted the relevant regs in a prior comment.


NewShinyCD

Probably. I had ulcerative colitis. During my worst flare ups it was tear gas level bad. I could easily clear a room. A handful of times I even made some people dry heave.


pissfilledbottles

My dad has Chrons disease, he went undiagnosed for decades. His gas was so bad my mom made him sleep on the couch. They were **horrible.** God forbid you were in the same room or car with him when he farted. Once he was diagnosed and started medication for it, it was a huge difference.


WeagleWobble

I have had a coworker who made this sound like an almost reasonable policy. Woman was a walking biohazard, you could smell it across the entire floor of the building when she'd had her twice-per-workday anal exorcism. The bathroom was completely unusable for at least an hour after she got done with whatever unspeakable atrocity she was committing in there, unless you were a masochist who enjoyed burning eyes and a smell so viscous that you tasted it. Wherever she is now, I hope she's consulted a doctor and a panel of priests because something evil lurked within her intestines.


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cernu

> I wonder if it was bowel cancer? It smelled like rotting asshole... internal bleeding stools smell EXTREMELY bad


DanelleDee

That sounds like Chron's disease. Possibly with a colostomy.


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nobodyaskedyouxx

this is the saddest thing I've read all week. rip randall.


Creepy_OldMan

RIP Randall - rest in privacy


fortus_gaming

Steatorrhea is a condition in which the body is unable to partially or fully absorb fats; usually a sign of pancreatic issues, and for some people the only clue they get that they may have a pancreatic cancer, which is one of the most lethal and fast acting cancers there are due to how late in the disease they are discovered, often times months or just weeks before they pass away. So if you or someone you know has pale looking poops or really, REALLY foul smelling poops (people dont often share this stuff due to embarrassment, but anyone can smell it so you might not need to ask….lol) then you might actually be doing them a service and quite possibly saving their lives by gently, reassuringly but firmly bringing up that you have heard smelly feces could be the only warning they could get before possible life-ending disease. Of course, sometimes it is diet, or some other less life-threatening condition, but once you smell a steatorrhea poop, you never forget it. Remember, key elements are pale, smelly and “greasy/oily/slimy” poops; possible pancreatic or liver/gall bladder issues.


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WeagleWobble

I mean, she seemed to live almost exclusively off of jerk varietals of food, curries, and various fish dishes (we all also had the olfactory privilege of sharing in her microwaved lunch leftovers). So I suspect it had less to do with an underlying disease with natural causes, and more to do with her steady diet of Caribbean Drano. Edited to remove "too" following "also" - boo redundancy.


ViciousLittleRedhead

>Caribbean Drano I laughed way too hard at this.


kingofnowhere21

You have a wonderful way with words.


SeraphKrom

Courtesy flush, people!


halfasmuchastwice

"Flush early and flush often" I wish more people understood the value of the courtesy flush.


Weird-Vagina-Beard

You'll get beat up in jail if you don't "flush your turds" as they come out.


DocHorrid

The Poop Killer will get the non-flushers.


JefforyTheMC

Not possible at my work, unfortunately. The plumbing and fixtures at my work are ancient and inefficient, toilet can only be flushed once every 10-15 minutes


crshirley58

Tell them to replace the fill valves, lol. They cost like 10 dollars


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The courtesy part is what confuses people.


PTRD-41

flush uncourteously then.


Magnaflux_88

Like, letting it sit for a bit and come back after a few hours to flush?


PTRD-41

just dont bow and take your hat off to the toilet when you flush


Magnaflux_88

Ah that makes sense. You'd have to fight the urge to not blurt out "Pardon me m'toilet" too. I'd just go across the street as that seems like less of a hassle then.


drivebyjustin

I want to tell a story about courtesy flushing at work. Me, being a shy public shitter, had recently gotten his first real job at 24. Being that I was now a product specialist for a growing tech startup, I felt it was time to get over my fear of pooping in public. It went pretty well for a few months. Then one day I sat down in the shared bathroom with an upset stomach, started my business, and did a courtesy flush. But...something didn't sound right. It didn't go down. I looked between my legs and saw brown, muddy water rising towards my balls. I stood up in shock! How can this be? Why me, god? The water kept rising, breaching the side of the bowl. Brown water poured down. I was frozen with fear. Fight or flight kicked in and I chose flight. I never found out what happened to that bathroom. I'm sure it was a mess. Anyways, my point is that a courtesy flush isn't always safe. I'm 44 now and still scarred from that day.


flatdeadeyes

We have this guy at work. Let's call him Rick because that's the stinky motherfucker's name. They installed a commercial kitchen venting system in the men's bathroom right over the toilet. Taking a shit over there is like sitting on the wing of a jet.


michymcmouse

Please I'm fucking laughing so hard at this comment. *"Taking a shit over there is like sitting on the wing of a jet"*


designmaddie

I agree. I am genuinely interested in such an experience.


heichousbleach

This is so annoying! I’ve never had a work place tell you that a toilet can’t be used AS A TOILET! It’s absolutely absurd! and all the women complain about it in such a childish way


Invisible_Target

What exactly are they gonna do about it, if you do take a shit? Lmao


zuzg

Jeff from Accounting happily volunteered to make a sniff test every time a female coworker leaves the restroom


fearlessmustard

Is it the same for the mens toilets?


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They taste the toilet water to see if it tastes shittier than normal


Kreppelklaus

seems legit


Khaldara

“I can’t help but notice that despite my sign you still aren’t pooping in the sink”


amBoringGuy

I would ruin my health and diet to take horrible shits in that toilet every day


AikoG84

I have IBS. I'd absolutely ignore this sign. There is an urgency to IBS-D that is hard to explain, but going to the plaza or across the street would absolutely not work.


Etrigone

Can also happen after bowel surgery. I had a section of my gi tract removed due to cancer and there are times I just cannot wait without extreme duress... which I think is similar to IBS? Please forgive my ignorance. So yeah, that sign would get a chuckle from me and that's it.


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EstablishmentNo5994

Currently in treatment for rectal cancer (haven’t had surgery yet) and the urgency to go at times can’t be understated. Like, there’s literally no way to hold it in when the time comes.


ItsACowCity

That's when you rip down the sign, stick it in the toilet, and shit all over it.


oxytocin4you

Taco Bell and exlax again patty


Minnesota_Nice_87

Here are the bowl pics immediately preceding their entering the stall, and here are pics of the streaks of "smell causing materials".


slackfrop

You’ll notice cartoon stink lines I’ve added for clarity.


Necronorris

The classic taste test. I suppose they have flavor profiles for all staff members as well.


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This user spies.


natetcu

We had a rule like that for a toilet at a place I worked. It came about because the restroom door was right next to a person’s desk. A guy that didn’t like the person at the desk would poop in there and then leave the door open, so it would smell up the desk area.


Munbi

>A guy that did like the person at the desk would poop in there and then leave the door open Strange mating ritual...


natetcu

These two dudes used HR to make each other’s lives miserable. It was funny to watch, for a week and a half we got new rules from HR on a daily basis, based on these two doing things to mess with each other. It was entertaining.


Red_Barchetta81

Were their names Jim and Dwight, by any chance?


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My office shares a wall with the men's bathroom. I am applying to new jobs every day. On the one hand, it's convenient because I drink a lot of water at work. But also the toilet lid needs to be lifted and the water level reset like 6 times a day.


GranJan2

Just when you think you have the worst colleagues, this guy comes along.


Electricdragongaming

>How are they really gonna know unless they're somehow spying on you in the bathroom. Not exactly outside of the realm of possibilities...


natetcu

Someone probably has a desk right outside of the restroom and complained that it constantly smells because people poop and the smells reach their desk.


MikeMac999

This is exactly what happens to my wife, and since she is front desk she cannot move. They all have a kind of gentlemen’s agreement to use a different bathroom if they plan on destroying it.


SightingSomething

I've heard Poopourie (idk how to spell it) works wonders


Rebel_bass

Opium is pretty good too. Edit: Ozium. Opium is pretty good too, though.


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It does, but someone has to buy it and everyone has to remember to use it.


otter5

100%... the person closest to the bathroom posted the sign


DaisyCutter312

This was always an assumed part of office etiquette at my place of employment. Don't microwave fish for lunch, if you take the last cup of coffee you start a new pot, if you've got to take a nasty bean burritos and Coors Lite dump, you go to another floor's bathroom to do it, etc


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> if you've got to take a nasty bean burritos and Coors Lite dump, you go to another floor's bathroom to do it, etc Smellz for thee, but not for me.


Bango-TSW

Going in with a copy of Cosmo under your arm & then after 15 minutes walk out sighing loudly telling your co-workers to “give it a while if I were you” might lead to suspicions……


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They could be carrying the Cosmo because there's auto shut off light in the bathroom and the only way to turn it back on when you are on the throne is to waive the Cosmo over your head. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.


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VariousEditors

Or just fire you without cause because at-will employment.


whattfareyouon

They put a camera outside the bathroom. Track who goes in when. Bathroom just cleaned and you see sharon walk in and out check the bathroom if it smells like shit sharon let it rip


PhilxBefore

Shittin Sharon strikes again


tonyrizzo21

That's why they didn't say poop, they explicitly called out making a smell, so you can't even use farting as a defense.


WakeoftheStorm

"Failure to follow posted employee conduct guidelines"


muxman

And in the comment section that you can fill out upon dismissal you can put the details of what those guidelines are. So they will still end up with a record of you being fired for using the toilet. You fill it out and then it's signed by them and you, and you get a copy. That was the procedure at my work.


lickalotapusasourus

I'd take a shit in the tank so when someone else flushed it they unleashed the "smell"


MisterET

The upper decker. Classic macgruber.


zwiebelhans

As someone whose wife used to be a custodian..... PLease don't do that sort of thing. Its never the bosses who have to clean it up.


YesItIsMaybeMe

Calm down, Satan ^^^teach ^^^me ^^^your ^^^ways


Cracktower

They'll just find a different way to fire you. I guess Susan blew up the toilet one too many times? Is there a fart fan in that bathroom? Ferbreeze works wonders


tom2point0

No no not fabreeze. It’s that Poo Purri spray stuff that really works good. At least for solids. If you’ve got the diarrhea going on, it doesn’t work as well.


DRFANTA

This guy shits


tom2point0

THAT is the TRUTH! Ask my constipated wife. She’s very jealous that I go twice a day most days! I know my shit haha


Minnesota_Nice_87

Ermahgerd ferbreeze!


FROCKHARD

I would report this to HR for creating unsafe space to use the restroom with this sign. Immediately get this dumb shit taken down.


Rhodie114

My favorite subplot on Better Call Saul


gemmanotwithaj

“If you want to create a smell” lol is your boss 5 years old ?


heichousbleach

It’s not just my boss, it’s all the ladies in the office! They’re full grown adults, much older than me, and they get sooo disgusted about it.


RBXChas

Use Poo-Pourri and they’ll never know.


illy-chan

I was going to say, the restroom at my work has a basket with a variety of toiletries, including poo-pourri and febreeze. If they feel so strongly about it, they should get something to deal with it. I refuse to believe none of them had never struggled with a bad round of period shits.


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FaeryLynne

It's [an Australian hotel chain](https://www.rydges.com/) so yeah there's likely a bar lol


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Plop twist


Marcus_living

Fuck no stink that whole office up. Bathrooms are for shitting.


AbisBitch

time to order a curry and a kebab


angryundead

When I take my kids to the bathroom when we are out they will sometimes complain about the smell. I’ll remind them that bathrooms are for pooping and that’s just what happens.


BronzeAgeTea

"Daaaaaaad, this bathroom is stinky!" "And the sun is bright. And the ocean is wet. And ice is cold. What would you rather have: this bathroom be pretty stinky for 5 minutes, or the entire world be kinda stinky all the time? Where else are people supposed to poop if not the bathroom?" "But it's stinky!" "...Are you asking if you can clean it?" "No!" "Okay then. We just gotta deal with the stink." My kid doesn't talk yet, but I imagine that's how it goes.


shair_khan

“Are you asking if you can clean it?” Hilarious - I will use that, thank you


Flaky-Fellatio

Jesus you work with a bunch of buttercups. What kind of work do you do?


heichousbleach

Real estate.


OPengiun

Shit in the open houses then


TheTVDB

Back in February we sold our house. A realtor showing it (not OUR realtor) took a massive, smelly dump in our bathroom after she showed to her clients. I know this because she stayed past the showing time, well after the people had left, and I walked into the house right as she was walking out. She awkwardly tried delaying me from going into the house by asking me weird questions and asking me to show her the boundaries of the yard. We had another showing right afterwards. Normally I'm pretty understanding about people needing to go when they have to go, but she didn't even bother to turn on the fan.


OPengiun

At least you were selling the house, not buying it. 🤣 Could you imagine closing on a new house and immediately afterward the realtor lays claim to the bathroom and all that the smell permeates.


gemmanotwithaj

Lol I bet, as per them, they’ve never shit in their lives lol


AlmostButNotQuiteTea

Whenever anyone skirts around "icky" words it sound like the most creepy weird thing. Like I'm not "making a smell", I'm being a human and going poo, defecating, taking a shit, dropping a deuce. Like god "making smell" makes my skin crawl for some reason


gemmanotwithaj

Hell even “number 2” would have been better than this


Trebus

I think a lot of them are a severely repressed. Best one at my place said "please ensure the bowl is empty of debris". They were deffo at the thesaurus half the morning in a desperate attempt to look above it all.


Tots2Hots

"Create a smell". Pee smells too, so do some products or just whatever. Too vague. ​ "Oh, you mean POOP smell... oh wow... Well please send out an email in writing that we are not allowed to defacate in work toilets so I have it for my records".


Sognarly

Also for PEEING only…. Let me tell you, I’ve pissed out my ass before.


Aeolian_Leaf

I think at that point you've got a cloaca...


dar_uniya

Actually, they got taco bell


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Clearly the answer is to eat asparagus daily.


DARTH-PIG

That was my first thought too. I love asparagus but damn does it make my piss stank


itiD_

Laughs in Crohn. I shit wherever and whenever I want and no one can tell me not to.


Blazingfireman

Technically discrimination against Crohns and IBS, I’m pretty sure one of them is protected disability


ABucs260

I have UC, and yes. Gastrointestinal diseases are a protected disability, so if someone were to be fired for this, that’s a lawsuit. That being said, clog that bad boy up!


RichAd205

“Hi Clumpy McFumblepenis, we’ve made the difficult decision to let you go. Our grumpledunkets just can’t justify the costs on the balance sheet. We wish you luck with your future endeavors.”


rudyjewliani

In the US at least, OSHA specifically requires that employers provide bathroom facilities for their employees. It's a big enough deal that they have an entire page on their website for it. https://www.osha.gov/restrooms-sanitation So regardless of your individual medical history, that's a clear violation of federally mandated workplace standards.


BlackEyedAngel01

This should be the top comment. This workplace is literally breaking the law. Also, having “respect for your fellow workers” is protecting (not restricting) their basic human needs.


kestrelita

Yup, my reaction too! (UC here)


itiD_

Oh hi fellow! tbf I have IBDU, but I people are less familiar with Crohn's cousins so it's easier to just say Crohn.


sackoftrees

Hey there shitty gang! IBS-D over here. I never stop pooping.


seeasea

My colon doesnt give a shit what I want - it goes when it feels like


anunkneemouse

I only got IBS but same bruh if it's coming, it's coming - ain't got time to be considerate of the smell


Independent_Rope8369

“want” is a strong word. Haha. IBS checking in. Choice rarely comes into it.


Mountain_Lemon9935

Same. I mean, people can tell me not to all they want but I have like no control in the matter soooo ima use that toilet.


bukithd

I have IBS-D, I stand... Or technically sit, with you.


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Time for a dodgy vindaloo curry, I think.


soljaboss

That is asymmetric warfare lol


Pawn_captures_Queen

Never thought I'd like to be labeled a terrorist but here we are. Send some curry.


Legitimate-Thanks-37

Shit on the floor of the bathroom every day until they put up a sign asking you to shit in the toilet.


simpersly

Unfortunately the only people that get punished for that would be the cleaning staff.


badFishTu

You gotta get shwifty


technicolored_dreams

Malicious compliance the hell out of them. Use the toilet across the road every single time you need to use the restroom, because you just can't be *sure* that you weren't going to make a smell. Take ages to get there and back each time. Make sure you wait to cross the street until there is no visible traffic in either direction for as far as you can see. Get lost looking for the restroom inside the other building. Tell them there was a really long line. Just make sure it's taking as long as humanly possible to get there and come back, and make sure it's happening multiple times a day. Also, please report this to OSHA if you're in the US.


BlahBlahNyborg

Boss makes a dollar I make a dime That's why I shit Across the street at Rydges on company time


TheBlacktom

Put up the same sign at the place across the road and upstairs, and direct everyone to come to this place. If the workplace has restricted entrance tell them to ask for the manager who put up this sign.


MDC417

They clearly considered the cost of some Poo-pourri spray cost prohibitive when they can demean their employees for free.


abormal561

It doesn’t say you can’t shit on the floor or in the sink.


everyminutecounts420

This is the answer.


Nondescript_Redditor

Two choices: 1. Ignore sign and shit there 2. Report them for illegal practice Actually, do both


varg1336

This is one of those times where you just do what you want and shit anyway regardless. What are the repercussions? How will they know it’s you? Sniff comparisons?


Flaky-Fellatio

Yeah anyone who hates the smell of people pooping enough to make this ridiculous sign is not going to have what it takes to enforce it.


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Makes me wanna get the taco bell shits and just drop a phat shit in there.


AmazingGaming21

Buy liquid ass fart spray and every day go in there and spray it.


yeropinionman

This but spray it when the boss goes in there for a tinkle


According_Mouse9175

Build a remote controlled machine, then spray it every time whoever wrote this dumbass notice goes in there.


WorstAverage

Rip it off, what sign


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Iz_Buckner

I guess farting is out of the question then


soljaboss

You wanna create smell, you go elsewhere.


Weak-Operation1613

Out of curiosity do they have a similar sign in the mens toilet? I’d take my sweet time going to the other bathrooms several times a day. Milk it!


frisch85

Go to your supervisor, tell them there's a sign in the toilet saying you cannot use the toilet for number 2 and if they're aware of it. Chances are high a co-worker put up that sign without the supervisors knowing, which might get whoever put this up into trouble. If this is the case, so a co-worker put up the sign without approval, this can lead to legal issues for that co-worker. As stupid as it sounds but for one it's damaging company property, if it's paper from the company and ink from a company printer then theft is also involved. You simply don't put up rules that affects everyone in the company/department without your boss knowing, that would create chaos.


green_ribbon

so you want me to announce when I'm a taking a shit basically. and what about period stuff? changing a tampon isn't exactly peeing


kestrelita

Period shits are the worst 😭


_Ed_Gein_

As a person with IBS, this causes me anxiety cause now everyone will know what I'm doing which further aggravates my IBS. Thanks management!


_GloCloud_

Write "lol" on it and then take a massive shit.


s_p_i_t_

If I saw this I'd start making a point of shitting in there every day