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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Songbird Date: May 15, 2019, 11:12 am
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It's possible she was embarrassed rather than annoyed. As I
said, no words ere exchanged.
when I need privacy for a phone conversation I tend to use one
of the conference rooms, and at that time of day there would
have been several empty conference rooms available.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Victoria Date: May 15, 2019, 11:24 am
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[quote author=Songbird link=topic=1137.msg31147#msg31147
date=1557936759]
It's possible she was embarrassed rather than annoyed. As I
said, no words ere exchanged.
when I need privacy for a phone conversation I tend to use one
of the conference rooms, and at that time of day there would
have been several empty conference rooms available.
[/quote]
This is what I do, or I stay in my office. I do think that after
hours people tend to anticipate being alone, but you're not
entitled to that.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Kimberami Date: May 15, 2019, 1:38 pm
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It would be unreasonable to expect privacy in a common area.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Contrarian Date: May 16, 2019, 4:42 pm
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Why do so many people have phone conversations on speaker in
public? Did I read this correctly? The conversation was one in
which both parties could be heard?
I was visiting a friend in the hospital recently and one of the
other patients was having a phone conversation on speaker, in a
very busy ward, about 20 feet away, and had to up the volume of
the person they were talking too, meaning I had to close the
door to the room my friend and the other person were occupying,
so we can talk.
I’ve noticed this on transit as well. I can see the odd person
doing this because there is always the odd person.
But there are so many people doing this! What’s the appeal? It
seems to me, even if you put etiquette aside, it’s the most
inconvenient way to have a personal conversation in public on
your phone.
Washroom or no washroom.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Chez Miriam Date: May 17, 2019, 7:52 am
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[quote author=TeamBhakta link=topic=1137.msg31103#msg31103
date=1557877230]
That woman really wouldn't like me. If someone is holding a
phone conversation in the restroom & they act annoyed with the
noise, guess who'll flush the toilet more than once. :-*
[/quote]
In my pre-eHell days, I've walked into the loos at work and
heard someone in one of the cubicles huff on the phone that
"someone's just walked in, ugh" as though I was deliberately
interrupting their privacy, and that prompted me to go into all
the empty cubicles and flush all the loos.
I might not do that now.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Songbird Date: May 17, 2019, 8:47 am
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[quote author=Contrarian link=topic=1137.msg31268#msg31268
date=1558042924]
Why do so many people have phone conversations on speaker in
public? Did I read this correctly? The conversation was one in
which both parties could be heard?
I was visiting a friend in the hospital recently and one of the
other patients was having a phone conversation on speaker, in a
very busy ward, about 20 feet away, and had to up the volume of
the person they were talking too, meaning I had to close the
door to the room my friend and the other person were occupying,
so we can talk.
I’ve noticed this on transit as well. I can see the odd person
doing this because there is always the odd person.
But there are so many people doing this! What’s the appeal? It
seems to me, even if you put etiquette aside, it’s the most
inconvenient way to have a personal conversation in public on
your phone.
Washroom or no washroom.
[/quote]
Agreed.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: oogyda Date: May 17, 2019, 9:51 am
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YDD has been known to join in those conversations. She's a
cheeky little devil. Sometimes I wish I could be more like her.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: VorFemme Date: May 17, 2019, 10:15 am
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I have walked into bathrooms with unflushed toilets (evidence of
toilet tissue or other solids, best not described). The self
flushing toilets are not 100% foolproof nor have all toilets
magically become self flushing. But not many people are
checking for a toilet lever before leaving the cubicle.
I flush those and go to a different cubicle (if there is room
and the odors have lingered).
There have been times when I flushed three toilets before
finding one that didn’t have unpleasant memories lingering in
the air...
Or I might find that the toilet had no remaining tissue in the
cubicle...and I would go to another cubicle due to the lack of
supplies...if anyone was on the phone...not my fault.
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Contrarian Date: May 17, 2019, 11:26 am
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[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=1137.msg31312#msg31312
date=1558097540]
[quote author=TeamBhakta link=topic=1137.msg31103#msg31103
date=1557877230]
That woman really wouldn't like me. If someone is holding a
phone conversation in the restroom & they act annoyed with the
noise, guess who'll flush the toilet more than once. :-*
[/quote]
In my pre-eHell days, I've walked into the loos at work and
heard someone in one of the cubicles huff on the phone that
"someone's just walked in, ugh" as though I was deliberately
interrupting their privacy, and that prompted me to go into all
the empty cubicles and flush all the loos.
I might not do that now.
[/quote]
I completely understand this reaction because I’ve had it and
still continue to have it so many times. Someone gets huffy and
irritated when another innocently walks in, sits down, stands
up, yawns, clears their throat, etc. And the innocent person
thinks “wtf”?!
And sometimes the first person is generally resting as though
the second person has purposely done something to them. I am
forever self conscious about throat clearing, because one time
when I cleared my throat because it was a bit phlemy, I
accidentally horribly offended someone who was in the same
public space I was in and for some reason decided I was clearing
my throat “at her”. I hadn’t known what she was up to or cared,
but she laid into me like I was the rudest person on the planet.
However, sometimes the huffy “ugh” reaction is internal. It’s a
huffy, ugh, I can’t get a break today, I can’t find the right
place, and they are not blaming us but themselves.
But it can, and has, gone either way! So whose to know? So now,
if I’ve done nothing wrong or rather my actions had nothing to
do with the other, I just ignore them.
But I also try not to sigh or scrunch up my eyebrows, or huff
when someone innocently interrupts. My eyebrows are a struggle
though, they are always scrunched. I’m always wondering what’s
going on! Am I overreacting? Are they? Is there anything to
react too? Scrunch, scrunch, scrunch. :(
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Re: office restroom etiquette issue
By: Kimberami Date: May 17, 2019, 2:41 pm
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[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=1137.msg31312#msg31312
date=1558097540]
[quote author=TeamBhakta link=topic=1137.msg31103#msg31103
date=1557877230]
That woman really wouldn't like me. If someone is holding a
phone conversation in the restroom & they act annoyed with the
noise, guess who'll flush the toilet more than once. :-*
[/quote]
In my pre-eHell days, I've walked into the loos at work and
heard someone in one of the cubicles huff on the phone that
"someone's just walked in, ugh" as though I was deliberately
interrupting their privacy, and that prompted me to go into all
the empty cubicles and flush all the loos.
I might not do that now.
[/quote]
Or shouted "Ugh *Karen! Could you give us a courtesy flush,
please??"
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