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I assume you're talking about software engineers, because in every office I've worked in the toilets have been absolutely filthy by mid-morning. At my current

I assume you're talking about software engineers, because in every office I've worked in the toilets have been absolutely filthy by mid-morning. At my current place there are boot marks on top of the toilet seat that have been there for weeks, put there by one of the 10 people in the company. I think we can just apply the broken windows theory here. If whoever's responsible for the toilet doesn't demonstrate that they care about its state of cleanliness and repair, the people using the toilet won't care about that either.

garbagewoman 1mo ago
What worries you about the boot marks specifically?
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- mvdtnz 1mo ago
  Is this a serious question? Maybe people don't want to put their bare ass down on filthy bootprints.
  - kurthr 1mo ago
    He didn't didn't want to be the SECOND person squatting with boots!
  - wincy 1mo ago
    Well that first guy didn’t want to put his butt where other guy’s butts have been, that’d be pretty gross.
- LeBit 1mo ago
  Exactly. People are asses. Don’t assume you know everybody’s history. Maybe the guy is one legged and has to jump on the toilet seat to keep his balance.
  - tsss 1mo ago
    More likely it's someone from India (or much less likely China) refusing to use the facilities as intended.
B1FF_PSUVM 1mo ago
> boot marks "So, Inspector Lestrade, ..."
nradov 1mo ago
That seems hard to believe. I've been in many tech company offices around the US and they're usually fine. Where is your office located? What are the national origins of your co-workers?
- cheonjc40 1mo ago
  > That seems hard to believe. I've been in many tech company offices around the US and they're usually fine. > What are the national origins of your co-workers? Probably Indian or South Asian. Look at how dirty they behave in their own community (Sunnyvale, California) Meanwhile bathrooms and in nearby Cupertino, Mountain View and even San Jose are much cleaner.
  - shadow28 1mo ago
    There's tons of Indians in Cupertino and Mountain View as well, so I don't know what your comment was trying to prove, apart from openly displaying your prejudice and racism.
ivell 1mo ago
> At my current place there are boot marks on top of the toilet seat that have been there for weeks, put there by one of the 10 people in the company. Are you complaining no one cleaned it up, including you? Or are you complaining that the company didn't get cleaning services?
- ytoawwhra92 1mo ago
  I'm saying the presence of the boot marks make me less likely to clean up any mess I make in there.
cindyllm 1mo ago
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garbagewoman 1mo ago

What worries you about the boot marks specifically?

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mvdtnz 1mo ago
Is this a serious question? Maybe people don't want to put their bare ass down on filthy bootprints.
- kurthr 1mo ago
  He didn't didn't want to be the SECOND person squatting with boots!
- wincy 1mo ago
  Well that first guy didn’t want to put his butt where other guy’s butts have been, that’d be pretty gross.
LeBit 1mo ago
Exactly. People are asses. Don’t assume you know everybody’s history. Maybe the guy is one legged and has to jump on the toilet seat to keep his balance.
- tsss 1mo ago
  More likely it's someone from India (or much less likely China) refusing to use the facilities as intended.

B1FF_PSUVM 1mo ago

> boot marks "So, Inspector Lestrade, ..."

nradov 1mo ago

That seems hard to believe. I've been in many tech company offices around the US and they're usually fine. Where is your office located? What are the national origins of your co-workers?

cheonjc40 1mo ago
> That seems hard to believe. I've been in many tech company offices around the US and they're usually fine. > What are the national origins of your co-workers? Probably Indian or South Asian. Look at how dirty they behave in their own community (Sunnyvale, California) Meanwhile bathrooms and in nearby Cupertino, Mountain View and even San Jose are much cleaner.
- shadow28 1mo ago
  There's tons of Indians in Cupertino and Mountain View as well, so I don't know what your comment was trying to prove, apart from openly displaying your prejudice and racism.

ivell 1mo ago

> At my current place there are boot marks on top of the toilet seat that have been there for weeks, put there by one of the 10 people in the company. Are you complaining no one cleaned it up, including you? Or are you complaining that the company didn't get cleaning services?

ytoawwhra92 1mo ago
I'm saying the presence of the boot marks make me less likely to clean up any mess I make in there.

cindyllm 1mo ago

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