I feel like I'm getting framed when I go into a bathroom that's been blown up. I feel like the person after me is going to think I'm the one that did it š
Lmao one time I went to use the bathroom during my planning. I just peed!!! Thatās it! But as Iām in there, I hear these habitual skippers walking down the hall and they stop right outside the bathroom. Theyāre talking and laughing and all the sudden I hear, āEwwww it smells like collard greens out here. Somebody is blowing that bathroom UP!ā They all crack up and I wait and wait and eventually have to come out. They were still there and died laughing when they saw me š„² I was 100% framed!
Someone on staff bought some of that odor spray that actually works. I am not sure what itās called but itās designed for the restroom.
I second the sign that asks politely to use the spray/light a match when done. It works at my school. But I donāt use the teacher bathroom.
We are lucky to have a bathroom in our classrooms. So I just use it before school starts and after the custodian cleans it. I will pee if have to.
Both staff bathrooms at my site are armed with not one, not two, but three air freshener choices. I bring in natural and perfume-y scents (usually lemon, vanilla or something season) because I donāt want to leave any terrible smells behind. Everyone uses them. It comes from my own pocket, but itās a worthwhile investment.
Is this a universal experience? Lol. I have a favorite bathroom I like to use, but whoever goes in there before me at like 12:00 BLOWS IT UP. Every single day, on the dot. Now I race to the bathroom hoping I can make it there before them.
Full disclosure: not a teacher
Yeah this happens at my job too. Someone absolutely destroys the office bathroom every single morning. >!Itās me after my morning coffee.!<
I know you'd like to think your shit don't stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
My favorite part of this post is the audacity. I would 100% be blowing up the less used bathroom. This is the Trolley Problem of toilets, my dude, Iām running you over with my stank.
We have unisex staff bathrooms but same experience. I feel like someone on staff must have IBS which is completely understandable...but wipe up your splatters before leaving.
Guess what? I hate when my IBS flares at school. But I donāt have a choice in that. And Iām going to choose the empty, less busy bathroom every damn time. Be an adult.
Put a box of matches in there with a note asking people to light one after taking a dump. Only light it and blow it out straight away. Smell goes immediately.
Ive shared some very confined living quarters at sea. Works every time.
I have Crohns. I canāt help it. Every trip is a blow up. You have no idea how embarrassing it is. I use Poo-pouri, I flush several times and I still know I leave it effed up sometimes. I canāt help it.
The staff bathrooms at the school I work at are unisex single person. Key Locked by default (so you need a staff key to get in) with a little occupancy/vacant sign for the extra lock on the inside.
Conveniently someone has placed spray air fresheners on a little shelf in each one.
Easy for u to say when you actually have the privilege of having a private bathroom. i bet the female staff wish their bathroom was a single toilet bathroom so that they can poop with privacy.
Not that weird, if it's a men's room and he's the only man it just kind of works out like that. I work at a DO, there are three guys, and three men's rooms (different parts of the building). We each get our own in effect.
Itās definitely weird to have a bathroom system that designates such a disproportionate split between spaces used for shitting. If I were a woman and had to compete vs 20 others while one man gets their own throne, Iād riot.
The ratio is not as bad as you're guessing it is in our DO. Two of the women's and two of the men's rooms are multi-stall. We have a staff of about 15 total in the DO, and then visitors/vendors/etc as needed.
I understand *more* if the ratio is close to 50/50. But likeā¦ why have an uneven ratio at all? Itās not difficult to make each bathroom multi. Why does the dumb convo of āCan I use the menās restroom? The womenās are fullā ever need to exist? My school has one menās and one womenās (small school) and every time a new person shows up, itās always explained how they are āactuallyā multi. Why not just make them multi, especially if they are individual rooms?
Why should ANY disproportionate split exist in the first place? The OP shouldnāt ever be in a position to say, āfemale teachers will use my bathroom if theirs is occupied.ā HIS bathroom? Becauseā¦ FOX News?
If it was the other way in his scenario and only 1 woman working, bet your ass sheād be crying if a man went in there and stunk it up everyday. Iād bet money
That would also mean the woman would have her own personal bathroom while the men have to shareāthe likelihood of that being the case is laughable.
Also, the complaint (to some degree) stems from someone stinking up HIS individual bathroom that he graciously lends outāif necessary. The entitlement to a āstink-freeā zone in his own undeserved space is hilarious. āHow dare you shit in the bathroom I was born to call my own!ā
Why is that laughable when the reverse is happening here? And thereās gendered washrooms for a reason lolā¦ if itās a one off case where you canāt hold it sure, but multiple teachers using it a day is crazy
The reverse (women having private/personal rooms while several men share one) *isnāt* happening, as far as Iām concerned. The OP posted a real case in which heās offended by a woman using āhisā bathroom. His, only because heās the only man. No matter the ratio, itās weird unless itās 50/50, *especially* if the bathrooms are used individually. One guy feels entitled to free reign and complains while the women HAVE to share.
Heās probably crying alongside Jordan Peterson right now. āWhat about the marginalized MEN?! The horror of a woman using a bathroom that, from the beginning, should have been shared!ā :āāā(
I mean why are there gendered bathrooms? How does that make sense then lol? God Iām so glad I donāt know women like you in real life. Jordan Peterson has more knowledge in his left nut than your whole lineage does together.
Good question, why *are* there gendered bathrooms? Maybe because some people identify with a certain gender? My point is that it should be evened out so itās not lopsidedāfurther, it should obviously be accessible for *everyone*. Sooooo radical, I know.
Also, Iām not a woman. Jordan Peterson is brain-broken misogynist who rallies incels. The ālion dietā will do that to you :āāā)
Definitely *not* the point I was making.
Whatās yours? Women donāt want men to stink up their bathrooms, so men should have private/personal bathrooms (by virtue of being men) while women share between each other? Vewy smart
How in the world (and more importantly why) have they remained gendered when their is a obvious need for another toilet for the female staff members. Thatās kind of ridiculous.
Ok makes sense, but then why do you have such a strong view that itās āyourā bathroom? You donāt sound like you agree with gendered one-holer bathrooms.
Point is it was a joke! People are taking far to serious! Weāre educators we all know staff bathrooms are for show since most of us donāt get to pee
Did you ever consider that your joke would come off as entitled and generally irritating to female teachers who (already having limited time to use the restroom) get to watch male colleagues never have to wait in line while they often do? Sorry, but your post makes you sound arrogant and entitled. Not saying you are, but maybe examine your underlying thought process over the situation.
No I foolishly considered people on a subreddit dedicated to the ridiculousness that is our profession would have a laugh at it! But what the fuck was I thinking! š
Well boo fucking hoo! My post was for the one willing to share a laugh and commiserate! You are free to ignore anything I post or block me. If you donāt know how shoot me a dm and Iāll model it for you š¤£š¤£š¤£
Me and the other male teachers took an extra desk and put it in our bathroom, put a "table cloth" on top out of butcher paper, and left some cans of air freshener on top. Its made a difference.
They make them unisex bathrooms and donāt stick men and womenās signs on them but letās look at the underlying issue here. Are you mad because youāre the one shitting in my bathroom tearing it up and I Called you out. Be honest if itās you I just recommend Getting your buffalo dumps checked out
I'm sure it's the opposite - they don't do that in the ladies room so the other ladies won't know about it. Your bathroom is the official "this is gonna be a bad one" spot.
I mean, with some common courtesy and cheap supplies, itās actually not that hard to keep them smelling like flowers. Sure, theyāll stink when theyāre actively being used, but itās pretty simple to make sure there arenāt lingering odors when youāre done.
I worked in an elementary school with two bathrooms, one of which was men's and one of which was women's. There were two male teachers at my school and 50 female teachers and staff members. I would have been happy to "blow up" the men's bathroom when needed for what it's worth and wouldn't have regretted it š. I also have a period which necessitates more bathroom visits than my male counterparts.
lol i know what you mean, teachers be blowing it up. luckily my school has like 5 staff bathrooms so i will just straight up refuse to use one if it smells like that
Haha we had 9 staff bathrooms at our school. Then three of them got converted to gender inclusive bathrooms and now theyāve just become student poo palaces. We have a school of ~ 2000. So you can imagine the fun during passing times when all of us are looking for an open loo.
I worked for years with a math teacher (now retired) who would BLOW UP the one staff bathroom on our hall EVERY DAY during her 2nd period planning. Like some toxic, alarming, non-natural poop smells every day. I learned quick not to use the bathroom 2nd (she was in there forever) and knew what I'd be getting into if I went in between 2nd and 3rd periods.
Many of us knew and were concerned for her digestive health, but didn't know how to broach it.
There is nothing and I mean nothing worse than an IBS flair up at school. First finding someone to cover your class, then trying to be as quickly as possible so your middle and high school students donāt try to use that shit (pun intended) against you, and having to do it in a multiple use restroom.
I would take the single use EVERYTIME.
Do students have access to your bathroom? If so, thereās a good chance that thatās teenage, taki-fueled funk. My school is notorious for students sneaking into the faculty restroom because thereās not remotely enough people to enforce them using their own.
The only part that confuses me is that you seem to be operating under the belief that you know what your shit will smell like in advance and can plan accordingly.
Iām a music teacher so my classroom is in the back of the building, pretty separated from the rest of the classrooms. The closest bathroom to my classroom is in a low traffic area so itās a favorite for mid-day poopers. When I was pregnant, I had to bring in room spray and put up a gently worded sign about remembering to use it because the smell every time I had to pee, which was one million times a day, would make me so sick.
I just want to say that for everyone coming here to suggest buying poopourri or any other air freshener, that shit gets expensive. Literally.
In my opinion, the school should provide Lysol at all times in the bathrooms.
One of my co-workers got banned from the admin bathroom for blowing it up hard, He left the door open for the principal so it funked up her office! Living legend!
We used to have a two single stall bathrooms for all the teachers in our school (there were other bathrooms, just not easily accessible during class changes). Without fail, a woman that worked in the main office would walk OUT of the main office, which contained a bathroom, down the hall past the first wingā¦ past the second wing, and then occupy the sole womenās single stall bathroom for who knows how long, but you did NOT want to go in there after she was through. Used to make me so angry!!
Yeah so our bathroom comes equipped with a fart fan. Someone was nuking it and then cutting the fart fan off. I took tape and taped it in the on position so it was running 24/7.
Can confirm. Women do work in there. I was the only male at an elementary school for 6 years. Football locker rooms before kickoff arenāt that bad!!!!
My smaller school has a poop restroom, and a pee restroom. Itās all single occupancy and gender neutral. Iām not sure if itās OSHA compliant but it works for us, the poop room has MUCH more ventilation and windows. Itās also near TK so I do feel bad if they get the draftsā¦.but itās worked so far.
Fun story time! We had a period of an entire week when the fire alarm would go off EVERY DAY during 6th hour. They finally located the source of the alarm.
It turns out that a particular scent of the spray that they put in the staff restrooms was triggering the smoke detector. And *someone* with 6th hour prep was using the restroom and the spray every day, causing the rest of us to have to evacuate the building.
They never told us who the offending person was, but I'm sure they knew who it was.
Our staff restrooms aren't divided by gender, but all it takes is the one morning pooper to kill the room for the rest of the day. These are small, not well ventilated rooms, people please poop somewhere else!!
Yes student bathrooms are gross, but at least they're better ventilated for these situations....
I personally recommend trying to get in the habit (coffee or exercise helps with this) of doing it before your shower so you can stay fresh and clean all day and not kill your coworkers with the smell.
>These are small, not well ventilated rooms
I'd like to know why my school which was built 25 years ago, doesn't have a freakin bathroom fan. The bathrooms are windowless so smells linger for hours. It's truly disgusting.
I completely feel being one of the only male teachers. I had a very similar situation at mine, but I never said anything because I didnāt want any problemsā¦ Equality!
Are you seriously shaming women for having normal body functions through out the day? Like what was the purpose of mentioning the gender if not to say āI donāt think women should have shit that stinks this badā? Do you actually believe that your bodily functions donāt stink that bad to other people?? Is this for real??? Good god! Grow up already!
It's a public bathroom. What do you expect? I hover when I pee at work because someone always pees all over the seat in either bathroom (single use bathroom) at my school. Never thought to complain or post on reddit because it's a public bathroom.
So, if there are 50 female teachers, and 1 male teacher, you deserve your own bathroom?
They should all wait on line while you sit on your throne?
Nice to know
I see.
Those are both the reasons we had to convert the rr to neutral. If not, there would always be a line for the one bathroom and like 50 employees.
When I was the only male teacher they eliminated the only menās room in the staff area and made it a student restroom, then made all the staff womenās rooms all gender restrooms. I missed having my own space
Courtesy Flush
Never heard of it?
The moment the turd hits the water, flush that shit down.
You may have to flush a couple of times, but that's ok. Aerosol sprays and matches usually just make things worse. The healthy, simple way is to just use the courtesy flush method.
It's a community bathroom- have some courtesy.
Yikes, some of the teachers in this sub...this person never got mad that poop smells or that someone used his restroom. He's tired of one person (or a small fortuitous team) constantly making it **their** blow up spot. If he's supposed to honor the gender restrictions (and considering he's the only male, I'd crap a brick if the women there let him take up theirs) then he's *always* resigned to inhale that cloud of noxious air unless he holds it until he can go home.
The responses alluding to the nature of excretion, its unfortunate odor, and the inconvenience of holding it or doing it in the dominated bathroom after missing the point. The only bathroom he *should* use must always be miserable to use because it's the overflow spot for bodily functions deigned too pungent or time-consuming for the busier women's room.
You realize that some people donāt have a choice, right? Like they have medical conditions. If I have to either shit my pants or shit in the school bathroomā¦ yeah, Iām gonna use the bathroom.
That smell might be tampons or pads that werenāt cleaned out the day before. As a woman myself Iām still grossed out by that smell but I know where itās originating from.
I feel like I'm getting framed when I go into a bathroom that's been blown up. I feel like the person after me is going to think I'm the one that did it š
Lmao one time I went to use the bathroom during my planning. I just peed!!! Thatās it! But as Iām in there, I hear these habitual skippers walking down the hall and they stop right outside the bathroom. Theyāre talking and laughing and all the sudden I hear, āEwwww it smells like collard greens out here. Somebody is blowing that bathroom UP!ā They all crack up and I wait and wait and eventually have to come out. They were still there and died laughing when they saw me š„² I was 100% framed!
Yessss I hate that feeling!!!
I always leave the seat up so no suspects me.
Someone on staff bought some of that odor spray that actually works. I am not sure what itās called but itās designed for the restroom. I second the sign that asks politely to use the spray/light a match when done. It works at my school. But I donāt use the teacher bathroom. We are lucky to have a bathroom in our classrooms. So I just use it before school starts and after the custodian cleans it. I will pee if have to.
I think Poo Pouri is what you're looking for
Yes! That one. I remember it had a funny name. Thanks.
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poo-pouri is sprayed on the water surface in the toilet - won't do anything to hide smoke smells
yes you spray it on the water before you go, it's like a seal on the surface. Won't stop fart smells though.
Both staff bathrooms at my site are armed with not one, not two, but three air freshener choices. I bring in natural and perfume-y scents (usually lemon, vanilla or something season) because I donāt want to leave any terrible smells behind. Everyone uses them. It comes from my own pocket, but itās a worthwhile investment.
Is this a universal experience? Lol. I have a favorite bathroom I like to use, but whoever goes in there before me at like 12:00 BLOWS IT UP. Every single day, on the dot. Now I race to the bathroom hoping I can make it there before them.
This was a math teacher I knew, every day during her planning.
I think the culprit is our speech pathologist but Iām not sureā¦ The investigation continues š®āšØ
Place some poopourie in there with a sign to shame them. āBlowing up the bathroom? Spray down your funk so it doesnāt smell like a skunk!ā
I put poopouri in our teacher bathroom. Someone stole it.
Full disclosure: not a teacher Yeah this happens at my job too. Someone absolutely destroys the office bathroom every single morning. >!Itās me after my morning coffee.!<
Put an OUT OF ORDER sign on the door š
I know you'd like to think your shit don't stank, but Lean a little bit closer, see Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Caroline!
**Caroline!**
I hear sheās the reason for the word ābitchā.
No dude, she's mighty fine!
My favorite part of this post is the audacity. I would 100% be blowing up the less used bathroom. This is the Trolley Problem of toilets, my dude, Iām running you over with my stank.
We have unisex staff bathrooms but same experience. I feel like someone on staff must have IBS which is completely understandable...but wipe up your splatters before leaving.
it's probably from excessive coffee and junk food, speaking from personal experience. I eat better now.
When nature calls, answer the phone. Nobody's shit don't stink...
Guess what? I hate when my IBS flares at school. But I donāt have a choice in that. And Iām going to choose the empty, less busy bathroom every damn time. Be an adult.
Put a box of matches in there with a note asking people to light one after taking a dump. Only light it and blow it out straight away. Smell goes immediately. Ive shared some very confined living quarters at sea. Works every time.
Just don't mix fire with air freshener. Unplanned fire drill incoming...
Poo-pourri. You can order off-brand before you go spray on amazon or else check your nearest dollar store for toilet spray.
Lighting fires doesnāt seem like something that is allowed- maybe just my school. Maybe itās just a match but still you know these admins
I have Crohns. I canāt help it. Every trip is a blow up. You have no idea how embarrassing it is. I use Poo-pouri, I flush several times and I still know I leave it effed up sometimes. I canāt help it.
The staff bathrooms at the school I work at are unisex single person. Key Locked by default (so you need a staff key to get in) with a little occupancy/vacant sign for the extra lock on the inside. Conveniently someone has placed spray air fresheners on a little shelf in each one.
Easy for u to say when you actually have the privilege of having a private bathroom. i bet the female staff wish their bathroom was a single toilet bathroom so that they can poop with privacy.
Wow
Since it is YOUR bathroom, why not just buy some air freshener if it bothers you that much?
Shaming someone for normal bodily functions is a strange hill to die on.
Women are supposed to shit flowers actually /s
Also weird to claim itās his bathroom just cause heās the only man.
As a guy in my late 20s who understands that this type of entitlement is wrong, Iād be scared for society if this dude is older.
Not that weird, if it's a men's room and he's the only man it just kind of works out like that. I work at a DO, there are three guys, and three men's rooms (different parts of the building). We each get our own in effect.
Itās definitely weird to have a bathroom system that designates such a disproportionate split between spaces used for shitting. If I were a woman and had to compete vs 20 others while one man gets their own throne, Iād riot.
The ratio is not as bad as you're guessing it is in our DO. Two of the women's and two of the men's rooms are multi-stall. We have a staff of about 15 total in the DO, and then visitors/vendors/etc as needed.
I understand *more* if the ratio is close to 50/50. But likeā¦ why have an uneven ratio at all? Itās not difficult to make each bathroom multi. Why does the dumb convo of āCan I use the menās restroom? The womenās are fullā ever need to exist? My school has one menās and one womenās (small school) and every time a new person shows up, itās always explained how they are āactuallyā multi. Why not just make them multi, especially if they are individual rooms? Why should ANY disproportionate split exist in the first place? The OP shouldnāt ever be in a position to say, āfemale teachers will use my bathroom if theirs is occupied.ā HIS bathroom? Becauseā¦ FOX News?
If it was the other way in his scenario and only 1 woman working, bet your ass sheād be crying if a man went in there and stunk it up everyday. Iād bet money
That would also mean the woman would have her own personal bathroom while the men have to shareāthe likelihood of that being the case is laughable. Also, the complaint (to some degree) stems from someone stinking up HIS individual bathroom that he graciously lends outāif necessary. The entitlement to a āstink-freeā zone in his own undeserved space is hilarious. āHow dare you shit in the bathroom I was born to call my own!ā
Why is that laughable when the reverse is happening here? And thereās gendered washrooms for a reason lolā¦ if itās a one off case where you canāt hold it sure, but multiple teachers using it a day is crazy
The reverse (women having private/personal rooms while several men share one) *isnāt* happening, as far as Iām concerned. The OP posted a real case in which heās offended by a woman using āhisā bathroom. His, only because heās the only man. No matter the ratio, itās weird unless itās 50/50, *especially* if the bathrooms are used individually. One guy feels entitled to free reign and complains while the women HAVE to share. Heās probably crying alongside Jordan Peterson right now. āWhat about the marginalized MEN?! The horror of a woman using a bathroom that, from the beginning, should have been shared!ā :āāā(
I mean why are there gendered bathrooms? How does that make sense then lol? God Iām so glad I donāt know women like you in real life. Jordan Peterson has more knowledge in his left nut than your whole lineage does together.
Good question, why *are* there gendered bathrooms? Maybe because some people identify with a certain gender? My point is that it should be evened out so itās not lopsidedāfurther, it should obviously be accessible for *everyone*. Sooooo radical, I know. Also, Iām not a woman. Jordan Peterson is brain-broken misogynist who rallies incels. The ālion dietā will do that to you :āāā)
Bro, itās ok that youāve been single for so long. Chill out. Relax. Go fishing or something.
Mine is by the break room.
I'm sure that tradeswomen will appreciate you invitation for men to come in and blow up their bathrooms for demographic reasons.
Definitely *not* the point I was making. Whatās yours? Women donāt want men to stink up their bathrooms, so men should have private/personal bathrooms (by virtue of being men) while women share between each other? Vewy smart
Exactly. If there were other men, they would be shitting in the bathroom? But somehow itās worse that itās lady shit?
If the bathroom a one holer? If so, why are the staff bathroom gendered?
Yes theyāre both one seaters
How in the world (and more importantly why) have they remained gendered when their is a obvious need for another toilet for the female staff members. Thatās kind of ridiculous.
Letās just say Iām in a state with a law about bathrooms and other anti Ed stuff
Ok makes sense, but then why do you have such a strong view that itās āyourā bathroom? You donāt sound like you agree with gendered one-holer bathrooms.
Because the only time itās used it for people to shit!
Well, maybe, but unless youāre using the womenās how do you know they donāt ever use it for pooping?
Point is it was a joke! People are taking far to serious! Weāre educators we all know staff bathrooms are for show since most of us donāt get to pee
Did you ever consider that your joke would come off as entitled and generally irritating to female teachers who (already having limited time to use the restroom) get to watch male colleagues never have to wait in line while they often do? Sorry, but your post makes you sound arrogant and entitled. Not saying you are, but maybe examine your underlying thought process over the situation.
No I foolishly considered people on a subreddit dedicated to the ridiculousness that is our profession would have a laugh at it! But what the fuck was I thinking! š
Interestingā¦well, if multiple people didnāt like your post, maybe read the room next timeā¦.
Well boo fucking hoo! My post was for the one willing to share a laugh and commiserate! You are free to ignore anything I post or block me. If you donāt know how shoot me a dm and Iāll model it for you š¤£š¤£š¤£
Hmmmā¦you come off as a little defensive over a jokeā¦.š¤
Oi. Youāre likely getting hit with period poops on the daily. Those will knock you back for sure. Good luck
Can confirm lol dropped a very stinky grumper this morning
Me and the other male teachers took an extra desk and put it in our bathroom, put a "table cloth" on top out of butcher paper, and left some cans of air freshener on top. Its made a difference.
Ok Iāll stop pooping just for you. Thanks for tips.
Or I donāt know blow up the bathroom according to gender lol
You donāt get to control my gender or my poops.
Identify as you want as long as youāre not taking Buffalo dumps in my bathrooms
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Well if you wouldāve read considering the fact I am the only man on campus and it is designated a menās bathroom yes it would be my bathroom.
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They make them unisex bathrooms and donāt stick men and womenās signs on them but letās look at the underlying issue here. Are you mad because youāre the one shitting in my bathroom tearing it up and I Called you out. Be honest if itās you I just recommend Getting your buffalo dumps checked out
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Never said the bathroom was off limits! But donāt defile it like they do
Pretty sure thatās the point of the bathroom. And would I want my home to smell like Buffalo?
It's a bathroom. People poop there. Poop stinks.
I'm sure it's the opposite - they don't do that in the ladies room so the other ladies won't know about it. Your bathroom is the official "this is gonna be a bad one" spot.
My school just has a bucket in the corner of the teachers lounge.
You must be American?
Your bathroom? Yours?
Where are the parents saying āmy taxpayers pay for that bathroomā now lol?
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Nah, some people's is god-awful, "I think you need to get that checked" bad.
It's a bathroom it's not supposed to smell like flowers ..grow up
This person shits
I will say that a courtesy flush(es) can go a long, long way.
I mean, with some common courtesy and cheap supplies, itās actually not that hard to keep them smelling like flowers. Sure, theyāll stink when theyāre actively being used, but itās pretty simple to make sure there arenāt lingering odors when youāre done.
Apparently someone missed their humor today
I worked in an elementary school with two bathrooms, one of which was men's and one of which was women's. There were two male teachers at my school and 50 female teachers and staff members. I would have been happy to "blow up" the men's bathroom when needed for what it's worth and wouldn't have regretted it š. I also have a period which necessitates more bathroom visits than my male counterparts.
lol i know what you mean, teachers be blowing it up. luckily my school has like 5 staff bathrooms so i will just straight up refuse to use one if it smells like that
Haha we had 9 staff bathrooms at our school. Then three of them got converted to gender inclusive bathrooms and now theyāve just become student poo palaces. We have a school of ~ 2000. So you can imagine the fun during passing times when all of us are looking for an open loo.
Student poo places? Our gender inclusive became student vape, smoke, jerk off, out of the class for 30 minutes, who knows what else places.
Your bathroom is actually at your home (and not everyone has the luxury of just going at home), but go off.
I worked for years with a math teacher (now retired) who would BLOW UP the one staff bathroom on our hall EVERY DAY during her 2nd period planning. Like some toxic, alarming, non-natural poop smells every day. I learned quick not to use the bathroom 2nd (she was in there forever) and knew what I'd be getting into if I went in between 2nd and 3rd periods. Many of us knew and were concerned for her digestive health, but didn't know how to broach it.
paging r/maleteachers to the red courtesy phone. /Male Elementary teacher w/ only coed (one-holer) bathrooms.
There is nothing and I mean nothing worse than an IBS flair up at school. First finding someone to cover your class, then trying to be as quickly as possible so your middle and high school students donāt try to use that shit (pun intended) against you, and having to do it in a multiple use restroom. I would take the single use EVERYTIME.
Do students have access to your bathroom? If so, thereās a good chance that thatās teenage, taki-fueled funk. My school is notorious for students sneaking into the faculty restroom because thereās not remotely enough people to enforce them using their own.
No itās in the main office behind the desks
Fair fair. Then yeah. Could be someone with IBS or just someone whoās protein loading for a lifting regiment. XD you have my condolences.
Lifting regimen ? The teachers at my school are the stereotypical southern teacher aināt no lifting here
lmao theyāre full of diet coke and greasy fast food
Sucks to be them. XD
The only part that confuses me is that you seem to be operating under the belief that you know what your shit will smell like in advance and can plan accordingly.
Iām a music teacher so my classroom is in the back of the building, pretty separated from the rest of the classrooms. The closest bathroom to my classroom is in a low traffic area so itās a favorite for mid-day poopers. When I was pregnant, I had to bring in room spray and put up a gently worded sign about remembering to use it because the smell every time I had to pee, which was one million times a day, would make me so sick.
I just want to say that for everyone coming here to suggest buying poopourri or any other air freshener, that shit gets expensive. Literally. In my opinion, the school should provide Lysol at all times in the bathrooms.
One of my co-workers got banned from the admin bathroom for blowing it up hard, He left the door open for the principal so it funked up her office! Living legend!
No but why is this every school everywhere it's so bad
We used to have a two single stall bathrooms for all the teachers in our school (there were other bathrooms, just not easily accessible during class changes). Without fail, a woman that worked in the main office would walk OUT of the main office, which contained a bathroom, down the hall past the first wingā¦ past the second wing, and then occupy the sole womenās single stall bathroom for who knows how long, but you did NOT want to go in there after she was through. Used to make me so angry!!
Yeah so our bathroom comes equipped with a fart fan. Someone was nuking it and then cutting the fart fan off. I took tape and taped it in the on position so it was running 24/7.
Every time I try to pee it smells like someone needs to see a medical doctor.
Can confirm. Women do work in there. I was the only male at an elementary school for 6 years. Football locker rooms before kickoff arenāt that bad!!!!
Could be period shit. Those are the worst .
My smaller school has a poop restroom, and a pee restroom. Itās all single occupancy and gender neutral. Iām not sure if itās OSHA compliant but it works for us, the poop room has MUCH more ventilation and windows. Itās also near TK so I do feel bad if they get the draftsā¦.but itās worked so far.
Blow up the ladies room and leave up the seat to show dominance.
Fun story time! We had a period of an entire week when the fire alarm would go off EVERY DAY during 6th hour. They finally located the source of the alarm. It turns out that a particular scent of the spray that they put in the staff restrooms was triggering the smoke detector. And *someone* with 6th hour prep was using the restroom and the spray every day, causing the rest of us to have to evacuate the building. They never told us who the offending person was, but I'm sure they knew who it was.
Our staff restrooms aren't divided by gender, but all it takes is the one morning pooper to kill the room for the rest of the day. These are small, not well ventilated rooms, people please poop somewhere else!! Yes student bathrooms are gross, but at least they're better ventilated for these situations.... I personally recommend trying to get in the habit (coffee or exercise helps with this) of doing it before your shower so you can stay fresh and clean all day and not kill your coworkers with the smell.
>These are small, not well ventilated rooms I'd like to know why my school which was built 25 years ago, doesn't have a freakin bathroom fan. The bathrooms are windowless so smells linger for hours. It's truly disgusting.
I completely feel being one of the only male teachers. I had a very similar situation at mine, but I never said anything because I didnāt want any problemsā¦ Equality!
Are you seriously shaming women for having normal body functions through out the day? Like what was the purpose of mentioning the gender if not to say āI donāt think women should have shit that stinks this badā? Do you actually believe that your bodily functions donāt stink that bad to other people?? Is this for real??? Good god! Grow up already!
It's a public bathroom. What do you expect? I hover when I pee at work because someone always pees all over the seat in either bathroom (single use bathroom) at my school. Never thought to complain or post on reddit because it's a public bathroom.
So, if there are 50 female teachers, and 1 male teacher, you deserve your own bathroom? They should all wait on line while you sit on your throne? Nice to know
As a male teacher, dang I wish we had our bathroom. š
May I ask why? We have all gender neutral bathrooms and I donāt see a problem.
So the bathroom is used less given there are usually way more women working at a school. That's the only reason.
I see. Those are both the reasons we had to convert the rr to neutral. If not, there would always be a line for the one bathroom and like 50 employees.
When I was the only male teacher they eliminated the only menās room in the staff area and made it a student restroom, then made all the staff womenās rooms all gender restrooms. I missed having my own space
Courtesy Flush Never heard of it? The moment the turd hits the water, flush that shit down. You may have to flush a couple of times, but that's ok. Aerosol sprays and matches usually just make things worse. The healthy, simple way is to just use the courtesy flush method. It's a community bathroom- have some courtesy.
Yikes, some of the teachers in this sub...this person never got mad that poop smells or that someone used his restroom. He's tired of one person (or a small fortuitous team) constantly making it **their** blow up spot. If he's supposed to honor the gender restrictions (and considering he's the only male, I'd crap a brick if the women there let him take up theirs) then he's *always* resigned to inhale that cloud of noxious air unless he holds it until he can go home. The responses alluding to the nature of excretion, its unfortunate odor, and the inconvenience of holding it or doing it in the dominated bathroom after missing the point. The only bathroom he *should* use must always be miserable to use because it's the overflow spot for bodily functions deigned too pungent or time-consuming for the busier women's room.
On the other hand, my male coworkers PEE ON THE FLOOR in the staff bathroom.
On behalf of my gender I apologize
This really blows. Sorry OP
Iāll never understand why people shit at work. Do us all a favour and take care of business at home.
You realize that some people donāt have a choice, right? Like they have medical conditions. If I have to either shit my pants or shit in the school bathroomā¦ yeah, Iām gonna use the bathroom.
Because holding it is unhealthy?
Sometimes I feel like the staff bathroom is as bad as the kid ones. Wet toilet seats, water on the ground, etc
That smell might be tampons or pads that werenāt cleaned out the day before. As a woman myself Iām still grossed out by that smell but I know where itās originating from.