Fuuuuuck I forgot to use a toilet seat cover and sat down for a second. Am I going to die?
How do I sterilize my ass?
Soap and warm water?
Tim, how would that even work, logistically?
The sink isn’t in the stall with me. I would have to do one of two things: either pull my pants up to get some kind of towel I could slather with soap and water and then go back to the stall to furiously scour my butt or I could walk out naked and just furiously scour my butt at the sink. The former wouldn’t work because I would infect my boxers and pants with whatever avian sex flu my coworkers have and the latter is no good due to pesky indecency and harassment statutes.
I’m trapped.
Can someone come save me? I don’t think there are any vents in here. Download a photo of me from Facebook and create a mask like in Mission Impossible and come break me out.
Question... are you still on fire?
Yep.
Then, good news! It should all be over soon.
Yep.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I didn't know there were people who actually use the toilet seat cover.
Just take some paper towels and dip it into the bowl and wipe down the seat like the rest of us, drez.
I used to work with a germophobe that kept a pretty tight lid on it but gave away two tells that I know of.
On one occasion, someone at a table with him accidentally reached out and touched his water glass before figuring out that it wasn't theirs. Just touched the sides. He freaked the fuck out. Like, got red in the face and started stammering and needed to get a new glass.
On one other occasion, something happened in the office one day that required a rapid response (maybe a fire alarm? I can't remember) and he was forced to leave the bathroom in a hurry. We all knew that when he went in there he took way longer than one would normally expect but, whatever, people poop at different paces. On this day though, the next person in discovered an impossibly intricate nest around the toilet seat, made of literally dozens of seat covers. I don't just mean a stack of seat covers. We're talking carefully woven together and around the seat.
Guy was a character.
I don't get that second thing. If you're taking that long anyways why not just pack a can of Lysol and actually disinfect it before you do your business? It'd be actually effective and possibly quicker.
I used to use Clorox wipes (I hate Lysol wipes - too foamy) like nobody’s business. But that developed into chemophobia, if that’s a thing?
Imagine being a germaphobe with a fear of cleansers.
Now, I use alcohol prep wipes which are tiny and annoying to use but provides the balance between adhering to my chemophobic and germaphobic tendencies without much fuss.
Alcohol is okay, but you need bleach to kill things like c-diff. You also need a certain percentage of bleach, so household ones won't cut it. You need hospital grade ones. Just wear gloves while using them.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
It’s a mental war. I’m waging war on myself. Sometimes it’s refusal/denial. Sometimes it’s compromise. I don’t want to clean everything. Or anything. I don’t even want to know about diseases. My hang ups are more rooted in traditional OCD than germaphobia.
So alcohol wipes may be ineffectual in all cases, but using them balances out my mental issues.
I actually think I’m going to stop using toilet seat covers and see if I can actually stick to that. At least at work.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
I don't blame germaphobes in general. Humans are gross and things like MRSA can make you lose limbs.
Germaphobia (of the kind of people being like "eww gross," not the kind that's a subset of OCD) has been a major contributor to the rise of things like MRSA because people started packing antibiotics into soap and handwash and requesting them for colds and not finishing the courses properly because they were no longer taken as the serious medication they are.
The office administrator wants to talk to me when I have a minute
I suspect it's about the staff assistant position that's soon to open, but my paranoia is telling me "You made some horrible mistake and you're getting fired today."
The office administrator wants to talk to me when I have a minute
I suspect it's about the staff assistant position that's soon to open, but my paranoia is telling me "You made some horrible mistake and you're getting fired today."
When I got my raise the call opened with "turn the phone off speaker. Ok, HR was looking at a couple things..." and I was like ok fuck no fuck no fuck.
The human body is pretty resilient at fighting off infection.
It sucks being infected aaaa!aaaaaaaaa
Marty: The future, it's where you're going? Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
I accepted a job, and in the few weeks since then, I've heard back from like five places asking either if I wanted a job or an interview. Maybe last month! You jerks!
On the flip side of that, I work with a guy who will regularly go take a shit while on a phone call.
But (and this is my favorite part), he doesn't flush. If you wander into the bathroom after one of his teleconference shits and say anything about it, he'll calmly explain that his headset doesn't have a mute button so obviously he can't flush the toilet or the people on the other end will hear, and he's not an animal.
It is now your mission to eat a lot of cabbage and beans and whatever and really let loose in the stall next to him while he's on a call.
Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
"and whatever"
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
I didn't even try to hide my germaphobia from my peers at Discover. I made sure they knew so people wouldn't fuck with my stuff. There was always that asshole that would wave their hands near my stuff and ask what I'd do if they touched my stuff.
I can't even fathom pooping at work. No amount of covers or paper towels or anything over the seat would make me feel comfortable, I can basically only poop at home.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I fight disease by making sure my germs are stronger and more plentiful than competing germs. You want a piece of me, you gotta get through my boys first.
I really don't mind using public toilets, I figure it's just my butt touching the surface and I don't touch my butt much between cleanings. I will take some wadded up toilet paper and wipe down the seat if there's obvious stuff on it but that's about the extent of my worries. I just make sure to wash my hands thoroughly and use a paper towel to open the door.
The thing that squicks me out is when a public toilet seat is warm. A toilet seat should be as cold as the innermost circle of hell.
I don't blame germaphobes in general. Humans are gross and things like MRSA can make you lose limbs.
Germaphobia (of the kind of people being like "eww gross," not the kind that's a subset of OCD) has been a major contributor to the rise of things like MRSA because people started packing antibiotics into soap and handwash and requesting them for colds and not finishing the courses properly because they were no longer taken as the serious medication they are.
Drops in the bucket compared to overuse by the farming industry to produce larger animals, though, truth be told.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
Is it worth putting my Amex time on my resume? I've only been here since August 13th and I'm still in training.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
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KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
Is it worth putting my Amex time on my resume? I've only been here since August 13th and I'm still in training.
Probably not. I would only do it if I had a reason for leaving that potential hirers would agree was a good and understandable reason, and it was something short enough I could include in a cover letter.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
I don't blame germaphobes in general. Humans are gross and things like MRSA can make you lose limbs.
Germaphobia (of the kind of people being like "eww gross," not the kind that's a subset of OCD) has been a major contributor to the rise of things like MRSA because people started packing antibiotics into soap and handwash and requesting them for colds and not finishing the courses properly because they were no longer taken as the serious medication they are.
Drops in the bucket compared to overuse by the farming industry to produce larger animals, though, truth be told.
Also yes. Makes me pretty mad how many problems humans are creating for ourselves by being idiots.
Is it worth putting my Amex time on my resume? I've only been here since August 13th and I'm still in training.
Generally any job held for less than 4 to 6 months is a red flag on a resume to potential employers and will do more to hurt your odds of getting a call than help.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
How about public bathrooms where the toilet is jammed and yet that hasn't stopped multiple people from pooping in an ever increasing pile of smelly shit.
Barf
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
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MsAnthropyThe Lady of Pain Breaks the Rhythm, Breaks the Rhythm, Breaks the RhythmThe City of FlowersRegistered Userregular
So. Job search update. Had two interviews with a pair of Seattle-based tech companies.
Interview 1
Got along with the manager and team really well, and absolutely nailed all of my core subject areas (stats, predictive modeling, business processes).
Had a tough time with the programming exercise.
Environment seemed super cool, lots of people working with blue / green / purple hair, etc.
Industry is one I am not that super interested in, though technical aspects could be near to learn.
Interview 2
I am super interested in the problems this company is working on and I think I was able to convey my enthusiam well.
I think I got along well with all but maybe one of the interviewers (one of them seemed to be completely emotionless).
The person conducting my business problem interview gave me compliments about the framework I worked out with them.
I was able to fully code working solutions to both programming questions, was able to do big O analysis and describe how I would design automated testing procedures. Was very short on time, so wasn’t able to ID how to improve poor scaling algorithm, though.
Nailed the first half of a prob/stats question, but was completely flummoxed by a follow-up. I tried to ask clarifying questions, and got a couple of contradictory answers. We were at the last bit of time for working on it, so I had to apologize for not being able to crack it. The interviewer acted like the follow-up was elementary, but digging into it after the fact, I was able to find research papers from the last two years outlining that there is actually no unique solution to that problem without making extra assumptions which were not provided in either the setup or during my questions. Kinda frustrating.
Company is absolutely top tier as far as I am concerned. Facilities were also awesome, and I saw at least one gender non-conforming person there, which is comforting to me.
And now two days later, I had a follow-up call with company 1, and they said they are going to be working on putting an offer together for me even though I got dinged pretty heavily on one portion of the interview. Will be letting company 2 know, as well, because I am still very interested in them.
OMG. OMG. OMG.
The company from my second interview last week called this morning to say that they will be sending me an offer this afternoon. They agreed to match what I was asking for in terms of base + bonus, and that the comp package will also include equity grants, a signing bonus, and a relocation bonus. They also did not bat an eye when I mentioned wanting to have 8-12 hours a week of flex scheduling for the first few months as I will likely be shuttling between cities before we sell our house--which we are likely going to wait until next summer to do at the earliest so we can get the best offer.
so, I recently got a new job, that I am very excited about.
Meanwhile, the job that I did until then (and gave two weeks' notice to) has withheld my final paycheck. I asked what was going on, and my previous boss has claimed that due to my performance in the time preceding up until my departure, they were considering withholding it. While things were definitely slow, I was never written up for anything or told I was doing a bad job. I worked during the two weeks of transition, doing things they asked me to do without any delay or anything. I turned in my equipment to the office on my last day.
so, I recently got a new job, that I am very excited about.
Meanwhile, the job that I did until then (and gave two weeks' notice to) has withheld my final paycheck. I asked what was going on, and my previous boss has claimed that due to my performance in the time preceding up until my departure, they were considering withholding it. While things were definitely slow, I was never written up for anything or told I was doing a bad job. I worked during the two weeks of transition, doing things they asked me to do without any delay or anything. I turned in my equipment to the office on my last day.
There's no...way that's legal, right?
Correct; if they withhold your pay, that is actual theft, and they can be similarly charged with larceny.
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KakodaimonosCode fondlerHelping the 1% get richerRegistered Userregular
Nope. Tell them or e-mail them (including HR and possibly higher level bosses) that if you don't get your last paycheck you'll file a missing wage complaint with your state's department of labor.
Nope. Tell them or e-mail them (including HR and possibly higher level bosses) that if you don't get your last paycheck you'll file a missing wage complaint with your state's department of labor.
it's a small office, the person I'm dealing with is the CEO.
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Yep.
you should try and sneak our favorite medievalist in for a guest lecture on anarchism in the middle ages
Alcohol is okay, but you need bleach to kill things like c-diff. You also need a certain percentage of bleach, so household ones won't cut it. You need hospital grade ones. Just wear gloves while using them.
E: hit the seat with that stuff, wait 3 minutes, boom MRSA and c-diff free toilet experience.
It’s a mental war. I’m waging war on myself. Sometimes it’s refusal/denial. Sometimes it’s compromise. I don’t want to clean everything. Or anything. I don’t even want to know about diseases. My hang ups are more rooted in traditional OCD than germaphobia.
So alcohol wipes may be ineffectual in all cases, but using them balances out my mental issues.
I actually think I’m going to stop using toilet seat covers and see if I can actually stick to that. At least at work.
Germaphobia (of the kind of people being like "eww gross," not the kind that's a subset of OCD) has been a major contributor to the rise of things like MRSA because people started packing antibiotics into soap and handwash and requesting them for colds and not finishing the courses properly because they were no longer taken as the serious medication they are.
I suspect it's about the staff assistant position that's soon to open, but my paranoia is telling me "You made some horrible mistake and you're getting fired today."
When I got my raise the call opened with "turn the phone off speaker. Ok, HR was looking at a couple things..." and I was like ok fuck no fuck no fuck.
From the fire.
It sucks being infected aaaa!aaaaaaaaa
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
Congratulations, you are now clean.
It is now your mission to eat a lot of cabbage and beans and whatever and really let loose in the stall next to him while he's on a call.
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I can't even fathom pooping at work. No amount of covers or paper towels or anything over the seat would make me feel comfortable, I can basically only poop at home.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
The thing that squicks me out is when a public toilet seat is warm. A toilet seat should be as cold as the innermost circle of hell.
Drops in the bucket compared to overuse by the farming industry to produce larger animals, though, truth be told.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Probably not. I would only do it if I had a reason for leaving that potential hirers would agree was a good and understandable reason, and it was something short enough I could include in a cover letter.
Also yes. Makes me pretty mad how many problems humans are creating for ourselves by being idiots.
Generally any job held for less than 4 to 6 months is a red flag on a resume to potential employers and will do more to hurt your odds of getting a call than help.
Barf
OMG. OMG. OMG.
The company from my second interview last week called this morning to say that they will be sending me an offer this afternoon. They agreed to match what I was asking for in terms of base + bonus, and that the comp package will also include equity grants, a signing bonus, and a relocation bonus. They also did not bat an eye when I mentioned wanting to have 8-12 hours a week of flex scheduling for the first few months as I will likely be shuttling between cities before we sell our house--which we are likely going to wait until next summer to do at the earliest so we can get the best offer.
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Good luck!!!
Germaphobia created MRSA :angryface:
Posted this before I saw there was another page and that enc or one of those Labyrinth guys posted basically the same thing. Fuck it.
Meanwhile, the job that I did until then (and gave two weeks' notice to) has withheld my final paycheck. I asked what was going on, and my previous boss has claimed that due to my performance in the time preceding up until my departure, they were considering withholding it. While things were definitely slow, I was never written up for anything or told I was doing a bad job. I worked during the two weeks of transition, doing things they asked me to do without any delay or anything. I turned in my equipment to the office on my last day.
There's no...way that's legal, right?
Correct; if they withhold your pay, that is actual theft, and they can be similarly charged with larceny.
it's a small office, the person I'm dealing with is the CEO.
Reached out to this hiring agency that emails me every day. Apparently there is a possible data entry job available and I want it.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.