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Yahoo! in the toilet? Read the writing on the wall.

April 27th, 2008 · 48 comments

What’s employee morale like inside Yahoo’s Sunnyvale headquarters, amid all the chatter about coming layoffs, the possible Microsoft takeover, and everything else? well, according to one anonymous Yahoo! employee, in the toilet would be one place to look.

Says our Yahoo! tipster: “First they took away our right to stand on the toilets. Then they took away our right to surf on the john. But now — they’ve gone too far.”

FILED UNDER: California · CAPS LOCK · group bitchfest · office · raging against the machine · saga · Silicon Valley · toilet · Yahoo

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#1 Chipmunk

Hmmmm. I like the approach, but it needs more of those angry smiley faces holding STOP signs.

Apr 27, 2008 at 3:07 am rating: 1

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#2 park rose

Please DO NOT leave skid marks.
-Thank you.
Y! Fronts

Apr 27, 2008 at 3:15 am rating: 17

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- #2.1 durian
  
  Please DO NOT torpedo the toilets.
  -Thank you
  Y! Plumber.
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 4:17 am rating: 3
- #2.2 secondsout
  
  For the love of God, please do not dump all your Yahoo! Stock.
  -Thank you
  Y! Financial
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 12:28 pm rating: 13
- #2.3 Total Douche
  
  Actually, they should hang onto the stock in case they run out of toilet paper.
  
  Y! not make it useful.
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 6:36 pm rating: 12
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#3 park rose

Please don’t surf in the toilet.
This is Sunnyvale, not the Tidal Basin.
Thanks, Y! News

Apr 27, 2008 at 3:19 am rating: 1

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#4 TuesdayPillow

Do they make surfboards small enough for that kind of thing?

Next it will be “Please do not play guitar in the toilets” Y! Music

Apr 27, 2008 at 4:05 am rating: 5

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- #4.1 park rose
  
  Ukuleles, perhaps, to go with the miniature surfboards
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 4:09 am rating: 2
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#5 park rose

Doing a CB here!

It would be understandable if one of the signs read: Please do not download in the U-tube.

Apr 27, 2008 at 6:21 am rating: 11

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#6 RALPHY

I can see it coming-the TOILET GESTAPO come running in yelling “You vill not fish or surf in dis area, Come down off dat toilet seat! You vill come wit us!” Hells Bells-Just another day in paradise.

Apr 27, 2008 at 6:29 am rating: 0

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#7 pry

i don’t think i get the humor on this one…or maybe i get it, and it’s just not that funny? somebody explain.

Apr 27, 2008 at 9:10 am rating: 0

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- #7.1 unholyghost2003
  
  I *think* (and as always I could be wrong) that the first note is about surfing the internet while on the john. More or less saying “hey! some of us need to take a dump! Don’t just sit in there reading Passive-Aggressive Notes!” the second note could be about a real problem or could be making fun of the first note, not sure. I am about 100% certain that the 3rd note is just making fun of the first two … I HOPE it is … otherwise please remind me never to use the facilities at Yahoo! … I wouldn’t want a fish hook in an awkward place
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 10:17 am rating: 2
- #7.2 amazon
  
  I think the first and second are talking about the same thing: standing on the toilets. We get that problem in my college library bathrooms as well.
  
  In a lot of Asian countries, a toilet is just a hole in the ground you squat over, so some people from Asian countries step on the toilet seats and squat over them.
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 5:37 pm rating: 1
- #7.3 Canthz_B
  
  When the shoe-prints are facing the wall something entirely different is going on in the Men’s Room!
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 5:43 pm rating: 1
- #7.4 Nate
  
  … and sometimes even in the ladies room…
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 8:46 pm rating: 0
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#8 zchamu

Fish in the toilets? That’s an environmental initiative gone TOO FAR. I like my salmon from a proper overmedicated artificial fish farm, not spawning naturally in Yahoo! toilets, thank you very much!

Apr 27, 2008 at 9:13 am rating: 3

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#9 Quite Contrary

For gods sake, what are you allowed to do in the toilets?

Apr 27, 2008 at 10:10 am rating: 2

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- #9.1 secondsout
  
  I have yet to see a sign against doing lines of coke off strippers’ backs in the stalls. …yet
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 12:30 pm rating: 4
- #9.2 RunBarbara
  
  In my experience, the coke goes on their ass…and the Big Mac goes on their back.
  
  Apr 28, 2008 at 10:06 am rating: 1
- #9.3 Mishee
  
  you have alot of experience with that RB?
  
  (Hey, it’s not Tuesday yet, so you still have to love me!!)
  
  Apr 28, 2008 at 10:12 am rating: 0
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#10 Resident Grammarian esq

Dammit this is a free country!!!

Apr 27, 2008 at 10:26 am rating: 0

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#11 honeyedhemlock

I’m left wondering, what kind of bait would you use for toilet fishing? And what kind of fish would you catch? Crappie?

Apr 27, 2008 at 10:38 am rating: 8

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- #11.1 bellabeastie
  
  Ooo, SNAP !
  
  Well, from the looks of the signage it seems to me to be a Men’s Room. In which case, yes, crappie… maybe even a largemouth bass or 2 !
  
  Team but Watchout for the Catfish in the Ladie’s Room !
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 10:48 am rating: 1
- #11.2 secondsout
  
  Stinkbait might work. Somewhat unrelated, but stinkbait is a great creation. I don’t go fishing, so I can’t vouch for its quality in that vein, but I once found that it is really a foul concoction, and applying a glob of it under the handle on someone’s car door gets great results.
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 12:33 pm rating: 4
- #11.3 amazon
  
  wow, that’s even better than my usual chewed-gum under the handle of someone’s car door, who parked like an a-hole.
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 5:39 pm rating: 1
- #11.4 bellabeastie
  
  You know — sometimes — sometimes you just gotta stand Up and Surf and Fish.
  
  And I pitty the Fool who would deny me.
  
  !YahooHomies
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 10:16 pm rating: 0
- #11.5 RandyinReno
  
  You might find a Brown Trout or two…
  
  Apr 28, 2008 at 11:44 am rating: 0
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#12 se

Is this the spot where the donairs are caught?
and is there a season for them?

Apr 27, 2008 at 11:35 am rating: 1

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- #12.1 bellabeastie
  
  I think so, and they tend to be 12″ long and 4″ in girth.
  
  Trophy size.
  
  And they’re always in season.
  
  Apr 28, 2008 at 1:49 pm rating: 0
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#13 Sarah

Jesus. First you can’t take a dump in the shower. Then you can’t vomit in the toilets. Now you can’t surf in the toilets, stand on the toilet seats, OR fish in the toilets. What bathroom right will they take away next? Jumping? The Macarena? Tic-tac-toe?

Apr 27, 2008 at 11:49 am rating: 3

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- #13.1 zchamu
  
  Dishwashing? Salsa dancing? Speechwriting?
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 12:12 pm rating: 1
- #13.2 TuesdayPillow
  
  Basketweaving is reportedly next on the list.
  
  Apr 28, 2008 at 6:40 am rating: 0
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#14 secondsout

Can’t fish in the toilet? Dammit!! Now what am I going to do for lunch?

Apr 27, 2008 at 12:25 pm rating: 2

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#15 Canthz_B

Please do not flush Spam in the toilets.

–Yahoo!Mail

Apr 27, 2008 at 2:55 pm rating: 9

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- #15.1 se
  
  umm, Spam is f…ing delicious
  
  Apr 27, 2008 at 3:32 pm rating: 0
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#16 Canthz_B

Now we know where the Ty-D-Bol man is spending his Golden Years.

Apr 27, 2008 at 3:02 pm rating: 0

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#17 Beth

And for God’s sake, no phishing, either!

Signed, Abuse@Yahoo.com

Apr 27, 2008 at 4:57 pm rating: 4

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#18 claw71

I’m glad it didn’t say anything about picking corn.

Apr 27, 2008 at 6:16 pm rating: 3

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#19 Crash

WTF kind’a toilets are those ?
Is the bathroom the beach or something ?
If that’s the case then,
Hell ya’ no surfing…
I’d be too worried about workman’s comp issues with all the possible Shark attacks.
Can you imagine all the liability claims for jellyfish stings too ?
I’d just say hold it till you get home man…
The bathrooms are closed damnit!!

Apr 27, 2008 at 10:41 pm rating: 0

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#20 known unknown

*wonders what kinds of bathroom activities Yahoo!Personals would object to*

Apr 28, 2008 at 7:08 am rating: 1

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#21 fantasy

After spending at least one hour composing a

yahoo 360 ? Blog yesterday, just to hit

submit.

I know what thier toilets will do!

Poofff! Gone, down the toilet!

Apr 28, 2008 at 7:52 am rating: 0

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#22 claw71

Judging by what’s NOT forbidden in this particular loo I’m suspicious that this is not from YAHOO HQ at all. Since guy on guy action seems acceptable in here I’m thinking that this might be a men’s room at the Republican National Convention.

I’m not saying Republicans are gay, just don’t talk about Capital Gains tax breaks in the crapper. That could be misconstrued as flirting.

Apr 28, 2008 at 8:57 am rating: 3

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#23 Mung Bean

Go Team Y! Sports. They’re the only ones who seem to have a healthy state of mind about this.

Apr 28, 2008 at 9:23 am rating: 0

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#24 TomJones

No damaging the delicate ecological balance of the toilets!

Y! Green ‘Movement’

Apr 28, 2008 at 11:52 am rating: 0

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#25 Sundaeg1rl

“Do not ask questions in the toilet. Thanks, Yahoo! Answers.”

Now I am convinced that Yahoo! isn’t as fun as it was 10 years ago…

Apr 28, 2008 at 4:33 pm rating: 1

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#26 Heidi

HOW FREAKING CREATIVE!!! I love it!

Apr 28, 2008 at 4:34 pm rating: 0

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#27 Agent Inspired

I think if I saw those in a public restroom I might piss myself laughing.

Apr 30, 2008 at 2:11 am rating: 0

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#28 safersurfer

Yupp! The water level must be pretty high.

Jul 8, 2008 at 9:23 pm rating: 0

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