This type of note, I think, is the absolute WORST.
related: This thing is in the way. Is someone going to move it?
Hair-raising indignation
January 10th, 2013 · 47 comments
FILED UNDER: bathroom · Boston · hair · office
This type of note, I think, is the absolute WORST.
related: This thing is in the way. Is someone going to move it?
FILED UNDER: bathroom · Boston · hair · office
47 responses so far ↓
#1
f2point8
This note has been hanging here for 3 months. Do you think the note writer would have cleaned up the hair by now? Seems that he won’t.
Jan 10, 2013 at 9:04 pm rating: 24
#2
Carolyn
I was taught never to expect someone else to do something that you won’t do yourself.
Jan 10, 2013 at 9:11 pm rating: 38
#3
Lisa
As I have a severe OPH (other people’s hair) phobia, I wouldn’t have removed it. I probably would have found another bathroom to use just to make sure I didn’t accidentally look at it. Obviously, I have issues.
But in my defense, I wouldn’t have written a note about it, either.
Jan 10, 2013 at 9:15 pm rating: 36
#4
onlittlecatfeet
The LW should come to my work. We have a lady there who literally MOULTS. She leaves a trail of hair like Hansel and Gretel left breadcrumbs.
Once I plucked a long hair from my own head and placed it on the conveyor belt we were working on. When it reached her she started retching, turned off the conveyor, brought the strand of hair to me and laid it over my shoulder. Then she gave me a lecture on basic hygeine.
Jan 10, 2013 at 9:37 pm rating: 25
#5
Julia
Oh, that’s so cute, expecting cleaning people at Any Random American Workplace to actually do some cleaning.
Jan 10, 2013 at 11:38 pm rating: 12
#6
TRT
Just look around the bathroom. The culprit is quite clearly Dionysius. I bet he’s responsible for that sword on the floor too, and the dead body of Damocles from accounting…
Jan 11, 2013 at 4:04 am rating: 12
#7
Chrissy
That hair looks kink of like a line drawing of a skinny Hitchcock…
Jan 11, 2013 at 4:33 am rating: 7
#8
greg house md
It probably took more time and effort to write that note than it would’ve to just to pick the hair up with a paper towel and trash it. Note writer needs to happy she doesn’t work in my office. There’s a woman that leaves little balls of hair all over the place…
Jan 11, 2013 at 5:17 am rating: 3
#9
Anny
I would remove the hair, then leave a note:
“What hair?” and hope for an answer.
Jan 11, 2013 at 8:32 am rating: 15
#10
Brian
Here’s the thing that really annoys me, (and I’ll admit I’m assuming a lot).
Why didn’t she just ask the “cleaning people” to do it if she wouldn’t / couldn’t do it herself.
What annoys me so greatly about my fellow ‘white collar’ workers is how superior they feel to the ‘blue collar’ support staff, as if they aren’t worth acknowledging.
For example, my area was having an issue with vacuuming not being done regularly enough. People whined, left post its on their desk, etc. (Since I don’t typically eat at my desk, it wasn’t so big an issue to me.)
Finally while listening to the whine for the umpteenth time, I asked the person if they spoke with the cleaner, (who started when we were all in the office). I got a look back like I asked them to lay hands on a leper.
So I did. Found out his name was Derek, working to put himself through college without burying himself in debt, etc. He was more than happy to double our vacuuming (though it had to be a pain / extra work for him).
Dear fellow white collar workers: You are not better than blue collar workers just because you get to sit on your ass while you work. At the end of every day, I know the value the cleaner brought to my organization. I can’t say the same for half of my coworkers.
Jan 11, 2013 at 8:50 am rating: 98
#11
M
Ok, one comment in defense of the letter writer (who is clearly a bit a of douche). If the hair has been there for six months, that means the walls of the stall have not been cleaned in that time. This is particularly problematic in the men’s room, unfortunately.
Jan 11, 2013 at 9:04 am rating: 22
#12
My name is Princess!
Wait! I thought she was saving that. She’s always leaving notes to “not touch her stuff” in the office kitchen. I’m just following her request.
Jan 11, 2013 at 9:30 am rating: 13
#13
Mike
I’d write a note about the hair, but more to be kind of amazed that it’s stuck there for so long. Maybe make some bets on when it falls. A shrine, maybe. When the hair falls the entire new office religion would fall to shambles.
Jan 11, 2013 at 11:08 am rating: 16
#14
AP
I sadly had to leave one of these notes for facilities in my building. There was a booger plastered to the bathroom wall for weeks. Facilities comes in after we’ve all left, there was no way I could have cleaned it myself without a metal scraping razor, and I couldn’t file a work request for “wall booger.”
I tried to be very, very polite though.
Jan 11, 2013 at 11:28 am rating: 7
#15
nunavut guy
That’s where it is.
Jan 11, 2013 at 11:36 am rating: 2
#16
Answerguy
Two things: I think that’s a cubicle divider.
If not then it would be funny to find out it’s a scribble on the bathroom divider.
Jan 11, 2013 at 3:05 pm rating: 2
#17
Sir Puke
The note writer sounds like a real winner. In some cases it would make them a target for subtle pranksters, leaving hair on their desk, chair, coat, mug etc.
As far as dealing with cleaning crew issues, the office manager is the one most likely to be the liasion for special requests. It’s managements job to maintain an office, it should be their problem to solve.
Jan 11, 2013 at 5:13 pm rating: 2
#18
mutzali
My Dad was a college professor in the 50s and 60s, who often taught future teachers. He said the best advice he could give them was, “Make friends with your janitors. They can make your job SO MUCH easier, or SO MUCH worse.”
Jan 11, 2013 at 6:44 pm rating: 12
#19
Jdaniel
I would replace the long hair with a pubic hair.
Jan 12, 2013 at 2:23 am rating: 0
#20
Nami
I can understand the frustration if the office that the LW works in doesn’t get cleaned well, but still, it’s such a terrible note. Sadly not surprised it’s from Boston…. self righteousness seems to be rampant around here….
Jan 12, 2013 at 11:02 am rating: 0
#21
MaryContrary
If it’s been there for six months, then that wall has not been cleaned for six months. Ew.
Jan 12, 2013 at 4:39 pm rating: 4
#22
Akamar
Oh, that’s cute… they think a few hours is six months! I love modern day sense of time…
Jan 13, 2013 at 4:04 am rating: 1
#23
Fritz-the-Cat
Hello?
Anyone heard about the poor cleaner who cleaned a nasty fat-splotch from a wall which turned out to be modern art and very expensive (why the heck ever…)?
I wouldn’t take that hair away either, rather carefully clean around it. Wouldn’t want to lose my job or money…
Jan 13, 2013 at 5:37 am rating: 1
#24
Jetboy
I’ll preface this by saying I’m a guy. But what’s the big deal about a clean appearing wall (other than this particular wall) not being cleaned in six months? Who touches bathroom walls? As long as it looks clean it’s good for me.
Jan 14, 2013 at 11:03 am rating: 2
#25
Moon
Oh, that’s mine. I was wondering where I’d put that.
Jan 17, 2013 at 11:48 am rating: 1
#26
jane
Every time I see this one I think about the refrigerator from Long Dark Teatime of the Soul (by Douglas Adams). That hair is a silent testament to the will and dedication of one janitor vs. the person who left the hair on the wall.
Jan 18, 2013 at 3:35 pm rating: 0
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