New School women's bathroom

It's silly, I know, but I'm blogging about it. I may just go on a bitch fest about the 5th floor offices in general. Maybe. Every aspect of this bathroom has some quirk or flaw. I quickly realized that it troubles me to have a public style restroom in an office setting to start with. I am uncomfortable sitting down beside a coworker and hearing their business and having them hear mine. Strangers hardly matter, how likely are we to end up in a public restroom with the same stranger twice? Even if it did happen it's highly unlikely we would recognize each other. (Unless we were both extremely eccentric and made a lasting impression on the mind.) There are just two stalls and the office probably has 60 people in it at least, most of them woman. It is impossible to have the bathroom to myself. There are two of everything, two stalls, sinks, soap dispensers, and paper towel dispensers. Within two weeks I had a preference for one of each (accept the soap dispensers, they remain quirk free.) I prefer the left toilet stall for two reasons. First there is a little partition when entering the bathroom that offers that stall more privacy, you can't see from outside that there is someone parked on a toilet. Also the stall on the right doesn't stay locked. The first two times I used it I would notice at some point the door was slightly open and I was perplexed that I had forgotten to lock it, very unlike me. I am an anal bathroom user, I carefully lock the door and ascertain the toilet paper status before doing anything else. I became suspicious that when the other stall door was opened it would jar mine unlocked and the next time I found myself in it I watched to see if I was right. I was. The frustrating thing about our sinks is they seemed to have been designed for children. In the sense that you install a sink like this when you don't trust people with water. They are pump style and won't stay on with out one hand holding it down at all times. The spray of water that comes out is pathetic, I find a little deposit of soap on the side of my hand everytime that I must carefully turn towards the small stream. I come away with a vague sense that my hands aren't really rinsed. The tap to the sink on the right is a little more manageable and when I have the choice I use it. But I prefer the towel dispenser on the left, it never fails to dispence paper towels. The one on the right seems to get stuck and if I want it to release the towel I have reach up in and jimmy the little bit I can see. Not worth it.

I think I'll enjoy bitching about the "pantry" too. This office just isn't equipped for so many people. The pantry is their answer to a kitchen. No oven, no dishwasher, no staff silverware or dishes and it's tiny. I hate going in there for lunch, there just isn't room. The microwaves suck! I think I need to see who makes them and be sure NEVER to buy that brand. I'm sure everyone has encountered user friendly microwaves and the ones that just aren't; these microwaves are not user friendly. I'm not a stupid person and generally can work out through the process of trial and error how to perform most tasks. Not so this machine. I want to hurt it, preferably destroy it. I can't change the power level. It actually tells me it can't do it. WTF? I find them deficient in one other very annoying way. They heat up my dishes to molten hot and don't get the food above tepid. GRRR! Time for lunch! Joy.