TAKING THE PISS AT WORK

I’ve just started a new job and things are looking good. I’ve been at 3 meetings already where people have excused themselves to go the toilet. And on top of that, they were 3 separate individuals; I could have kissed them all. You might think this sounds silly, but after 10 years in advertising, I was beginning to think that I was the only person in the workforce who didn’t have the bladder of a camel (I’m assuming camels have big bladders?)

Only last year, I could physically feel the resounding tuts, as excused myself from a Travelex email marketing meeting, to use the facilities. ‘A sign of great weakness, my friend’ as Yoda might say. ‘Eh, no, just a sign that I’m a fully functioning human being whom you’ve been plying with coffee and mini-marshmallow cakes for the past 2 hours.’

So, relief all round for me and my bladder; now I just need to work out the terminology ‘toilet’ can sound too descriptive, ‘bathroom?’ but there’s no bath. I’m currently trying out ‘facilities’ and ‘ladiesa’. It does pain me to say it, and I’d never say it socially, but ‘facilities’ seems to be winning so far.

Posted 02:54 PM on Fri Dec 05 2008

By Work Slave

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