I have griped about the bathroom in the building where I work before. For a recap, go here, where I uncovered the whole gamut of my pet peeves happening all at once in this shit-hole of nastiness (1. IC flare 2. disgusting work bathroom 3. "library" in disgusting work bathroom 4. cell phones in public 5. fertile myrtles, baby announcements, and birth control). Yes, it was quite an experience. Please be forewarned that I was on the devil's drug (Lupron) at the time with very little tolerance for.......well, pretty much anything.
Because nearly every woman in our building is now pregnant or already has children, the selection of magazines in our fecal matter library has taken a turn toward Working Mother* and Cookie*. Instead of just griping again about the bathroom with magazines on the floor, I have decided to step up and do my part.
I am coping with the fact that I sit right next to 2 pregnant women for my entire day - maybe not well, but I am coping. And although I hate the bathroom where I work, it has become my safe haven. It's my go-to place to have a good cry or 5 throughout my day. Safe havens should be free of mommy magazines screaming, "Umm, sorry, you don't qualify to read me. 'Working Fertility-Challenged Loser' is in the next stall."
It started on one of my uglier days. Fucking "Working Mother" was glaring at me, maybe even flipping me the mommy bird, if you will, on my 7th (give or take a few) trip to the bathroom. With tissue in hand, I picked it up off the floor and hurled it in the trash**. Ahhhhhhhhhhh, it felt so good. I decided it would be a little too much to just pick all of them up off the bookshelf (yes, there is a 50's metal bookshelf in the entry room to our bathroom) so I declared bookshelf mommy magazines to be safe. Any time one hits the stall floor though, it is fair game.
Four down, oh so many more to go.
I'm classifying this a "safety" issue as they could cause one to stumble and fall onto the floor of disgustingness. Or "safety" in that I may one day completely lose what little sanity I have left and hurl them all at the next unsuspecting pregnant woman who enters. You know, toe-mae-toe, toe-ma-toe.
Wins:
Fertiles: 5,473,652
Me: 1
*If you are blessed enough to have a need to read these magazines, please don't share how much you love their articles or that they are "really great magazines". To an infertile in her only work safe haven, they are like porn in church.
**Please don't harass me about not recycling. Magazine + fecal matter = "trash only" in my world.
About Me
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- On the planet since 1973. Living in sin with M since 1997 and honestly since 2002. Failing at baby-making since 2005. And whining about it here since 2008. Come on in and sit a spell. This train wreck never seems to end.
18 comments:
I do the same thing, however my criteria for throwing mommy mags out is if it is within sight and no one is around it's gone! I've tossed them out of our break room each week for as long as I can remember. It's my little way of sticking it to them. Bastards.
Good for you!! Those magazines are trash in all forms - filled with nothing but propaganda and advertisements for crap no one really needs. MTB really hates them and he once threw one away in the OB’s waiting room! Perhaps letting others cover them in fecal matter before you do your part is the best way to do them justice.
Ok, um, ew. Magazines in the bathrooms at work? And to top it all off, Mommy magazines? I give you mucho props for getting rid of it. I have an incredibly small bladder, so I'm pretty close to heading there every hour or two, so I stand beside you as a fellow bathroom snob. And I second your disgust with the whole situation. Again, ew.
Godfathers! Mummy mags in a workplace toilet????? Y do people do that???!!!! How annoying. I applaud you for throwing them away!!! GRRRR!!!!
Too many pregnant fertile women in one place makes me cringe. I think I can imagine what's it like for you. I went for that workshop, remember? sigh.
(((((hugs))))
I can't believe they have those magazines in your bathroom (or any magazines, for that matter....ewwwwww!)
I'm so glad you tossed them! (Hmm...just picturing if you 'accidently' bump the shelf every time you are in there...what a shame if they all ended up in the trash!)
You are a woman after my own heart - I would throw away a New Yorker if it were on the floor of a public loo!
I would do the same thing. The mags that circulate round our building tend to have an outdoorsy theme. I have a vague memory of liberating some magazines in our breakroom of mommy or pg type themes, but I don't go down there much anymore. I stay at my computer at lunch, reading blogs!
Awww your my Hero!!!!
Big Hug!!!
Rebel
They have book shelves in the bathroom? Filled with shared reading material? In a community bathroom? That is wrong on so many levels.
Good for you for rebelling. And I'm glad you're back.:)
I agree with everyone magazines in a work bathroom is just wrong. Those mags deserve to be tossed.
I get so irritated at my gyno's office because all of their magazines are mommy mags. I mean I am sure I am not the only one who doesn't have children there.
If I were you, I would buy a few adoption and or childfree type mags and annonymously toss them around. But then I've beeb accused of being blunt once or twice. ;)
Hey Buddy,
Magazines in a bathroom are gross! and how insensitive... at work???
Ugh.
Hey, guess who finally grew a pair and started her own blog??? YUP!
It's a work in progress, and I'll probably embarrass the hell out of myself, but for what it's worth...
Love,
E
I'm a big coinniseur of bathrooms as well. Though because I tend to have bowel challenges (aggravated by endo), I try to make a break for the fancy single-seater bathroom we reserve for clients -- when the receptionist isn't looking.
Cookie in particular is a truly disgusting mag. Because the only thing I resent more than fertile people are fertile people who can afford to buy their kids $500 designer shoes and birthday parties that cost more than my college education.
I saw maybe bring in "Guns and Ammo"? They actually had those in my RE's office once and I thought wow (especially on the "devils' meds")... these guys are really giving me some ideas...
I stumbled on your blog a few months ago. You always find a way to put a humorous twist on such a frustrating journey. Brave women like you have inspired me to start my own blog.
And magazines in the bathroom are gross. Shouldn't these people be working? Good for you.
Good on ya! I still cannot quite get over the fact that they keep magazines in your loo's at WORK... weird!
I totally support you! That is so gross they leave them on the stall floors. You are doing a valuable service to the office!
Good for yoU! I have just recently had peace at work... The women in my office (now) are older and I have no worries about one of them being prego... but I can totally feel you. The bathroom is a place to regroup. NOT a freaking mommy library!
Plus, I am with the majority... EW, EW, EW. It's just wrong in general.
YOU GO GIRL! I love it! I am glad you have a somewhat safe haven a work!! I've been out of town, but am cathcing up today - Hope you are doing well. Happy Anniversary!!
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