So basically 2 weeks ago I had to use the bathroom at work, I’ll be honest — I never poop/rarely use the bathroom at work but this day my stomach was acting up. IDK if it was the cheap coffee or the stress I’ve been enduring lately b/c of my fractured relationship with the mother of my child but I had to run to the bathroom. It was either that or I was gonna poop my pants or fart everywhere.
And I did flush, but I guess it didn’t go through. And in a rush to go back to my desk I didn’t check, so when the next lunch break happened my coworkers SAW it. One person even started gagging. Now everybody is talking about me at work and treating me different. I guess people could only see the poop and not the tissue I used in the toilet so after that incident there’s been a rumor about me stinking/going to number 2 and not wiping myself
It’s not like I can file a HR complaint because it’s so embarrassing and f*king stupid. I’m so sick of it. I was maintaining a social hierarchy among my coworkers ESPECIALLY with my recent promotion and now that’s all gone. Nobody respects me. I’ve heard several coworkers make remarks about me supposedly “stinking”. I have A1 Hygiene and take care of myself great, I have never STUNK AT WORK. But now since this incident everybody wants to act like I’m some monster and that I’m weird.
It makes me feel alienated from even working there. One of my coworkers who I’m close with, who came to my thanksgiving dinner last year won’t even look at me. She’s an older Black lady and we were super close before this incident. I’ve been working at This same job for years. She was one of my first friends at the job. She basically looks disgusted at me and when it initially happened I went up to the bathroom to look because I was adamant that I flushed. She complained “it stinks so bad! Damn I can’t stand working here” and made other shady side comments about the job not paying enough/coworkers being nasty etc.
I’m heartbroken because we were really close, we had a REAL friendship that wasn’t just surface level like with my other coworkers. I even confided in her about my girlfriend cheating.
I’m EMBARRASSED. I’m infuriated. It’s like I’ve committed a crime and I’m being locked up. If I could quit I would but my other options aren’t good and I’ve moved up in the ranks at this company…if I quit here I’ll be starting at a lower pay since I won’t be in the same position as I am in this job.
And I did flush, but I guess it didn’t go through. And in a rush to go back to my desk I didn’t check, so when the next lunch break happened my coworkers SAW it. One person even started gagging. Now everybody is talking about me at work and treating me different. I guess people could only see the poop and not the tissue I used in the toilet so after that incident there’s been a rumor about me stinking/going to number 2 and not wiping myself
It’s not like I can file a HR complaint because it’s so embarrassing and f*king stupid. I’m so sick of it. I was maintaining a social hierarchy among my coworkers ESPECIALLY with my recent promotion and now that’s all gone. Nobody respects me. I’ve heard several coworkers make remarks about me supposedly “stinking”. I have A1 Hygiene and take care of myself great, I have never STUNK AT WORK. But now since this incident everybody wants to act like I’m some monster and that I’m weird.
It makes me feel alienated from even working there. One of my coworkers who I’m close with, who came to my thanksgiving dinner last year won’t even look at me. She’s an older Black lady and we were super close before this incident. I’ve been working at This same job for years. She was one of my first friends at the job. She basically looks disgusted at me and when it initially happened I went up to the bathroom to look because I was adamant that I flushed. She complained “it stinks so bad! Damn I can’t stand working here” and made other shady side comments about the job not paying enough/coworkers being nasty etc.
I’m heartbroken because we were really close, we had a REAL friendship that wasn’t just surface level like with my other coworkers. I even confided in her about my girlfriend cheating.
I’m EMBARRASSED. I’m infuriated. It’s like I’ve committed a crime and I’m being locked up. If I could quit I would but my other options aren’t good and I’ve moved up in the ranks at this company…if I quit here I’ll be starting at a lower pay since I won’t be in the same position as I am in this job.
