"Better to be pissed off than pissed on"

OK... This post has been rattling around in my head for a while and I "just can't take no more."

Where has all the bathroom etiquette gone??

The last few days here at the office, when I've gone into our floor's ladies room, EVERY TIME, I have walked into a stall that either has:

1) leftovers in the toilet--EWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
2) residuals in the toilet -- almost as bad as item #1, or
3) a giant wad of toilet paper that didn't flush

Ladies... take a look behind you when you're done flushing. It won't take long -- give 'er a second courtesy flush, for all concerned, if you're in doubt that your "extras" willl go down the pipes. This includes you germaphobes who use the tissue-paper "seat covers." Like those keep you from "getting" anything.

On a related note, wipe off the seat if you leave anything there. You know who you are.

And how have these same people, who can't seem to get the concept of flushing what should not be left for others, need a SECOND garbage can in the vestibule between the bathroom entry doors for their "I don't want to touch the door handle" paper towels? Not only is this ridiculously wasteful - even if we do use 60% post-consumer content hand towels - you're still going to get the same damn germs from passing intercompany mail around, touching the copier buttons, the elevator buttons and all the OTHER door handles in the place. I'm all for washing your hands and that seems to be happening, but really.

As for discussions in the bathroom between stalls... keep it free of swears, evil gossip, details of your child's delivery/any one else's terrible birthing stories, gory descriptions of health issues you or others may be having, etc. We'd all prefer that you just didn't talk at all. Do your thing and get out. Neatly.