Changing room etiquette

[gaz]

At work we have a changing room with showers and a bench + clothes rack to hang your clothes on to dry after what ever you have just done.

Despite the availability of hangers, people seam to leave there dirty socks and underwear on the bench.

A few of my colleagues and other shower users have been tempted to either throw there stuff away, or confront the know people who leave there dirty underwear on show.

One day someone did do the first option, and i was lucky enough to witness his reaction at the end of the day when he went to put his dirty stuff back on (slightly strange). i had a little giggle on the way out.

So.. Should we put up with the dirty sloths who treat the changing room like there house, or do we confront or take other action towards them?

 

[yenrod]

Mind-blowing decisions...

 

[Weegie]

Dirty b*stards, that's absolutely anti-social. Chuck their stuff into a communal sweaty Sainsbury's bag in the corner of the room. If you can bear to touch it.

 

[2Loose]

We have 'towel amnesty' day once a week, which is when the pile of clothing & towels piled up in the corner by the cleaners is given 24 hours before it goes in the bin.

Everyone knows the rules and nobody complains. Anymore.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Print a warning on an A4 bit of paper telling the offenders what will happen to their stuff and why and place it prominently in the room.

The people are not mind readers, and will take the anonymous hint. If not they they are as stupid and ignorant as they are grotty and deserve to learn the hard way.

 

[PBancroft]

Dirty b*stards, that's absolutely anti-social. Chuck their stuff into a communal sweaty Sainsbury's bag in the corner of the room. If you can bear to touch it.

That's (almost) exactly what I do with my wet socks and underwear - stick it in a plastic bag and then put it in my pannier. I'll then wear the dry stuff I wear in the office on the way home.

Weegie, I think that's a pretty nifty way of dealing with the problem. Scoop up the clothes using the bag, a bit like you might do picking up doggy doodoo and just leave it to one side. If its still there the next day, chuck it.

The most antisocial thing I've had happen in changing rooms is someone else using my towel, and leaving it covered in makeup. That left me fuming. I would have left it in one of the lockers rather than on a hanger, but despite having a 150+ lockers in the room we weren't allowed to use them because a policy hadn't been written on their allocation or some such twaddle.

Four months later, I picked up my locker key this week.