Toilet Humour
June 13, 2008
Once, a group of us were working at a client’s site and up against a tight deadline. In order to give us some “motivation” to get the work we were already doing done, my boss came in to give us a pep talk. That done, he proudly announced that he was off to take a “dump” before heading back into the office. We all waved goodbye to him, gave him the finger as soon as his back was turned and carried on with the work in hand.
About 45 minutes later, one of the managers at the client site came in demanding to know where our boss was. We told him he had gone to the toilet before heading back to the office. He said he knew he had gone to the toilet. We asked why…
Apparently, he had chosen some toilets that were being modernised. He’d walked straight past the plumbers, who told him not to go in there, and promptly took the planned “dump” he had told us about. He then walked out of the toilets and gave the plumbers a thumbs up sign (I kid you not) before leaving to go back to the office. Unfortunately, the manager then informed us, the toilets had not yet been plumbed in…
What was funnier was my bosses insistence that it was not him when the client rang to complain, even trying to blame one of us for his unspeakable deed! I say unspeakable, but of course it wasn’t! It was the stuff of legend, to be whispered at water cooler to water cooler for years to come.
He didn’t really progress too far within the company after that.
The only saving grace to this person from my point of view is that I always used to leave my jacket hung over my chair, I never took it home, and my PC on. One year, he actually gave me a higher percentage rise as he was grateful to all the extra hours he noticed I was doing….
Oh well, I didn’t have the heart to tell him I always sneaked off around half four!
