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October 4, 2023

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KPMG

Apparently Some KPMG U.K. Employees Were Pissing or Pooping (or Both) In a Work Bathroom Sink

by Jason Bramwell

So yesterday the BBC posted an article about the shitty bathroom etiquette of some employees at the Financial Conduct Authority, the regulator of the financial services industry in the U.K. And I’m not trying to be funny when I use the word “shitty.” People were “defecating on the floor in toilet cubicles,” according to FCA […]

EY

Not Everyone Using the Ernst & Young Men’s Room Is a Stand Up Guy

by Adrienne Gonzalez

A top secret "restroom correspondent" at an unnamed EY! location informs us that the following was prominently featured on the lunchroom wall for all of "22 minutes on Friday till the OMP popped by":   EY! Bathroom Etiquette For Feral Males What is it, exactly, with EY! and bathrooms? Apparently some people need to be […]

Video

It’s Gotten to the Point During Busy Season Where People Are Taking Mental Health Breaks in Bathroom Stalls

by Caleb Newquist

It's March. Some of you are tired. Some of you are malnurished malnourished. Some of you are thisclose to crawling under your desks and curling into the fetal position until someone comes by to spur you back into action. And for some, only a bathroom stall can provide the stillness and quiet that a frantic mind […]

The Serious Questions

Is This the Most Embarrassing Thing To Ever Happen to an Accountant at Work?

by Caleb Newquist

Many of you have suffered social indignity at one time or another while at work. Spilling food on yourself. Wardrobe malfunctions. Moments of clutzitude. The blood rushes to your face and stays there for undetermined amount of time, your co-workers snicker, and talk behind your back for a while, but eventually you get over it. […]

News

This Awkward Bathroom Etiquette Email Should Make You Proud Not To Be a Lawyer

by Adrienne Gonzalez

If there's one thing I've learned from reading your tips over the years, it's that no email is too annoying, tedious, overdramatic or just plain unnecessary. But when I read this story over at our former sister site Above the Law, I thought it would be nice to share with you all. Frankly I'm shocked […]