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I am lucky enough to have a shower in the building that multiple tenants can use.
This means I can ride to work, shower and feel clean for the day. Which is essential as my ride in is muddy.
There is however a guy that drives in and uses the shower because it saves him money on water at home! Seriously WTF!
Unfortunately no matter what time I get in he always seems to have just beaten me to it and spends 40 minutes (no exaggeration) in there doing god only knows!
Wouldn't be an issue, but the building has just 1 shower and several people who all ride or run to work and want to use it. I am usually so muddy that I cannot sit down and get on with stuff either.
I have half jokingly told him he is a tight git and its for people who NEED it etc, but he doesn't seem to give a s**t. any suggestions on how to change his behaviour (apart from a piece of 2 by 4?
kill him.
seems like a fair solution. the light switch is on the outside of the shower room. tomorrow I will just switch it off in error gotta save the planet and all that
There is however a guy that drives in and uses the shower because it saves him money on water at home! Seriously WTF!
...is what he tells you because he's too embarrassed to tell you that his wife has kicked him out and he sleeps in his car in the far corner of Tesco's car park.
He's in there having a quick shower, washing yesterdays clothes in the shower tray ........and crying.
Maybe have a chat to HR.
Showers are normally provided for people who want to ride/jog to work or do activities in their lunch break etc. Maybe the company needs to make this clear?
In the past I have used the showers for other reasons eg if I had to be in very early to check something in the lab and in those cases i did ao out of normal commuter arrival times.
I would say he was bang our of order and his actions are affecting other people being able to get on with their jobs.
I guess you have to beat him in.
You could visit his home late at night and remove some air from his front tyres, that would slow him down a bit?
I had a similar situation at my last job, where a group of agency workers discovered the free shower and it took sometimes an hour before I could shower, they wouldn't use a towel either just took rolls of toilet paper into the shower, it looked like it had snowed!
And then blocked the plug hole.
Tell him you do unspeakable things in the showers and he had better wear those plastic slip-ons!
While he's in there eat his minieggs
Give him a hug (in your muddy kit) as soon as he's out and dressed, thanking him for making sure the water for the shower is nice and warm
I guess you have to beat him in.
Up. Not in.
Up.
NOT OFF.
Just get in with him and drop the soap.
Start with HR.
The suggestion that he has been kicked out is not that unlikely though. Used to work with a guy who pretty much lived in his car in our underground car park after a marital fall out, but that is a more sensitive HR issue.
End of day - check fuse has been removed by last user
Start of day - put fuse back, have shower, remove fuse
Issue fuses to those who use it for the right reasons.
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Just get in with him and drop the soap.
Just get in with him and knock the soap out of his hand. I'm more of a (generous) giver 🙂
I bet he eats the mini eggs too.
You could drive to work? 😉
But seriously, I'd personally put a sign up "During peak times, 08:00 to 09:00 please limit your shower time to 5 mins" or the like.
Everyone will assume someone of authority has put it up.
wife kicked him out? in his dreams! he lives on his own and is single. (you pay less council tax you see!)
HR would be a good shout; the only issue being we don't really have an HR person. so the director would be it. he would probably just laugh and shrug his shoulders!
I like the idea of a karcher; I could use it on me!
he ALWAYS eats everything! but especially mini eggs, that I left on my desk! 😆
like it PJ very good idea; I could even put the landlords logo on it to look professional!
If he takes 40 minutes why haven't you already had a word and say that sort of time isn't acceptable when others are waiting?
If it were me I'd have a word and then the next day turn up and if he's in there knock on the door and ask him if he's nearly finished yet and could he hurry up. Then wait outside impatiently humphing and then knock on again after a further 5 minutes, until he gets the message.
I use the shower at work of a morning as where I live we only have a bath, my boss moaned at me for using it. I get in 20 mins before I start so I don't shower on work time. I asked him if it was such a big problem, he just muttered and wandered off.
40 mins what the hell is he doing in there? Answers on a post card.
HR would be a good shout; the only issue being we don't really have an HR person. so the director would be it. he would probably just laugh and shrug his shoulders!
Simple answer then, take off muddy baggies and sit at your desk in your lycra until the shower is free.
he ALWAYS eats everything! but especially mini eggs, that I left on my desk!
Sack him, no cuddles just sack him.
Is he getting paid for his 40 minute shower. The boss might not be so inclined to laugh it off if he is!!
Keep banging on the door reminding him how long he's been in there, every 5 mins or something.
Or rearrange his desk every time he goes in there.
In my old office some people came out of the shower room with toothbrushes and shavers and all sorts of stuff. There'd also be a few muscle enthusiasts who'd been to the gym spent ages doing their hair and applying beauty creams before posing in the mirror for ages. grrr. Definitely need a 5 minute max rule.
Sit your wet ass down on HIS chair and lay out all your clothes on HIS desk to dry out.
But also, have a quiet word. As others have said, he may have been kicked out and he's drying his Fathers for Justice superhero garments.
Err, talk to him properly.
"Hi Steve, any chance you can cut your shower time down a bit? There's a few of us who need to use it and 40 mins in there causes a bit of a queue. Thanks."
"Hi Steve...."
It's not me! 😉
Err, talk to him properly.
Witch a witch!
If ever a situation needed a passive aggressive note - this is it.
Witch a witch!
I know, sorry. I just don't get it sometimes, don't send a note, don't make a sign, don't go to HR, just talk to the guy. Most people are reasonable, he may not realise it's a problem and will if you talk to him he can change is behavior.
Is it an electric shower? If so, where's the isolating switch? 😀
40 minutes? Is that on Company time?
Why hasn't his boss had a word?
Err, talk to him properly.
Are you new here? The police, local council, a selection of government agencies, and possibly the UN will have been contacted before that kind of madness takes place
On-line petition?
People actually talking to each other? That'll never work...
swap his shampoo for glue Police Academy style.
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Wee on his desk, then set it on fire.
what would I need to drink to make my wee flammable?
tried talking in a nice half jokey way; don't be such a tight git etc and did your ride or run in today?! , but he is on of those people who will not change their views or have their view changed.
we also work in close proximity professionally and I have seen him be a bit of a d**k.
Guess I will need to MTFU!
he ALWAYS eats everything! but especially mini eggs, that I left on my desk!
Picolax. Just hope that he's not in the shower when it kicks in.
I know, sorry. I just don't get it sometimes, don't send a note, don't make a sign, don't go to HR, just talk to the guy.
Will this madness never end. You can't talk to people that's just too fluffy and cuddly.
Why not just tell him that you think he is being inconsiderate?
Nobody spends 40 minutes in the shower.
Ask him what time he's going to be in. Arrive earlier / later than that.
Ideally, arrive earlier, then sit in the shower for 40 minutes, see how he likes it.
To be fair one extra person (whether they are riding or driving in) shouldn't clog up the system that much. If he's taking 40 minutes then it is taking the piss though, as it would be if he were a runner or cyclist. (5 mins though? From lycra to office gear with wash and dry in between? I literally can't do that, probably 10 mins or so for me, 15 if I'm particularly dopey that morning)
Sounds more like you need another shower anyway, and some mudguards.
Spoof one of these up, laminate it and attach to the inside of the shower cubicle.
Break the shower and bus/drive in for the week until it's repaired. Hopefully he will find a new routine. Regardless it sounds like it will inconvenience him more than you.
I await the "what to do about the smelly guy at work who hasn't showered for a week" thread with interest.
tried talking in a nice half jokey way; don't be such a tight git etc and did your ride or run in today?! , but he is on of those people who will not change their views or have their view changed.
No, not a jokey talk, a serious, here is the problem, here's what needs to be done kind of talk.
In the morning before you get dressed wrap yourself up in clingfilm, leaving just a small gap to breath through your nose. When you get to work, just unwrap yourself, like a tear off on goggles. You will be all sparkly and clean without a need for shower.
No need to thank me.
Tell him that there is a new 10 minute rule - after 10 mins you will open the door and join him in the shower.
That should have him in and out a bit quicker, or alternatively, might be the start of a beautiful relationship.
hide his trousers so he has to work all day in his boxer shorts.
leave a anonymous ransom note stating their return is subject to him promising to take less time in the shower
keep posting on a internet forum rather than talk to him, bound to sort it.
get him sacked by telling your boss he stole your sweets
Personally I'd be going down the Bleach mixed with Ammonia route. He'll get out sharpish after about 10 seconds of exposure. How long can you hold your breath for 😆
Pull his cord (no pun) when he's about to rinse his hair.
Then, dangle your makeshift cord (no pun), that he cant quite reach, in its place.
He will then stumble blindly out of the shower, grasping desperately for the cord. Then, assist him in his stumbling, by guiding him to an adjacent fire-door & onto the car park, whereupon he will be arrested for exposing himself.
Tea bag in the shower head.
(Not tea bagging his head)
You could always locate the breaker for the shower and flick it after he's been in there for 10 minutes. Just keep doing it every day.
Make friends with the building manager/FM.
The white strings of goop in the tray aren't left over bits of shower gel either, it's left over liquid silk.
ANY bloke who spends longer than 15 mins in the shower is w@nking, Fact!
[s]Tea bag[/s] food dye in the shower head
when do the cleaners clean the showers? if it's not overnight then make sure you're the last one in the office, go curl one out in the tray as a little surprise for him. He will disappear off in disgust and you can then use the shower. As it was your deposit just toe it down the plughole and rinse off your feet.
After a few days of this he'll stop even attempting to use the shower.
Or you'll get fired for sh*tting in the shower
ANY bloke who spends longer than 15 mins in the shower is w@nking, Fact!
If this is true maybe try talking dirty to him through the door, he may be finished sooner.
Just barge in there & own him with a pair of bummers.
he ALWAYS eats everything! but especially mini eggs, that I left on my desk!
Sack him, no cuddles just sack him.
you shouldn't be leaving them on your desk..put them in your locker and leave the key in the top drawer of your desk
he ALWAYS eats everything! but especially mini eggs, that I left on my desk!
Easy answer. Plug the mini eggs or see how many you can get under the "hood". Take pictures of plugging/hooding. Put eggs on desk. Email pictures to offender once the eggs have gone.
Easy answer. Plug the mini eggs or see how many you can get under the "hood". Take pictures of plugging/hooding. Put eggs on desk. Email pictures to offender once the eggs have gone.
And I thought the toeing your own cack down the plughole sounded wrong you had to go and top it. Not literally obviously.
Although you could do that, crimp one off in the shower and put some mini eggs on it. See if they get eaten.
Although that might work.(Not tea bagging his head)
Hehe this turning out to be a very entertaining thread!
Is there something you could fit into the shower head like one of those blue urinal blocks?
How about barricade the door when he's inside?
My shower routine including lag for 1st thing in the morning, from full lycra to full change is probably about 12 minutes, maybe a touch more
After 20 mins of waiting take his clothes and run them through the office shredder.
Sneakily turn on the basin hot tap after 5 minutes and run away.
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He's in there having a quick shower, washing yesterdays clothes in the shower tray ........and crying.
From which eye?
Hide his clothes and crack the fire alarm whilst he's in there...
OP, is this one shower in a multi-person changing room, or one-person locked room with shower and changing bench?
40 mins changing, showering and froo-frooing is beyond excessive, but 40 minutes in the actual shower is baffling.
All this over one shower, we're currently moaning because we're down to six showers in our locker room due to the other four being refurbished. 😀
Get the building manager to run fire alarm drills when he's in there. He'll either get passed off with having to come out or disciplined for not following procedure.
It's a pain, but not a disaster - we have a floor of IT people who think it's ok to CTW and not shower at all. Sometimes they use meeting rooms and they need fumigated afterwards.