The pump room. Vent.

Whittyone12 · November 2012

Ours at work gets so gross! I'm not sure if it is one individual or multiple offenders but it is gross all the time. There are dried milk stains everywhere where people drip and won't clean it up. Also yesterday I went to pump and it was occupied no big deal so I went back to work. 55 mins later she was still in there! Finally after an hour of waiting to pump I go in and she has not only dropped peices of salad all over the floor but stepped all over them. I'm pretty sure miss salad dropper is the also the milk dripper. But the room is so gross I'm afraid to touch anything in there before pumping I wash my hands at least 3 times every time I am in there. Are all pump rooms like that or just ours?
Vent over.

But seriously I am about to the point of bringing my own pump and pumping in an empty patient recovery space. I thought about putting up a sign. Would that be b!tchy?
ETA: the sign would be in the pump room not the recovery space.

merricksmom · November 2012

The kind of people who leave messes like that probably wouldn't benefit from a sign. But I would post one. Who knows? Maybe Miss Salad Dropper doesn't realize its rude to leave spilled breastmilk and lettuce all over the place. Some people really need to be reminded of the most basic things. Its kind of sad when an adult can't clean up after themself.

bigbootyjudi · November 2012

I'd just like to say: You're lucky to have a pump room. I work in a friggin' hospital and pump in an empty patient bathroom, standing up the entire 20 minutes. Oh, and usually there is a room full of family members in the activity room where this patient bathroom is, so I'm sure they hear me pumping or wonder what the hell I'm doing in the bathroom for 25 minutes.

I'd put up a sign, but I'm a sign hore. I hang signs all over our work fridge because it's disgusting. I hang signs anywhere I can. People are obviously stupid, so if there is a sign in their face, they can't say they didn't know.

Does housekeeping not clean this pumping room? I'd call housekeeping on that ish every single day, a few hours before I pumped.

NewMommyKelsey · November 2012

I agree try a sign? I work with all woman and I had to recently post a sign in each stall to flush the toilet, wipe the seat if you twinkle....etc. etc. ..... women can be so gross you would think these are men but no all woman who twinkle on the seat, flush tampons to where the toliet overfloods and I have to call a plummer.... etc.

You wonder what their home looks like!

NewMommyKelsey · November 2012

anbeck4:
I'd just like to say: You're lucky to have a pump room. I work in a friggin' hospital and pump in an empty patient bathroom, standing up the entire 20 minutes. Oh, and usually there is a room full of family members in the activity room where this patient bathroom is, so I'm sure they hear me pumping or wonder what the hell I'm doing in the bathroom for 25 minutes.

I'd put up a sign, but I'm a sign hore. I hang signs all over our work fridge because it's disgusting. I hang signs anywhere I can. People are obviously stupid, so if there is a sign in their face, they can't say they didn't know.

Does housekeeping not clean this pumping room? I'd call housekeeping on that ish every single day, a few hours before I pumped.

This is sooooo me!

vic8504 · November 2012

Ours isn't too bad. The walls are marked up, cause it used to be a little office, so it needs painted but things look clean for the most part and there are always Clorox wipes in there to us.

mswood1977 · November 2012

We don't have an official pumping room, currently I am the only one pumping so they assigned me an unoccupied office to use for pumping.

Msbean22 · November 2012

Whittyone12:
I'm pretty sure miss salad dropper is the also the milk dripper.

That made me laugh right out loud.

I work from my near-to-home satellite office Tues-Fri where I use an old office...it's completely private and the door locks, and best yet I'm the only one who is ever in there. I have my own stack of magazines and everything.

But on Saturdays I travel an hour to our larger office, and while I'm the only one in there on Saturdays (which is nice,) I definitely see milk rings and drippage. A few weeks ago I cleaned the table with some hot water, hoping that the two other chickies who use it during the week would notice it was cleaned and assume it was me (because hopefully they noticed it was dirty in the first place,) feel ashamed, and be more vigilant.

But no. When I came back it still had scuzz on the table. I'm just going to clean it.

Personally, I HATE passive aggressive signage - whenever I see it I track down the poster and confront them, whether it was me they were posting about or not, so I'd say no there...better just clean it yourself or talk to Miss Salad Dropper.

Tula214 · November 2012

I'd leave signs. The room is for all of you to share, and its not their nasty living room.

At my job I take over my chef's personal office, and its super awkward. I know the people in the rest of the office outside of there can hear me. Plus every sees my bookbag, and always asks if I'm going home.

Oh, and I put a burp cloth across my lap, hanging off my leg a little just in case I drip.

Whittyone12 · November 2012

I called house keeping yesterday, hopefully they will start checking it frequently. I would confront her face to face of I knew who she was. We have over 1,000 employees where I work so there is no way to know who she is or where she works.

Does this sound b!tchy?
Please keep this room clean for our babies. Be courteous and clean up after yourself.

Because what I want to put is...
This room is for mothers but yours isn't here so clean up your own mess. You know who you are.

latnprincess · November 2012

I use an empty office. Used to share with another pumper but she's since quit. It's dusty, but clean.

Cbarajas08 · November 2012

We don't have a pumping room either. I pump in the school nurse's office. It's not too bad. Today my boss, a male, walked in while I was pumping. I was covered so it was NBD to me but I think he was embarrassed. He told the secretaries to make a sign for the door. So now I'll have a cow sign to put up when I am in there.

CoUnTryBB1 · November 2012

I pump in my office so I can work and pump at the same time but we do have a mothers room and for the most part it is pretty nice. We have a recliner and there is papertowels and clorex wipes and our own little fridge. The only bad thing about our room is when people eat there lunch in there (I am the only one using it so I know it is just rando's eating lunch).

Honestly, I think a sign wouldn't do much. People that don't know how to clean up after themselves don't change, they just continue there dirty ways. ewwww I know.

MPJR91910 · November 2012

Ours isn't too bad, but speaking of pump rooms and people being outside in the hallway or in adjoining offices, am I the only one who accidentally moves or twists the shield while pumping, resulting in a horrendously loud pooting sound? So embarrassing.

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