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Comment by jonatron | Hacker News Reader

In a small growing company, when someone starts leaving the toilets in a mess, there is a bad hire. Knowing you work with at least one uncivilized person changes the feel of the company.

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Had the same issue when I hired a software developer intern to train. I didn't wait one extra minute to tell them about the issue after I saw the bathroom, and discussed with them why this was not acceptable at all. They kinda changed their habit, but I eventually let them go due to incompetency reasons.

Edit: Typo

Same for piling dirty dishes in the sink.

I've always been one for doing dishes. BUT, a cleaner can usually be hired for minimum/living wage. An extra couple hours of the cleaners time so everyone comes in to a clean office strikes me as likely being worth it in the long run.

Dishes are usually the responsibility of the eater where I've worked. All offices have cleaners, but their responsibility should be getting rid of dust and such, not the sink.

Besides, the cleaners are usually there on a schedule, and I think it says something about someone's ego if they can't take half a minute to wash a cup of coffee. It's not like we're deep frying things in the pantry.

What about when you sit on the toilet and look at the stall door, then see a bunch of buggers stuck on the door?

Then you need to ask the principal if you can now please use the teachers toilets.. Or start teaching the kids not to be gross little bastards, but that's probably a lost cause ;)

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