By TEAM TERRAMICA

The 10 Dirty Secrets of the Office Restroom

The 10 Dirty Secrets of the Office Restroom

Do you suddenly feel flushed whenever you step into the office restroom? If so, you’re not alone. Office restroom etiquette — er, the lack thereof — is one of the employees’ biggest pet peeves.

Seriously, a dirty office bathroom can send employee morale right down the toilet. Assuming someone bothered to flush — we’ll get to that shortly. Maybe he or she didn’t get the memo? Sure, toilet time isn’t generally a polite topic of conversation, so that means we have to talk about it, right? Hold on to the handrail, because this could get a little bit gross. Here are the 10 dirty secrets of the office restroom:

1. Someone pees on the seat. You go to use the toilet, and there’s pee all over the seat. One of your co-workers wasn’t a sweetie about wiping the seat. You look behind stall door #2 and it’s just as bad, or worse (see #2). Stall #3 is passable, so you go in there. You feel sort of like Vanna White pushing open each door one by one, but there’s no way in hell you’re going to wipe the seat up yourself. Eww. The line for stall #3 forms to the right.

2. Someone doesn’t flush. You push open a stall door and oh, man…just look away. Why didn’t the last person flush? In your co-worker’s defence, some people do flush the toilet only to find it’s either plugged or broken, but in most cases, the toilet is working just fine. Maybe you need to flush twice? At the very least, alert management to a broken toilet situation. Your co-workers will thank you.

3. Someone pees on the floor. The toilet looks fine, but the floor around it is all wet. Is it water or is it pee? Maybe you don’t know for sure, but you have no choice but to find a way to do your business without getting your shoes wet. Why can’t you work with people who have better aim? Or maybe someone tried to flush paper towels (or personal hygiene products) and managed to overflow the toilet. Speaking of management, it keeps leaving signs and notes about proper toilet etiquette, but so far to no avail. I hear the floor in the corner stall is dry…

4. Someone leaves a paper trail. This is the person who leaves toilet paper either dangling over the sides of the toilet or scattered on the floor. Too bad the trail doesn’t lead directly to this co-worker’s desk, because you’d like to serve this person some papers if you know what I mean.

5. Someone doesn’t close the lid. Okay, ladies. You know what I’m talking about. The personal hygiene receptacle has a lid that you should close after depositing your items. I’m not going into further detail here. Just close it, will you? Full stop. I’d say period, but that seems too gross given the context. Psst, guys: you have your own set of guidelines to follow.

6. Someone doesn’t replace the TP. Who hasn’t reached into the toilet paper dispenser to come up empty-handed? Or maybe you find that someone left you the last remaining 3″ x 3″ square of TP on the last roll in the dispenser, where the rolls are always wound so tightly you have to pull hard to get one square at a time. Collecting enough TP can take awhile. Gee, thanks. But if you leave one last square on the roll, then you don’t have to feel guilty for doing anything because, technically, you’ve left some TP for the next person, right? Riiiight.

7. Someone causes a soapsplosion. There’s no more soap in the soap dispenser because it’s all over the countertop, which is now all wet and soapy. Good luck keeping your shirt dry. Where’s the hand sanitizer? Eh, screw it, no one else in the office is washing their hands, anyway.

8. Someone gets chatty. There’s something weird about trying to do your business while someone in the next stall is talking on a cell phone. Or maybe two employees are cross-talking to each other from their respective stalls while you’re quietly stuck in the middle. And there’s no way you can’t hear the conversation, even if it’s conducted at a near-whisper because office restrooms generally have wicked good acoustics. Note to self: Never, ever borrow this co-worker’s cell phone.

9. Someone hogs the sink. You’re waiting – and waiting — to wash your hands while a co-worker (or two or three) lingers at the sink to check her hair and makeup situation. Not only is she blocking the sink, she’s blocking the soap dispenser as she preens obliviously to those around her. Pardon me, please, could I get past you for a second just to get some soap? Of course, there’s only one towel dispenser or air hand dryer, and it’s always right next to the person who is preening. Why is that? Someone needs to research this, stat.

10. Someone camps out in a stall. You see feet underneath the stall, but you don’t know to whom they belong. This person is quiet –- too quiet — and is taking forever. No talking, no peeing, no movement, nothing. Chances are, he or she is reading email, but you don’t know for sure. What is this person doing in there?? And why does it feel like this person is not-so-patiently waiting for you to leave? It might not be your imagination if it seems like this person is beaming you a subconscious message to finish washing your hands already and just go away. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Soapsplosions, sink hoggers, stall campers — it’s enough to drive everyone crazy. Well, hang in there and spring for the good plungers, will you?

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By TEAM TERRAMICA

The Importance of Clean Toilet in Office.

The Importance of Clean Toilet in Office.

We are all aware of the line which says that Cleanliness is next to godliness. Toilet cleanliness is very important for all the human beings. It is the place where all the germs and bacteria start their attacks on the human body. That is the reason why the toilets need to be sanitised daily. People spend most of their time at the office and this makes the office toilets more unclean than the others. Unclean toilets can affect the productivity and can cause various illnesses as well. That is why we all need clean toilets in office to stay away from these unwanted troubles.

What is the importance of having clean toilets?

We have described 7 significance of having clean toilets in the office washroom. 

1. No germs, No bacteria:
A clean bathroom means a germ-free bathroom. Every office needs such sanitised washrooms for their employees. Germs and bacteria create loads of health troubles and make problems for the employees. If the toilet is cleaned every day, then there is no fear of such factors and the employees can perform their work without any trouble. 

2. A healthy environment prevails:
There are numerous people who get satisfaction from a clean environment. We love that too. A completely clean and spotless toilet with the smell of fresh lemon is on everyone’s wish list. We all want our office toilet to be this way. But a dirty toilet affects the morale of the office employees. They keep themselves away from going there and it creates health trouble for them as well. Keeping a toilet hygienic is not a tough job. All you need is just proper cleaning in every 2 hours of time.

 

 

3. There will be No sick leaves:
You don’t have to be a genius to understand this point. A dirty toilet contains harmful germs and bacteria. When the employees use them, the elements get into their body. It causes dangerous diseases. Then employees take sick leaves and all your production halts in no time. According to an info-graphic research, sick leaves cost more than Rs.25000 loss per employee in India every year and result in a 55 % loss in production. So it is very important to keep the toilets clean to keep your employees in a good state. The janitorial team should focus on daily sanitising of toilets to lessen the attacks of germs.

4. There is no havoc of dirt:
A filthy toilet can be an inflicting mess on the office employees and they might not even understand this. The flying dust and germs attack their body. They cause a headache, skin troubles and breathing problems. After getting affected, the energy level of those employees gets lessened. They can feel a lack of motivation while performing their daily work in the office. Better cleaning habits and excellence in janitorial maintenance will certainly blow them in the general health of all the office staffs.

5. It can attract customers:
There are many businesses that have toilets for their consumers’ use. Suppose a customer has come to an office and he needs to rush to the washroom. When that customer will face the unclean and gassy toilet in the office, he will come out of there quickly. This situation can harm the image of that office. But if the toilet is clean and smelly enough, then the customer would be satisfied. A fresh toilet always attracts customers and customers are the only way to success in business.

6. Your clients will be satisfied too:
It’s not all about customers, but it’s also about your personal dealers, potential and present clients, commerce associates and potential workers. Do you want them to face an unclean toilet in your office? A germ-infested toilet is full of germs and that can affect them as well. They will tag your workplace as the filthy one. You cannot able to hide such news as they spread as fast as germs. All you need to have is to some cleaning strategies to keep your office toilet clean and hygienic all through the day.

7. There will be no wastage of time:
An unclean toilet is always a discussion point in between the employees. They discuss this all through the day and long conversations are being created. Office workers are also unwilling to utilise contaminated toilets and will go to use the hygienic ones. Lengthy discussions of this kind or long travel can have an effect on the efficiency of workers in some way. But a fresh toilet makes the workers happy and they set a massive production rate.

How to keep your office toilets clean?

Maintenance of the sanitation is as necessary as the cleaning process. It is totally in the hands of the office workers. If you are an office worker and have dirty toilets, you can follow some restroom etiquettes to avoid those do and die situations. We have described the top 5 washroom etiquettes below which will help you in maintaining the sanitation of your office toilets.

• You should never leave the washroom without flushing out or use Terramica’s Aurum series urinal flushers. It happens many times when to forget to do that. But if you are in the office, then keep this stuff on your mind all the time. If you forget to flush, your colleagues will term you as uncultured and consider this act as rudeness. This can prove to be fatal for your image in the office.

• Always wash the toilet seat to dry or use Terramica’s SANIFOAM with the help of toilet papers. Nobody likes to sit on wet toilet seats and it is harmful as well. Most of the infections occur due to the spread of germs through sanitary areas. Soggy toilets are one of the prime places where germs stay active. A wiping takes merely 1 to 2 minutes of time, but this will be a really encouraging sign towards the next individual to make use of that toilet.

• You should never flush plastic items because they will not split up in the water right away. It is also against the restroom etiquettes and they are also able to choke the drain pipes. 

• If you are feeling the stinky smells then open the windows or start the exhaust fan. There is also a little trick to prevent such smells. Close the commode leads after using and start the flush. The water will emit all the stinky and smelly gases and the restroom will be smell free.

• If you are using the western washroom then it is better to not squat. This is also against the bathroom etiquette rules.

For more restroom optimisation techniques and unique products that cut costs and enhance user experience visit www.terramica.in or call us at +91-7348871005.

By TEAM TERRAMICA

Are Your Office Bathrooms Terrifying?

Are Your Office Bathrooms Terrifying?

Are Your Bathrooms Scaring People Away?

Think dirty office bathrooms just about look, think again. Nothing can scare off a prospective employee like a gross office bathroom. And nothing cements an attitude of apathy with existing employees quite so efficiently as work restrooms in disarray. And if you think your visiting customers won’t notice the pooling water, grimy corners, empty soap dispensers and mystery stains, you are dead wrong.

The condition of your restrooms can speak volumes about the state of your business. Don’t let dirty restrooms leave your customers or your employees with an unfavourable impression. Maybe it has been awhile since you really looked at your restrooms. When it comes to our office restrooms, most of us get in and get out and it can be all too easy to miss the warning signs that your restrooms are being inadequately cleaned. Don’t let your dirty restrooms get in the way of good business.

The Chilling Costs of Dirty Bathrooms

As a Facility Manager, you must continually balance costs and conserve resources. Sure, it costs money to bring in new products that will keep your bathrooms clean and your building in good order, but there are also costs if you don’t. Dirty bathrooms can be like the iceberg, you see it but really it is just a small warning of a much larger problem. When you cut corners on building maintenance, you send the wrong message to your team and your customers and it ends up costing you one way or another. In what ways can dirty facilities impact your bottom line?

▪   Increased employee illness & absenteeism

▪   Negative customer perception regarding the overall quality of your business

▪   Employee Morale takes a hit & turnover increases

▪   The best workers look elsewhere

▪   Lowered efficiency & work output

▪   Lost sales & opportunities

Eliminate Creepy Restrooms & Make Your Job Easier

Maybe you have been going it alone or perhaps you have an existing company that just isn’t giving your restrooms the attention and care they require. Either way know this, getting a good value and clean restrooms are not only possible, it can be relatively straightforward. The best restroom automation companies understand the real benefits of a clean workplace and shiny, fresh restrooms. Not only will they offer the know-how and expertise to do the job, they will have systems in place to make sure you don’t have to check and double check their work.

For more restroom optimisation techniques and unique products that cut costs and enhance user experience visit www.terramica.in or call us at +91-7348871005.