The Scarlet Bracelet
The head of a Norwegian company recently ordered all female employees to wear a red bracelet, probably not this one, while on their period so that people would understand why they were going to the WC so much. This all came to light when workers' unions decided to speak out about Norway's "tyrannical" rules surrounding bathroom use. Norwegian bosses everywhere seem to think bathrooms are to blame for workers' falling productivity, rather than, say, the Internet, or work being hard, or people being micro-managers, or bosses being bad at being bosses, or it being dark outside all the time. Some of the other bathroom-related offenses include installing CCTV cameras in the loos and having everybody sign a guest book whenever they have to do their thing. Jeez.
no. no no no nono noononoononoo, no no no. this has to be kidding me. is this a joke, maybe? bathroom use?
I'd wear that bracelet WHILE I RIPPED YOUR FUCKING THROAT OUT FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT MY BATHROOM USE.
#annuale
Sometimes I put off going to the bathroom for hours b/c I'm too busy farting around on the Internet. Am I secretly a Norwegian CEO?
My high school was just like Norway! Here is the chat I had with my husband, at work, after I shared this article:
Jr: scarlet bracelet!
me: my high school made people sign a book whenever they used the bathroom
and we were limited to two bathroom breaks per class, per semester
I am not kidding
Jr: whoa
what if someone had THE SHITS
me: you had to bring a note
for any additional bathrooming needs
Jr: from your mom or dr?
me: I dunno
I bled on a chair once
Jr: lol
me: the vice principal was subbing for my teacher and I had to go tell her that my seat was full of blood could I please go call for a change of pants
high school!
whoaaa!!! i guess the book thing isn't THAT weird, but it does waste time!
And it explains why they're being such bitches. (Ahhh, the old "women are bitches when they're on the rag" joke feels good; it'd been too long.)
heh. well, that's what i thought the article was going to be about. only because I KNOW THYSELF/MYSELF
I don' need no steenkin bracelet. I just run around my office loudly announcing, every few minutes, "I'm on my pyramid!!! Gush-Gush-Gush-Gush!!!!"
Everyone at work hates me.
I have an idea. How about the women who are on their periods dispose of all their hygiene products in a special container located inside the CEO's office? Unwrapped, of course, for general inspection.
Then he'll (I'm leaving out the she for obvious reasons) be able to see exactly who is bleeding and by how much, and bathroom use can be monitored even more closely and efficiently.
If they'd be so kind as to also wear the right hand availability ring Maura refered to yesterday, that'd make office hookups even more efficient.