Metafandom has not prepared me for this

[charamei]

Apparently someone in my office has just left a little present in the guest loo (which is currently the only loo due to building work).

Which, you know. Ew.

So now the receptionist's saying please don't do it again, because she's 'a girl and girls can't handle poo', and I am left wondering how to politely point out that she's being incredibly sexist and self-deprecating without using words like 'patriarchy', 'anti-feminism' or coming off like I support the human right to paint the world in unflushed poop...

I may have to sit this one out.

Comments

[lurkingcat]

Oh dear. I cannot think of a helpful* response to that at all. Sitting it out sounds like a sensible plan in this case. I shouldn't think that there are many people that want to be handling poo in that context regardless of what gender they happen to be.

*My immediate and extremely unhelpful thought was "Well at least it was in the loo and not mysteriously in the paper towel bin next to the loo" (and yes, that is an actual thing that has happened at my place of work).

[charamei]

The paper towel bin? Oh, that's just disgusting. And why?

I did sit it out, in the end. Well, I dropped her a quick response saying something along the lines of, "Oi, girls are awesome," but she missed the point. So.

Next time, maybe.