Everything Comes Down To......!

Word of the Day Monday, January 04, 2010

enjoin

1. To direct or impose with authority; to order.
2. To prohibit; to forbid.

Marissa shifted uncomfortably on the seat in the bathroom stall causing the paper liner to crinkle loudly in the overly quiet restroom. She was acutely aware of the fact that she had walked in on a "Work Twosie" in the act.

She wished that women could be more like men in regard to the whole Work Twosie situation, and just own the whole thing. Men are like dogs. They will take a shit anywhere without regard to having anyone walk in on them, or how they make the bathroom smell. It was almost like a challenge for them. Eh? Can you out-do that? And after they are done they smile and wag their tail about the whole endeavor.

Marissa quickly finished her non-Twosie bathroom business and went to wash her hands. There hadn't been a single sound from the other stall from the moment she had walked in and she knew the woman in the other stall, whomever she was, was just counting the seconds until Marissa left. The Twosie Shame had permeated the restroom more pungently than the Twosie itself.

This is ridiculous, Marissa thought to herself checking her hair just to put Shame Fueled Twosie Woman through a little bit more agony. I am hereby writing a Work Twosie Manifesto. And she mentally tacked the proclamation to the outside of the bathroom door on her way out.

The Work Twosies Manifesto

We, the women of the global workforce, in order to form a more perfect work experience do hereby proclaim the following rights and benefits as inherent to all working women.

1. No shame or embarrassment in relation to the act of Twosies will be administered to women participating in Work Twosies.

2. All peer pressure seeking to enjoin fellow work place members from engaging in the act of Work Place Twosies is considered unconstitutional and a gross violation of the Manifesto.

3. Olfactory complaints are to be kept confidential, or at the very least, only to be mentioned to significant others or spouses, only in the privacy of the home, with no names mentioned.

Thank You Very Much