Feasibility of DNA testing for workplace toilet pest?
Discussion
Imagine, in an office environment of some 80 people (60/40 M/F), there had been a series of disgusting incidents in the male toilets (say, roughly, one per week over a few months).
Let's say, for example, that small quantities of faecal matter were being left on the floor of cubicles in gents toilets.
For the sake of this hypothesis, take it that the issue has been raised at ‘all staff’ type meetings such that the individual responsible was given the opportunity to desist – but they didn’t.
Would it be practical to suggest DNA testing of all male workers to match the "deposits" and hence identify the perpetrator?
I'm wondering about expense and any privacy issues from an employment law point of view.
All of the above is merely hypothetical but it’s a serious question. If it happened somewhere I worked, I’d be pretty hacked off.
Let's say, for example, that small quantities of faecal matter were being left on the floor of cubicles in gents toilets.
For the sake of this hypothesis, take it that the issue has been raised at ‘all staff’ type meetings such that the individual responsible was given the opportunity to desist – but they didn’t.
Would it be practical to suggest DNA testing of all male workers to match the "deposits" and hence identify the perpetrator?
I'm wondering about expense and any privacy issues from an employment law point of view.
All of the above is merely hypothetical but it’s a serious question. If it happened somewhere I worked, I’d be pretty hacked off.
Edited by Kiltie on Monday 27th October 23:38
Kiltie said:
Imagine, in an office environment of some 80 people (60/40 M/F), there had been a series of disgusting incidents in the male toilets (say, roughly, one per week over a few months).
Let's say, for example, that small quantities of faecal matter were being left on the floor of cubicles in gents toilets.
For the sake of this hypothesis, take it that the issue has been raised at ‘all staff’ type meetings such that the individual responsible was given the opportunity to desist – but they didn’t.
Would it be practical to suggest DNA testing of all male workers to match the "deposits" and hence identify the perpetrator?
I'm wondering about expense and any privacy issues from an employment law point of view.
All of the above is merely hypothetical but it’s a serious question. If it happened somewhere I worked, I’d be pretty hacked off.
Probably best to just stop doing it in case they do bother. If you want to carry on I'd keep a 'clean' DNA sample for when they come knocking at your cubicle.Let's say, for example, that small quantities of faecal matter were being left on the floor of cubicles in gents toilets.
For the sake of this hypothesis, take it that the issue has been raised at ‘all staff’ type meetings such that the individual responsible was given the opportunity to desist – but they didn’t.
Would it be practical to suggest DNA testing of all male workers to match the "deposits" and hence identify the perpetrator?
I'm wondering about expense and any privacy issues from an employment law point of view.
All of the above is merely hypothetical but it’s a serious question. If it happened somewhere I worked, I’d be pretty hacked off.
Edited by Kiltie on Monday 27th October 23:38
mybrainhurts said:
Kiltie said:
mybrainhurts said:
Any of your staff got Parkinson's disease...?
Why do you ask? Is there some kind of link potentially?
On a serious note, we had this at school when I was in 6th form. Firstly s
t was left in the urinals a few times, then the sinks, and then once smeared round the mirrors (I'm not kidding, I saw it!). Kids all knew who it was, and it led to him being suspended, after which it stopped.Airbag said:
mybrainhurts said:
Any of your staff got Parkinson's disease...?
I was about to say, there are some legitimate reasons this could be happening, especially if it's always in the handicapped washroom.Let's also assume that there's nobody on site with a nervous disorder which presents physical symptoms which could explain this as an 'accident'.
If this was a real scenario, I believe the culprit’s colleagues would easily forgive the act but not the failure to clean up afterwards.
Edited by Kiltie on Tuesday 28th October 00:28
Kiltie said:
Airbag said:
mybrainhurts said:
Any of your staff got Parkinson's disease...?
I was about to say, there are some legitimate reasons this could be happening, especially if it's always in the handicapped washroom.Let's also assume that there's nobody on site with a nervous disorder which presents physical symptoms which could explain this as an 'accident'.
If this was a real scenario, I believe the culprit’s colleagues would easily forgive the act but not the failure to clean up afterwards.
I hope you catch the b
d. Good luck.In this hypothetical environment, have the toilet seats ever been snapped off their hinges? As mentioned previously, different people have different toilet habits and I've been to numerous workplaces where seats have been broken under the strain of people standing on them to squat.
Having never tried it myself I can only guess that standing on a loo seat and squatting may occasionally lead to poor aim and the resultant situation you describe
Having never tried it myself I can only guess that standing on a loo seat and squatting may occasionally lead to poor aim and the resultant situation you describe
some countries custom is to squat, so some new people stand on the seat and let go above it, most of it hits the spot, if some goes the wrong way....
as for peeing all over the seat, wtf is this about, spotted some asian doing it, had a right go at him, hard to tell, but think he blushed
as for peeing all over the seat, wtf is this about, spotted some asian doing it, had a right go at him, hard to tell, but think he blushed
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