Why Are Investment Bank Bathrooms so Gross

Every single investment bank I have visited with the exception of some small ones have had filthy bathrooms...

Like worse than every production/warehouse I've been to.

By a huge factor.

Is it the long hours? Lol?

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crazylifechoices

They expect you to hold it in for 18 hours so you can keep working, so no one needs to use them.

He said they were filthy. If no one used them, they would be spotless.

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I will attest to this. It's not that the bathroom is filthy, but that people don't clean after themselves - what I assume are genital hairs/pee droplets on the toilet seat or unflushed toilets. I assume the pee splatter is from people that pee standing up with the seat unraised on the toilet (rather than using wall urinals or whatever they are called).

Even heard juniors talking about them using the sink to pee before - which is crazy

 
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Stress, terrible Seamless diets, caffeine/nicotine/adderall abuse

What about blow?

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