Law Firm Employee Asks Amy About Unsanitary Lawyers
A law firm employee wrote the “Ask Amy” advice column with an unusual dilemma: how to cope with her unsanitary lawyer bosses.
“I work in a small law firm where some of the men don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom and one even picks his nose at his desk,” the writer said, in the advice column published by the Washington Post.
“We have put soap and hand sanitizer at strategic places in the office, including by the large container of pretzels that we share. We even put a small sign asking that everyone wash their hands before taking food, all to no avail.
“Usually when one person gets sick, we all do. How can we politely get these men (our bosses) to change their dirty habits?”
Amy replied that employees will have to focus on their own hygiene, since the lawyers aren’t budging. Wash your hands regularly, “use appropriate germ-containment measures and stay away from the community snacks,” Amy advises.
