December 21, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Employee Was Using The Bathroom And Saw His Coworker Skip Washing Hands, So He Soon Realized Their Workplace Is Literally A Bacterial Culture

by Heide Lazaro

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Workplace hygiene is crucial to maintaining a healthy work environment.

This man was washing his hands in the bathroom when he noticed a coworker had skipped handwashing.

Later, he saw the same coworker get a pie and even invited other employees to eat.

Check out the full story below to find out more.

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I was washing hands after using the bathroom.

This guy exits the stall after taking his time in there.

He stands around sinks, but does not wash his hands.

I thought, “This guy is waiting for me to leave so he can not wash his hands and not get caught not washing.”

This man clearly saw that his coworker didn’t wash his hands.

I leave the bathroom, but stand in the hall outside.

Let’s see if I’m right.

The guy leaves without washing his crappy hands!

Awkward eye contact. We both know what you didn’t do.

His coworker then decided to get some pie in the kitchen.

3 minutes later:

Guy (to someone else), “Hey, there’s pie in the kitchen. Come get some with me.”

Turns out the “culture” they made us RTO for was a bacterial culture.

Gross.

Eeew! Let’s read the responses of other people to this story.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

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Men are more guilty of this than women, says this one.

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Short and straightforward.

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Here’s an honest opinion from this one.

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Some office “cultures” are literally contagious.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a rude customer who got exactly what they wanted in their pizza.