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EPA Employees Told to Stop Pooping in the Hallway
Government Executive ^ | 6/25/2014 | Eric Katz

Posted on 06/25/2014 2:28:39 PM PDT by markomalley

Environmental Protection Agency workers have done some odd things recently.

Contractors built secret man caves in an EPA warehouse, an employee pretended to work for the CIA to get unlimited vacations and one worker even spent most of his time on the clock looking at pornography.

It appears, however, that a regional office has reached a new low: Management for Region 8 in Denver, Colo., wrote an email earlier this year to all staff in the area pleading with them to stop inappropriate bathroom behavior, including defecating in the hallway.

In the email, obtained by Government Executive, Deputy Regional Administrator Howard Cantor mentioned “several incidents” in the building, including clogging the toilets with paper towels and “an individual placing feces in the hallway” outside the restroom.

Confounded by what to make of this occurrence, EPA management “consulted” with workplace violence “national expert” John Nicoletti, who said that hallway feces is in fact a health and safety risk. He added the behavior was “very dangerous” and the individuals responsible would “probably escalate” their actions.

“Management is taking this situation very seriously and will take whatever actions are necessary to identify and prosecute these individuals,” Cantor wrote. He asked for any employees with knowledge of the poop bandit or bandits to notify their supervisor.

EPA spokesman Richard Mylott provided the following statement:

“EPA cannot comment on ongoing personnel matters. EPA’s actions in response to recent workplace issues have been deliberate and have focused on ensuring a safe work environment for our employees. Our brief consultation with Dr. Nicoletti on this matter, a resource who regularly provides our office with training and expertise on workplace issues, reflects our commitment to securing a safe workplace.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: climatechange; environment; epa; goinggreen; greenhousegas; greenhousegases; obamanation; poophappens; stinky; taxesatworkohwait
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To: markomalley

It sounds like a poop party...
They said plural for (individuals).
Bad enough if just one person was doing this...


41 posted on 06/25/2014 3:54:26 PM PDT by savage woman
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

This happens in hospitals; recent third world immigrants who have come to the hospital for whatever reason, often do not understand the concepts of toilets, and will defecate in the lobby, the hallways, etc.


42 posted on 06/25/2014 4:31:20 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: markomalley
This is how one leads in keeping the environment clean? I mean the EPA wastewater treatment standards are pretty hard on city governments with mixed stormwater & sewage and yet pooping in halls is OK?
43 posted on 06/25/2014 5:25:05 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: markomalley
that stinks photo: Stinks HoldNose.jpg Wow! Climate Change really DOES exist ... at least in the hallways of EPA office buildings!
44 posted on 06/25/2014 6:40:02 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping


45 posted on 06/25/2014 6:40:39 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Pinged a previous pooping, pthanks.


46 posted on 06/25/2014 8:10:45 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: markomalley

Bammy needs to get to the “bottom” of this!


47 posted on 06/25/2014 10:24:20 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: markomalley

The EPA creates its own hazardous waste dump. It’s not an environmental biohazard when they do it.


48 posted on 06/25/2014 10:28:09 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: DaveA37

Odumbo: “We’re drawing a line in the sand on this”

Odumbo: “We’re drawing a line in the cat litter full of poop on this”


49 posted on 06/26/2014 8:09:11 AM PDT by dredhawk
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To: markomalley

I have no words...


50 posted on 06/27/2014 5:24:18 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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