https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:07:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1900309 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:11:17 +0000 NeekieRose 1900309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put a sticky note on my door that said "Available by phone or email." Worked well for the most part; after a few weeks everyone knew what that meant.</p> <p>I did have my VP (woman) try to walk in, but luckily my door lock does work. I would definitely ask about getting the lock fixed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1900263 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:45:14 +0000 mamimami 1900263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unfortunately some people just don't understand signs. I used a sign AND had a lock at one point and people would still try to come in. I joked that I wanted to make a sign like, "You will never be able to unsee what you will see if you open this door. It will be burned on your eyeballs forever. Don't do it.! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1900213 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:08:59 +0000 Mamaof2 1900213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just put "Do Not Disturb"</p> <p>Unfortunately one guy still barged in - WTF?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1900208 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:06:48 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1900208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I love the cow. Does everyone know you are pumping? At some point I would imagine folks would not assume your door is closed because you are in a state of undress hooked up to a pump.</p> <p>"Do Not Disturb." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1900197 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:02:16 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1900197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I would just put it up when you are actually pumping because people are not going to be checking their watches before they come to talk to you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899537 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:25:34 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1899537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just use a "Please Do Not Disturb" and put it up before you get started and take it down when you are done. Then you don't have to worry if your schedule ends up shifted for whatever reason one day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899524 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:15:59 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1899524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just used a "Please Do Not Disturb" sign. I wouldn't put the times or how long you think you'll be, because inevitably you'll get stuck in a meeting and won't be able to pump until 10 or one day pumping will take 30 minutes instead of 10 for whatever reason. </p> <p>I didn't have a lock on my door so I used one of those wedge door stoppers. I'm sure if someone pushed hard enough they could have opened the door but it would have given me time to yell something at them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899261 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:36:06 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1899261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say put a sign that says do not enter and only leave it up when you're pumping. I also always wore a nursing cover while pumping because I'm in classroom and, while there is a lock, someone could just use their key and come in without knocking (it happened once with the head custodian). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899255 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:30:52 +0000 catomd00 1899255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just put up a sign that said Meeting In Progress, please do not disturb. Or something like that. Are people really going to barge into your office if the door is closed?! I just can't imagine doing that without knocking first. Even when I know an office is unoccupied here, if the door is closed I still knock just to be on the 100% safe side! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899210 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:04:31 +0000 Anagram 1899210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: I put an entire rolling cart of books in front of my door when I was pumping. My door did lock, but about a million people had keys and one even tried to let him in the door when I had a sign that said just "occupied". Grrrr. So then I started the rolling cart full of books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899197 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:56:44 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1899197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it was me, I would put </p> <p>"Trust me, you don't want to come in here. Come back in 20 minutes or send me an email." </p> <p> :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899065 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:41:44 +0000 avivoca 1899065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this sign "Please Do Not Disturb. In Use" on my closet and then when I pumped it my office I just stuck up a "Do not Disturb. Thank you!" sign. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899059 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:39:11 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1899059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would also suggest putting the sign up when you pump, then take it down when you are done. I know people aren't paying attention to the time when they come to look for someone. If it is always up, they will probably take it for granted and pop in without looking at the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899005 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:04:36 +0000 MamaCate 1899005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BakerBee: My sign just said "pumping in progress please knock" (as i was in a shared office and pumped under a cover) but other coworkers have put "pumping in progress do not disturb". As long as you remember to take the sign off, I think you should be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899004 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:04:15 +0000 ElbieKay 1899004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you get the lock fixed? I don't know what the culture is like at your company, but if it were me I would just tell HR that I need a functioning lock and explain why. I bet they would fix it pretty quickly!</p> <p>I work in a very casual office, and I have a window on my door. So, before I left on maternity leave I asked for a shade and a lock to be installed on the door. Now everyone knows what it means when my shade is down. But I have been tempted to put a tie on the doorknob too :-P</p> <p>And my boss suggested that I make a sign with a cow. So that should tell you what kind of office environment I work in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1899002 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:02:32 +0000 LBee 1899002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@StrawberryBee: "Udderly busy" just cracked me up. We're a 4 person office (3 of us being women with children) so I could easily do a cow and it be considered humorous, but I didn't feel that it thoroughly conveyed the "don't come in here, seriously, I am exposed" message.</p> <p>Good idea with the chair! I can totally do that. The only person I worry about is the man (my boss), but we have our doors open always, so I'm hoping the closed door will give the message a little anyways. I just don't know if/how my boss and I will get passed it if he walks in on me pumping. It'll be AWKWARD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898994 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:58:37 +0000 StrawberryBee 1898994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, do you have a chair you can put in front of the door? Mine opens inward, so I put that in as extra protection (though no one ever attempted it). I taped my sign over the doorknob, so there was no excuse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898991 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:57:00 +0000 StrawberryBee 1898991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hee: <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-sign-for-the-office#post-886217" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-sign-for-the-office#post-886217</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898990 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:56:10 +0000 StrawberryBee 1898990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BakerBee: I remember the cow sign and actually thought it was cute...for the right office environment ;). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898983 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:51:20 +0000 LBee 1898983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I talked with a co-worker and I think putting a time frame may be troublesome. I'm leaning towards just what @StrawberryBee: said - saying to email for contact and not to enter. The real solution would be to get my door lock fixed. </p> <p>@hotchildinthecity: I was joking with the cow :silly: - but someone on the boards did a cow sign. I can't remember who. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898973 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:47:36 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1898973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with @blackbird. And I would definitely not do a cow!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898963 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:44:10 +0000 blackbird 1898963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about "i am unavailable between these times: X Y Z" and that's it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898953 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:40:15 +0000 autumnlove 1898953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think mine said meeting in progress-please do not enter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898947 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:37:09 +0000 StrawberryBee 1898947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't put the times in parenthesis. I just put my sign out on my door when I was pumping. I had a big red stop sign (figured it would get their attention), and under it wrote:</p> <p>Please do not enter!<br /> Please either email<br /> or come back in 20 minutes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-sign#post-1898940 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:33:29 +0000 LBee 1898940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need help with the wording for the sign I put on my door at work when I'm pumping. </p> <p>I was thinking this:<br /> "Please come back in 10 minutes.<br /> (9, 12, and 3)<br /> Thanks!" </p> <p>It takes me 10 to 15 minutes to finish pumping. I worry the time part isn't clear - whether it's come back at 9 or I started at 9 (I started at 9). I also wonder if I should even put a time frame on there, as I don't always start at 9 on the dot and would hate for someone to bust in at 9:10. </p> <p>Ideas? What did you put? </p> <p>I considered just a picture of a cow (ha!), but my boss is a 67 year old man and I thought he might not get it. </p> <p>As an aside, the lock on my door doesn't work so this sign is the only thing keeping others from walking in! </p>