They Call it "Progress"

My current place of employment has decided to implement a "fragrance-free" restroom policy. They have started in the restrooms nearest my cubical by removing the little pink automatic sprayer-devices that periodically spray out little spurts of nice-smelling-scented-stuff to cover-up the naturally occurring bad odors of a restroom. However, in the name of being "green-friendly" or something of that nature, they have since removed the lovely scents and replaced them with nasty bathroom odors. The "This is a fragrance-free restroom" signs on the doors are rather misleading. It would lead me to believe that perhaps they boosted the fan power to remove those naturally occurring odors more efficiently from the bathrooms. What has actually happened is that in removing the covering scents, the true scent of sewage spews out from the stalls to envelope the whole bathroom with unpleasantries. What they call "progress", I consider the likes of going back to a third-world country environment, where they don't have the resources of proper handle sanitation. I'm no wimp (see previous post), and I can understand if they would turn down the air-conditioning to cut costs, or dim the lights to reduce unnecessary heat sources. But I don't do well with stinky bathrooms. I need a legal, non-destructive remedy. This is rather bizarre. I wonder if it is a trend happening all over the country with these enviro-whackos.