Capitalism Invades The Bathroom

[Gun Nut]

It's like you guys don't know anything about business. I learned way back in college during my Freshman year of college year that the #1 purpose of a business is to maximize shareholder wealth.

"Letting employees go to the bathroom and waste as much time as they want" was nowhere on the list.

HAHAHHAHAHA... as if anyone actually believes you went to college.

 

[ronburgundy]

OMG, I am getting a protractor and taking a measurement... because after about 5 minutes sitting on my company toilets, my legs start to go numb.
If this is on purpose I am smashing shit, motherfuckers!

Be careful who sees you going into the bathroom with a protractor.

 

[ronburgundy]

Even in the workplace, these toilets may not be liked by those who like to sit there in solitude for 10-15 minutes (which I do sympathize with), but will be welcomed by their coworkers who will have to wait less often for a stall to free up.

Depends on the facilities. Where i work, there are plenty of restrooms with plenty of toilets. I don't think I've had to wait for a stall more than five times in the last 20 years. I have a bigger problem that the cleaners are in the restroom nearest my office when the plumbing decides it's time to Go.

So i would get absolutely no benefits from this scheme at work.

Well sure, context always matters. But on the whole, there will be positive benefits to many employees, and possibly a higher % than those that those who it negatively affects. The point is that it isn't a simple employer-vs-employee capitalist evil.

On the other hand, i can see your point about airports. Probably a better solution than my idea, which was an electric shock delivered after a certain time. And a display on the back of the stall door, showing the countdown. "The Camper Shock will be delivered in 4:47, 4:46, 4:45...10, 9, 8..."

Your solution is certainly more amusing. Perhaps they can be combined such that the toilets are sloped to more subtly discourage "camping", but the shock kicks in at 5 min to prevent those that are still committed or using the opportunity to get a calf workout. Or maybe install a small area EMP to disable cellphones.

 

[ruby sparks]

Workers of the world, smash the cistern - you have nothing to lose but your chains.

I think it's a push-button flush.

Or, if I missed a deliberate pun.......nice punning.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

The last place I worked we used fobs to access and to exit the building, so there was a record. If you want to know how much time a person is spending in the shitter just put a fob reader on the shitter door. It's not like a camera so it ought to be legal.

Honestly, if someone is spending too much time in the shitter it's going to reflect on their job performance. Tilted shitter seats are lame. Better to remove the seat completely and shit into slits like some countries do. Squatting is good exercise if you don't have a broken leg.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The last place I worked we used fobs to access and to exit the building, so there was a record. If you want to know how much time a person is spending in the shitter just put a fob reader on the shitter door. It's not like a camera so it ought to be legal.

Honestly, if someone is spending too much time in the shitter it's going to reflect on their job performance. Tilted shitter seats are lame. Better to remove the seat completely and shit into slits like some countries do. Squatting is good exercise if you don't have a broken leg.

Yeah, squatters are much less friendly to those with disabilities.

 

[Metaphor]

Large organisations can be really, really stupid, but I can't see this gaining traction anywhere.

 

[Bomb#20]

Large organisations can be really, really stupid, but I can't see this gaining traction anywhere.

If those things are slanted at 13 degrees then they'd bloody well better gain some traction.