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> take a shit, in peace Which is annoying, because there are only a fixed number of stalls (in my WeWork there are 7 total stalls for all the men in a 7 story
by jdavis703 9y ago
> take a shit, in peace
Which is annoying, because there are only a fixed number of stalls (in my WeWork there are 7 total stalls for all the men in a 7 story building). I hate going from to floor looking for a place to take a shit. Unless you had something really sickening for breakfast or lunch, taking a shit should not take more than 2 minutes. I don't know what people are doing in the bathroom that takes them so long, but I suspect it's people taking a break from their work in privacy.
- ringwalt 9y agoAs of 3 years ago, the WeWork at Bowling Green was also tight on bathrooms, but the private stalls automatically unlocked after 5 minutes. It seemed like a genius idea, but there was still always a line of several people (and the building was so cramped that I didn't really blame other people for wanting to get more than 3 feet away from their coworkers for a few minutes).
- RhodesianHunter 9y agoThe problem here is NOT people taking too long in the restroom. The problem here is not enough restrooms.
- dingo_bat 9y agoThose two metrics are closely correlated though.
- lacker 9y agoI worked for Google back in the olden days when most people didn't have a smart phone. One holiday season, they did this really cool thing where everybody got a free Android phone. Starting the next day and continuing forever, the toilet stalls were full all the time. TLDR technology has a downside
- reledi 9y agoSounds like an office design problem if people are using the toilets as their private space. Maybe there was no other existing space for the same purpose, that is, a space where you are alone and have complete privacy.
- lacker 9y agoYou don't need a private space to waste time on your phone.
- lozenge 9y agoHow is that legal? In the UK, over 5 employees means you need 2 toilets, over 25 means you need 3.