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>If office workers were barred from all but one toilet in miles I'd guess the seats and walls would be just as caked in shit and piss. Not in my experience whe
by jasode 5y ago
>If office workers were barred from all but one toilet in miles I'd guess the seats and walls would be just as caked in shit and piss.
Not in my experience where the office workers had only a single bathroom. The feedback mechanism that keeps the single bathroom clean is the embarrassment of leaving a mess for the next coworker. Everybody knows each other. You can't leave an explosion in the bathroom and just walk away.
The difference is that drivers are transient so they don't have the same social pressure. They drive away so they don't face any backlash. Same reason why truckers complain about dirty bathrooms at truck rest stops. Nobody is accountable to the next person and no embarrassment for not cleaning up after one's self. Hence, public bathrooms become disgusting.
- ImPostingOnHN 5y ago"I'm never going to see these people again, might as well defecate on the floor and urinate on the toilet paper" is my natural attitude, too </s>
- lovemenot 5y agoYou said that as joke, but really I want to understand how this could even occur. I am in Japan and such behaviour is inconceivable. Even as an extreme outlier. What has to happen / not happen in someone's life, where that kind of calculus becomes possible? My naive guess is that this is a problem of socialisation, which allows - even encourages - ass-holery of many kinds. Wherever "Fuck you, buddy" is thought of as a smart way to get ahead, public toilets will not remain clean.
- zo1 5y agoHow about we put a camera in the stall with some ML and facial recognition? Problem solved if you ask me.
- greedo 5y agoOne of the last startups I worked at had 2 bathrooms for roughly 60 people. These were single person bathrooms too. These were reliably in a disgusting, unsanitary state. We all joked about using a restroom at whatever restaurant we chose for lunch.
- rkk3 5y agoThat sounds like the problem is not enough bathrooms... by OSHA guidelines you should have 4-5 minimum for that # of employees.
- Meph504 5y agothat is per sex, so in many cases double that. source: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1915/1915.88 https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/19...
- greedo 5y agoYeah, it was definitely substandard... Typical "startup" mentality in mgmt. At least we weren't using doors for desks.