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You had me at "My own toilet all to myself". I understand not everyone in the world is loathe to use a public restroom, but Jesus H. Christ, people use public r

You had me at "My own toilet all to myself". I understand not everyone in the world is loathe to use a public restroom, but Jesus H. Christ, people use public restrooms like apes in a zoo. Not to mention, My loud, clickity-clackity mechanical keyboard (which isn't allowed to leave my office on punishment of death from my wife - I have the silent one for the living room gaming rig). I can run a couple of rigs at the same time, and work when the meeting I'm in doesn't particularly pertain to me, even though I lead a small team - which means I'm invited to meetings, but only have to listen to a quarter of what gets said and still have to get work done. My team generally had their heads in the screen all day, anyway. We're fairly socially awkward and loud talkers/laughers, which means we annoy everyone when we don't communicate via Slack... which is almost every team I've worked on (I'm the worst offender, yes). I understand remote doesn't work great for every team, but for A LOT of software teams... and we work with an accounting and ops team, it works great for all of us =/

antoniuschan99 4y ago
Totally forgot about the toilet haha!
jamessb 4y ago
> You had me at "My own toilet all to myself". I understand not everyone in the world is loathe to use a public restroom, but Jesus H. Christ, people use public restrooms like apes in a zoo. It's not just cleanlines: I've also encountered issues like the hand-soap or toilet paper having run out and not been replaced, toilets not working due to plumbing issues (in one office they installed a fancy new rainwater recycling system that didn't initially work, so toilets wouldn't flush), a toilet on the top floor of a building where the flush was very weak and the cistern would take minutes to slowly refill before you could flush a second time, poorly designed sinks that look pretty but splash water everywhere when you turn on the tap, or a building only having a single cubicle so that I'd need to walk to another building if it was in use. These seem minor, but are irritating nonetheless.
- sedawk 4y ago
  And air circulation, or lack thereof! Yes, the one in my building has crappy air circulation (no pun intended!) and the facilities people know this, but they "won't" fix it (too expensive for FANG company to fix a toilet). The solution: they put those fruit-smelly things in every corner of the toilet. Not only does this NOT solve the problem, The only thing, IMHO, this does is make you hate fruits :-(
quesog 4y ago
Not just the toilet - but also the toilet paper. Every office I've ever worked in has used the same cheap and awful single-ply mega-rolls that I like to call "John Wayne toilet paper." It's rough and tough and doesn't take sh*t off nobody.
Something1234 4y ago
The hardest thing for me when traveling for work is going without my bidet. It's a true game changer.

antoniuschan99 4y ago

Totally forgot about the toilet haha!

jamessb 4y ago

> You had me at "My own toilet all to myself". I understand not everyone in the world is loathe to use a public restroom, but Jesus H. Christ, people use public restrooms like apes in a zoo. It's not just cleanlines: I've also encountered issues like the hand-soap or toilet paper having run out and not been replaced, toilets not working due to plumbing issues (in one office they installed a fancy new rainwater recycling system that didn't initially work, so toilets wouldn't flush), a toilet on the top floor of a building where the flush was very weak and the cistern would take minutes to slowly refill before you could flush a second time, poorly designed sinks that look pretty but splash water everywhere when you turn on the tap, or a building only having a single cubicle so that I'd need to walk to another building if it was in use. These seem minor, but are irritating nonetheless.

sedawk 4y ago
And air circulation, or lack thereof! Yes, the one in my building has crappy air circulation (no pun intended!) and the facilities people know this, but they "won't" fix it (too expensive for FANG company to fix a toilet). The solution: they put those fruit-smelly things in every corner of the toilet. Not only does this NOT solve the problem, The only thing, IMHO, this does is make you hate fruits :-(

quesog 4y ago

Not just the toilet - but also the toilet paper. Every office I've ever worked in has used the same cheap and awful single-ply mega-rolls that I like to call "John Wayne toilet paper." It's rough and tough and doesn't take sh*t off nobody.

Something1234 4y ago

The hardest thing for me when traveling for work is going without my bidet. It's a true game changer.