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@Susan Louise 

This is awful!

[Suzeecat]

This sounds like a really passive-aggressive way of dealing with deadbeat workers.  If you suspect a worker is wasting time unnecessarily in the restroom, sit down with them and have a face to face conversation.  If there's a good reason they are spending extra time they can offer up an explanation.  Or, they can take it as a warning that their time management is being monitored.  Seems like a much more cost-effective and direct approach than installing custom-slanted toilets, for heaven's sake!

[Porcelain]

Ummmm. If someone needs to spend a long time on the toilet, I can't see how stopping them would accomplish anything good. Good grief, stay in there! Don't bring those issues out into the working area!

If you think your employees are just hanging out in the bathroom for fun, how about investing in a better break room? No wait... the same employers who would buy uncomfortable toilet seats would also replace the break room chairs with those blow up exercise balance balls too. No wonder they are having management issues.

[QueenDanceALot]

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@Porcelain wrote:

Ummmm. If someone needs to spend a long time on the toilet, I can't see how stopping them would accomplish anything good. Good grief, stay in there! Don't bring those issues out into the working area!

If you think your employees are just hanging out in the bathroom for fun, how about investing in a better break room? No wait... the same employers who would buy uncomfortable toilet seats would also replace the break room chairs with those blow up exercise balance balls too. No wonder they are having management issues.

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@Porcelain 

I got myself an exercise ball for a desk chair at my last office job.  I liked it so much better than sitting in a chair.

P.S. I can't imagine anyone wanting to hang out in a bathroom stall for fun, but I guess everyone has a hobby.

P.P.S.  I think if it takes you longer than 5 minutes to do what you need to do then you might need to see a professional. 

[Bird mama]

@MaryLamb   

[shoekitty]

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@Nonametoday wrote:

A few years ago I had an idea about inventing a toilet that aids in colon cancer prevention and it would be made whereby the person would sit in a position such as we are when we squat.  The body was made to squat with bowel movements.  We are more and more recognizing that lying on a gurney is not the best way for child delivery and sitting on a toilet is not the best way for that business.  So, if you were in a squatting position with the rear slung low, sotospeak, it would be more conducive to elimination as the colon is in a natural position.  This toilet is just the opposite and could create more worries of colon cancer and job resignations.

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Shoekitty said

this is the style in Japan and many Asian countries   But what about the elderly and infirm, or someone with joint disease.  They must have something because 100 year old people do it this way. Lol

[shoekitty]

Some women I have seen especially from some asian countries squat with feet on out toilet lids in bathroom.  When you dont see feet on the groung under stall, but can see someone is in there...thats their game.

[shoekitty]

Yes a BARD bag and depends.  No employee waste their.  What about an IV instead of those pesky coffee breaks?  Lol!

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@Carmie wrote:

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@Meowingkitty wrote:

I once worked for a company that would love these. This company made us account for every minute of every day on a spreadsheet. And that included bathroom breaks. The spreadsheet had to total 8 working hours per day or else. My boss monitored potty breaks and if she decided you were spending to much time in the bathroom you were given a talking to. Glad I no longer work there.

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I worked for a company for 25 years that did this.  When we left our desk, we had to put in a code in our phone to show where we were and that code also turned on the voice mail. Heavens forbid if your phone was ringing off of the hook and you weren't there to answer it.

There were codes for break, lunch, restroom, copy machine, meetings, etc.  Your boss could see in real time if you were at your desk. Also, could see how many calls you made outgoing and how many incoming and the number and who it belonged to.

I never had any issues, but others did.  I once had a cubby mate who was on the phone  with her boyfriend for eight hours or more a week.  When she was called out for that and told to stop making long personal calls during work hours and to use her breaks/lunch for personal calls, she got a device that she could wear behind her ear and used her personal cell phone.  She had thick almost waist length hair and hid it well. She was on the phone all day long.

There were coworkers that were let go for wasting company time.  It is amazing how little work ethic some people have.

I think the phones were better at employee time management than the leaning toilets seats.

I also think that five minutes on the toilet is long enough for most employees.  Most people do their " morning glory" at home and only use the toilet at work if there is an emergency or unexpected problem.

These special toilets could not be used in the handicapped stalls, so anyone who had a special need for more than five minutes could always use those.

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LOL Not according to my husband!  They start kinda early 6am to 7am and he tells me the bathroom is so bad you can't even get a stall and it reeks in there! Goes on all day long

I can't imagine people enjoying the aroma of the bathroom but perhaps if folks are not leaving a #2 and it's clean then ok it could be a place to light up a smoke....check your facebook page....shop QVC!

I would think people going outside to take smoking breaks costs WAY more time on the clock then potty breaks.