My work used to have the bathroom on a one-minute timer, so you’d end up in the dark if you were too still at the urinal.
So you have to choose how you want someone to perceive you if they walk in while you’re mid-stream:
- “Was this guy dancing while peeing or just shifting his weight a lot?”
- The lights flickering for just a second as you frantically wave one hand over your head
- A piss goblin who has fully embraced the darkness
Wouldn’t everyone just know you’d be doing that because of the lights?
People that work there, yes. But it was next to a conference area which often had folks from out of town or external to the company. Dudes in suits who are just there to shake hands and give a presentation.
So imagine some highly honored guest chuckling with the CEO and then 5 seconds later opening the bathroom door to find a sweaty nerd in flannel flailing around at the urinal.
Aziz! Light!
Aiya Eärendil, elenion ancalima!
One of the bathrooms at my office has a fully enclosed “stall” and a urinal. But the sensor for the light is outside of the stall, and it’s only like 3 minutes. So when you’re in the middle of a number 2, you have to either do the rest in total darkness, or risk opening the door to give a wave to the sensor.
I guarantee they do that on purpose so you don’t ‘take too much time’
LOL it almost sounds like they did that on purpose, that light could be configured to stay on longer but someone at your office doesn’t want that.
Have you ever shuffled out of the stall with your pants around your ankles, waved to the sensor, made eye contact with another person who was doing the exact same thing, and then shuffled back into the stall with an unspoken agreement to never speak about the incident again?
I love the imagery here, but there’s only one stall, and you just need to open the door and stick your hand out for half a second.
I’ve been in one of those bathrooms. Was rather nice, sitting there in the dark pooping, with my phone illuminating only small part of the stall. Comfy poo
