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Re:The Office of the Future Will Still Have a Terrible Bathroom by fluxquanta on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @10:58AM (#11246018)
>Irrelevantly, they were marked Male and Female.

Anecdotally, my office has about 60 employees and 8 individual bathrooms. They're fully enclosed with sinks and their own heavy closing doors. They also are all equipped with a white noise machine that's connected to the ceiling light switch. I guess we're pretty lucky to have this setup.

About two years ago, however, someone complained that all of the bathrooms were becoming "too dirty" in between weekly cleanings and it was blamed on the men. Therefore, three of the restrooms are now women only, while the remainder are unisex. It seems a bit unfair, but nobody has cared enough to complain.

Re:The Office of the Future Will Still Have a Terrible Bathroom by josinalvo on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:08AM (#11246097)
> Therefore, three of the restrooms are now women only, while the remainder are unisex. It seems a bit unfair, but nobody has cared enough to complain.

Even if today nobody complains, the company might have suffer a lawsuit in the future, by a disgruntled employee.

Better to fix that now, perhaps

Re:The Office of the Future Will Still Have a Terrible Bathroom by fluxquanta on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:23AM (#11246204)
I could say something, but my boss (the company owner) isn't the most receptive to suggestions like this.

It took nearly three years of my complaining to finally get an End User License Agreement for our product, for example.

Re:The Office of the Future Will Still Have a Terrible Bathroom by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:24AM (#11246213)
60 employees, weekly cleanings?! Should be every night.
Re:The Office of the Future Will Still Have a Terrible Bathroom by fluxquanta on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:27AM (#11246238)
Maybe it is? I really don't know, but I've only ever seen cleaning staff the few times I've come in on weekends, and only ever seen noticeable improvement on Mondays.
Re:The Office of the Future Will Still Have a Terrible Bathroom by fr0sty on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:41AM (#11246377)
>They also are all equipped with a white noise machine that's connected to the ceiling light switch.

That is most likely a ventilation fan. The white noise is a side-effect.

Re:The Office of the Future Will Still Have a Terrible Bathroom by fluxquanta on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:42AM (#11246382)
Nope. Actual white noise. The company owns the property and built the building.