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Comment by jdavis703 | Hacker News Reader

> take a shit, in peace

Which is annoying, because there are only a fixed number of stalls (in my WeWork there are 7 total stalls for all the men in a 7 story building). I hate going from to floor looking for a place to take a shit. Unless you had something really sickening for breakfast or lunch, taking a shit should not take more than 2 minutes. I don't know what people are doing in the bathroom that takes them so long, but I suspect it's people taking a break from their work in privacy.

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I worked for Google back in the olden days when most people didn't have a smart phone. One holiday season, they did this really cool thing where everybody got a free Android phone. Starting the next day and continuing forever, the toilet stalls were full all the time.

TLDR technology has a downside

Sounds like an office design problem if people are using the toilets as their private space. Maybe there was no other existing space for the same purpose, that is, a space where you are alone and have complete privacy.

You don't need a private space to waste time on your phone.

The problem here is NOT people taking too long in the restroom.

The problem here is not enough restrooms.

Those two metrics are closely correlated though.

As of 3 years ago, the WeWork at Bowling Green was also tight on bathrooms, but the private stalls automatically unlocked after 5 minutes. It seemed like a genius idea, but there was still always a line of several people (and the building was so cramped that I didn't really blame other people for wanting to get more than 3 feet away from their coworkers for a few minutes).

> It seemed like a genius idea,

... What genius thought of the idea to automatically unlock bathroom stalls?

Better drop that deuce..hurry before the Ace of Spades comes in!!

How is that legal? In the UK, over 5 employees means you need 2 toilets, over 25 means you need 3.

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