That’s one way to cut down on bathroom breaks.
A startup company in the U.K. developed a new, downward-tilting toilet meant to make employees so uncomfortable in the loo that they take care of business quicker.
The StandardToilet is slopped about 13 degrees forward to increase strain on the legs, making it painful to sit on for longer than five minutes, Mahabir Gill, founder of the company, told Wired in an article published Monday.
“Anything higher than that would cause wider problems. Thirteen degrees is not too inconvenient, but you’d soon want to get off the seat quite quickly,” Gill told the mag.
BREAKING NEWS: Say goodbye to comfort breaks! New downward-tilting toilets are designed to become unbearable to sit on after five minutes. They say the main benefit is to employees in improved employee productivity. pic.twitter.com/lfDbeXJdCX
— Dave Vescio (@DaveVescio) December 17, 2019
The porcelain throne isn’t meant to be a torture device, Gill said, claiming health benefits like improved posture.
Still, the primary purpose is to promote brief relief, cutting down the time workers spend on their phones and reducing monetary losses.
“It’s main benefit is to the employers, not the employees,” Gill admitted. “It saves the employer money.”
The StandardToilet in November was backed by the British Toilet Association (BTA), an organization that campaigns for better bathrooms in offices and public spaces. It retails for between $200 and $650.
The company is in talks to distribute its product to train stations, bars, shopping malls and offices, Gill said.
This report originally appeared on NYPost.com.
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Soon after this version, they’ll just have thumb tacks on the seat and a foot to kick you in the nuts when you wipe.
Back to work slaves for our worthless script.
Carry on and keep trudging. …
If there were a revolution, remember the 13 degrees of dehumanization.
I was expecting it to be a seat that was refrigerated in the winter and heated in the summer.
I was picturing a setup where you swipped your favorite credit card to pay by the minute
When I was working at an electric motor factory in Italy a few years back the toilets were just a hole in the floor that you had to squat over.
Nobody hung around those stalls very long…
The klassik: skwattee toilet. Bet ya there was a no paper – just a nice little bucket with some tan water next to it. Be a man; use your hand.
Was a big innovation in Turd World countries. I am, however, a tad surprised you had one in Italy.
I wish these were available when I was growing in a house with one bathroom and 5 sisters,
I only had 3 sisters and cannot imagine adding 2 more. 40 years later, the bathroom door in the old house still had the hammer marks where I beat on it trying to get in. The follow up beating, was on my butt.
Talk about a slippery slope
No more Chipotle lunches for the Brits
I see a huge sales opportunity for a 167 degree counter seat that you place down before you sit (or one that can replace the original). The solution is to hire better people, not “shit” on the ones you have.
A 10 min toilet break 5 days a week equals a weeks paid vacation
Over a years time
Steve C. – So B.S. Where are you going on vacation this year?
B.S. – To the bathroom.
That about right?
Just pointing out the unseen costs that business owners have to pay and there are plenty of hourly employees who take way more than 10 minutes a day in the rest room
Got it B.S.
Lighten up.
Merry Christmas…
Merry Christmas to you also
Actually a giant step up from one employer I had years ago. They were so concerned about employees time away from their work stations, they put several buckets and curtains around in the mill. Of course, one call to the local health department and the company’s owner was more than happy for everyone to take all the time they felt might be needed. But it does make me wonder if these facilities might help out in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, Calif. I would put them in the offices at city hall and the in the state capital buildings.
The new Bitch Bed 360. Set the husband’s side for 10 degrees, 20 degrees, up to 90 degrees! It’s woman voice activated. “Bitch Bed, maximum male punishment.” The side farthest away from the bathroom, the left side, is now at 90 degrees, my master.
Turn around. Hug the tank (great stand for a phone or book) and shit on the floor. That’ll teach ’em.
One can only imagine what is next.
Oh, wait.
The forthcoming Senior Citizen Quality of Life Act is getting a trial run in Canada.
https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/12/17/canada-moving-to-allow-human-euthanasia-for-certain-diseases-illnesses-while-bullying-hospice-to-murder-patients-as-part-of-palliative-care/
I would get revenge against anyone who would install one of those inclined loos. All one has to do is start flushing pieces of those cheap paper towels they insist on buying and it wouldn’t take long to eliminate any perceived savings some pin-head bean counter planned on. One stuck paper towel about 50 feet down the line can easily lead to tens of thousands of dollars of damage and repairs.
An M-80 would work too.
How about a couple of wedges to put under the toilet seat thus evening things up?
See how fucking stupid the British are. They have a WOG, who more than likely escaped a country where his brethren still defecate in the street (sort of like Nancy Pelosi’s town,) designing a torture toilet for them.
Paybacks are certainly hell, and in the case of the British Raj, a shitty one at that.
Who is the officious turd that would invent such a thing? In the 70’s, Toyota purportedly did a productivity analysis wherein one man was worked 8 hours straight through and another man took a ten minute break every hour. Predictably, the man taking the breaks had a higher total output for the day-in spite of the fact he was away from his workstation more than a full hour. I thought employers were figuring out that the well being of their employees was to their own benefit. If another five minutes in the shitter keeps someone from throat punching a colleague or a customer, then its time well spent say I.
As with all rules/attempts at behavior modification, they are aimed at the masses to take care of the few problems. If it was not not for discrimination rules, you could weed out the bad employees and not have to punish all of the good ones.
This is why we can’t have nice things dept: There are some people who make public toilets their home, you see them at their new place with backpacks and whatnot, their feet plainly showing them at the throne for hours.
What if they go all out San Fran.?
I have had – had being the operative word – employees that would come in, clock on, and go take a twenty minute dump. Better to get paid to dump, right?
Not on my dime.