With all the negativity happening in the news, and as a flip side to the Minor Things That Bother You thread, I've decided to start a tralead on things you've noticed that are for the good.
Lately, I have seen several places in my area, ranging from Medical Offices to C-Stores, which have "single-seat" rest rooms going from Men's and Women's individual bathrooms to Unisex/Any Gender bathrooms.
It's nice common sense to see that trend happening. If a restroom can only serve one person at a time, and said person can lock it from the inside, why not make them generic restrooms?
I'm sure you've run into the situation where you need to go and someone is taking their time in the Men's Room, or it's closed for cleaning, while the Women's room is wide open, or vice versa. What do you do?
Of course, I believing the multi-seater/multi-stall restrooms staying the way they are.
QuoteI'm sure you've run into the situation where you need to go and someone is taking their time in the Men's Room, or it's closed for cleaning, while the Women's room is wide open, or vice versa. What do you do?
I have never seen anyone care if a man uses the women's room or vice versa in the single seat scenario. I had to use the women's room once at a Wawa because otherwise I may have stunk the place up (to put it nicely). A woman saw me when I left, and had no issue once I explained that to her.
A good friend of mine who operates his own business was just saying that, since COVID, people are much more understanding of delays and supply chain disruptions. In fact, he said, they're happy to pay part of the cost up front, because at least they know the project will move forward.
Regarding the restrooms, when I was in law school, the library had men's and ladies' rooms on the fourth floor and a men's room (two urinals, two shitters) on the second floor. Some of the women quite rightly complained about it. So the administration removed one urinal, one shitter, and the booth walls and doors from the second-floor men's room and designated it unisex. In response to questions about why they didn't just leave the interior design as it had been, they said university policy prohibited designating a restroom as unisex if more than one person could use it at the same time (and they ignored my response that having one urinal and one shitter meant two people could use it at the same time).
About a month later, a second sign appeared on the door that said something like, "Remember to lock door behind you when using this restroom." I've always wondered who it was who literally got caught with her pants down.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on May 23, 2025, 10:42:53 AMI had to use the women's room once at a Wawa because otherwise I may have stunk the place up (to put it nicely).
So, because you didn't want to stink up the men's, you stunk up the women's? :confused:
I saw someone walk into what looked like the wrong restroom. However, it had this sign next to each restroom. I had assumed it had to do with that until the person walked out and realized they had accidentally been in the wrong one. (I don't remember the gender of the person.)
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Quote from: vdeane on May 23, 2025, 12:48:47 PMQuote from: 74/171FAN on May 23, 2025, 10:42:53 AMI had to use the women's room once at a Wawa because otherwise I may have stunk the place up (to put it nicely).
So, because you didn't want to stink up the men's, you stunk up the women's? :confused:
I was trying to downplay that I would have pooped in my pants.
I like thatcwearing a mask when you're sick has been normalized. Sometimes when I have a bad cold, I still need to go to the grocery store and don't want to get others sick. (Just for the record, once I got vaccinated for Covid, I stopped wearing masks in places where it was optional, and don't wear one when I'm feeling healthy.)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on May 23, 2025, 01:37:09 PMQuote from: vdeane on May 23, 2025, 12:48:47 PMQuote from: 74/171FAN on May 23, 2025, 10:42:53 AMI had to use the women's room once at a Wawa because otherwise I may have stunk the place up (to put it nicely).
So, because you didn't want to stink up the men's, you stunk up the women's? :confused:
I was trying to downplay that I would have pooped in my pants.
That would have definitely been a shitty situation.
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At work common sense is begun to prevail over "safety theater." The era of branding insane things as "safety issues" seems to have come to an end. As the Safety Manager this has been something I've spent a large part of the last decade trying to fix.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 23, 2025, 10:00:41 PMAt work common sense is begun to prevail over "safety theater." The era of branding insane things as "safety issues" seems to have come to an end. As the Safety Manager this has been something I've spent a large part of the last decade trying to fix.
Now for the "security theater" . . .
Mike
Quote from: mgk920 on May 24, 2025, 11:16:03 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 23, 2025, 10:00:41 PMAt work common sense is begun to prevail over "safety theater." The era of branding insane things as "safety issues" seems to have come to an end. As the Safety Manager this has been something I've spent a large part of the last decade trying to fix.
Now for the "security theater" . . .
Mike
That has actually been something I've found far more easy to combat.
For some context when I first transferred to my current job in 2016 people kept handing all sorts of strange daily logs from personnel who didn't work for me. When I asked why they were doing that the response always was that my predecessor wanted them. Apparently the guy was big on the appearance of digging into everything and creating an atmosphere of paranoia. Pretty much everything he was getting just thrown into a box in the corner of the office.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 24, 2025, 11:21:34 AMQuote from: mgk920 on May 24, 2025, 11:16:03 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 23, 2025, 10:00:41 PMAt work common sense is begun to prevail over "safety theater." The era of branding insane things as "safety issues" seems to have come to an end. As the Safety Manager this has been something I've spent a large part of the last decade trying to fix.
Now for the "security theater" . . .
Mike
That has actually been something I've found far more easy to combat.
For some context when I first transferred to my current job in 2016 people kept handing all sorts of strange daily logs from personnel who didn't work for me. When I asked why they were doing that the response always was that my predecessor wanted them. Apparently the guy was big on the appearance of digging into everything and creating an atmosphere of paranoia. Pretty much everything he was getting just thrown into a box in the corner of the office.
The even deeper cause - - - LAWYERS!
<grumble . . . >
Mike
Quote from: mgk920 on May 24, 2025, 11:25:53 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 24, 2025, 11:21:34 AMQuote from: mgk920 on May 24, 2025, 11:16:03 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 23, 2025, 10:00:41 PMAt work common sense is begun to prevail over "safety theater." The era of branding insane things as "safety issues" seems to have come to an end. As the Safety Manager this has been something I've spent a large part of the last decade trying to fix.
Now for the "security theater" . . .
Mike
That has actually been something I've found far more easy to combat.
For some context when I first transferred to my current job in 2016 people kept handing all sorts of strange daily logs from personnel who didn't work for me. When I asked why they were doing that the response always was that my predecessor wanted them. Apparently the guy was big on the appearance of digging into everything and creating an atmosphere of paranoia. Pretty much everything he was getting just thrown into a box in the corner of the office.
The even deeper cause - - - LAWYERS!
<grumble . . . >
Mike
No, this was something the guy before me made up. There was no established policy or practice for any of it. Since it wasn't policy I didn't see a need to continue what he was doing.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 24, 2025, 11:32:24 AMQuote from: mgk920 on May 24, 2025, 11:25:53 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 24, 2025, 11:21:34 AMQuote from: mgk920 on May 24, 2025, 11:16:03 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 23, 2025, 10:00:41 PMAt work common sense is begun to prevail over "safety theater." The era of branding insane things as "safety issues" seems to have come to an end. As the Safety Manager this has been something I've spent a large part of the last decade trying to fix.
Now for the "security theater" . . .
Mike
That has actually been something I've found far more easy to combat.
For some context when I first transferred to my current job in 2016 people kept handing all sorts of strange daily logs from personnel who didn't work for me. When I asked why they were doing that the response always was that my predecessor wanted them. Apparently the guy was big on the appearance of digging into everything and creating an atmosphere of paranoia. Pretty much everything he was getting just thrown into a box in the corner of the office.
The even deeper cause - - - LAWYERS!
<grumble . . . >
Mike
No, this was something the guy before me made up. There was no established policy or practice for any of it. Since it wasn't policy I didn't see a need to continue what he was doing.
<smile>
Mike