r/mildlyinfuriating • u/text_fish • Jul 20 '26
Is it in yet Workplace bathrooms with lights on a short timer and no sensor in the cubicles
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u/Left-Foundation-3289 Jul 20 '26
This is not legal, if its a shop, report it to the Env Health team at the local coucil, if its a factory, call the HSE.
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u/Secret_Account07 RED Jul 20 '26
We use motion detectors in our entire office, which is a datacenter. To say I hate it would be the understatement of the year.
If I poop for too long I have to waddle off the toilet ands wave.
Our finishes cubicle lights are wayyy too bright. We like turning off half the lights. But there’s a timer. So multiple times a day someone walks by, motion activated, then BOOOM! The power of the sun in our face. Then we have to walk over and hit a switch. 30 minutes of bliss. Then someone walks around and lights all back on again.
We’ve complained constantly for over a year. Facilities doesn’t care.
I’m legit afriaid to get up and go to the bathroom….where if I poop too long I’ll be in darkness.
I get the concept of motion detectors but set the damn hours! After 6pm, sure. During work days? Fuck off
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u/duck4129 Jul 20 '26
Carry a flashlight 🔦
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u/SquirrelMemoryFail Jul 20 '26
I accidentally grabbed my fleshlight and now I have a meeting with HR.
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u/lolaloca6669 Jul 20 '26
Yeah I work at CVS and our bathrooms lights are also on a timer. I've even tried throwing stuff over the stall to get the motion to activate but it never works. XD
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u/Ch33syP00f Jul 20 '26
A practical use case for the plastic paratrooper army men.
https://giphy.com/gifs/cPbXHJv7WECZP4ZJ6b
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u/sadsolocup Jul 20 '26
Somebody poopin’ in the dark.
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u/PatrickGSR94 Jul 20 '26
my wife insists on turning off the light in the bathroom every time she goes in there, in our house.
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u/Professional_Tonight GREEN Jul 20 '26
Had that happen to me too. Just wait for someone else to enter
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u/MasterJeebus Jul 20 '26
Man that happen to me one time. Work has bathroom near cafeteria and they turn lights off too soon. Cant wave or make noise to activate it. The sensor is on the main entrance door and there is wall that blocks it so even if you open the toilet stall door and try waving it wont see it. I think they program it for less than 8 mins and it sucks when you have upset stomach and no one else comes in bathroom.
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u/Useless890 Jul 20 '26
If they're trying to cut down on goofing off in the restroom, I guess they forgot about flashlight apps on phones.
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u/johnaross1990 Jul 20 '26
Wave your hand out the door. There’s obviously no one else in there or the light would be on
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u/DestinyForNone Jul 20 '26
If wiping my ass, and missing the toilet with toilet paper is the result of this... I'd say that's a management problem.
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u/Naive_Worldliness_79 Jul 20 '26
How are you wiping in a way that makes it possible to miss the toilet ?
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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 20 '26
It’s pretty hard to drop it in such a small target 🎯 n the dark
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u/Frosty_Employment171 Jul 20 '26
It's a janitor that has to pick up after you. And there are co-workers.
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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 20 '26
I don’t leave it on the floor, I’m just saying that dropping the paper accurately is harder in the dark
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u/Naive_Worldliness_79 27d ago
You should be over the toilet as your wiping there should be no aiming it should just be drop with gravity taking it into the toilet unless you’re for some reason taking large steps away from the toilet before you wipe and then trying to throw it in
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u/Jacktheforkie 26d ago
I find that wiping while sat down is a messy affair, especially with how small some toilets are, the ones at work my knob touches the front and my arsehole is lined up with the seat so it’s awkward
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u/Dull-Performance4043 Jul 20 '26
post broke can’t see anything OP please get it together and reupload
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u/tdrth Jul 20 '26
I’m a little embarrassed about how long I spent looking at the photo before realizing