Friday, September 25, 2009

Bathroom Conundrum

Ok, so they replaced the light switches in the bathrooms at work to those motion sensor thingies to save energy. I want to be just as environmentally conscious as the next person, but I have found one fatal flaw in the new system. I don’t have to worry about people turning the light out on me anymore and therefore taking care of business in the dark (been there, done that). I do, however, need to take an object into the bathroom with me to chuck out of the stall when the sensor no longer finds life in the bathroom, hence the light turns off on me. For here is the problem; the motion sensor is in the same location as the light switch was so once I am in the stall doing my business the powers that be don’t sense any movement and therefore the lights turn off. This brings me back to the object chucking. When I travel to and from the bathroom at work, please do not be alarmed that I am carrying inanimate objects not suitable for bathroom duty. I’m only using it to turn the lights back on by tossing it out of my stall.

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