Wednesday, March 08, 2006

They may have underestimated occupancy

Squee is going to be horrified one of these days when I start pounding on the bathroom door demanding to be let in.

It may just be me but I think there's a serious planning problem here. I work in one of the Suntec Towers. They market themselves, to put it mildly, as a proper office building. Then why are there so few bathrooms? There's 1 (locked) executive ladies' bathroom with one miserable cubicle. Before Squee came along, it was all mine. Next to the executive bathroom is a (locked) regular ladies' bathroom with 2 cubicles, one of which is ... ... .... squatting (cringe). So for those of us who don't have special skills, there's effectively only 1 cubicle in each bathroom. You need a separate key to get to each one. If you don't have both keys (and who does?!), then there's lots of scurrying back and forth and borrowing of keys and opening and shutting of bathroom doors. It's like being on bloody Fear Factor for goodness' sake. Except the contestants are all really really edgy because they have. to. go.

Well at least it's not like Asia Chambers Building where everyone has to bring their own toilet roll because they don't refill often enough. As a friend of mine discovered on his first day of work when he had to borrow toilet paper from a new colleague. And when paying clients come calling, the receptionist will lend them a toilet roll if they need one. Now that's class.

8 comments:

  1. hey! in my tower, both toilets are unlocked! ha!

    :P

    bad thing is, many many ladies on my floor. sigh.

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  2. That's the thing. Our floor has full occupancy in the offices and there are far more women than men. And we all have to share 3 lousy cubicles in 2 locked toilets.

    Thanks for the info. You might just see me one of these days. Or just my feet :)

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  3. make sure you don't run into the toilet auntie - we have a fierce one. she's around from about noon to 2pm.

    i've chummed up with her though. heh! she lets me jump into a cubicle if she's just about to clean it and have been shoo-ing other people out.

    toilet aunties can wield considerable power. :P

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