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July 24, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Bathroom access
A reader writes in:
Having a typepad and a sign with the code next to it seems like having a locked door with a key hanging from the handle.
Well, it would be broken if that's access to the single bathroom, but otherwise, it's just because they want to let others gain access to the bathroom.
They're hoping that you'll forget the code once inside. So you can get in, but not out. It's a trap to find out which guests use the employee's bathroom. Thus, not broken :-)
I really can't offer any explanation for *why* you put a passcode lock on a bathroom, but I think the management did the appropriate and cost effective soliution of posting the passcode.
I've seen similar a lot in Hospitals and nursing homes. If it is in that usage it's not broken.. it is to allow the people who have their senses and can connect the sign to the keypad to use the door.. people with stages of alzheimers couldn't manage to figure it out.. sometimes you don't want people with alzheimers/dementia using the bathroom unassisted or leaving..
It's kind of broken, but at least they give you the code.
Just imagine it if they didn't.
Random guy:"Aww... man, I need to use the john really badly"
Employee: There's one down the hall. You might not want to use it though. *snickers*"
Random guy: "thanks *rushes to bathroom*"
Random guy: "*sees line* What's the holdup?"
Another Random guy:"An employee told me to use this bathroom, but there's a lock on it."
Employee: "*walks past line* To use the bathroom, you must be a slave to our company.BWHAHAHA!"
Random guys: *pee pants*
Carnivore wrote:
Maybe its purpose is to keep people who can't read engrish from using the bathroom.
Aquatic Mushroom says:
I cant even read engrish.
I think they use it to control access to the toilet by time.
Maybe its located in a area where they cannot lock the outer door. Maybe a intersection area for different stores with different opening/close times..
And then the store who "owns" the toilet dosent want it to be used when that store is closed, so they simply put a codelock on the door.
But maybe the codelock dosent have any bistable function, where you can push a code to unlock, and push a code to lock, so they simply have a code posted.
And then they add it with the manager code when the store oens, and delete it with the manager code when store closes.
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The idea was probably to limit access to employees only, or other authorized users. Then management got annoyed when people kept asking the code to use the restroom that they just posted the code, as it's cheaper than replacing the door handle. Or it's a prank because that's the wrong code.
Posted by: klew at July 24, 2006 12:41 AM