Probably too much information
At work, we’ve recently moved into offices in a newly refurbished corridor. There is, conveniently, a gents’ loo at one end of the corridor. It’s eco friendly – the light comes on as you enter, and, presumably, switches off when it thinks that you’ve gone.
There is a kind of vestibule as you go in. You go through one door into an area the size of a cupboard, then through another door into the room proper. The sensor which detects your presence is located in this vestibule. Which is nice – by the time you get to where you need to be, the lights are on.
There is a snag, however. If, for any reason, you spend more than five minutes in the loo (I’m told), the lights go off. The sensor is on the other side of the inner door, so it doesn’t know that you are there. There is no other source of light …
well, at the risk of providing far too much info too, that’d be me in the dark most of the time … would have to bring my little head torch in to work
He he Miss Lisa.
Sounds like an intriguing, if not concerning, setup Chas.
Now you know why women go to the loo with their chums! They are dangerous places
LOL
or maybe you could start flapping & waving your arms wildly every 30 seconds… or throw a few shoes now and then.
Are they trying to discourage members of staff from spending too long in the loo? Could this be a breach of your human rights? Do we have the right to sit on the loo in the light??
There is a cafe near Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris that works on a similar system. I had to spend somewhat longer in there than the timer allowed. Fortunately, I had a little LED torch in my purse…