Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Offices stock the bathrooms with that single ply, sandpaper toilet tissue to discourage employees from pooping on the company dime-- NOT to cut cost. (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It doesn't bother me, I'm of the opinion you should wipe until you see blood either way.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It could be both, but be careful not to assume malice when apathy is much more reasonable.

Any thought they put into getting you to not poop on company time will run into the issue of it taking longer when you do anyway. Much more likely, they're just looking at hard numbers.

They see a number for facility costs, they see a way to make the cost number smaller, that's as far as their interest goes. "Make cost go down" is one of those simple motivations that can be directly linked to just about any managerial decision that doesn't instead connect to "Make revenue go up."