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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago

I mean im not the type like my wife who will hold it to not use an outside toilet but I have to agree. I would say access to your fridge is equally useful though. Its just way more convenient overall. Sill not having the commute is tops. I generally had to give myself an hour on leaving to make sure I would arrive ontime and for whatever reason traffic always seems worse in the evening. So like 10 hours incinerated with travel per week. Then like the additional getting ready is like 30mins so thats another 2.5 and that fridge thing means you can eat without going out but you don't have to pack a lunch. going to give that another .5. All the incidentals from walking my dog to being able to catch a 30min show at lunch im going to say its worth at least 2 more. Its easy to see its worth 25% on the low side and 30% on the high side (with the caveat that a job is useless if it can't meet your bills).

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can only imagine. Can you image working in construction? No break room. Nowhere to sit for lunch. Eight porta potties for two hundred workers, sitting in the direct sun on a code red day. Dude that cleans them is puking.

When I got higher up, and got access to an entire building, I'd find an empty floor and use those bathrooms. Pure luxury.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Having worked construction, there are plenty of places to sit for lunch if you don't mind improvising or you drive to work. Porta-johns are definitely nightmarish tho. On the last job I worked, someone (we still aren't sure who) missed the hole with a puddle of straight diarrhea, rendering one of the only two toilets on the entire job virtually unusable.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I also eat healthier and tastier. I can do dishes, laundry, and clean here and there. I am MORE productive. I don't have to commute. But my boss is a Conservative Gen-Xer who believes working from home is the devil.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is a valid point, the down side is I have to pay for the toilet paper and water myself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I have a bidet and a towel. One toilet paper roll lasts 6 months.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry mate, I was just making a joke.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That ain't allowed in these here parts, pardner.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Pro tip, any time you do visit the office, bring a standard key for the dispenser. I mean they bought it for your use, right? If you don't have an office nearby you can always visit someone else's office.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I think my butt would get sore if I used the toilet all day long but its definitely better than doing it at work

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

The toilets in my office are maintained by dedicated staff. The ones in my home are occasionally paid attention to by distracted volunteers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Disagree, it means I have to fight with my partner for use of the toilet and she is somehow always in the bathroom

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

sounds like someone needs more fiber supplementation

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why tho? I never look around my workplace restroom and think, oh, that wants cleaning

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Privacy and not feeling rushed while pooping.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Because public toilets are designed primarily to serve the employer, not the needs of the people actually using them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I hover even in my home because i have to share it with my brothers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

For me it's my teenagers. We rarely clean their bathroom, they're supposed to. They rarely clean it either.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I can never get the harmonic resonance of my farts just right in the work toilets. At home I can make that baby hum like a didgeridoo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I'm doing so right now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fuq yeah! I have a fancy Japanese bum-washer, it's far better than anything in an office, and you don't have to worry about what sounds or smells you make.

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[–] cyborganism 6 points 5 months ago

I got a bidet on my toilet. 'nuf said.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

If you can smell it, a little piece is inside you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I like having access to my kitchen for lunch. Im less tempted to go out to eat when i can make something tasty and usually better than fast food

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Don't you get bored of masturbating in the same toilet everyday?

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