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where is Solomon when you need him?

Started by Steve @ bripblap · 10 months ago

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Here’s a question for you, to see where you fall on the health/hygiene versus the environment scale. Ladies, sorry but I’ll be referring to a purely male institution so bear with me.
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  • FFB

    1 year ago

    Here's the truly "green" option - plant tress on the rooftop and let the guys take care of business like they were out in the woods.

    Another option, for real, would be to use the stall instead of the urinal. It may use more water but it might prove a better balance between hygiene and environment (assuming people don't miss their target).
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  • Dividend Growth Investor

    1 year ago

    Steve,

    Good luck asking any company to spend any money on anything. Especially since you are a consultant, your word does not really matter to them ;-)

    BTW I am all for planting trees and doing number 1 there..Except in the winter..
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  • AJC @ 7million7years

    1 year ago

    I'm not an expert, but I believe that urine is germ-free, so (aside from the smell ... where are the 'green inventors' when we need them?) there's no real reason to flush (or even wash your hands). Just for the record, though: I flush AND wash ... thoroughly!

    BTW: There is a useful business lesson on the subject of toilets:

    There was a very successful bakery in a country town ... tourist buses make special trips to this bakery (now they have expanded to multiple areas). One of the reasons is that they survey their customers and deliver what they want.

    And, when they surveyed their female customers, what did they want from a quaint little bakery in the countryside?

    More/better toilets!

    That was the #1 request ... so they renovated to provide LOTS of pristine-clean female toilets and the rest is ... history. AJC.
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  • deepali

    1 year ago

    You could always put mothballs in the drain area. :)
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  • Pamela

    1 year ago

    Plant a tree in the urinal!

    Well, that's not practical so they make cake deodorizers that can be put in a urinal so if you don't flush completely it won't smell horrible. And, while urine doesn't have germs coming from your body, as well as no smell, it does get odoriferous when left to stagnate because of all the bacteria it encounters outside of your body. (that's your science lesson for the day... ;o) ..)

    Pine deodorizers are also effective. Good Luck! (ps: that would bother me too)
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  • 42

    1 year ago

    ugh, waterless urinals may save water (duh) but oh dios mio do they stink.
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  • Mrs. Micah

    1 year ago

    I used to clean urinals with the same problem. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution, since I was always cleaning and never using. I appreciated when people gave it at least a partial flush...
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  • boomie

    1 year ago

    You work as a consultant? Must be slow.

    Why don't you try the toilet, like you do in your own home and forget about the urinal for now?
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  • Coddigus

    1 year ago

    Dude. Wasting that water is way worse than the smell. Yeah it smells bad but look at our times. Water is considered a scarcity now.

    Can you believe it? A planet almost SOLELY composed of water on its exterior, is now considered a scarcity. Water purifying jobs are going to boom in the next couple of decades at this rate.

    Here I go! Jump the entrepreneurial opportunity bro!

    -Greg
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