When nature calls, check your app
IT’S a situation we’ve all faced.
We’re at work, nature calls, and we make a dash to the toilets only to find all of the cubicles occupied.
An awkward cross-legged dance outside the door until it becomes free then follows.
But help is at hand, thanks to the ingenious Japanese.
Telecom operator KDDI has developed an app which shows the nearest vacant loo, thanks to sensors on cubicle doors which are linked to a central computer system. This in turn will provide real-time updates of how many cubicles are free in an office block and where.
Of course, it also means the employer knows how long a worker has spent in the toilet.
If it’s successful, it will be rolled out to public places like shopping malls and railway stations.
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