I'm going to start my own business

[Armitage]

Just walked into the restroom, and gagged. This is a moderate size public restroom, probably the size of my entire living room at home. How the hell can a single person pollute a space that size to that degree? If that was a normal sized single seat restroom, nobody would've gotten out alive.

So here's my idea - a stench sensor in the bathroom connected to three lights above the door - red, yellow, and green. So you know if its safe to open. You could network it to the corporate webpage as well, so you could pull up the page and know what restrooms are safe before you head out to do your business.

Anyone want to invest?

 

[Queasy]

Throw in a "Urine on the toilet seat", "Urine on the floor" detection system and you've got a deal.

 

[meltdown75]

this just in: sh!t stinks

 

[SuperSix]

Anyone want to invest?

No, but thanks for the idea!

 

[Rogue]

Tie the system into a turbine based ventilation system that will exchange the entire volume of air in the room in short order and I'm there.

 

[FoBoT]

and a business owner would buy this because?

 

[Hankerton]

Yeah, but then you would embarrass the people who walk out of the restroom and turn the light red. Especially women, they're more conciencious (sp?) about those sorts of things.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Hankerton
Yeah, but then you would embarrass the people who walk out of the restroom and turn the light red. Especially women, they're more conciencious (sp?) about those sorts of things.

Some people deserve to be embarrassed. Especially those that don't wash their hands (see classic Far Side strip).

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Armitage
Just walked into the restroom, and gagged. This is a moderate size public restroom, probably the size of my entire living room at home. How the hell can a single person pollute a space that size to that degree? If that was a normal sized single seat restroom, nobody would've gotten out alive.

So here's my idea - a stench sensor in the bathroom connected to three lights above the door - red, yellow, and green. So you know if its safe to open. You could network it to the corporate webpage as well, so you could pull up the page and know what restrooms are safe before you head out to do your business.

Anyone want to invest?

If it was a normal sized single seat restroom, why would more than one person be in it?

 

[Jpark]

Reminds me of a farside cartoon. It has a guy coming out of the bathroom and a huge sign above the door is flashing "Did Not Wash Hands!!"

 

[PricklyPete]

My company just has a "stench sensor" that activates fans and "squirts" freshener in the air when the room becomes fowl...It is quite nice actually. I kind of make it a game when I'm dropping a big one to see if I can get the air freshenor to be used by the system...sign of a quality dump.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
and a business owner would buy this because?

Workplace safety.
I figure with a bit of lobbying, OSHA would require it.

 

[moshquerade]

this thread rocks.

which leads me to the question: why can't you wait until you get home to take that dump?

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
this thread rocks.

which leads me to the question: why can't you wait until you get home to take that dump?

Are you sick? Think of the children???
and the pets...
and the houseplants...
and the upholstery...

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete
My company just has a "stench sensor" that activates fans and "squirts" freshener in the air when the room becomes fowl...It is quite nice actually. I kind of make it a game when I'm dropping a big one to see if I can get the air freshenor to be used by the system...sign of a quality dump.

This restroom has one, but I think it's on a timer and not stench activated. Anyway, it wasn't helping.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
and a business owner would buy this because?

To broadcast to everyone that their bathrooms stink, why else?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Hankerton
Yeah, but then you would embarrass the people who walk out of the restroom and turn the light red. Especially women, they're more conciencious (sp?) about those sorts of things.

Some people deserve to be embarrassed. Especially those that don't wash their hands (see classic Far Side strip).

Besides, I know some people who would do their best to make the light turn red and brag about it later on.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Hankerton
Yeah, but then you would embarrass the people who walk out of the restroom and turn the light red. Especially women, they're more conciencious (sp?) about those sorts of things.

Some people deserve to be embarrassed. Especially those that don't wash their hands (see classic Far Side strip).

Besides, I know some people who would do their best to make the light turn red and brag about it later on.

I for one would.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Throw in a "Urine on the toilet seat", "Urine on the floor" detection system and you've got a deal.

See - that's where you would make the real cash. Options!
I like the automatic remediation angle - anything from a squirt of air freshener, to calling out the HAZMAT team and ordering an evacuation of the local are.

 

[conjur]

Licensing, baby. That's where it's at!

 

[Queasy]

Heh...wonder if you could mod an iRobot Roomba to clean the piss off of bathroom floors.

 

[Viperoni]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: FoBoT
and a business owner would buy this because?

Workplace safety.
I figure with a bit of lobbying, OSHA would require it.

LOL!