YAUT. Too much technology?

[MaxDepth]

Yet Another Urinal Thread.

I now work in the hybrid complex at a large hardware/software/management company.

I call it Hybrid because it is between the freewheeling building (where all the drinks are free, offices really nicely furnished and general fun) and the corporate buildings (where carpet is 200 years old, rat cubicles everywhere and full price sodas and snacks.) My building has beautiful cubicles, drinks are .25 or free, and free foosball and satelite TV.

Anyway, our urinals are these new waterless urinals. These things don't work and sometimes seem to be close to overflowing. Bleech. I know this is supposed to save water, the environment and ultimately money. But I'm sorry, this is technolgy that I don't believe in.



Of course I think I'm the only one in NC without a cellphone, so what do I know, eh?

 

[Encryptic]

Yet Another Urinal Thread? Can't imagine urinals are a common topic of discussion here.

However, definitely sounds like they need to take their "innovation" back to the drawing board if it's that bad. God only knows how they test this stuff in the lab....

 

[Wolverine27]

Just pee in the sink in protest.

 

[Entity]

They work well here at the University (University of Washington). IIRC, each one saves about 40,000 gallons of water per year.

Rob

 

[MacGaven]

Originally posted by: Wolverine27
Just pee in the sink in protest.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Wolverine27
Just pee in the sink in protest.

....or on the floor.

 

[Instan00dles]

wow those things save alot of water

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Entity
They work well here at the University (University of Washington). IIRC, each one saves about 40,000 gallons of water per year.

Rob

WOW, that's a lot of water...
Let's see, the urinals here at work use .4 gallons per flush, so 40,000 gallons = 100,000 flushes...
Way more use than our urinals get here, but I suppose it may be reasonable.

btw, it's always bugged me... in places that don't have a drought, what does "saves water" mean??
Even if there is a drought.... 1 gallon from river.... a dash of chlorine... travels to my toilet, goes down the drain, and eventually is back in the river. I didn't "waste" water.. I just borrowed it from the river.

 

[BillyGoat]

yes but to a corp saves water= saves money and good PR stuff at the same time

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Entity
They work well here at the University (University of Washington). IIRC, each one saves about 40,000 gallons of water per year.

Rob

WOW, that's a lot of water...
Let's see, the urinals here at work use .4 gallons per flush, so 40,000 gallons = 100,000 flushes...
Way more use than our urinals get here, but I suppose it may be reasonable.

btw, it's always bugged me... in places that don't have a drought, what does "saves water" mean??
Even if there is a drought.... 1 gallon from river.... a dash of chlorine... travels to my toilet, goes down the drain, and eventually is back in the river. I didn't "waste" water.. I just borrowed it from the river.

Yep... If you live in an area that has access to a river for sewage treatment, saving water isn't as big of a deal. However, pumping human urine and waste into the river upsets the natural conditions of the river. However, most rivers in our country are already more heavily impacted by agricultural run-off than by human waste.

Ryan