How long before this "adult diaper" thing hits the workplace?

[underpants]

I wrote up a parody article but lost it when my computer crashed.

Anyway

I can just see some managment consultants start pushing this idea in their recommendations template

Generally they suggest
cutting expenses (fire someone and be tough for a month or so in re-imbursements)
streamline operations (be a dick to everyone)
eliminate distractions (cut off internet gaming sites)

and so forth.

Imagine a workplace in which no one takes a bathroom break because they just dump their diaper in the trash on the way out the door.

No more watercooler chatter/smoking room rumor mill (management can control the flow of info)

Sell it to employees that they will get to home 15 minutes earlier and therefore spend more time with their family or have an extra round BEFORE going home.

I can just see it now.

Yet another advancement courtesy of the space program (see trauma centers, old fat guys hitting a golf ball 300 yards, and rallyless tennis matches).

[etherealtruth]

1. I think it already has ...

I have vague reccollections about employees having to do this in some pipe factory in Texas (?). It was horrible.

[hlthe2b]

4. Foley catheters allow them to "go" even longer...

:eyes:

All sorts of tools for the slave masters to consider....

[originalpckelly]

7. The Mark Foley irony continues.

:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

16. Yup....

Anyone in medicine thinks catheter when they hear Foley....

Ironically a department store in Denver changed its name from MAY D&F to Foley's several years ago--since become Macy's. What the hell they were thinking, I couldn't tell you!

[stonecoldsober]

12. You're getting warmer... (FOR MEN ONLY)

http://www.stadiumpal.com/what-makes-it-work.htm

[hlthe2b]

15. ooooh, yuck...

What a sexy date that would be!

[Arkansas Granny]

27. Did you read any of the restroom stories at that site?

"Guess what I'm doing right now". E-e-e-e-e-w-w-w-w-w!

[stonecoldsober]

37. For the women:

http://www.biorelief.com/store/stadiumgal.html#

[Cobalt Violet]

21. Is that the leg kind?

I hope it never comes to that.

[hlthe2b]

26. Foley Catheters

pick your size (and yes, you'd need a line going to a collection bag to go along with it)...

[Phredicles]

13. I've read of factories in places like Indonesia where the workers

wore diapers because they were not allowed bathroom breaks. But this is the first time I've heard of it in the US; figures it'd be Texas.

[etherealtruth]

24. It's a vague recollection ...

but I'm thinking it was the Wade Pipe company in Tyler Texas or the Tyler Pipe company in ...

[wakeme2008]

2. I do not a very BLUE donating insurance company that you have

to click in and out on your computer for bathroom break. :srug:

[LiberalFighter]

3. Do they want to take the chance with requiring everyone to wear diapers?

Boss's office would be a handy place to deposit the used diapers.

[Double T]

5. 'Corporate Depends'...........

NOW available in designer styles and colors.

[bleedingheart]

6. won't happen...the diaper rash and disgusting workplace issues would be a bigger problem

[Rosemary2205]

8. Factory workers have already been there done that.

why do you think unions fought so hard to get a 15 min break every 4 hours? there was a time when workers were actually expected to be at the machine for a full 12-16 hours straight. No food, no water, no pee breaks.

[question everything]

28. And this is something that we need to constantly remind people

who think that unions are bad..

[originalpckelly]

9. Boss: "Are you wearing your diapers Mr. Sorenson?"

"Depends."

[stonecoldsober]

10. 30 minutes earlier and I'd have to seriously consider it!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. With that screen name I imagine this is a topic of major importance to you

You must be an expert.

Just kidding, Underpants. It is a funny and also interesting question, though. I heard of a law office in which all the employees were constantly under video monitoring by the office manager and docked pay for spending too much time away from their desks, including time on bathroom breaks. Maybe they're considing just such an option as diapers.

[JacksonWest]

14. When it does, the shit will hit the fan! Ba-bump!

[Virginia Dare]

17. I have to say there are days when it gets really annoying..

to have to take a break and go to the bathroom. :rofl:

In reality, there are some greedy companies out there who would try it, and I'm sure there are some sweatshops in the some third world countries that already are...:cry:

[MuseRider]

18. Will you have to change your name?

I hope not, I am very fond of the name underpants and of you for that matter. I do miss the underpants scrolling under your posts. :cry:

Somehow diapers does not do it for me, must be underpants.

[underpants]

19. Ha!

:hi:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. They would definitely need serious air purifiers in place..... lol! :)

[LynzM]

22. I believe that this has already happened....

I remember reading about some factories where this was the case; workers got no breaks.

[porphyrian]

23. So, corporate offices will smell like a toilet?

I'm not giving business to anyone that smells like they've shit their pants.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

30. Yes, but office chairs will feel a lot more comfortable to sit on

with that extra layer of soft padding underneath. Every employee will suddenly feel like they've made it to the executive suite, with an ultra cushy office chair.

[porphyrian]

31. So what happens when it starts squirting up their backs?

Not to be too disgusting (though it is), but I know this is an issue with toddlers and diapers. What about Gus, whose asscrack hangs out half the time? I'm thinking this would quickly be a public health issue.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

38. Squirting? As in diarrhea?

Yeah, I see your point, given the quality of food in a lot of employee lunch rooms. For those suffering from chronic diarrhea, maybe a full body diaper or even a wet suit would do the trick.

[porphyrian]

41. Wet suits! That way, it's completely contained. - n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

42. Yeah, wet suit or maybe everyone could wear astronauts suits

and only remove them once in awhile, even wearing them home and to bed. Suit cleaning could become a major industry and a major annual event in someone's professional life. There could even be a national holiday for the cleaning of employee suits, unless the bigger companies could offer a spare suit as a major perk. But if one should ever get puntured at work or on the bus, you'd have to immediately contact HazMat.

[porphyrian]

43. It would cut down on virus and cold transmission in the office.

There would be no direct exposure to each others' cooties.

[TommyO]

44. Better yet, a stillsuit from Frank Herbert's Dune!

[HockeyMom]

25. Happened at WalMart

They do/did not allow bathroom breaks. So one woman sued. She said she had to wear diapers to work.

I think this was last year?

[Occulus]

29. You've GOT to be SHITTING me! nt/

[Blue-Jay]

32. They can save money by turning down the heat too.

Because you have a steaming dump keeping you warm.

[JackRiddler]

33. Watch it...

The fate of satire: to watch itself turn true. I bet you're right now giving ideas to a few Democratic business owners.

[Cleita]

34. Hey, they could eliminate bathrooms altogether.

No need for water, toilet paper, extra electricity. Instead they could tell employees to bring hand sanitizer to work.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Good Stuff. Except For One Thing

There really aren't any old fat guys hitting a golf ball 300 yards. If you couldn't hit it 285 with old stuff, you ain't hittin' it 300 now.

I play a lot of golf at the club level. I hardly know anyone who can hit it 300. (I'm a 3 handicap and can only hit it in the 250's.) The distance thing is a marketing gimmick!

I'm not criticizing. Just a golf fanatic.
GAC

[underpants]

36. I know

but its like show sizes-they all went up a few years ago. I never wore a 14 until a few years ago now I wear that in every brand.

[meldroc]

39. Now I'm reminded of the Cuborg 2000 from Dilbert.

"Let's just say you don't want to get these two hoses mixed up..."

[dogday]

40. They are bathroom training the kids in school

you are only allowed to go at certain times... Please use the facilities only when you are told, not when your body tells you....