The latest restrooms are advanced! | Features that gently nudge you while you're doing your business | The IT revolution in toilets

IT technology is being used in all sorts of places these days. What surprised me recently was the restroom. In the large restroom area, you enter a private stall, so you don't know what's going on around you, right?

I thought it was very thoughtful that there was an LCD monitor inside the restroom stall. It might be common knowledge for women who are used to stalls, but from a man's perspective, where you don't necessarily always use a stall, it was fresh lol

It tells you how many stalls are still vacant

This photo is from inside the restroom stall. I had to be careful about the angle to avoid getting myself in the shot, so it was a struggle. If I ended up in the photo, it could be a disaster 💦

Phew, looks like it's okay. Yes, as you can see, there are 4 stalls, and it seems all 4 are occupied, so it's full. So what, you might ask, but it's nice that it lets you know that even if someone else wants to use it, they can't, which subtly makes you think,
“Maybe someone will knock?” or
“I should probably get out soon so someone else can use it?”
It's nice that it gently nudges you to think about things like that ✨

By the way, the comment says preventing crowding in the restroom so it must have been introduced when COVID was raging. Hearing the word three Cs actually makes me feel nostalgic.

If you're in there for more than 10 minutes, the silent aura of being kicked out goes into full effect...

And then, after 10 minutes had passed, the display changed to this.
Oh, I'm sorry. I was having a bit of trouble finishing up at that moment 💦 lol
My apologies to anyone currently eating.

So, it was revealed that I had been lingering for over 10 minutes. “If you are not feeling well, please take your time” is written there, but is it just my imagination, or does that not sound very gentle?

On the contrary, it feels like I'm being cleverly pressured. If you look at it another way, it can be interpreted as “If you are feeling fine, get out quickly for the next person” Yes, I'll get out, I'm just having a bit of trouble finishing up. Sorry it's taking so long.

And so, with a silent roar inside, I left the restroom lol

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