Someone invented an anti-skiving toilet and it got panned – the 9 funniest responses
A poll of workers showed that they spend, on average, 14 unnecessary minutes a day on toilet breaks, which is around seven working days a year.
To address this problem, someone has designed a toilet that slopes forwards, making it uncomfortable to use for more than five minutes, considerably reducing skiving time.
BREAKING NEWS: Say goodbye to comfort breaks! New downward-tilting toilets are designed to become unbearable to sit on after five minutes. They say the main benefit is to employees in improved employee productivity. pic.twitter.com/lfDbeXJdCX
— Dave Vescio (@DaveVescio) December 17, 2019
There were legitimate concerns around the possibility that the toilet might be ableist.
I assume the local councils who are buying these have undertaken a robust EIA as limiting the time people can sit on the loo will affect disabled people and those with chronic health conditions https://t.co/jgCjZMzCGD
— Kate Sang 🐝🐘 (@katesang) 17 December 2019
Although, it’s worth mentioning that no councils are known to be planning to install the toilet, which is currently at the start-up stage.
There were also a lot of tongue-in-cheek responses – not that cheek. Ew!
1.
Late-stage crapitalism https://t.co/uUJuOi1MoN
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) December 17, 2019
2.
I can confirm that these toilets are tremendously uncomfortable. My wife and I installed one in our guest bathroom to prevent our son from spending too much time masturbating.
— limited breadsticks (@limitlessjest) 17 December 2019
3.
I will take extra long shits during my shift whether these psycho toilet engineers build these or not https://t.co/XOwGiTHhw1
— Femme Shapiro (@LivPosting) December 17, 2019
4.
if your boss installs one of these, shit in his office then go for a nice long break https://t.co/kV7mjxKSOr
— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) December 17, 2019
5.
these are the toilets we're gonna be w*terboarding rich ppl in when the revolution begins https://t.co/AUBAel7iob
— indie (@INDIEWASHERE) December 17, 2019
6.
If I, as an employer, ever pull this shit (pun intended) please crowd-fund the guillotine that'll send me to the bad place https://t.co/QF9UMWRSlW
— Thomas ‘TomSka’ Ridgewell 🥵 (@thetomska) December 17, 2019
7.
if you pack enough toilet paper on top of the seat you can fix the angle, plus then your company has to pay more for toilet paper. win/win
— chirping bird (@ChrpngBrd) 17 December 2019
8.
you ever wonder what happened to the kids who raised their hands to remind the teacher they forgot to assign homework? https://t.co/kq5v1wgDMI
— Cullen Crawford (@HelloCullen) December 17, 2019
9.
This is making the assumption that sitting there is more unbearable than not
— Tom Bawitdabombadil (@shigbit2) 17 December 2019
Funny tweeter Glenny Rodge had a solution for would-be skivers.
face the other way https://t.co/GlCzxqplA6
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) December 17, 2019
And this conversation shows why we’re constantly amazed that Twitter remains a free site.
They must be flushed with pride.
Source Dave Vescio Image David Vescio, Twitter
