To stop lingering, Indian-style toilets are more efficient than this invention.
By ET Bureau |
BCCL
Each loo visit could then double up as healthy exercise rather than a sedentary sojourn.
It is estimated that billions of dollars’ worth of productivity in offices is lost yearly due to toilet breaks. Of course, it depends on the definition of productivity, but there is no doubt that loo time is not looked at kindly by upper management. It is also true that most successful of inventions are often the simplest.
So, whether the Indian-origin British creator of the downward-tilted toilet seat — designed to willy-nilly cut down the average time spent on the pot by 25% to just 5-7 minutes — should be hailed as an evil genius or just a practical inventor may depend on the position of the arbiter. The ‘Indian-style’ toilet guarantees users will never be able to emulate the pose of Rodin’s Thinker or extend time spent in/on toilets. Peoples’ verdicts could be slanted if people happen to be seated on toilets tilted downwards at a kneecap-popping 13 degrees when deliberating on it. Those who use toilet breaks for prolonged social media interactions may be inclined to regard it as the most diabolical anti-laissez-faire measure since the invention of uncomfortably narrow park and bus stand benches to discourage lingering.
The easier, readymade option, of course, is the ‘Indian-style’ toilet — of which there are also variants across Asia — that guarantees users will never be able to emulate the pose of Rodin’s Thinker or extend time spent in/on toilets. In fact, each loo visit could then double up as healthy exercise — squats — rather than a sedentary sojourn.
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