There is a Fly in my Urinal – Questions?
On my last trip to Europe I discovered a fly in my urinal (sorry ladies, no offense). I was surprised and a little amazed and ended up aiming for this little critter. Yes, according to Urinalfly these things "keep bathrooms up to 85% cleaner [...] by locating the fly correctly in the urinal, splashback is significantly reduced". I guess it worked, at least for my.
Fly in the urinal (Munich Airport)
Smart, huh? Now take this:
Questions above the urinal (SeaWorld, San Diego)
Sea World in San Diego, CA took a different approach in keeping their 'customers' distracted: they installed little frames with question about animal conservation above the urinals. Yes, after I was done with 'my' question my eyes wondered off to my 'neighbors' question. Do NOT picture any possible implications for the cleaning personal, it wasn't like that...
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About Michael Gaigg
Michael Gaigg is a User Interface Expert at ESRI. His expertise includes User-centered Design (UCD), Usability, Accessibility and Section 508, Web Development and Web Design.
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November 18th, 2009 - 06:20
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Thanks!
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What a great blog! So glad I found it.
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Thanks for taking the time out to share this with the world. I really appreciate this. Keep doing what you’re doing.
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Hi, i must say fantastic site you have, i stumbled across it in Google. Does you get much traffic?