Cole, this week's edition tickled my fancy a little more than usual. Your question about the bathroom mirrors, or lack thereof, resonated with me more than I would assume any other of your subscribers. I understand that some questions are not asked with the intention of receiving a response, but I do have a little insight into the naked bathrooms if you're interested. If you're not interested, that's cool, I promise my feelings will not be hurt, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.
If you've made it this far, that means I still have you on the hook, and I have the pleasure of droning on about my most favorite topic in the world: industrial engineering and operational efficiency. My greatest wish is that after you read this, your rage will turn into understanding, and you can use that restroom in peace. You see, everyone uses the restroom, and in a place like a bar, the restroom usage might be slightly heightened due to the nature of activities, and this means queues. When modeling restrooms in simulations, it is practice to represent the time women and men take to use the restroom with the industry standard: a triangular distribution with a mode (or most common "transaction" time) as 180 seconds and 120 seconds for women and men respectively.
You noted that the bar has three restrooms, so I'm assuming that these are three single stalled restrooms, each with their own doors, toilet, and sink. I hate to make further assumptions, but I would put money on the fact that the bar itself is not particularly spacious, and the area designated to the restrooms and queue is also nothing to write home about. Coupled with the fact that this bar has a high draw, especially during Tuesday night comedy, I hypothesize that the restrooms consistently maintain a queue. My hunch is that the bar staff removed the mirrors to the restroom in order to control the restroom usage time. I wouldn't consider myself particularly egocentric either, but I also have a hard time passing up the opportunity to pop a pimple in a public restroom, and if the bar can minimize the time that people spend in the restrooms, that saved time adds up. This means less people in the queue, a higher restroom throughput, and a shorter wait time.
I know it's frustrating; my favorite drag bar in Miami does the same thing, and all I want to do is drunkenly pick at my face. I hate that we are denied our truth, but I really hope this helps.
Cole, this week's edition tickled my fancy a little more than usual. Your question about the bathroom mirrors, or lack thereof, resonated with me more than I would assume any other of your subscribers. I understand that some questions are not asked with the intention of receiving a response, but I do have a little insight into the naked bathrooms if you're interested. If you're not interested, that's cool, I promise my feelings will not be hurt, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.
If you've made it this far, that means I still have you on the hook, and I have the pleasure of droning on about my most favorite topic in the world: industrial engineering and operational efficiency. My greatest wish is that after you read this, your rage will turn into understanding, and you can use that restroom in peace. You see, everyone uses the restroom, and in a place like a bar, the restroom usage might be slightly heightened due to the nature of activities, and this means queues. When modeling restrooms in simulations, it is practice to represent the time women and men take to use the restroom with the industry standard: a triangular distribution with a mode (or most common "transaction" time) as 180 seconds and 120 seconds for women and men respectively.
You noted that the bar has three restrooms, so I'm assuming that these are three single stalled restrooms, each with their own doors, toilet, and sink. I hate to make further assumptions, but I would put money on the fact that the bar itself is not particularly spacious, and the area designated to the restrooms and queue is also nothing to write home about. Coupled with the fact that this bar has a high draw, especially during Tuesday night comedy, I hypothesize that the restrooms consistently maintain a queue. My hunch is that the bar staff removed the mirrors to the restroom in order to control the restroom usage time. I wouldn't consider myself particularly egocentric either, but I also have a hard time passing up the opportunity to pop a pimple in a public restroom, and if the bar can minimize the time that people spend in the restrooms, that saved time adds up. This means less people in the queue, a higher restroom throughput, and a shorter wait time.
I know it's frustrating; my favorite drag bar in Miami does the same thing, and all I want to do is drunkenly pick at my face. I hate that we are denied our truth, but I really hope this helps.