Comment by grawprog | Hacker News Reader

Comment by grawprog | Hacker News Reader

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A few years ago I was doing granite work. On installs, if the customer's plumbing wasn't hooked up, we'd have to find a bush somewhere...or so I thought.

One day, I was digging around in the back of the truck looking for some acetone and grabbed out a bottle of some yellowish brown liquid. Suddenly, head installer starts freaking out a bit going on 'no no don't touch that.' After a moment or two it dawned on all of us what it was...

So after hastily tossing the bottle aside and a round of 'what the fucks!!?' from everybody, our coworker explained how he was worried about using the bushes in case some came up and filmed it and put it on youtube.

Yeah...peeing locations can definitely be an issue at work in general.

It makes sense, especially if workers are on a project in a residential area. I've heard of drunk people being threatened with the sex offender list when they were caught urinating on a bush after dark. People might take drastic steps if strange men are urinating in the lawn adjacent to where their kids are playing.

True enough. Though, any jobsite we were on lacking indoor plumbing also typically didn't usually have children actively living in them when we were there working.

But I do see the point.

I live in a vibrant residential Chicago neighborhood where developers are constantly tearing down old houses and building new ones. The largest two demographics here are small children and Polish speaking construction workers.

in finance people joke about the 'broker's bottle', which is what the sales people use under the desk if clients and markets both require their non-stop attention.

i mean, it's just a joke, nobody really has these in an air-conditioned office, and these desk workers are generally still pretty well taken care of, all things considered. by the time one is 5 years in, one should be able to go 12 hours without ever leaving their chair, it's just part of the on-the-job training.

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