A company spokeswoman told the Rocky Mountain News there's no policy that requires field technicians to use urinal bags while they're out on a job.Before complaining to a supervisor about your grumpy Qwest field tech, see if you can't get results by pointing out a nearby McDonald's.The Communications Workers of America local hasn't filed a grievance.
One local administrative director said that while the union deals with a "a lot of silliness in corporate America," this one takes the [urinal] cake.
Urinal Bags Don't Sit Well With Union [WDSU]
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as i get older i could use these bags
]]>Nothing like pissing away time...reading Consumerist...instead of working.
]]>they make female urinal bags as well
as for both the male/female versions they contain a dry powder that turns to a solid jelly mass and you simply seal and toss in the trash
I don't see how any company could order that its employees in the field had to use them rather than being able to go and find a bathroom
]]>I'll have to agree. Anyone who has ever traveled with a 5 year old can tell you that there's not always a bathroom when you're away from civilization and have to go.
That being said, I'm glad my boss didn't hand me a bag.
]]>AT&T has been pissing on their customers for years.
As one, the bag sounds like a good idea.
]]>G*d D*amn Unions. This is why America can't compete in the global market. If your boss tells you to p*ss in a bag you better p*ss in a g*d d*amn bag. if this was India not only would they be p*ssing in a bag they'd be saving that urine to make Qwest Communication's Chai Tea... Urine is sterile and salted.
]]>And whats more......what are they supposed to do with the filled bags? Are they not considered medical waste?
]]>There is going to be a lot more to this story than first reported.
Why not wait until the story has been fully explored than wasting (wasting.... get it) our time.
]]>Female workers would need the following funnel.
]]>Field techs may pee on the road, but the wise consumer craps in the office:
That's what I'd do, drop them off on the boss' desk on my way home.
And why isn't the union filing a grievance?
]]>@burgundyyears and ChuckECheese: thats one part of the story, the other is to prevent what happens in this vid
Maybe giving them a bag will help them stop pissing all over Qwest's customers.
]]>Or if they don't return with filled bags, are they going to be charged with illegal disposal of biohazard waste? I would *love* to find one of these used bags in my trash can. Cha-ching! Profit!
]]>What if your aim is off? What if you pull the bag away too soon? You had better hope that you have some hand sanitizer and towels to clean up your mess.... I am not a male, so for me, peeing into a bag could become quite messy. That is, until I perfect the art of peeing into a bag........
]]>So apparently, Qwest has no female field workers. It is even harder to find a bathroom as a woman as most women require a min. level of clean.
]]>Please, God, PLEASE tell me that this was taken out of context. I'm praying that the actual conversation was something more like this:
QWEST WORKER: So, Mr. Supervisor, when I'm out in that field that's twenty minutes from civilization working on that phone pole on that job that's going to take four hours, what am I supposed to do when nature calls? Just cop a squat in the field?
MR. SUPERVISOR: Um, no. Uh, I'm not sure. Um... I mean, we don't really want you, in your Qwest uniform, peeing out in public... But we also don't want you to waste time and gas driving forty minutes round-trip just to pee... How can we solve this problem?... Lemmee think... I know! I'll order you some of those road trip urination bags that I saw in my wife's Lilian Vernon catalog last week! That way, when the task of going pee is going to take you a significant amount of time, you can just sneak away into the privacy and comfort of your Qwest truck and handle your business.
QWEST WORKER: Um... Okay... *CALLS UNION REP* "OMGZ!!! MY BOSS WANTS US ALL TO PEE IN BAGS! WTF?!?!"
I mean, even if that's what happened, that's still bad and still NOT okay, but at least it's not the big boss man saying-- "NO STOPS TO PEE! DRIVE AND PEE! NO BREAKS FOR YOU!!!" Instead, it was just poorly thought out problem solving.
]]>Here's an amusing article on the topic: [www.roadsideamerica.com]
]]>What's new about phone companies aka AT&T trying to restrict workers going to the restrooms...ask someone who worked as a operator in the old Bell days and they will tell you how restrictive the unwritten bathroom policies were and still are....peeing on company time (so to speak) cost money that the phone companies do not want to spend....the CWA rep that went to the press must have been really pissed of or on...
]]>and what if they have to pinch a loaf? Doing that often takes more time than taking a whiz!
]]>April Fools Day comes early this year!
]]>the person who started this is really asking for a urine-oriented practical joke to happen to him. pee on his car door handle? leave a pee bag on his desk? use one as a water balloon? pee in his convertable when he leaves the top down? pee in his coffee? the possibilities are endless, but he deserves all of them.
]]>And just mentioning, according to the article, this isn't an official new "policy" it was just one supervisor being a nitwit...
]]>Sexist! If the female techs get to go to a real potty, how come the men can't?
Sexist! If the male techs get to go in a bag, how come the women can't?
I'm just playin'.
Of course, as the article indicates, it was about corporate profits, not about employee comfort or safety.
]]>Seriously, it's not exactly a secret that field techs like to waste time any way they can, but could we not mess with the basical necessities like taking care of nature's call?
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