Restroom stalls.and security screws

[Tucko]

Why? Is there a lucrative black market for used ********* dividers? [/QUOTE]

I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you.....

But this is a great question. I've often sat on a ****** wondering the same thing...

 

[Kevin54]

This had been some 30 years ago, but when I worked at Rockwell, they posted a memo that if the stalls in the ********* weren't taken better care of they were going to remove the doors. You didn't dare touch the doors to the stalls as nasty as they were. Two picked body cavities and magic markers on the doors. Maintenance painted them because people were complaining. I'ma thinkin' they just needed a new slate to wipe their fingers and use their sharpie. Nothin' funnier that walking in one night and four guys lined up, pants down to their ankles and not a door one in there.

 

[Modifieddriver]

funnier that walking in one night and four guys lined up, pants down to their ankles and not a door one in there.

Welcome to the old WWII Army barracks that we all saw on every military base in the country. White porcelain everywhere but not a divider in sight!!!!!!!!!!

I can't think of a single place where you could have any privacy.

 

[Chukster]

I don't think vandalism is a new phenomenon, and I'm only 54. Now, the ways people can vandalize are greater in number, and the potential cost to individuals/society, that's greater, yes. But new? nononononono.

Sooo, 45 years ago when I was in elementary school, there was a boys bathroom on one floor, where the 'fun thing to do' was for some boys to pee on the radiator; yes, radiator, big ol' cast iron, steam filled HOT radiator. Talk about a stench! Only takes one nasty little boy to create havoc, and especially if he can do it anonymously (tho I'm willing to bet money there were ones who did a 'communal effort', seeing how far they could pee onto said radiator...) And it seemed to follow from year to year, each one learning from the one before.

Yeah, there are lots of crappy people out there; and they keep learning new ways to be crappy.

 

[Modifieddriver]

What does any of that have to do with tamper-proof screws? They aren't mandated by the government, nor are they there to protect people from themselves, and there certainly isn't any survival of the fittest situation going on.

They are there to keep people from loosening them, in order to save maintenance time. If a janitor had to worry about tightening up the screws in bathroom stalls all the time, they would have little time for anything else.

It has everything to do the commonality of the mental condition of folks that do stupid things. Like why would you want to stick your finger in a fan? Why would anyone want to unscrew the screws holding the sh!t house stall dividers?
Why would someone stick their finger in a light bulb socket?

As they say, "Ya' can't fix stupid".

 

[JimVonBaden]

About 7 years I go worked with a guy who had all sorts of stories. One was how he loosened up all the screws in the partitions just enough so when someone hit it, the whole thing fell over. He said the next week it was all redone with security screws.

I didnt really believe it but once I got to know him better I knew it was 100% true. That guy was great.

So your co-worker was an ******* and you liked him for it?

Jim

 

[Shipfittin]

At my job if you are caught in the act it's 3 days without pay. Does that stop people? Heck no, we have some serious murals painted in some of the stalls.

They got slick one time and painted everything black so a sharpie wouldn't really work. So they just moved onto using paint markers.

 

[Kevin54]

At my job if you are caught in the act it's 3 days without pay. Does that stop people? Heck no, we have some serious murals painted in some of the stalls.

They got slick one time and painted everything black so a sharpie wouldn't really work. So they just moved onto using paint markers.

They did that at a factory I worked at before Rockwell. All that did was make them get out their knife and reverse draw things by scratching paint off. They were dark blue though instead of black.

 

[jeffmoss26]

We had one way screws on one of our sound racks at school. It was good because equipment could not be removed by some schmuck, but it was a real pain to remove a piece of gear for repair! I had to use a dremel and a cold chisel when an amplifier took a ****...

 

[VHF]

I read a story once (maybe even on GJ) about a contractor who had to disasemble a set of restroom partitions, but was stumped by how to unscrew the "one way" security screws. However, a kid working for him said "no problem, get me a toothbrush and a lighter." He used the lighter to heat up the end of the toothbrush handle until the plastic was soft, jammed it onto one of the security screws and let it cool, and voila, a custom tool for the job!

 

[mmack66]

It has everything to do the commonality of the mental condition of folks that do stupid things. Like why would you want to stick your finger in a fan? Why would anyone want to unscrew the screws holding the sh!t house stall dividers?
Why would someone stick their finger in a light bulb socket?

As they say, "Ya' can't fix stupid".

I don't know anyone that routinely sticks their fingers in fans or light bulb sockets, but regardless if I did or not, that sort of behavior is different than the type of behavior that would compel someone to make a conscious decision to disassemble a toilet stall.

In an unmonitored (hopefully) location such as a bathroom, reducing the ability for someone to do damage to property helps reduce maintenance costs.

 

[Modifieddriver]

I don't know anyone that routinely sticks their fingers in fans or light bulb sockets, but regardless if I did or not, that sort of behavior is different than the type of behavior that would compel someone to make a conscious decision to disassemble a toilet stall.

In an unmonitored (hopefully) location such as a bathroom, reducing the ability for someone to do damage to property helps reduce maintenance costs.

Now please answer me a question. If folks don't do the stuff I mentioned then why the hell are the manufacturers of these products required to put warning stickers on them?

And, because some bureaucrat had a loved one that screwed themselves up by doing something stupid, we as customers, being the end users, have to pay for the costs associated with industry to comply to these warning label laws, along with the monetary settlement fees paid out to compensate these morons for being stupid.

I contend the ***** that is stupid enough to stick their finger in a fan is stupid enough to disassemble a sh!t house partition while they're inside relieving themselves of what they contribute to society .

So, if you don't understand the above, and ya' seem to be taking this pretty serious, it tells me something .

 

[KPSquared]

It would have been great if they would have had security screws on the dividers on my college dorm. . . the guys from the 2nd floor snuck down one night and stole our doors. . .the next night they took EVERYTHING. Just 3 shitters and 3 urinals sitting in the big tile room. Oh well, it's college. . . you just got to be better friends. . .

 

[demographic]

It would have been great if they would have had security screws on the dividers on my college dorm. . . the guys from the 2nd floor snuck down one night and stole our doors. . .the next night they took EVERYTHING. Just 3 shitters and 3 urinals sitting in the big tile room. Oh well, it's college. . . you just got to be better friends. . .

Dickheads like that just need a ******* good kicking.

 

[dlenkewich]

So no one steals the partitions or vandalizes the stalls.

Security screws stop vandalism?

I need to get me some of those.

 

[STANIMAL]

Some people just want to see the world burn.











Bathroom Security screws will stop it.

 

[dlenkewich]

The funny thing is I've noticed they come out with new screws for shithouses as often as new screws/bolts for cars.

Latest one I saw was a pan head with two little dots in it.

 

[dlenkewich]

Maybe they should install Ipads linked to GJ so people have something to do?

You couldn't pay me to touch anything that was left in a *******.

I pick up pennies.. Cans all the time... Few weeks ago I saw a quarter (ya a hole friggin quarter!) sitting behind a toilet at work. "Mmm... Nope." was all the crossed my mind.

Made me think of how big of a denomination it would have to be before I closed my eyes and picked it up... I was a little ashamed to think honestly all it would have to be is a $5'er.

 

[mmack66]

Now please answer me a question. If folks don't do the stuff I mentioned then why the hell are the manufacturers of these products required to put warning stickers on them?

And, because some bureaucrat had a loved one that screwed themselves up by doing something stupid, we as customers, being the end users, have to pay for the costs associated with industry to comply to these warning label laws, along with the monetary settlement fees paid out to compensate these morons for being stupid.

I contend the ***** that is stupid enough to stick their finger in a fan is stupid enough to disassemble a sh!t house partition while they're inside relieving themselves of what they contribute to society .

So, if you don't understand the above, and ya' seem to be taking this pretty serious, it tells me something .

Of course all of that stuff happens, and people that do it are stupid, but all of that claptrap about bureaucrats and product liability warning labels is not germane to the discussion as to why they use tamper-proof hardware to assemble the stalls in restrooms.

 

[Todd.Brock]

Thank you for asking this question. I have wondered this for years.

 

[Doug B]

...

Latest one I saw was a pan head with two little dots in it.

I have a tool for that

 

[coljar]

One time years ago, someone wrote the name of a supervisor nobody liked in the urinal at work with a Sharpie so everybody could, well, you know.

 

[bigbubba]

After having Taco Bell last week I'm pretty sure I made the Terrorist Watch List for what I did to the bathroom at the mall. Children were crying.

You sir owe me a laptop!! I just spit a mouthful of tea all over it!!!

 

[Jay Sco]

I did a lot of stuff back in the day that was real stupid. I took and entire bathroom apart just because it had the tamper proof fasteners......that's the only reason. Like they were taunting me.

Like some others here stated, people do destructive things just to be destructive, no purpose behind the madness.

Stupid, I know. I'm the first to admit it.

 

[bigbubba]

One time years ago, someone wrote the name of a supervisor nobody liked in the urinal at work with a Sharpie so everybody could, well, you know.

Saw that before,Except it had a nice picture drawn as well

 

[dlenkewich]

I have a tool for that

...Can I borrow it?

 

[Modifieddriver]

I did a lot of stuff back in the day that was real stupid. I took and entire bathroom apart just because it had the tamper proof fasteners......that's the only reason. Like they were taunting me.

Like some others here stated, people do destructive things just to be destructive, no purpose behind the madness.

Stupid, I know. I'm the first to admit it.

BINGO, that's the answer to the question.

 

[Conductor562]

The funny thing is I've noticed they come out with new screws for shithouses as often as new screws/bolts for cars.

Latest one I saw was a pan head with two little dots in it.

That's a "Spanner head" or "Snake eyes". They've been around awhile, but never seen them in the *********.

 

[ncfireman1918]

Does anyone know why restroom partitions use security screws. Ive always wondered as I see no reason for them. Stupid questions but Ive wanted to know for so long.

Nobody's gonna call out the OP for posting on the shi++er?! 'Cause where else would you think of this? Smart phones rule!!

 

[Conductor562]

Nobody's gonna call out the OP for posting on the shi++er?! 'Cause where else would you think of this? Smart phones rule!!

That's a fine observation

 

[jeffmoss26]

BTW, I happen to have the set of three screwdrivers for these one way screws. Like I said before, I got tired of grinding screws out of our sound equipment racks to access broken equipment. That, and I got a hell of a deal on ebay!

 

[Conductor562]

BTW, I happen to have the set of three screwdrivers for these one way screws. Like I said before, I got tired of grinding screws out of our sound equipment racks to access broken equipment. That, and I got a hell of a deal on ebay!

These actually work for removing 1 way screws Jeff?

 

[Donald Cook]

35 years at school maint. If they could take it apart, they will, if they could break it they will, if they can write or carve some thing on it they will. I heard they were stealing the puck guards from urinals , for what I don't want to know.

 

[johnnie5]

Blue light: I read in a magazine years ago that some toilets in Amsterdam has blue lights fitted instead of the more normal white/bright yellow most places have. This is because the veins in your arm show up as blue and if you are a heroin addict looking for a vein its much harder if your entire arm looks blue.
The one place I've seen this blue lights in a toilet was in a McDonalds in a market town called Kendal. Its the least likely place I could think of to have the need for it

they used to have those blue lights here in australia 10-20 years ago in service (gas) stations and mcdonalds

i havent seen one for a long time though