Workers Told To Put Up Their Hand If They Want To Go To The Toilet

[Left Leanings]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128635/BMW-workers-threaten-strike.html

Workers who produce the Mini car at a plant in Oxford, currently owned by BMW, have been told they have to ask permission to go to the toilet. If they want to use the loo, they have to put up their hand and wait for a supervisor's approval.

In some cases, workers have had to relieve themselves by urinating in bins.

They are threatening strike action over the issue. I don't blame them.

[Deicide]

Call Centres do this too. Not all of them, though.

[Ravachol]

Call Centres do this too. Not all of them, though.

In fact I know from experience that you have to ask permission from a supervisor and then press a button which notifies you are 'not working', so it can subtract that time from your paycheck, even though toilet breaks are supposed to be in paid time (it's "the boss' time" after all :rolleyes:).

[Left Leanings]

Call Centres do this too. Not all of them, though.


In fact I know from experience that you have to ask permission from a supervisor and then press a button which notifies you are 'not working', so it can subtract that time from your paycheck, even though toilet breaks are supposed to be in paid time (it's "the boss' time" after all :rolleyes:).

I think it's patronizing and infantilizing bullshit, treating workers like they are six-years old or something. I feel sorry for you guys, if this is the sort of crap you have to put up with.

[bricolage]

yeah I had a job answering phones in a housing association once where you had to send an email to go for a piss. luckily I got out of there in a week.

[OHumanista]

I was just talking about this 2 days ago. A friend of mine worked in a call center where she had to wait for authorisation to go to bathroom.
Disgusting.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

OMG!

But unfortunatly there is an even worst example. A couple of years ago, here in Sweden, the cheap supermarket chain Lidl made a new rule. That all its female workers should wear a red mark on theire uniform when they had theire period, so that the supervisor could see if they had the right to go to the toilet as many times a they would....

[Left Leanings]

OMG!

But unfortunatly there is an even worst example. A couple of years ago, here in Sweden, the cheap supermarket chain Lidl made a new rule. That all its female workers should wear a red mark on theire uniform when they had theire period, so that the supervisor could see if they had the right to go to the toilet as many times a they would....

Now that really is outrageous, and is heavily discriminatory and offensive towards women. I am absolutely disgusted to read this. There are branches of Lidl in the UK. I am not gonna shop there, ever.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

Now that really is outrageous, and is heavily discriminatory and offensive towards women. I am absolutely disgusted to read this. There are branches of Lidl in the UK. I am not gonna shop there, ever.

I hear you. Thye have had some other scandals about not wanting to make agreements with the union and that the workers have to work for free a couple of hours.

Fortunatly the hritic of this got hughe and they got rid of it. But still, that things like this can even occure is just repulsive and sexism in its true shape.

[Arlekino]

My stepson worked in call centre selling gym membership he told you have to get card to allow to go to toilet. One card for two people. Can you image whom get first card is a winner.