said by PolarBear03:I installed DirecTV for a few years. If you're in an urban or suburban area, you can find a convenience store. If you're in a rural area, you can find a tree to piss behind. It was never a problem for me, so why is it such a problem for Qwest's techs that they feel they need to implement such a solution? All people in all lines of work must find ways to use the bathroom when necessary, so it shouldn't be such a big deal for Qwest.
Here's a few other points:
Urinating in a small device/container can be messy. Does Qwest at least supply hand sanitizer, since there obviously isn't a sink in the truck to wash up? Because that's just what I want, a tech handling my telephone with urine on his hands.
Where are you supposed to use this? If you're in the truck, other people can probably see you. If you are in an area where nobody can see you, chances are you can just get out of the truck and pee on the ground anyway. And as was said above, can you imagine the uproar it would cause if someone DID happen to witness a tech using this?
Throwing away a container with urine in it is ILLEGAL, as it is a biohazard (not that you're likely to get caught by authorities, but usually if a waste company finds it in your garbage when they are removing it, they will tack a on a hefty fee to your bill - happened to Swift Trucking). So the time saved by peeing in the device is wasted finding a suitable and discrete location to empty it (although I like the suggestion
above - leave it on the boss's desk).
Qwest is pushing jobs per day period. Let go thru voluntary separation as many as want with small package then rest maybe a layoff or not but do the work.
