The toilet seat is tilted forward by about 13° to increase leg tension, whoever that wishes to use the toilet will need to maintain a “squat” position to use it.
马桶座圈向前倾斜约13°，以增加腿部的张力，任何想使用马桶的人都需要保持“下蹲”位置才能使用马桶。
Say goodbye to comfort breaks! 告别舒适的休息！
Left: Toilet with an inclination of 13°
Right: Normal toilet bowl
A British toilet designer, Mahabir Gill designed a toilet with an inclination of 13° to reduce employees’ time spent in the bathroom, in case they are trying to avoid work. He believes that this will help to reduce the frequency of employees going to the bathroom and thus it can increase work efficiency in return, and also to provide better bathroom facilities for offices and public places.
英国马桶设计师 Mahabir Gill 以减低员工为了逃避工作而长时间躲在洗手间，故设计了一款倾斜度13°的马桶，他相信，这将有助于减少员工上洗手间的次数，从而提高工作效率。另外，也为办公室及公共场所提供更好的洗手间设施。
This sitting position causes tension to both legs, so most people would not be able to sit more than 5 minutes. However, does this kind of toilet really reduce employees’ time spent in the toilet? Some people think that the reason why employees hide in the washroom to avoid working is due to improper management.
据悉，该马桶座椅向前倾斜约13°的设计可以增加腿部的拉力，令用户要用类似于“扎马”的姿势如厕。坐的姿势因为马桶的斜度而让双腿承受更大的压力，所以一般人维持这样的姿势5分钟便会觉得累。然而，这款马桶真的能减少员工留在洗手间的时间吗？
Hence, aren’t there other places to hide other than bathroom? In fact, what is the function of washroom? Yes, it is for convenient. So if we take away the normal function of a bathroom, would there be any negative impact? For example, those employees that have constipation problem might face problem in completing their missions in 5 minutes. So should they keep going back and forth the bathroom and their seat until missions are completed? Does this not affect work efficiency at all? In fact, you can just use a small stool to elevate your feet in order to solve this 13° problem. Isn’t it?
“有人认为，员工长时间躲洗手间是管理不适当所造成的。”那么，如果不躲在洗手间，难不成就没有别的地方能躲了吗？说到底，洗手间的功能是什么？没错，是方便。那么，如果洗手间无法发挥其正常功能，会造成什么负面影响吗？比如，面对便秘问题的员工在5分钟内无法完成在马桶上应该完成的任务，那他是不是就放弃任务了呢？还是，先回到工作岗位再酝酿酝酿，然后，再往洗手间多跑一遍，一直到任务完成为止。难道，这样就不影响工作效率了？其实，要破解这个13°的问题，一张小矮凳把双脚垫起来就搞定了。不是吗？
