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Qwest To Workers: Pee In A Urinal Bag [Classy]

consumerist.com — Union representatives are ***** that Qwest ordered field workers to pee in urinal bags so they wouldn't waste time trying to find public bathrooms. The disposable urinal bags were distributed by a manager to 25 male field techs in Colorado.

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  • miranda622, on 03/23/2008, -3/+21Wow... talk about corporate stinginess!
    • BabyDaddy1972, on 03/23/2008, -3/+11My wife and I worked at Qwest for several years, and they are every bit as bad as they sound.

      SO.... ***** YOU, QWEST!!!
    • DangerCollie, on 03/23/2008, -1/+4When cost cutting goes to the wretched extreme. Sounds like institutional stupidity according to BabyDaddy. ;)
      Sadly Qwest has a lot of company. Institutional stupidity seems to be breaking out all over. Big business, schools, government...it's an epidemic. An exception is newsworthy.
    • roosterjm2k2, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I don't see the complaint, honestly...

      I worked at COX for 2 years... I dare you to find a tech's van that doesnt have an empty big-mouth soda bottle.... For guys, it's more convenient to just ***** in a bottle (or a bag, i guess) than to try to find a public restroom clean enough to not give you an std just from looking at it
      • Godlike, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1LOL you're kidding yourself with the wide mouth bottle, son.
    • chaoswings, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1What I would like to know is how did they ever think that this was going to vote well with their employees?
    • brundlefly76, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Its weird that they would 'order' workers to do this, but if I was a field worker I probably wouldn't mind having them on hand.

      A cop once told me that one of the biggest nuisances of being a patrol cop is having to find a public restroom every time you needed to go to the bathroom. Yes you can go back to the station but if its not in your patrol area its obviously frowned upon.
  • allowners, on 03/23/2008, -3/+40For the purpose of better efficiency, the bags could then be taken back to the office for drug testing eliminating the need for the cup. ;-)
    • capiCrimm, on 03/23/2008, -0/+6but if I take a ***** will it contaminate the results?
      • darylyounge, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2Come on, you ***** in the bag. You ***** in the box. Get with the program.
    • Godlike, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3I would leave them sitting on the desk of the person who handed them to me.
  • IMJGalt, on 03/23/2008, -5/+29Somebody needs to alert OSHA. They will put an end to this quickly.
    • toxicshok, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2why, fedex has been doing this for years.
    • phenolholic, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4why? what occupational safety hazards are involved with peeing in a bag?
      • DaHuuuuuudge, on 03/24/2008, -1/+0Getting caught in the Ziploc?
      • Godlike, on 03/24/2008, -1/+1The storage and disposal of human waste aren't a health issue? You can't even set up a port-o-john in the US without a god damn permit anymore...
  • MarkusGarvey, on 03/23/2008, -2/+65hell....why not just make them wear diapers..../s
    • FatLoser, on 03/23/2008, -23/+58I know you were kidding but this is actually a very good idea. I suffer from a condition called hyperhydrosis which basically means my sweat glands are like leaky faucets. I am 28 years old but I wear adult diapers (Depends™) so that the back of my pants doesn't have a streak of wetness down them. At first this was all I used them for -- to cover up the stain of my butt sweat -- but over time I learned to enjoy wearing diapers for the other benefits they confer. I can pee in public. I can be speaking to somebody and I can literally pee my pants, and nobody has to know but me. There are very few things quite as stimulating as unloading my bladder into soft cottony absorbent material and letting my penis swim around in urine for a while before everything is absorbed. Yesterday I was talking to a woman I have a crush on and I peed myself, and it was the most erotic thing that ever happened to me. I tried pooping in them once but it was a horrible mess to clean up and it smelled bad :(
      • fef560, on 03/23/2008, -0/+43Dude thats just gross
        • FatLoser, on 03/23/2008, -10/+23I'm sobbing right now :( I hope you're happy with yourself. I have a ***** problem I can't control and all people do is ridicule me for it, son of a bitch
          • toxicshok, on 03/23/2008, -1/+23then don't ***** tell people
          • millerftw, on 03/24/2008, -0/+8The sweating i can understand, but ***** yourself in public is entirely voluntary.
        • DapperScoo, on 03/23/2008, -0/+23He's not ridiculing your medical condition. He's saying the fact that you let your "penis swim around in urine for a while" is gross. That part you have complete control over.
      • Zaxcomp, on 03/23/2008, -0/+58The single weirdest thing ever to have been mentioned on digg. A serious WTF is in order.
      • orxor, on 03/23/2008, -1/+21They need to have you in a depends commercial telling your story. Very heart warming, sure to sell some diapers.
      • vault, on 03/23/2008, -5/+12Buried for being a freak of nature.
        • FatLoser, on 03/23/2008, -17/+7thank a lot this is why i m fat because of this fukcin problem i cant help myself and i cant go in public or people point at me like a freak ***** U
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      • bagelmaster, on 03/23/2008, -1/+28This is the single most hilarious things I've ever seen on digg. I laughed out loud for a full minute. Thank you for this
      • TremorX, on 03/23/2008, -1/+11It's cool to pee your pants
      • ivosilva, on 03/23/2008, -1/+15Well, so heartwarming, I had to submit it... http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Sometimes_you_just_post_ ...
        • mCanada, on 03/23/2008, -1/+9dude that's going to the front page lol
      • xlneoMAXlx, on 03/23/2008, -1/+5Well he has a point. It does kick ass to be able to ***** yourself instead of get up and find a bathroom.
      • MarkusGarvey, on 03/23/2008, -2/+2*FatLoser...FTW!...you people are so gullible...and mean too...oh waitI ...i forgot i was on digg...never mind.....
  • gypsi, on 03/23/2008, -1/+15``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.''
    phew...i thought this place was becoming a tyrannical dictatorship for second
    • unreg, on 03/23/2008, -1/+5Digg, making issues where none previously existed
  • ScienceDoc, on 03/23/2008, -2/+11I can't believe anyone still uses Qwest. They are crooks.
    • commenter01, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Douchebags would seem to be a more appropriate term.
    • kanabiis, on 03/23/2008, -0/+9Well considering the alternative in Colorado is Adelphia/comcast I would argue that Qwest is the much better of the 2.

      Qwest is one of a few telecoms that rejected the Bush Admin. spying on the grounds that it is illegal
      Qwest does not packet filter, throttle bit torrents.

      Those 2 reasons alone make Qwest the better choice for Coloradoans.
      • LemmingJesus, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2That's why I liked them, but the speeds here are terrible so we switched to cable.
      • mphree, on 03/23/2008, -1/+1Actually, Qwest does throttle BitTorrent traffic, but not very much. For me, BT traffic is limited to 200 KBPS down and 130 KBPS up. While I can maintain a solid 500 KBPS down on regular HTTP downloads. I'm not complaining really... it just keeps my BT downloads from stealing the whole connection from everyone else in my house.
        • MajorApus, on 03/23/2008, -1/+1Apparently you have no idea what "throttled" bittorrent traffic can be like, try numbers like 5kbps max.

          Qwest doesn't throttle, the reason you get a slower speed is because of the sheer number of connections, most consumer routers can't keep up.

          I saturate my 7mbps quest line all the time.
          • mphree, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1I assure you I understand what throttling is, it's not a very hard concept to grasp. And, I know for a fact that Qwest does limit BitTorrent traffic because the day I noticed lower than average speeds, I called Qwest and asked. They said that they do throttle the traffic. And, learn to spell.
    • avgbody, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Not much of an alternative here in Greeley (Rocky Mountain News). Qwest and Comcast, choose the lesser of the two evils.
  • vault, on 03/23/2008, -2/+11just ***** on the street, who cares
    • mst3kcrow, on 03/23/2008, -1/+12Who cares: A DA with nothing better to do who will try to charge you on indecent exposure and get you labeled as a sex offender.
      /no sarcasm, it has happened to people
      • bagelmaster, on 03/23/2008, -1/+4Wait seriously? I ***** in back alleys at night from time to time.. I hope I don't get labeled a sex offender :(
        • chrisgnv, on 03/24/2008, -1/+2Seriously... it is illegal to ***** in public.
    • cheezintern, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I'd think that's what any level headed individual would do, NYC or not.
    • 42Vindictive, on 03/23/2008, -1/+1That's disgusting. At least go by a bush or a tree.
  • chrisgnv, on 03/23/2008, -1/+10Workers to Qwest: ***** you.
  • melvin_u, on 03/23/2008, -1/+6I HATE QWEST!
  • SpectreFire, on 03/23/2008, -1/+7No eye contact! Ever!
    • TROGDOR42, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1Hey, at least they got the 1-3-5 rule right (in this case the "skip the kiddie urinal-2-4" rule).
  • cheezintern, on 03/23/2008, -1/+30I had a Time Warner guy use my toilet to drop a huge one....got free cable outta it though...pretty fair as I see it.
    • Cattywampus, on 03/23/2008, -0/+13That's a good deal. I'd gladly let the cable guy use my crapper in exchange for free cable. Hell, for free cable I'd let him use the phone and take a beer from the fridge.
  • shujin, on 03/23/2008, -3/+4Can I pick these up somewhere for my gaming marathons? Bottle's don't really do the job.
  • gozilla09, on 03/23/2008, -1/+24I want a urinal bag. And a feeding tube. Then I would be unstoppable!
    • 42Vindictive, on 03/23/2008, -1/+6Full of win.
    • comedianX, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Hopefully, the feeding tube would not be connected to the urine bag.
    • xlneoMAXlx, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1Equilibrium? Er... Perpetual Ingestion Device?
  • Abjure, on 03/23/2008, -2/+2Dugg for the urinal cake pun.
  • RokkaMan, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3They're taking the *****.
  • santaliqueur, on 03/23/2008, -5/+3Union representatives are *****? Certainly this is nothing new.
  • anarchyinthekr, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2come one use Depends!
  • midhqel, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3The "person" that sent crew members out in the field with these bags needs to have a bag fitted for their head.
  • RoanokeRich, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4Not corporate policy, just one dick head manager.
  • bromac, on 03/23/2008, -2/+22Is it just me, or are other people sick and tired of being viewed as machinery instead of human being?
    • capiCrimm, on 03/23/2008, -6/+2humans are machines. If you would like to delusionally believe humans are supernatural beings, Isle 5 has religions.
      • bromac, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5I never said anything about being supernatural.

        I said something about us serving corporation interests instead of the other way around. They should benefit our lives, make it easier for us, instead of us sacrificing every day to make a intangible organization more money.
    • wordglue, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4I think Karl Marx has dibs on that.
      • bromac, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2I'm not communist. But I'm just tired of runaway corporations. Even the executives when they go home at night are subject to the same ***** put out by these companies as everyone else.
    • mille716, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1http://youtube.com/watch?v=MlLtVbA-3po&feature=rel ...
      (not a rickroll)
  • michael43, on 03/23/2008, -1/+8***** in a bag, I wonder if they ***** in a box?
    • 42Vindictive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7Can't, their dicks are in there.
  • xen271, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3wow. now toilets are luxuries. imagine that
  • UtahApocalyse, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2wouldn't that also be illegal? on many levels.... Peeing in public, sexism. what a crap.
  • schmitey, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2If I were an (ex) employee my response would have consisted of something along the lines of, "Go ***** yourself."
  • JasonCox, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2And I'm sure the police are going to love the complaints they get about the cable guy taking a leak at a traffic light. Good job, Qwest. Idiots.
  • donkeydrop, on 03/23/2008, -4/+5Did anyone RTFA? The workers were clearing off for hours claiming they had to go find a bathroom, and the bags were just a message to get back on the job you lazy bastards.
  • frogman54, on 03/23/2008, -0/+11Simple solution...fill your bag...leave it on that manager's office chair.
    • GordonV, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Escalate the issue to the Regional and Corporate Management.
  • Smulse, on 03/23/2008, -1/+3"Union representatives are ***** that Qwest"
    I see what you did there.
  • Jovensdesciple, on 03/23/2008, -3/+5I would take a crap in their pee bag as a protest.
  • Kschreck, on 03/23/2008, -0/+8We are just useless slaves to the corporations. Of course they don't care how we are treated.
  • DeFex, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4leave them in the managers office drawer.
  • kanabiis, on 03/23/2008, -3/+23Wow, Qwest gets alot of flack for pretty much nothing.....

    I think it bears repeating forever and ever, Qwest rejected the Bush Administrations request for illegal wiretaps on the grounds that the wiretaps were illegal according to Federal law....

    It seems everyone is knee jerking here, Qwest employees were literally ripping the company off, logging off for up to an hour 'looking for a bathroom'. Give me a break, you can't find a bathroom in an hour?

    Meanwhile Digg posters will bash Qwest as an evil company, while still paying bills to Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, companies that not only rip the consumer off, but sold them out to the US government and crying for immunity from lawsuit.

    Priorities Digg community, priorities.
    • technoredneck, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3"Qwest employees were literally ripping the company off, logging off for up to an hour 'looking for a bathroom'."

      Then you fire those employees, not punish the whole lot.
    • sgtpppr, on 03/23/2008, -1/+1This is digg where every corporation, large business, and even small business is run by blood sucking pigs who want to topple democracy and brainwash them into buying things they don't want. I would seriously doubt you could find a company that wouldn't get at least a few conspiracy theories or 'i hate this company because' anecdotes.
  • CJUNIT, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1Is a [classy] section on its way soon?
  • OneLess, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Next stop, catheters hooked up to a leg-strapped urinal bag, a la House.
  • SebHughes, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1What if you need to take a dump?
  • dho331, on 03/23/2008, -0/+0they should tie the ends and give them to Qwest to use them as hats.
  • bingobongony, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4Uhhh...chidlren at Consumerist...what does this have to do with class?
  • kristov, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Im really quite sure the plastic bag was cleaner than any public bathroom you will ever find.

    Man up Nancy?
  • chatty822, on 03/23/2008, -0/+0Non-toilet trained workers can save the company money since they can't talk and don't demand a salary. The contractor gets to keep the bid amount for himself.
  • duncanm, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I've heard about this efficiency expert before. Their background story goes something like this...

    A man entered a restaurant and sat at the only open table. As he sat down, he knocked the spoon off the table with his elbow. A nearby waiter reached into his shirt pocket, pulled out a clean spoon, and set it on the table. The diner was impressed. "Do all the waiters here carry spoons in their pockets?" The waiter replied, "Yes. Ever since an Efficiency Expert visited our restaurant... They determined that 17.8% of our diners knock the spoon off the table. By carrying clean spoons with us, we save trips to the kitchen." The diner ate his meal. As he was paying the waiter, he commented, "Forgive the intrusion, but do you know that you have a string hanging from your fly?" The waiter replied, "Yes, we all do. Seems that the same Efficiency Expert determined that we spend to much time washing our hands after using the men's room. So, the other end of that string is tied to my 'thingy'. When I need to go, I simply pull the string, do my thing, and then return to work. Having never touched myself, there really is no need to wash my hands. Saves a lot of time." "Wait a minute," said the diner, "how do you get your 'thingy' back in your pants?" "Well, I don't know about the other guys, but I use the spoon."
  • darylyounge, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1This gives a whole new meaning to bagging your lunch.
  • Mobiletek, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2***** That!! They better start pinching pennies elsewhere.....time to start at the top
  • mrguevara, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2This sounds like your typical Digg reaction to a sensationalist headline. I wish I had a urinal bag, it'd be awesome.
  • Sheff, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3Should be peeing in a lunchbox, like they teach you in school in Florida.
  • Pinkertinkle, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1So where do I crap into?
  • timeless159, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0In the air freight business some of the planes no longer have bathrooms so we just go in back and use the "powerade lav". One time I almost filled a 32 oz bottle. I think being able to quantify how relieving a ***** was must be one of the most enjoyable parts of my job. Well its either that or challenging god like an angry fisherman when I fly in bad weather. The Qwest guys responsible for this complaint are losers. I hope these pee-shy nancy boys aren't climbing utility poles or using power tools. They could hurt themselves.
  • sombat55, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0I think the police don't love the complaints. May be my solove this problem is only legal
  • oldcyborg, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1There are times when I would have given almost anything for a plastic ***** bag....
    Much ado about nothing....
    Cyborg
  • hc22, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0Zip lock bags in the car come in handy- the 1/2 gallon size. Just make sure the runway is clear when you zip it closed.
  • chriz2fer, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0I am a Qwest employee. For the record, Qwest overall is an excellent employer. Free benefits (that's rare these days) free tuition (they pay up front, so you don't have to wait for reimbursement) 4 weeks vacation on hire, and other perks that are not common anymore amongst companies, unless you've been at your company many many years.

    That all said, this urinal bag thing is more of a Union (CWA) issue. Union "political correctness" redtape and bureaucracy at its finest. Qwest only reacts to the grievances and lawsuits they receive, as they have to.

    Example: Last year a Qwest phone sales rep sued the company last year. Why? Because supposedly he was "forced to work" on his breaks and lunches. So what does Qwest do in response? They require ALL union (non management) reps to leave their desks when not logged in to receive calls. This includes if you came in 10 minutes early, breaks, lunches, etc. You have to leave your desk. The policy isn't enforced worth a crap, but Qwest has "officially" covered itself as a company from future similar lawsuits. This bag thing is just another case like this, just a response to rediculous claims or requests. Like a previous poster said, read the whole article.
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