Lessons from the toilet

There is a popular toilet slogan..."We aim to please, You aim too, please"

One can tell from the level of hygiene is some toilets that aiming need more work. The amount of splatter on the floor shows that while it is easy to assume that people can aim when you tell them to, some people simply need help to focus their aim.

At Singapore's Changi International Airport Terminal 3, the management takes aiming into their own hands. In their urinal is strategically imprinted the shape of a fly (see picture above). All the user has to do is to aim his stream at the "fly" and voilla! the aim is complete! It is almost natural to do so as they have cleverly used the picture of a common enemy (the fly) for the aim. Had they used a picture of a sweet, a flower, etc it would have been less effective.

More developers can take note of this simple innovation. There is a high chance that you will find this implemented in a new hospital.