Tracking technology means workers are 'loo'sers...

Sorry for awful pun - story here about companies using sophisticated tracking technology to time how long their employees spend in the loo. Progress eh?

Of course the technology may be more sophisticated, but this is not a new phenomenon. About 10 years ago I used to work for Manpower on a BT contract, and we were supposed to key in a particular code if we left our work-station to 'use the facilities' (re-reading this it looks like I'm going for a bit of a record here on toilet euphemisms).

We usually 'forgot' to put in the right code, or even better starting raising our hand and asking the supervisor if, 'Please sir/miss, can I use the toilet...I really need to go!'. Supervisors can normally deal with outright opposition, but mockery is a whole different ball game...suffice to stay the 'toilet regime' ended pretty shortly thereafter!