It is still legal for ladies to squat in the street if there are no facilities available, after shouting 'need!'. They should really be behind the nearside wheel of a Hackney cab but there we go....

The legislation is to try and reduce time wasted in the bathroom, as not everyone goes there to 'perform', but to skive away from other duties - I know, we have the supreme 'need to piss artist' in our office. Any time he's on phone duty, his bladder is suddenly a quarter the size and he's up and down to the bogs every 20 minutes or so.

Call centres are the bane of all Trade Unionist's lives and yes, there are places where you literally do need to ask permission and are made to wait. There is a health issue over this, and hopefully that will prevail. When all their work force go off sick with cystitis and other urinary tract infections, maybe they'll see sense.

LTS