September 3, 2008
Guru has previously noted London mayor Boris Johnson's plans to make the capital's employers open up access to the loos to the general public.
In a variation on the theme, the Holiday Inn in south London ghetto Sutton (not a million miles away from Guru's stately residence) is making its showers available to local sweaty workers.
People who walk, run, crawl, hop, skip or cycle to work in Sutton town centre can now enjoy free morning showers at the hotel. The deal covers an estimated 5,000 staff in 70 businesses, so there could be a bit of a queue in the morning.
However, Guru has been told that workers must bring their own soap and towels, and the showers are segregated. Guru once had a very similar idea of encouraging more people to shower in the workplace, but no such segregation was in place. Unisex is the way forward, Guru strongly believes.
The plan was only thwarted after a visit from the boys in blue, reminding Guru that mounting recording equipment in shower areas is illegal. Such a shame; in Guru's world, work would be so much more fun.
