Automatic Lighting

A while ago, I wrote about the lighting in our office, which has automatic sensors, meaning that the lights go off if no-one’s around. All very useful and energy-saving I’m sure. These lights are also in use in the toilets, which makes life more fun. There’s a delay of a couple of seconds once you’ve walked in, where you’re still in darkness before the lights go “Oh, bloody hell, there’s someone in here – best get to work

What I have discovered, though, is that if you’re bored or in a silly mood, you can evade the sensors. Yes, it’s pitch-dark in there, but still, you can evade them. It’s all a bit “Mission: Impossible”, and involves sneaking along, wedged right up again the wall, so that you’re out of the sensor’s range.

What I have also discovered though, is that if you’ve done that, and then someone else walks in, they give you a very strange “What the hell are you doing?” look…


5 Comments on “Automatic Lighting”

  1. Lyle says:

    Of course, it might’ve also been a “How long have you been in here, for the lights to turn off again?!?” look, but I don’t know – and it would’ve ruined the punchline…

  2. Matt says:

    OMGROFLMAO.

    Brilliant. I can picture it now. Have you also tried (as you say) seeing how long it takes the lights to go off if you’re in there? Like, say you were taking a really good dump, and were there for a while, wouldn’t it be weird for all the lights to suddenly go out?

    Err… Anyhoo…

  3. Chris says:

    At the risk of being rude, by the sounds of your size I would have thought you would have found it hard to evade anything. 😮

  4. Chris says:

    On a seperate note, when are you going to update the home page ?? 2005 is 2 years ago now..

  5. Lyle says:

    re. 3: sod off 😛

    re. 4: sometime. *ahem*


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