{"id":479,"date":"2012-11-26T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kljcharters.com\/blog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2016-05-21T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T00:35:42","slug":"when-plumbing-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kljcharters.com\/blog\/when-plumbing-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"When plumbing fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when a high-tech urinal crashes? It no longer flushes, but it does flash an indicator light and occasionally beeps. No, it was not made by Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"530\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vTh4T3Ok-HY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The beep sound occurs only about once every ten seconds. This is a long enough interval that you aren&#8217;t really sure you heard a beep, but frequent enough that it will annoy you if you think to use the restroom as a place to take a nap away from coworkers. Curse you, beep!<\/p>\n<p>Something else you can&#8217;t help but notice: nobody seems to know what to do with a crashed urinal. Should you call a plumber? 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