See the Fly?

Studies have shown that adding a picture of a fly into a urinal acts to reduce spillage by a significant amount, as it serves as an aim for the users of the urinal.



A fly in the urinal – what does it make you think of? Dirty? Disgusting? Obscene? Tasteless? It is actually an example of excellent usability. Dutch manufacturers realized that a fly painted on the porcelain of a urinal nearly always became a "target" for men using the facility. And the fly is positioned in precisely the right place for minimal spillage or splashback.

Clever those Dutch!
For more pictures and details, see www.readingeagle.com/editor/archives/2005/06/the_fly_in_the.html, or www.urinal.net/ocean_princess Submitted by Ash Donaldson, Melbourne, Australia