When I was reading TechCrunch the other day and they were featuring this new innovative solution, Mizpee,  I knew I couldn’t pass the opportunity to share my own thoughts on this new "Bathroom Radar".  To copy verbatim from the Mizpee site, this service finds the closest, cleanest toilet and gives you entertaining reading material once you get there. This is a mobile service, which enables you to have quick access to the most accessible bathrooms.

You simply fire up your mobile browser and click on "Find Toilet" and you can input the specific street address and city where you find yourself. Mizpee will then provide listings of the closest and cleanest bathrooms in the area and some interesting reading material to boot!

Now, I first of all must give Mizpee a ton of credit for coming up with a very innovative concept and one that I certainly have never thought of! But let’s have a reality check for moment shall we? I don’t know about you, but when "Nature Calls" and I need to go in a hurry, I think I probably have enough common sense to quickly scan my surroundings and jump into the closest coffee shop, gas station, restaurant, office building etc… to take care of business.  While I can appreciate Mizpee finding the cleanest bathroom in the area, when I have to go, the last thing I want to do is review bathroom feedback and assess the overall aesthetics to ensure I have a most enjoyable washroom experience. Just get me to the porceline (or the nearest bush in emergency situations.:)

Now, I wonder what Neil Postman would say about this??? In his famous book, Technopoly, he emphasizes "the growing condition in which human judgement and subjective thought fall inferior to the advancement of tecnology and it’s mandate for efficiency and accuracy."  I would have to concur with "Mr Postman" on this one as it relates to tools like Mizpee. I applaud their creativity and innovation, but at the end of the day, I just don’t need a computer solution guiding my bathroom decision-making abilities!

Although, I do look forward to Mizpee 2.0 - The Quick Solution to Constipation - Sorry, couldn’t leave that one alone:)

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