Chem Sci Locker Room

Part of a series on Hobomaxxing on campus.

The Chem Sci Mens Locker Room is home to the most liminal space bathroom on campus. This mens bathroom/ locker room is located at the south end of the Chem Sci Basement, across from the staircase. It is currently my preferred location to shower, as it is both infrequently used, and very accessible.

Only ever seen people during my showers on weekdays, during working hours. Showering on weekends (in the middle of the day), and on weekdays the evenings (after 8pm or so) I have never seen anyone in here. The motion sensors lights have always been off, and nobody has used the bathroom with me in the shower. Very rarely do people use this bathroom, but they do on occasion.

Even on the days where I shower during business hours, nobody has ever come into the locker room section. The locker room is visible through a propped door, but the showers are blocked from view until you enter the locker room. During business hours, I have observed at most 3 people per hour use the bathroom. The lights are usually on when I enter the bathroom. The timer is about 20min. The lights also give you a motion detector if someone opens the door. The shower has it's own light on a regular switch.

The shower has 3 shower heads (no stalls, one shared room), although 2 of the shower heads have broken handles. Should be operable with vice grips but I have not tested it.

The shower doesn't appear to be cleaned ever, but it has good ventilation, and with infrequent use doesn't seem to mold. Not particularly clean otherwise, but have some sandals so you don't have to touch the floor. Handle is clean, and I don't have any problem putting a shampoo bottle on the floor, or my soap box on the soap shelf. The cleaning log on the door indicates that the bathroom portion is cleaned by Janitorial staff in the AM. Not sure when, earliest I have been in here was around 11am and it was done.

The hot water takes about 5min of running the one functional shower and all the sinks at worst. I usually sit on the toilet on my phone with them all running for a few.

The WiFi is bad, but usable in the locker room half. Totally fine in the bathroom stall section. I'm writing this down and creating this page from in the shower right now.