On the days I cycle to work, I need a shower when I get there. These days all offices have showers, I guess – I haven’t run across one without a shower since forever.

This is the lavatory & shower on the 2nd floor at Sortera’s office in Liljeholmen.

#1 on the right is the shower, of course.

#2 on the left is the motion detector for the lights.

#3 in the middle is a large cleaning cabinet.

Want to guess whether the cleaning cabinet blocks the motion sensor from seeing half the room? Including the entirety of the shower? Of course it does. So I have to make sure to finish my shower before the lights turn off. Even standing outside the shower drying myself off is not enough to keep the lights on. Several times I’ve had to wave my towel around the cupboard to get the lights back.