Irritable Bowel

Irritable Bowel is a duplicant trait that causes a duplicant to require additional time to "do their business" compared with other duplicants. Duplicants with this trait spend longer on restroom needs, which can affect how quickly they return to their normal tasks after taking care of personal needs.

This trait is purely behavioral: it changes the duration a duplicant spends satisfying bathroom-related needs rather than altering other attributes such as physical abilities, skills, or stress directly. The trait description is concise and consistent across localized sources: the duplicant simply needs a little extra time when using facilities.

• Place sufficient lavatories and sinks near work areas and high-traffic locations to reduce queuing and travel time for duplicants who require longer restroom breaks.
• Monitor duplicate schedules and workflow so that tasks sensitive to short interruptions are not assigned in immediate succession to a duplicant known to take longer for personal breaks.
• Stagger work priorities and keep spare facilities available during peak times to minimize bottlenecks caused by longer bathroom usage.
• Consider proximity when assigning bedrooms and workstations; minimizing travel distance to restrooms reduces overall downtime when breaks take longer.

Irritable Bowel is a straightforward trait to manage with placement and scheduling adjustments. It does not imply other negative or positive modifiers beyond increased time to complete bathroom needs.