【国立病院機構／「万人共用」家具の困った仕様】

　昨日、国立病院機構・北海道医療センター検査入院から無事に退院。ほんの３泊４日日程でしたが、やはり「居住環境」メディアを作ってきた人間なので、そういう視点から見る部分がありました。前回の昨年４月末〜５月初頭GW中の２泊３日はたまたま空いていた１人部屋だったのですが、今回はさすがに万が一の急患の可能性にも遠慮して通常の４人部屋。
　そこでの家具の仕様にやや面食らった点があった。上の写真がベッドサイドに置かれ壁面に２方向閉鎖されているその家具ですが、いちばん驚いたのが、外套や上着の収納箇所が、壁に押しつけられている超狭め空間に「押し込められて」いたのです。しかもそのポール部分には家具背面から出てきている電線の類いが巻き付けられていてコート類を収納させるのに非常に難渋させられたのです。っていうか、まさかそういう箇所に配置されているとは、はるかに常識想定外でそうとわかってからも、この時期の定番ダウンジャケット収納のため、重たい家具全体をやや手前に移動させる必要があった。「滅多に使わない」衣類収納という疎外された存在扱いなのでしょうか。
　ギリギリ２枚の衣類を掛けたら満杯なのですが、収納させるのにけっこうな作業集中がなければ成功できない。コード類が邪魔して円滑にはいかないのですね。
　で、わたしは「中居なんとか」の異常行動ふるまいを当然としてきたテレビ業界をほとんどまったく視聴しないので、これが万人共通用として空間の枢要な位置を占めていることに「オイオイ」感が否めない。まぁそれはある程度仕方ないけれど、テレビを視聴するためには「テレビカード」購入の必要がある。困ったのは絶対必需家電である冷蔵庫も、そのテレビカードを購入して入れなければスイッチONできない仕様であること。これはまったく理解できなくて丸１日、持参していたミカンが冷蔵されていなくて、取り出すときやや香りがキツくなっていることに気付くまで、うかつにも冷蔵庫が働いていないことがまったくわからなかった（泣）。
　いま考えると、テレビは全国民が等しく視聴するという潜在観念とは違う価値観の人間は想定外なのでしょう。まぁわたしが「異常な」なんだと決めつけられるのは構わないけれど。ただわたし以外にもこういう嗜好性のタイプは増えてきていると思うので、意味不明の「性的多様性対応・受容」を強制するより、こういう多様性対応を考えて欲しいと思わされた次第。


English version⬇

[National Hospital Authority / Trouble with ‘universal’ furniture
More and more people are the type of people who do not watch television and use computers for information contact. Why not make food fridges function without the acceptance of television? ...

　Yesterday, I was safely discharged from the National Hospital Organisation Hokkaido Medical Centre from a test hospitalisation. It was only for three nights and four days, but as someone who has made ‘residential environment’ media, I had to look at it from that point of view. The last time, from the end of April to the beginning of May last year, I stayed in a single-person room that happened to be available, but this time I stayed in a regular four-person room, taking into account the possibility of an emergency.
　I was a little surprised at the specification of the furniture there. The photo above shows the furniture, which was placed by the bedside and closed to the wall in two directions, and the most surprising thing was that the cloak and jacket were ‘pushed’ into the very narrow space pressed against the wall. Moreover, the pole was wrapped around an electrical wire coming out of the back of the furniture, which made it very difficult to store the coats. Even after realising this, it was necessary to move the entire piece of furniture forward a little to store the down jackets that are a staple this time of year. Is it the marginalised status of ‘seldom-used’ clothes storage?
　It is full when just barely two garments are hung, but you have to have considerable work concentration to succeed in getting it to store them in the first place. Cords get in the way and it doesn't go smoothly.
　And since I hardly watch the TV industry, which seems to have taken Nakai's abnormal behaviour for granted, I can't deny that I feel ‘oui oui’ at the fact that this occupies a pivotal position in the space as a universal use. Well, that can't be helped to some extent, but what is troubling is the need to purchase a ‘TV card’ in order to watch TV. And the fridge, which is an essential household appliance, cannot be switched on without purchasing and inserting a TV card. This was completely incomprehensible to me, and for a whole day I had no idea that the fridge was not working until I carelessly noticed that the tangerines I had brought with me were not refrigerated and had a slightly stronger aroma when I took them out (tears).
　Now that I think about it, people with different values than the subconscious notion that television is something that all people watch equally are not expected to do so. Well, I don't mind if people assume that I have an ‘abnormal’ lifestyle. However, I think there are more and more people with this type of preference other than me, so I would like them to think about how to respond to this type of diversity rather than enforcing a ‘sexual diversity response/acceptance’ that makes no sense.