The corner office has become the toilet office.

From speaking on cordless phones at home to texting a colleague during a break at work, from updating your Facebook status at a family dinner to confirming a staff meeting during a date, the restroom, long home to the most private of human acts, has become less a place to powder your nose and more a place to work.

In August, a legal intern working for the defense team in a North Carolina murder trial was caught discussing the case over a cellphone in the restroom while jurors were present.