Perfect time for bathroom break

Published 3:50 pm Friday, July 17, 2015

It’s about midway through the latest 2½-hour blockbuster. That large soda you bought at the concession stand is passing through your body like rain through a downspout. Like it or not, you’re going to need a break. Then your phone vibrates. Your RunPee app says it’s OK to head to the facilities.

RunPee, the brainchild of 48-year-old software developer Dan Florio, tells you where in current major movies it’s all right to take off for three or four minutes.

Those breaks may be during slow patches. Or are summarized on the app or recapped in the movie after you’re back in your seat. Others are “emergency pee times” just because there hasn’t been a break for about 30 minutes. Free for iOS and Android.

— Rich Heldenfels, Akron Beacon Journal