Non exclusive areas

[Darth Fool]

Colony Management Inc. would humbly like to request an upgrade to the colony management software currently being used in all our outer planet colonies.  Specifically, we request that restricted area designations for colonists be non exclusive so that a colonist can be allowed access to multiple areas simultaneously.  This will allow our colony managers to more efficiently allocate colonists and livestock to areas and tasks that suit their needs.  For example, those colonists choosing to consume the flesh of their enemies could be relegated to do the bloody business of chopping up raider scum in areas separate from the normal butchering facilities, thus ensuring that no squeamish colonists are assigned the task.  Livestock areas could also be easily switched around.  Common areas could still be assigned to everyone.
While technically the same thing can be accomplished using the current colony interface by assigning each colonist/animal their own area and editing them individually, this is a cumbersome task.  We believe great efficiency improvements will be seen by our colony managers with this one change. 

Thanks,
Colonoy Management Inc.
"Your one stop shop for colony management!"

[Rock5]

I was thinking about this last night. I agree. You should be able to set up various areas for separate tasks then assign the areas relevant to each colonist. In function it should be simple, it's just a matter of being able to select (and deselect) multiple areas at the same time.