Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Another reason I'm glad I'm a freelancer

I was onsite at a client's office yesterday, training somebody to use the RFP Machine. During a trip to the restroom--which is shared by everybody on the floor--I read a sign taped to the inside of one of the stalls. This sign, which shall forever be known to me as "Bathroom Etiquette for Dummies," read something like:
Please check to make sure that everything you left in the toilet has been flushed down.

If the toilet continues to run, jiggle the handle.

If you need a plunger, there is one beneath the sink. If you do not know how to work a plunger, call Steve.
There were also instructions on how to turn off the water if the handle-jiggling didn't work.

Sure, I may have to replace my own toilet paper, clean out my own sink and deal with any plunging issues without Steve's assistance, but I will take some minimal bathroom maintenance over the necessity to post a sign reminding people to thoroughly flush the toilet any day.

4 comments:

Kathryn Magendie said...

Lawd! laughing....

Poor steve *laughing!!!!*

Unknown said...

Oh my goodness! That is hysterical!! Wonder what all happened to bring Steve to the point where he felt he needed to post "potty rules". :)

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Amie said...

I shudder to think about the circumstances surrounding the creation of the flyer . . . better still was the fact that key portions were highlighted in yellow.

Lori said...

Dontcha wonder what their own bathrooms look like?

Ew.