laura in boston says one of the restrooms at her school is a real note bonanza. the inside of the stall features no fewer than four individual notes about proper flushing etiquette, and immediately outside the restroom are two (slightly contradictory notes) about proper door opening/closing procedure.
but what’s most interesting? how a couple of those notes look awfully familiar...
related: passive perfectionism; et tu, dora?
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#1 Grimfool
There should be another note saying “if you had time to read all notes, you didn’t really need to be here”
Dec 30, 2007 at 2:38 pm rating: +1
#2 Canthz_B
Shout heard throughout the facility:
“WHERE THE HELL IS THE MARRIED PERSON RESTROOM?”
Dec 30, 2007 at 2:58 pm rating: +4
#3 pry
wow, the only notes in my school’s restroom was a “why to unplug” info sheet. btw, “unplugging” is to cease being a tampon-user.
liberal arts school.
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:04 pm rating: 0
#4 Juliet
I totally relate to these notes. I’ve seen some terribly dirty women’s washrooms. I think when it comes to public toilets women are less tidy, but when it comes to home use, men are less tidy. Perhaps it comes from not wanting to touch anything in the public washroom, so if anything is left on the toilet seat or the floor, it stays.
Also I like the use of the word ‘debris’ in the final note.
One thing I don’t understand is how water gets all over the counter in women’s washrooms. I somehow manage to keep it in the sink every time.
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:05 pm rating: 0
#5 Juliet
And who is leaving the door of a public washroom open???!
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:08 pm rating: 0
#6 SilverIris
The typo in the previous note was the cause of all the confusion and chaos in the women’s room: “Please be sure to leave the bathroom/toilet PISStine after use.”
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:19 pm rating: +1
#7 Crash
“This is a single person - bathroom !!”……
Leaves alot to the imagination.
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:19 pm rating: +1
#8 Wade
“leave the door open when available”
is that equivalent to a “wide stance”?
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:30 pm rating: +3
#9 Wade
“for all debris to disappear”?!?!
well, there’s your problem. nothing good can come from flushing the results of construction cleanup.
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:36 pm rating: +1
#10 cvp
Oh, crud.
I hate pressure. Was that leave the door open when in use and closed when empty or the other way around? I can’t remember and I’ve got to go!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:37 pm rating: +1
#11 Canthz_B
I like “Dora the Enforcer”!
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:44 pm rating: +1
#12 Heywood
x
Dec 30, 2007 at 3:47 pm rating: 0
#13 Canthz_B
Couldn’t they just leave the door closed at all times and knock before entering?
If it’s locked or you get an “I’m in here!” wait your turn.
Dec 30, 2007 at 4:05 pm rating: 0
#14 Crash
Note #2
Is that a picture of a sign ?
Or a sign taped to a picture of a T.V. screen underneath ?…..can’t really make that out too well.
Anyway….
Dec 30, 2007 at 4:15 pm rating: 0
#15 Canthz_B
How are they going to keep the bathroom/toilet pristine when the paper towel dispenser is empty?
Dec 30, 2007 at 4:30 pm rating: +1
#16 anglophile
Wait, they printed PAN notes from the internet and posted them as their own notes??!!?? Not only are they passive-aggressive, they are also lazy and fradulent!
Make up your own damn signs!
Dec 30, 2007 at 4:52 pm rating: +1
#17 Grimfool
Apologies to The Platters, but I had to do it . . .
Pristine handles make a lovely sight
But not as bright as your bowl tonight (as your bowl tonight) (Oh)
Wipe off the handles, when your dump is through
For I’ll be wishing that you flush me, too (that you flush me, too)
You’re only pristine (pristine)
But you’re my porcelain queen (you’re my queen)
You’re the prettiest, loveliest swirl
I’ve ever seen (I’ve ever seen) (Oh!)
Pristine handles, and my seat will glow
For ever and ever when I flush you so (when I flush you so)
You’re only pristine (pristine)
But you’re my porcelain queen (you’re my queen)
Oh, you’re the prettiest, loveliest swirl
I’ve ever seen (I’ve ever seen) (Oh!)
Pristine handles, and my seat will glow
For ever and ever when I flush you so (when I flush you so)
When I flush you so!!!
Dec 30, 2007 at 5:03 pm rating: +3
#18 Writerrejected
I like the note that say “Things will work very well if you adhere to the steps.” It’s always nice when someone outlines proper toilet use steps, but it sounds like a veiled threat, or a work-mafia warning: things won’t work out for you if you don’t flush the way we like.
I’d probably take that sign off the wall and bring it to HR just for fun, complaining about a hostile work environment and dropping the name of my “lawyer.”
Dec 30, 2007 at 5:08 pm rating: 0
#19 jimmyjimmyjimmyjimmykalamahoo! kalamahee! kalamabringachairplease!
ever noticed how its always the women’s toilets????
Dec 31, 2007 at 10:09 am rating: 0
#20 Lurker
“Wait a minute - people are ignoring the note we put up in he girls’ bog. We’d better put up a second note telling them to do what we said in the first note.”
Dec 31, 2007 at 7:55 pm rating: 0
#21 Team Cassandra
Whoa nelly - I can’t handle all these point one point two thingies…I can’t decide where to post so I’ll just say that the posts here are a whole big lot better than the notes.
My daughter, before she could read, would judge public bathrooms by smell - if it smelled like pee at the door then it was for boys. She was only wrong once and that was at Coffee Time (if you’re not familiar Coffee Time is most notable for its watery coffee, quick and easy midnite drug trafficking and so, of course, nasty bathrooms.)
And in other news: It’s just lovely how Nickelodeon’s found new and exciting ways to make sure that parents know what to buy for their children.
Jan 2, 2008 at 12:57 pm rating: +1
#22 stargirl
what was up w/ the dora one? i so need one of those…
Jan 5, 2008 at 3:43 pm rating: 0
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