Sure, some things (don’t pee in the freaking trash can!) should go without saying. But if you’re gonna say it, wouldn’t this be the time for absolute clarity? In this situation, the directive “behind the salad bar” seems dangerously vague.
Oh, and did I mention that Jenna in Kansas spotted this notice at a local “salad bar/tanning salon”? Because I’m sure that clears everything up.
related: What is it about thrift-store fitting rooms?
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#1
Quite Contrary
Having to tell someone to not urinate in a trash can is a far bigger issue than the note itself. Were their customers raised by wolves?
May 5, 2010 at 7:05 pm rating: 8
#2
Wade
I have a feeling they need to invest in more than a sneeze guard.
May 5, 2010 at 7:10 pm rating: 45
#3
Bunnee
Combination salad bar/tanning salon? Ew. Something tells me those aren’t bacon bits….
May 5, 2010 at 7:51 pm rating: 19
#4
Fridge Pirate
The Salad Bar smelling of piss was fucking delicious!
May 5, 2010 at 8:44 pm rating: 3
#5
mamason
The restrooms are located behind the salad bar/tanning bed/urinal.
May 5, 2010 at 8:47 pm rating: 4
#6
mamason
At the point that I would ever have to leave such a note, I don’t know that I would be so polite as to say, “Please.”
May 5, 2010 at 8:49 pm rating: 12
#7
infant tyrone
Is this a state of denial ? State of paranoia ? WTF Todo, where are we ?
Oh, this has to be a trap set by someone just seriously itchin’ for a former Californian to make the claim that not even in his erstwhile home state would you see such a gallimaufried combo as a salad bar/tanning salon…
someone just ready to pounce back with “AHA, didn’t you know, somewhere on a back road between Gilroy (garlic capital) and Watsonville (artichoke capital) there lies just such an establishment ?”
Ah, but the strawberries, doncha see ? That’s where I had ‘em.
I knew about Desde el Sol Hasta el Jardin all along from watching this hybrid TV show that crossed The Amazing Race and a scavenger hunt, where the contestants had to find a place to buy poppyseed tanning lotion
as well as a ranch dressing with an SPF45 rating.
Please, Kansas, tell me these aren’t your people, but just savages passing through on the Interstate, or better yet, passing through a wormhole.
Although Japanese sub commanders rued the enemy’s relative decorum,
even Capt. Queeg didn’t have to tell his crew not to urinate in
trashcans.May 5, 2010 at 8:53 pm rating: 6
#8
Sarah
How did this urinating person go unnoticed?
May 5, 2010 at 9:01 pm rating: 6
#9
Escape Goat
Thanks, management, for positioning the salad bar directly in front of the restrooms. You should try-out for a job with the zoning board. Oh, yeah, and thanks for reminding me not to piss in the trash cans. I guess you don’t want me to shit next to the soda machine, either. Love ya, The Turd Burglar.
May 5, 2010 at 9:03 pm rating: 10
#10
Canthz_B
Great…now the chicken-noodle soup is salty.
May 5, 2010 at 10:16 pm rating: 8
#11
Canthz_B
This could have been avoided if they’d just let the urinal cakes dissolve away rather than throwing them out when they get small.
Personally, I’m hard-wired to piss on a urinal cake wherever I see one…“CLEAN-UP ON AISLE TWELVE!!”
May 5, 2010 at 10:23 pm rating: 3
#12
ronx
The source of those nasty e coli outbreaks has been revealed, restoring the honor of spinach farmers everywhere.
May 5, 2010 at 10:27 pm rating: 2
#13
Canthz_B
It’s official…evolution does not exist in Kansas.
May 5, 2010 at 10:38 pm rating: 11
#14
Canthz_B
That’s one feisty salad bar trash can.
One might even say it’s full of piss and vinegar.
May 5, 2010 at 10:48 pm rating: 7
#15
ISpy
I’m OK with the ban on urination in the trashcan. I’m all about spitting and nose-picking anyway.
May 5, 2010 at 11:20 pm rating: 2
#16
aaa
While I’m all for combining two completely disparate things into one giant, confusing monstrosity, I’m not quite sure why one would even want to combine a tanning salon with a salad bar. Salad bars are kind of lame and tanning beds make your skin look gross and vaguely non-human; the combination of the two does not seem very appealing. Maybe the cognitive dissonance of this confusing establishment is what’s compelling its patrons to piss in trash cans.
May 6, 2010 at 12:27 am rating: 6
#17
K
First, the combo of a salad bar/tanning salon is gross.
And second, for clarification I’m pretty sure they mean the trash cans in the rooms with the tanning beds. I used to work at a tanning salon and some people would piss in the trash can so they didn’t have to walk to the bathroom.
May 6, 2010 at 12:53 am rating: 2
#18
Blogmella
Why are you all making nasty comments? It’s like you don’t think incontinent people should be ALLOWED to get tans, or eat salad!
May 6, 2010 at 1:55 am rating: 7
#19
Mo®
New Depends™ Speedees for that French beach look!
May 6, 2010 at 9:41 am rating: 3
#20
dragonflygrrl
I’m a touch ashamed to admit this, but hey, it’s the internet. I currently live in Kansas, and there is in fact a salad bar/tanning salon in the town where I live. A salad bar/tanning salon, in fact, which has pink craggy walls a la the photo. I hate to be the person who “pounces back with” the knowledge of such an establishment’s existence and location, but then I also hate wondering if patrons of my local salad bar are pissing in the trashcans.
I think this fine establishment is in Pittsburg, KS. Oh my. I ate there last week. Is it ironic that I eat salad there but do not tan because of health concerns?
May 6, 2010 at 12:10 pm rating: 7
#21
clumber
My Dad used to make up stories about strange combination businesses he would like to open. Such as the Fish Hospital/Seafood bar.
I was a bit relieved to see that this PAN is not from Boulder.
May 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm rating: 5
#22
Jenna
It is also a juice bar and coffee shop. And the outside of the building says Sunsational Massage or something, but I don’t know where that would be. The building isn’t that big.
And the trashcan was about a foot high with a lid. Inside the booth.
May 8, 2010 at 10:33 am rating: 0
#23
kerry anna
I used to be an Assistant Manager at a tanning salon. On my first day I was required to read a an employee manual with an entire section devoted to handling customer “bathroom” situations. I thought it was a joke. It certainly was not – notes like the one posted above are absolutely essential. I didn’t expect to be dealing with so many fluids on a daily basis (sweat I was prepared for, poop and pee not so much). At least two people would pee into a garbage can every single shift – no exaggeration. Poop was a little more rare, maybe every four shifts or so. People messing up the actual bathrooms was even more rare than poop, probably about every other week. Vomit, maybe once or twice a month. Yep, that’s right – tanners are fucking disgusting. I never knew. And I really don’t understand the connection, maybe being under all the warm light does something to the bowels? (I’ve never actually tanned, just took the job in a pinch) It’s sad and disturbing but let me say it again – NOTES LIKE THE ONE PICTURES ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN TANNING SALONS!!
May 10, 2010 at 12:28 am rating: 0
#24
Max Time
thanks for the note, I’ll jus take a leak in this salad
May 13, 2010 at 8:59 am rating: 1
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