Tell me why, in a
building full of professional adults, there is a need to put certain
signs above certain areas. Do we need a “No Running” sign in an office
environment? Do we need a sign for the kitchen area
that directs people to clean up after themselves? What is society
coming to when the most basic aspects of human conduct must be subtly
reinforced by the use of signage.
Here’s what started
this topic. I work in a 6 story building full of adults, professional
working adults. In this building, we obviously have restrooms and
kitchen areas, conference rooms and offices. Each is
labeled with the appropriate sign denoting what it is and what it is
used for, rightfully so. One thing that caught me off guard is a sign I
saw in the restroom. Above the toilet (not the urinal) there is a
special sign, something I have to tell my 4 year
old and 6 year old consistently. “Please Flush”. Please flush?
Please flush!? What the F sort of world do we live in that an office
building full of grown working adults has to have signs placed above the
restroom equipment reminding people to flush their
fecal matter down the toilet!?
This has peeked my
curiosity to the point that I think an experiment is in order. Tomorrow
at approximately 6am, I am going to take a piece of masking tape and
add the word “Don’t” between “Please” and “Flush”
and see what happens. Is our society that codependent on signage to
instruct us of the most basic of the human functions? I will gladly
report the results after one day of testing or until the toilet over
flows with fecal matter and the “adults” try to figure
out what the problem is.
Ramble, ramble,
ramble. You have to be thinking that at this point if you’ve read this
far. It just caught me off guard that we need THAT posted as a
reminder. What we really need is a sign posted on every corner
of every block of every city in every area of the world that reads
“Please Be Kind to One Another” or “Please No Murdering”, “Please No
Raping”, “Please No Violence”, “Please No Parking in More Than One
Parking Spot”. Maybe there is a method to the madness,
maybe that is why I have never seen anything other than water in the
bathroom facilities. Should we award the Nobel Peace Prize to the
person that cracked the human neurological code by figuring out that all
we need is a sign to point us in the right direction?
Remember, Flush your poop or you’re a douche.
Sleep well, Stay strong and most of all NEVER CONFORM!
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