I work in a modern building with all things automatic, including the toilet. One of my favorite stall techniques is to moisten a Charmin square and make it stick to the wall, covering the evil red electronic auto-flush Cyclops LED. Otherwise, ours work so well that by the time you've barely stood up, the auto-flush has whisked away your brown torpedoes before you can even throw an over-the-shoulder admiring glance. Who invented this device? I hope he/she is now unemployed!
On one of these trips, and after admiring my deposits, I neglected to pull the square off of HAL 9000, thereby leaving my Little Debbies for the next hapless person to pay that stall a visit. As I re-entered the restroom to remove the paper, I saw a guy stick his head in my stall, say a couple choice curse words, then sashay over to the handicapped stall to take care of his business. (Does that count as a Fly-By?)
I slyly waited until I saw his pants drop to the floor to sneak into my stall and pull the square off the auto flusher. As I did this, I heard, "You bastard," whispered from the handicrapper. I ran from the restroom, stifling my laughter until I could get into the hallway.
This heart-thumping experience got me thinking of all the times I've walked by the restroom suggestion box without filling out a suggestion form. So here are a few of mine:
- Install Post-It Notes in every stall so HAL 9000 can't read your ass lips and flush the fruits of your labor before you've paid them the proper homage.
- Instead of having to tell your closest co-workers about your doodie-deeds, have the facilities team install a digital camera in the toilet. Prior to the flush, a photo would be snapped and immediately sent to the email inbox of your Pooping Friends Network.
- Install an Emergency Override switch on the Auto Air Deodorant sprayer. A spray every five minutes just doesn't cut it!
While we're at it, let's create a little competition out of these frequent visits. We need to give HAL a little more power by letting him be the impartial jury in deciding the top 10 high scorers per stall. Scoring would be based upon:
- The amount of water displaced by turd volume
- The amount the bowl water temperature increased
- How much turd surface area appeared above the waterline.
A score would be determined and high scorers could enter their initials in the stall via a data terminal, just like Donkey Kong! Scoring in the top three would result in an immediate notification of your Pooping-Friends network, so they can high-five you as you exit the restroom to the theme song of 2001: A Space Odyssey. And finally, after they're done admiring your handiwork, they can remove the Post-It!
-- David Snook