Office Memo

A friend of mine works in a large office that is experiencing a serious budget crunch. The result has been cutbacks in restroom cleaning and toilet paper supplies, last week my friend went to three different restrooms before he found a stall that had a roll of toilet paper.

The cut backs also delayed the renewal of a contract for recylcing.  As a result the large recycle bins throughout the building were overflowing, and numerous emails were sent to the company's facility manager with questions about managing the excess paper. My friend showed me the facility manager's response to frequently asked questions including this one:

Q: Can we move the full recycle bins to the bathrooms so they can be used as backup toilet paper?

A: No, the pipes aren't made to accommodate anything stronger than actual toilet paper. So many people were asking this question that I actually had to answer it (wow, this person really doesn't comprehend a joke).

And to the person flushing magazine pages down the toilet in the men’s restroom, the building's plumber has asked me to beg you to stop (I guess some people weren’t joking).