In a previous column, That’s Probably a Health Code Violation, I mentioned that in the office where I work, the men’s restroom is inconveniently located inside the kitchen. As you might imagine, this makes life a little uncomfortable for everyone who has to use that toilet, or be in the same general area.

Today, I taped the following list to the wall inside the bathroom to help stamp out some of the problems that I had been running into with my employees.

Let’s hope it works.

The 10 Rules of the Restroom

1. Priority #1 is to not make the kitchen smell like #2.
2. Leaving the light on does not mean there is a fan in here. Let’s save some energy or limit the smell output. Either one is fine by us.
3. If not using the toilet seat, please remove it from harm’s way.
4. You plug it, you plunge it.
5. No really, you plug it, you’d better plunge it.
6. The floor is not the same thing as a trash can.
7. If you can hear the people in the kitchen, they can also hear you.
8. Do not leave the water running in the sink when you exit. If you do, then rest assured that somewhere, a cute dolphin is suffocating.
9. The paper towels are not a substitute for toilet paper and will clog the pipes.
10. Should the toilet overflow, the last course of action you should take is to panic, run out of the restroom, and not tell anyone. Please inform Management immediately. And we do mean immediately. Some of us are not strong swimmers.

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