According to a news report, a certain private school
in Washington was recently faced with a unique
problem. A number of 12-year-old girls
were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on
in the bathroom.
That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick,
they would press their lips to the mirror leaving
dozens of little lip prints.
Every night the maintenance man would remove them
and the next day the girls would put them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to
be done.
She called all the girls to the bathroom and met
them there with the maintenance man.
She explained that all these lip prints were causing
a major problem for the custodian who had to clean
the mirrors every night
(you can just imagine the yawns from the little
princesses).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean
the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show
the girls how much
effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in
the toilet bowl, and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the
mirror.
There are teachers.... and there are educators.