from kj

The Drinking Fountain Horror

I saw the cover of the local newspaper today, and immediately knew the answer to the question it posed. "Is bottled [water] better?" Yes, my friend, it is. Better at least, than the work drinking fountain. One day, several months ago, my co-workers and I witnessed a horrific event. It occured when the drinking fountain had a clog, though none of us knew it did. It had backed up, without our knowledge, and maintenance came to save the day.

The maintenance man came along, in his one-piece coveralls, with a plunger in-tow. I know you are asking yourself: "A plunger? What is he doing with a plunger?" We are dealing with a drinking fountain here, not a toilet. He did indeed have a plunger, probably used on a toilet once upon another maintenance story. He began to plunge the drinking fountain drain. My co-workers and I watched in horror. I would never use that drinking fountain again. How could I after it had been treated like a toilet? I shudder to think that the plunger had been used before on that very drinking fountain. Just pray that your drinking fountain has not or will not suffer the same fate.

posted by kari @ 11:40 AM