Melz
04-06-2005, 09:01 PM
Lipstick at School
>
> According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington
> recently was 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.
>
> 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, and cleaned
>
> the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
>
> There are teachers, and then there are educators.
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>
> According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington
> recently was 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.
>
> 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, and cleaned
>
> the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
>
> There are teachers, and then there are educators.
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