> A certain private school in Seattle , Wash. was recently faced
with a
> unique problem. A number of 12-year old girls were starting to use
> lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but
after
> they had it on 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 all the yawns from the little princesses!)
>
> To demonstrate how difficult it wa s 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 mirrors. There are
> teachers.......and then there are educators
