The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50460   Message #765265
Posted By: Little Hawk
14-Aug-02 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Do people steal toilet paper?
Subject: RE: BS: Do people steal toilet paper?
Incredible as it may seem...whole civilizations got by without toilet paper (some still do), and managed to stay quite clean too. However did they do it??? Gosh, well eating a natural diet would actually help for a start... Using water might help...

But I don't think people really want to hear any more about this, so I'll stop right now. :-)

People will generally steal anything that isn't nailed down. I liked the story about the bank that had some enormous fine posted on a little sign for anyone caught stealing the pen which was secured by a chain on the front counter. It seems the pen in question was not working. The person who wanted to use it stole the warning sign instead in retaliation, and left the pen.

You can also use people's propensity to steal things that aren't nailed down as a handy way of getting rid of stuff you don't want or need...like a dead parrot. Put him in an old purse and leave it standing by the elevator for a few minutes while you attend to something else.

- LH