Yesterday I was moving some boxes into my new rental storage locker. As I went to get a cart to haul the boxes, I once again saw all the signs asking us not to steal the carts. It’s a realistic concern. I’m moving out of my old storage locker because people stole all the carts and management decided not to replace them.
When I finished, I used the bathroom, where I found this disheartening reminder of the depths of human depravity:
That’s right. They had to chain down the plunger for the toilet because otherwise people would steal it.
I mean, who steals a toilet plunger? And why? Did they just happen to need one right now? If not, what were they doing about toilet clogs before?
Do you keep your keys on a keychain because people will otherwise steal them? No. You keep them on a key chain to keep them together. Maybe that toilet gets clogged up a lot and the janitor wants to make sure it stays handy, because some idiot assistant kept putting it back in the supply closet. Carelessness is much more common than criminality.
Yeah, yeah, that’s got to be it. They probably just want it to stay where it will be useful, and if somebody needs a plunger for something else, they’re supposed to leave this one where it is and use the one from the supply closet. That’s certainly a much more pleasant view of humanity.