A principal of a small middle school had a problem with a few of the
older girls starting to use lipstick. When applying it in the bathroom
they would then press their lips to the mirror and leave lip prints.
Before
it got out of hand he thought of a way to stop it. He gathered all the
girls together that wore lipstick and told them he wanted to meet with
them in the ladies room at 2pm.
They gathered at 2pm and found
the principal and the school custodian waiting for them. The principal
explained that it was becoming a problem for the custodian to clean the
mirror every night. He said he felt the ladies did not fully understand
just how much of a problem it was and he wanted them to witness just how
hard it was to clean.
The custodian then demonstrated. He took a
long brush on a handle out of a box. He then dipped the brush in the
nearest toilet, moved to the mirror and proceeded to remove the
lipstick.
That was the last day the girls pressed their lips on the mirror.
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