Thursday

Quality Control

Today I ran into what has become a somewhat common occurrence. I found another lopsided toilet (forgive my crass language) in a building on campus. Now, the last time I ran into, or happened upon, this rather unique situation was last year

"That's not a very common occurrence."

Yes, but think of the circumstances: I live in a first world country, a more developed nation, even, a nation ranked with the Global North. The restroom in which this took place is an oft-frequented restroom by many. And I am under the impression that when a person enters a lavatory they expect a level seat, a comfortable seat, one that does not lead the user to contemplate lopsidedness. It is because of these things that I feel this is a major oversight.

So I'm concerned. First because I am fearful of the plumbing nightmare this may foreshadow, and heaven forbid my classes are canceled because of a break in the sewage line

"Sick."

I know. Second, I am concerned because this powder room is in the tallest building on campus. And the two toilets are on the first and second floor. And as such, I am forced to believe that the building has a crooked foundation. Now would be a good time to go through a wide breadth of metaphors regarding weak foundations

"Please don't."

Don't worry, I won't. But allow me to express this one last thought, rather prediction, on the matter. The building, one day, will be leaning so much that it will topple!

"You've got to be kidding."

I'm just sure of it. And I don't think any kind of fortuitous circumstances as surround the Leaning Tower of Pisa will be in any way connected to our building.