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pipi_k

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7. They never stop to think

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 11:46 AM

Jan 2013

of how some enterprising and persistent kid might outsmart them

Like flushing notebook paper down the toilets instead of TP.

Or the entire gym class's dirty sweatsocks.

This sort of thing never ceases to amaze me. We were all teenagers once. How and when do adults manage to forget how creative kids can be when they want to commit mayhem?

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Students at Pa. school must ask for toilet paper [View all] The Straight Story Jan 2013 OP

my kids would have a roll in their bag. loli phabay Jan 2013 #1

Mine too, or at least pipi_k Jan 2013 #4

Mine too Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #5

It is an extreme measure. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #11

Simple, CCTV Mosby Jan 2013 #13

You're joking, right? cleanhippie Jan 2013 #15

yes, I'm kidding. nt Mosby Jan 2013 #23

Whew! I thought so, but one can never really be sure. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #24

I bet this is just one kid Mosby Jan 2013 #25

Doubtful. My uncle's time as a school custodian was Hell on Earth. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #28

I can tell you this much Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #18

While I can see how that would be an ordinary reaction... cleanhippie Jan 2013 #20

So far Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #21

Not a square to spare...................../nt kooljerk666 Jan 2013 #2

This policy is particularly odious (no pun intended) Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #3

They never stop to think pipi_k Jan 2013 #7

Just saw this... Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #6

I know... pipi_k Jan 2013 #8

INDEED!! There's a REASON the roll is normally shielded except for the end! WinkyDink Jan 2013 #29

Sounds like a Principal who backed himself into a corner. davsand Jan 2013 #9

No agreements! pipi_k Jan 2013 #14

I could almost see some asswipe principal (forgive the phrase) asking the school board for that. davsand Jan 2013 #16

"Please, sir, could you spare a square?" Javaman Jan 2013 #10

At the school where I taught in CA there was never TP in boy's rest room longship Jan 2013 #12

I had no idea this was such a problem in schools ... frazzled Jan 2013 #17

As I recall from my school daze Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #19

BYOTP! zappaman Jan 2013 #22

My husband's high school didn't have TP LeftInTX Jan 2013 #26

They would also rip the soap dispensers off the walls narnian60 Jan 2013 #27

We had a problem at our school...and we brought the law into it PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #30

they locked all the bathrooms at my high school tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #31