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-handled toilet
brush, dipped it in the nearest toilet, moved to the mirror and
proceeded to scrub away the lipstick.
That was the last day the girls pressed their lips on the mirror.
