Flushed with Fear

Using the toilet in the train this evening I noticed that, next to the flush button, there was a warning sign: DO NOT FLUSH WHILE SEATED. The consequences weren’t spelled out, but I have no doubt that anyone who dared to would suffer a dreadful fate. In fact, I seem to remember this was exactly the sort of cautionary tale that got passed around in the school playground, along with the one about the kid who had his head knocked off when he stuck it out of the bus window. Phew. Lucky they put up the warning notice, eh?

Of course it would have been even better had they placed the warning sign above the flush button where it could be seen by any seated person before they recklessly flushed, rather than positioning it so it was hidden by the raised seat and, indeed, the seated person. The same seat, incidentally, according to the same sign, that you had to have closed before flushing.

So please, do make sure while attempting to use any of SWT’s fine facilities that you have read ALL of the instructions before proceeding. Because you don’t want to end up as the punchline in a playground urban myth now do you?

Next thing they’ll be telling me the story about the beheaded boy is true too.