Reader of these posts may have noticed that in the past I was musing about the point of lockable toilet roll dispensers (LTRDs). A kind of follow-up to those broodings was vouchsafed to me the other day when I visited the loo at the end of the corridor at work.
There was the LTRD on the wall (as usual), locked (as usual), but empty! There was, however, an ample supply of spare paper (as usual) on the window sill as well as a roll on the cistern, waiting precariously to fall on the floor and roll around on the relatively clean — but still not clean enough — lino.
As I sat thinking again my “what is the point” thoughts, I noticed a small label stuck on the inside of the empty LTRD which was inscribed “Inspected 9 December 1992″.
Hmm, I wonder who inspected it.
And why?
And why haven’t they inspected it since 1992?
I imagined that until 1992 there was someone detailed to going round the building with a portable LTRD inspection unit, a bit like the PAT-tester. Maybe like painting the Forth Bridge (and PAT-testing!), no sooner did (s)he get to the end of one round than (s)he had to start all over again. And then in 1993 new legislation came in which made LTRD-inspection no longer required. I wonder whether (s)he had to re-train for another post? …
Setting aside such loony thoughts, I’m none the less bound to admire the place where I work: not only are we clearly exemplary at keeping useful things like LTRDs (and the keys to them), but we can also find them again in order to install them into a building completed in 2004.
Impressive, n’est-ce pas? And talking of finding useful things, where did I put my glasses? BIIK
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