Lip prints, Mirrors, and a very smart Principal

A certain private school was recently faced with a unique problem. Many 12-year-old students were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night the maintenance man would have to remove them and the next day they would put them back.

Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called them all to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses). To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show them how much effort was required.



He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and proceeded to clean the mirror with it.


Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.

There are teachers.... and then there are educators.