We had a very interesting experience at work this week: no bathrooms. The septic pump broke or something, and the announcement over the intercom of "You can't use the restrooms" was the equivalent of being told "You're only going to jail A LITTLE BIT." It took them four days to get a pump in and today we finally got our bathrooms back - an announcement that was met with much clapping and cheering followed by much peeing and pooping.

You never really fully appreciate what you have until you lose it and when you spend 9 hours a day at a place and can't use the bathroom, you really start to appreciate the fact that you take for granted not only what a nicety bathrooms are, but that in the future if you saw a classified ad that mentioned fully working bathrooms as an actual perk of the job, you would be in total agreement.

My friend Ray and I joked with the president of the company the other day that taking the bathrooms away was a really horrible punishment for not meeting our sales quotas and that we REALLY promised to not only work harder, but to work smarter as well. He laughed.

On an unrelated note, I launched the Official Walt Hollis web site recently. Even though there are no Walt Quotes featured on his site I assure you it's still very good and you should join his mailing list so you can stay up-to-date on all the latest Walt Hollis related news I know you have constant cravings for.