The other day as I was returning from a meeting at work, I stopped to use the restroom. Since I was carrying a bottle of water and needed to set it down, I put it on the shelf by the hand driers.

Since I have done this hundreds of times in the past, I didn’t have second thoughts about it. People regular put their water bottles and coffee cups on that shelf.

As I was standing at the urinal, a maintenance work with a plunger walked up to the urinal next to me. He said “Oh, thats why its plugged. There is a paper towel in the drain. Well, I am not reaching in there with my bare hand.”

The next thing that I know, he grabs my water bottle and tries to remove the paper towel with it. After a few unsuccessful tries, he throws the water bottle in the trash and leaves.

I was speechless. And I certainly didn’t want my water bottle back. Beside, it was time for a new one any way.

I am warning my co-workers about this event. Who knows, if one of the toilets gets plugged, he may just grab their coffee cup.