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We’ve received several letters in the past month — all unsigned — complaining about the bathroom situation in the county courthouse in Washington. Our anonymous correspondent(s) characterized the lack of separate public toilets for men and women as “disgraceful” and pointed a finger in shame at the county for not being able to afford better facilities.
The term disgraceful is better applied to the circumstances surrounding the switch from separate facilities for men and women to one bathroom for the public and one bathroom for the use of personnel employed in the courthouse. It appears that a number of county citizens don’t know how to correctly use any kind of waste disposal system — whether it’s a dumpster or a bathroom.
A good many businesses in the town of Washington are without water and toilet facilities. Employees of these establishments, as well as visitors to the courthouse, are in the habit of using the bathrooms there. This arrangement worked out fine until a few began to abuse the privilege. Towels, tissue and soap were stolen regularly with the bathrooms, particularly the ladies room, left in deplorable condition.
The people working in the courthouse tired quickly of janitorial duties imposed on them by the abuse and thoughtlessness of others. They are paid to conduct the county’s business, not to clean up after lazy and slovenly citizens.
When it became evident that the misuse wasn’t going to stop, courthouse employees took matters into their own hands and switched the signs on the bathrooms, reserving one for their
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