This was funny but in a gross type of way.
Bathroom doorknobs are notorious for being germy.
In this case, there was a little bit of tissue paper that someone left on the knob–I know ick!
Apparently someone got fed up with the grossness of this, so they put up a sign–it says:
“I have been here for two weeks. Can you clean me? It like to be clean!”
But that’s not all.
A day later, the note was gone, but that little piece of grossness was still there.
Howie Mandel, please help us! 😉
I am really excited about this new Social Media application called Betterific.
It looks a lot like Twitter but is focused on ideas to better the world.Â
Every Betterific starts under the heading of “Wouldn’t it be better if” and you fill in the rest.Â
Whether you have ideas for improving products, companies, policies, or even the way we treat each other–this is a great way to get your ideas out there.Â
You also add tags (metadata) to make the ideas more easily searchable by others.Â
Like Twitter you can follow topics or other innovative people, friends, and family members.Â
A great feature is that you can actually vote–thumbs up or down–for the ideas, and through crowdsourcing great ideas can rise to the top.
There is also a bar at the top where you can look up better ideas by search term–so individuals, organizations, or brands can harvest this information and hopefully act on them.
One of the featured Betterifics when you sign in online is from someone who suggested that toilet seats come with a pedal lift lid (like a garbage can)–being a little germophobic myself, I vote definitely yes to this one!
I hope this type of app catches on so we can all innovate and get our ideas out there simply and clearly.
This has the potential to become a tremendous archive for great ideas that can be accessed, prioritized and most importantly implemented–so we can all really make a difference for the better. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This was a really funny picture I saw exhorting people to wash their hands.
If you don’t, this little green slime creature is going to come and get you.
It reminded me of the other day heading into the bathroom, and I see this guy coming the other way out of one of the Stalls.
He actually does head to the sink to the wash his hands–he’s in the minority in this country, I understand.
Well the sink is one of the automatic ones and has no faucets.
The guy sticks his hands underneath….nothing.
He starts waving his (dirty) hands…and still nothing.
After the third try…he throws his hands up, looks at me, and says, “Now that’s awkward” and proceeds to walk out the bathroom holding his hands literally at full arms length.
I hoped that he didn’t run into anyone he knows on the way and reached out to shake their hands–because they would’ve gotten a nasty surprise, indeed.
This sign tells it the way it is–sorry folks. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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