Saturday, March 03, 2007

The urinal game

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Lately I've noticed an interesting development in a restroom I happen to frequent - a single quarter now rests in the small pool of water at the bottom of one of the urinals.

Accident? I think not.

This is nothing less than a challenge, some sort of social experiment designed to test one's willingness to sacrifice dignity for dollars. Now, personally, a quarter isn't enough to do it for me (while others might jump at the chance, if gender wasn't always getting in the way). But the challenge stands, and thus raises a larger issue - just how much would it take to stick your grubby little fingers in a toilet to fish out some cash?