On a recent trip to Vegas I encountered a water saving toilet at the office. I happened upon the men's room for the typical "morning routine" so I was expecting a quick uneventful trip to the "small stall". Yes, I am a good guy. I do not use the "Special Needs" stall even thought the extra room for a guy my size is desirable. But upon completing my task and flushing I realized that the water saver toilet was turning the proceeds, mostly the "fanny gasket", into an oddly clean snow globe in the very small "wet area" of the bowl. Four flushes later the complete contents of my excursion were finally all the way down. This was the pattern for the first two days of the trip. Then Wednesday night I happened upon the "Managers Reception" at the hotel. Beer, hot dogs, cubed jalapeno cheese and more beer.
All seemed well as I woke up the next day, headed down to the breakfast buffet for my raisin bran, yogurt and coffee. Made the 20 minute trip to the office in the rental car and headed up to the desk that was provided by the very hospitable staff at the distribution center. But at about 8:30 AM my stomach all but erupted in revolt to something... not sure what it was. Not really painful but obvious that things were moving ahead of schedule. So I headed to the "small stall" one more time thinking this might be an extended stay. Sure enough the warnings I felt were not a false alarm and what ever wanted out made an explosive exit. So much so that when the fighting was over it took me four flushes just to clean the shrapnel off the back of the bowl. Four more to remove the paper that once again was oddly floating in curiously uniform snowy flakes. Yes EIGHT flushes of the water saver toilet were necessary to return the stall to an appropriate condition for the next patron.
Probably more than anyone needs to know about my trip... but how much water did I save?
