Have you ever wondered about the urge some people have to deface toilet doors? Most public toilets I have been in, be it offices, malls, schools or stadiums all have the strangest messages and writings on their doors. Why do people suddenly become creative and expressive in the loo?

Is it because they know they can do so without being caught? Or is it because they think such thoughts can only be expressed in a toilet?

Some might say it is because people get ‘creative’ when they are in the toilet but how come you only find this creativity expressed in public toilets? Are people not creative when they are in their homes or other people’s homes?

To be honest though, some of these toilet artists, poets and advertisers have cracked me up a few times.

Came across one hilarious line recently:

Some come here to sit and wonder; I came here to shit like thunder

Who writes such thoughts? Some thoughts, even when they cross one’s mind should never be ‘documented’.

Some job seekers think the toilet is the best place to submit their resume. They go like:

My name is Adamu Opeyemi Okoro, I am a graduate of XYZ University. I have been looking for a job for a loooooooooooooong time. Please help me. Call me on 08000000000.

This approach might have worked for someone in the past, although I doubt it, but I know companies and head hunters look in other places for prospects.

Some messages advertise the sexual prowess and endowments of their creators.

One guy [I am assuming it was a guy] actually wrote something like this:

If you want sweet loving and fancy a shag from someone who has the right tool and skill, please call this number 0800000000.

Can you imagine?

Some even go to the extent of doing a bit of social crusading; I have seen messages on the perils of HIV, some others warning people about the health hazards of smoking etc. So, not all of the messages are bad just that I wonder why they have to be on toilet doors! I mean, if you have something to say, start a blog, join facebook, tweet and share your thoughts on myspace or something. Why deface a public property? Why share a platform with people who do not value other people’s property?

Read two messages on a toilet door recently. The first, obviously by a ‘social crusader’ read:

DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE

The second, placed beside the first but much bigger, written by someone whose ‘eyes don doti’, read;

DRINK, THEN DRIVE

How does that help the message of our ‘social crusader’?

The message that really irked me and possibly inspired this post is one I saw right after reading a mail from my client in which he politely told me why he couldn’t approve a proposal my company had been pushing for a while.

It read; TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO.  Apt yes, but not what I wanted to read at that point in time.

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