'My time examining washrooms taught me to look for joy in the unexpected and helped me realize that there’s something to be gleaned from every experience — no matter how bad it seems from the outside.'
. I’m glad college students are taking advantage of the opportunity, but I’m thankful for the grunt positions I had as a teen. One gig in particular stands out: my stint as a toilet inspector for the New York City Council’s Committee on Oversight and Investigations.
I dreaded beginning the “fieldwork” and imagined ways I could get out of the gig. Who would think babysitting would provide fewer poop encounters than a government internship? The idea of walking the streets all day, only stopping to take photos of gross restrooms, seemed awful.Once the assessment phase began, an investigator and I acted as though we were walking by and had the urge to go. I’d enter the washroom and glance around to get an initial impression.
As the practical joker of the bunch, Bob attached squares of toilet paper to my survey forms and labeled them “Exhibit A” to get a laugh back at headquarters. Since he was also the investigator writing the report, he’d always ask for my opinion on coming up with the title. “How’s ‘To Poo or Not to Poo — That is the Question,’
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