Towels Under Mirror

The ladies' room in the very fancy restaurant had dark paneled wood, mirrors to the ceiling, marble countertops,and golden fixtures. Clearly no expense had been spared to create an elegant space to which Ladies Could Retire.

There was only one problem with it.

Paper towel dispensers were cleverly, and completely, hidden by tucking them behind the sink-side mirror.

So there, on the bottom center of the mirror in this beautiful room, was taped a handwritten note, on a piece of paper torn from a notebook, which read simply: "Towels under mirror."

(No, I didn't put it there. I just wish I'd had my camera.)

Lee Morey
Cascades Technologies, Inc.
leemorey@gmail.com

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