Craig St. Jean Advertising Manager

This is the first UPEI Cadre Wash- room Review in a series of several more to come (hopefully) through- out the second semester. You may be thinking “this is crap” or “this is filth” or that this is just a waste. Well, yes, in a sense. Nevertheless, I ask you to refrain from pooh-poohing while I discuss the (fecal) matter of UPET’s washroom facilities. This i important shit. ; This week’s washroom in ques- tion is found on the main floor of Dalton Hall. First of all, has anyone else noticed that Dalton is probably the worst smelling building on cam- pus? Just had to throw that out there. In any case, this washroom doesn’t help. It’s kind of a dump-— which is I suppose fitting for the activities performed there. But still. Even I prefer a clean facility, which this most definitely is not. The open bag of garbage off to the side didn’t help, and the wet mud tracked over the floor wasn’t very nice either. I know, it’s that time of year, but this wash-

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room gave the impression that it was tended to rather infrequently. Additionally, I wonder if anyone likes the fact that in this washroom, the mirror is directly in front of the toilet. That’s right, you can watch yourself! The typical washroom design has suggested to me that, for most people, it is enough to see themselves before and after their business. Perhaps this particular -washroom was designed by a natcis-

sist— it’s devant, durant, et derriere dans Dalton!

A few final points of interest: This is a men’s AND women’s wash- room. Unisex washrooms, to me, always seem like an afterthought (but judging by the look of this one, so is mopping the floor). Just when they thought everything was in order, they realized that they forgot to build washrooms, so they just jammed a single one in there. Well, okay. I can

deal. But should students really be forced to deal with setting their coats and bags down on a floor that’s cov- ered with mud (and who knows what else)? Some hooks might help. Also, I noticed that the faucet offers your choice of either red or green water. I usually prefer red and blue, but hey, in light of all the other omissions, it’s cool that they gave us at least a couple choices.

So maybe you think I’m being a bit anal. Well, yeah, totally! But like I said, this is important, folks. Now that I’ve flushed, Id just like to wash my hands of one other issue: While I was in there farting around and snapping pictures, a female student was made to wait unduly long outside the door. Of course, male and female washrooms would have prevented this problem, but I'd like to apologize to her for the wait nonetheless. In summation, of all the UPEI lavato- ries in which I’ve leaked, this one lies low on my list.

5/10, and only because the bare essentials were there and in working order.

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