Lower GSLIS bathroom: a review

I hate the bathroom in the basement of the library school building (the one by the Children’s Center for Books but Not Drug Paraphernalia) because on the disused, abandoned paper towel dispenser, someone used scare quotes to emphasize their desire to not have the dispenser refilled.

It’s not a famous quote, like if you were to make a sign that said

“We hold these truths to be self evident”
Do not refill

This is not the most egregious use of the scare quote – I think the worst was the back of a Mac truck I was behind on the highway – Jason pointed out that it said “coffee”, and there was a graphic of a cuppa. I wish I had a picture. This is the visual rival to my hatred of the word literally improperly used.

“I literally had to go to the bathroom.”

Right. As opposed to the figurative sense that you’re keeping me from interpreting. Grrrr. The point is … THE POINT IS … every time I go to that bathroom, I think about making a new sign. Do not refill, and do not use scare quotes. People don’t “like” it.