I spent two days in Burlington, Vermont earlier this week, teaching attorneys to tell stories and prepare witnesses and clients to tell stories.
I took a few photographs while I was there that I thought I’d share.
When I arrived in Burlington, I found myself staring at this interesting and slightly creepy building at the end of a road.
Sort of a “Welcome to Burlington. Things are about to get weird.”
Thankfully, they didn’t.
In the bathroom of the conference center where we met and worked, I was greeted by this print.
I’m not sure what you see when you look at this, but given that it was hanging over the toilet, I couldn’t help but see a person standing in pee, which… you know… wasn’t great.
Happily, I only had to stare at it about a dozen times over the course of two days.
Then I spotted this sign, hanging over the toilet in a Vermont rest area. The water used for flushing the toilets was reclaimed water, so the highway department apparently needed to let those who are fond of drinking toilet water that this particular brand of toilet water is non-potable.
It’s also interesting to note that there were two drinking fountains just outside the restrooms, which means that there must be people who forgo the drinking fountain in favor of the toilet.
I had always assumed that all toilet water – and especially toilet water in highway restrooms – was non-potable, but I guess you learn something every day.
I’ll add that Vermont has some of the loveliest rest areas that I’ve ever seen, but that didn’t make the toilet water any less appealing.
