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October 27, 2007 by j.

Ah, the sun returns to us after a week of rain! Perfect timing too, we went to the pumpkin patch today and picked out some gems.

You know what I was thinking about the other day? I was in the ladies’ room at work, taking care of business, and I thought to myself - how does a large corporation determine how much toilet paper they are going to buy in a year? This amount surely must be budgeted on someone’s annual numbers. If say, they determine the average office worker makes 2.3 trips to the bathroom on a work day, times 22 work days in a month, times x squares per male visit and y squares per female visit….. I mean, is that how it works?

And, I know that in retail businesses there is a concept called shrinkage, which refers to the amount of loss the company experiences as a result of damaged or otherwise unsaleable merchandise, as well as internal theft. The retail companies factor this amount into their forecasts as an expected loss. Now… does a corporation/office building do the same? Of course there isn’t merchandise moving in and out, so losses wouldn’t show up in that format, but.. I was thinking - surely the maintenance crew for the building NEVER pay for toilet paper for their homes. I mean, if you had daily access to unlimited supplies of toilet paper, would you go to Wal-Mart after work and buy a 12-pack of Angel Soft because you had a coupon? No, I’m pretty sure you’d just help yourself to the office’s supply. What if you had 12 kids and a fat husband at home who are all monstrous pooping machines? And what if your elderly momma doesn’t have a lot of money, so the least you could do is keep her bathroom stocked? What kind of impact does this have on the amount the company spends on TP supplies? I wonder…

I still have to post pictures of our recent trip to nyc and the greatest steak evarrr!!

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