Recycled Water

I have for some time now been of the firmly held opinions that we are getting stupider as a species. However lately I'm not so sure. I suspect it might be that we are becoming victims of our own politeness and indifference.

I took this snap on a recent trip to Melbourne. This politeness is manifesting itself in this sort of mind boggling nonsense. I can only imagine that when some bonehead suggested the value of this sign being stuck in every toilet in the new complex, it is possible that everyone at the table was too polite to tell said bonehead what a stupid and useless idea it was.

It's assumed that the occupant of the stall has sufficient intelligence to understand the function and meaning of the buttons, but may possibly not understand that this particular toilet uses recycled water which may not be as fit to drink as the water from some other toilet (if that is your habit?).

And this vital information is conveyed both in English and with a symbol that any non-English reader will interpret to mean that the tap water around here is no good. Gives me a headache trying to unravel the logic of it.

Or maybe it's not politeness, it's just lazy indifference. The meeting had gone on too long, everyone wants to get out, bonehead insists on the little sticker in the loo and all agree if it will get them out of there sooner. Who cares anyway?