Sounds like what Americans used to say about the old Soviet System and their toilet paper.
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D and N Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:27 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: [Futurework] Spare a square? Is it supposed to be economical to pay an attendant to stand around dispensing rations of toilet paper? Another expensive way to shame and intimidate the masses into conservation, is more like it. Robin Williams, Man of the Year: "Politicians are a lot like diapers; they should be changed frequently, and for the same reasons." Natalia http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ed_off_over_coney_tp_ration_ZLxv CQtk7PMMJa8wPtA39J Hey buddy, can you spare a square? The city is so hard up for cash that it's rationing toilet paper in women's public restrooms -- to the point where bathroom attendants are doling out a few measly squares per patron -- along the world-famous Coney Island boardwalk. The Post witnessed stone-faced Parks Department employees leave toilet-paper dispensers empty last week and instead force astonished female beachgoers to form "ration lines" in the bathrooms. Regina Ballone, 25, of Brooklyn visited a boardwalk bathroom at West 16th Street Wednesday and was "grossed out" at the thought of someone else handling her toilet paper. Photos: Gabriella Bass NO MORE! Regina Ballone (above) and Brittny Harrison can't believe workers are rationing toilet paper. "Never in my life have I experienced anything like this," she said. "I walked toward a stall, and a bathroom attendant stopped me by shouting, 'Hey, mami! There's no toilet paper here,' and she whipped out a big roll for me to grab some." Beachgoers also have been forced to line up for their paltry allotment of the city's cheap, single-ply toilet paper at the boardwalk's other women's restroom at Stillwell Avenue. Read more: <http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ed_off_over_coney_tp_ration_ZLx vCQtk7PMMJa8wPtA39J#ixzz1RM1QxblE> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ed_off_over_coney_tp_ration_ZLxv CQtk7PMMJa8wPtA39J#ixzz1RM1QxblE
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