The Power of Pink

[amycooper]

The library has a stash of tools. We have purchased these tools with our own funds to do the various smaller projects that come up in the library.  Over time, whenever maintenance has come to the library to do projects, they've found our tools, used our tools, and failed to return our tools.  About six months ago we needed something (a screwdriver, a hammer, I forget what) just to discover we had barely anything left.

We needed to buy more tools, but loathed to buy more just to have it disappear on us again.  That's when one of the librarians came up with a brilliant idea: buy the pinkest of pink toolbox cases.  And we did.  Everything is that shockingly bubble gum pink.  Not only do we think this might repel our male staffed maintenance crews, but if they do take something, it'll be easy to identify.  "Anyone see a pink hammer?  If so, please send it back to the library."

In six months we have yet to lose a thing.

Comments

[readerjane]

Brilliant! That librarian was thinking outside the (gray) box.

[amycooper]

Yup!

[superbadgirl]

So there IS a non-offensive way to take those 'women's only!' tool kits!

[amycooper]

Apparently, yes, and we found it.

[prowler_pilot]

This is brilliant.