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A JSC Reminder Inspired By "The Martian": Proper Potty Etiquette

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
October 7, 2015
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A JSC Reminder Inspired By "The Martian": Proper Potty Etiquette

Keith’s note: The following was sent out by Belansky, Michael J. (JSC-NS231) to a lot of people at JSC yesterday. Given Mark Watney’s poo and potato experiments in “The Martian”, its seems that this topic is on JSC management’s minds these days.
“From: Belansky, Michael J. (JSC-NS231)
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 10:54 AM
To: HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE (DELETED) Larger image
Cc: JSC-WCC-Work-Control-Center
Subject: Need Your Help
Build 20 Residents,
It seems it’s time to send out a reminder about proper potty etiquette. Please remember that only toilet paper should be flushed besides human waste. In the event that more than a reasonable amount of toilet paper is needed, please perform a preliminary flush before overwhelming the commode with massive amounts of toilet paper. If by chance you forget these guidelines and do overwhelm the toilet or notice a clogged commode, please be courteous and report the stopped up toilet immediately by writing an email to JSC-WCC-Work-Control-Center ([email protected]) and .cc both me and David Nayles. This way the problem gets resolved quickly.”

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

7 responses to “A JSC Reminder Inspired By "The Martian": Proper Potty Etiquette”

  1. ACRedux says:
    October 8, 2015 at 2:14 am
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    Why?

    This is apropos for internal logistics email for a large office environment anywhere.

    I’ll be anxiously awaiting future posts on the JSC coffee pool raising prices of a cup by $0.05, tenuously connected with the fact that Watney drank coffee in the movie.

  2. Paul451 says:
    October 8, 2015 at 2:48 am
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    Jesus, how hard is it to use BCC?

    • eddrw2014 says:
      October 8, 2015 at 1:02 pm
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      So, at least some time in recent history I recall massive BCC lists with only one or two addresses as main recipients being a red flag for our org’s spam filter. With a really important message, why take a chance that some people don’t see it?

  3. ProfSWhiplash says:
    October 8, 2015 at 3:14 pm
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    This densely packed memo – acknowledging it’s mostly taken up by the Dist. List – reminds me of another wordy “memo” on potty etiquette:.

  4. supermonkey says:
    October 8, 2015 at 4:34 pm
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    Am I missing something? What does this have to do with The Martian? This just looks like a bog standard notice from a facility manager regarding restroom etiquette, so I’m curious why this warranted a post on NASAWatch?

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