Multicultural Bathroom Issues

Patricia writes the following:

We have an unusual situation. My hope is that you can give me guidance on how to resolve it. Our firm is a multi-cultural environment. In multiple men’s bathrooms, a group of men are defecating into paper towels wadding up the paper towels and putting it on the toilet back for the facilities staff to dispose of. Have you heard of this phenomena before and do you have any recommendations.

Yikes - that’s a tough one. I’ve never heard of such behavior, and haven’t a clue as to which cultures this might be common practice in. It’s clear that some kind of educational program needs to be established, but exactly what? Perhaps a small poster above the toilet indicating the proper usage of the device would be appropriate, kind of like Americans might see above a complicated Japanese toilet. Either way, good luck!