Abstract
ALLAN V. BAYLESS HAD A NOVEL idea for getting safety messages across to his Procter & Gamble colleagues. And rather than seek permission through official channels, he just went ahead and put his idea into practice. In retrospect, the chemical hygiene officer told C&EN, don't know if management would have given me approval if I had asked for it. Bayless' concept, which he discussed during a Division of Chemical Health & Safety symposium on training programs, was to put up brief safety-related potty postings—also called toilet tabloids—in bathroom stalls at the firm's Health Care Research Center in Mason, Ohio. Initially there was a certain amount of resistance to this, Bayless said. Our last bit of privacy is being invaded by safety messages! his colleagues groused. Is no place sacred? But Bayless held firm, and his idea has won management's support. Within a month or so things were calming down, and after a few months ...
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