HOW NICE IS YOUR OFFICE BUILDING RESTROOM?
Kimberly-Clark Professional Launches Best Office Building Bathroom Contest;
Winner to Receive Desktop Flat Panel TV, While Building Gets Free Toilet Paper
ROSWELL, Ga. (February 3, 2003) – Is your office building bathroom a special
spot? An attractive or cozy place that helps you get away from it all, if only for a
short time?
If so, you could be the winner of The Best Office Building Bathroom
Contest sponsored by Kimberly-Clark Professional. The first-place winner will
receive a 15-inch LCD flat panel “desktop” TV. Second and third place winners
will each receive a Bose Wave radio/CD player. The winning office buildings
will receive a supply of toilet paper, towels and facial tissue.
“The average office building worker spends the equivalent of more than
three workdays a year in the restroom, so the importance of an attractive
restroom cannot be underestimated,” said Amy Walker Barrs, office building
marketing manager for Kimberly-Clark Professional. “This contest gives us the
opportunity to honor the office buildings that go that extra mile to make the
restrooms a special place for the people who work in these buildings.”
Walker Barrs added that property managers frequently spend more money
on the lobby and other areas of a building in an effort to impress their tenants,
but often overlook the restroom – the source of two out of three tenant
complaints.
“In survey after survey, office workers have told us that they want a clean
restroom more than anything else,” she said. “In one survey, nearly three
quarters of respondents said it was extremely important for them to find a clean
restroom at work or at another place away from home. In others we found that
poorly maintained restrooms led to a negative impression of a facility as a whole.
A vast majority of the restroom complaints can be resolved easily and
inexpensively by using high capacity tissue and towel systems that reduce runouts.”
The surveys were conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf
of Kimberly-Clark Professional.
Entries for the Best Office Building Bathroom Contest are due April 30,
2003. All entries must include a photo of the nominated bathroom and a
description of 100 words or less explaining why your office building restroom
deserves the award. The winning bathroom must be located in a high-rise office
building of at least six stories.
Entries must include a name, address and telephone number, the name
and address of the nominated office building, and the location of the nominated
bathroom, such as the floor and approximate location on the floor, as well as
whether the bathroom is men’s, women’s or unisex. For contest entry and
complete details, visit http://www.kcprofessional.com/bestofficebathroom.
Entries may also be mailed to: The Best Office Building Bathroom Contest, c/o
Kapnek Communications, 2300 Computer Avenue, Suite E-29, Willow Grove, PA
19090.
A complete list of contest rules is available at:
http://www.kcprofessional.com/bestofficebathroom/contestrules.htm
The contest winner will be selected on or about June 15, 2003.
Kimberly-Clark Professional provides tissue and towel products, skin care
products, and industrial wipers for workplace settings.
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