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Joke s of the Week 1) Two employees had both put on some weight over the winter. Last week, one announced over lunch that she had started a diet to lose some of those winter pounds. "Good!" exclaimed her coworker. "I'm ready to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other out. When I feel the urge to drive out and get a burger and fries, I'll call you first." "Great!" replied the first. "I'll ride with you." 2) Two guys were working tog ether to set up a special event. It was very hot, so they decided to each their lunch in an air - conditioned diner near the event site. They walked in and without ordering anything they sat down, took out sandwiches from their bags and began to eat them. Th e waiter saw this and said to them, "You can't eat your own sandwiches in here!" So the guys looked at each other, shrugged, and swapped sandwiches. © Portable Sanitation Ass ociation International (PSAI) • 2626 E 82 n d Street, Suite 175 • Bloomi ngton, MN 55425 www.psai.org • 952 - 854 - 8300 W EEKLY EDITION MAY 24, 2017 Protests Provide PROs with Booming Business Opportunities President Trump's campaign promise to produce an economic boom is ringing true in the Washington D.C. area, but not in the way he expected PROs in the surrounding D.C. area may have tapped into an unforeseen source of revenue – the servicing of protests. Mr. Trump's presidency has caused controversy since his election in November, resulting in an increase in the number of protests taking plac e in or near the D.C. Mall. The influx of people attending these demonstrations has caused an increase in portable restroom needs. According to the National Park Service, which oversees the Mall, permit holders of these marches must "provide one portable t oilet for every 300 participants, 20 percent of which must be wheelchair - accessible." Take, for example, the expected numbers for January's Women's March on Washington; while the actual number of protesters was far higher than anticipated, event organizers had arranged for 600 portable units in preparation. Rob Weghorst, COO of PSAI Member Don's Johns, explained how "the increase in political advocacy… has translated to boom times." They have provided toilets for the Women's March, the Peoples Climate Mar ch and others already this year. "All I'm going to say is that we love the activism," Weghort stated. "It's been good. It's made for an interesting and lucrative spring." Fellow PSAI Member Fred Hill, owner of Gotta Go Now!, has also reaped the benefits, explaining how the "company has seen about a 40 percent increase in revenue each month of 2017 compared with a year earlier." Hill also mentioned how protests are fruitful because they typically last just one day and the toilets stay clean, sustaining only minimal damage. "It seems that there are protests every week that we are doing," Hill stated. "We're quite active with them." While it is surely not in the way Trump planned, one current protest planner did agree that "[Trump] has been great for the l oca l portable potty industry." READ THE STORY