As Malcolm Gladwell’s infamous book “The Tipping Point” demonstrates, small, often innocuous changes can create great trends; it happens in every potential facet of our social lives be it entertainment, fashion, politics, et cetera. In my own life, however, I’ve rarely been privy to such an event.

But no more.

I have not only witnessed the start of a trend, but I may have also been a prominent player in it’s creation.

On some small occasion many weeks ago, when I visited the office washroom facilities I noticed sitting at my feet the financial section of the Globe and Mail – and as such, picked it up and began to read. As weeks went on I was witness to this event on very rare occasions, but I would always enjoy reading the financial section that some gentleman had left behind.

And so it began that I started taking my own daily newspaper to the washroom with me, and henceforth leaving it for someone else to read. It was simply a free daily paper that was stacked at the entrance to the office building – not some great piece of literature, or even a national newspaper.

Yet, it sparked something quite remarkable. It seems that by constantly leaving a newspaper in the washroom everyday, I’ve given authority to the entire operation. When I go down the hall for my usual bathroom trips, I am now ankle deep in newspapers and I am quite certain that once I glanced a foreign-language publication. I am now able to read everything from travel to auto to entertainment. Remarkable!

So to the gentleman that brought that first newspaper? Shit on fine Sir, Shit on.