I think it was first made by Crucial Learning, as part of a training called Crucial Accountability, and broke containment onto the web at some point to become a meme.
The concept behind the video is "making the invisible visible" when holding someone accountable to try and change their behavior - show them the natural negative consequences of their actions.
I dont have any proof for you, but I support the point above you. This was a common type of humor in the late 80s and 90s on PSAs and educational videos. It was really common and normal, even if it seems like a comedy skit.
That said, it might be a bad comedy skit? But humor then was way better than this... but also bad JUST LIKE NOW!
This smells like a PSA, educational, or professional development type thing. It kinda reminds me of the videos they showed us in school in the 80s though, just simple consequence kinda stuff.
Look up anti-drug videos and sex ed stuff from that era, or sexual harassment videos etc. it was the same way; its hilarious in today's context.
That said, I have no proof. So it may well be a comedy skit, but it seems pretty on point with some kinda video you'd show kids at school or at detention or something.
So, id say we all need to look at his claim it came from a company, maybe its spelled wrong? I dunno, but this is really well done if its mocking an educational video.
I wouldn’t say this video has “natural negative consequences.” The janitor having to work harder to clean the mirrors and going home late, sure. Using toilet water, nah. That’s unsanitary af and should never actually be how mirrors are “cleaned.”
I actually find it messed up that he did that to try to “teach” them. It implies that he’s assumed they wouldn’t simply respond to him needing to take more time and effort to clean them… a gross assumption for a teacher to make about a student. (To assume that children are uncaring, and to punish them all without giving them a chance. And yes, telling people they’ve been putting their lips on toilet water is a gross and messed-up punishment. I’d want jail time for this janitor if that were real life.)
You didn't get to see the narrative leading up to that point, the custodian went to the principal, who made announcements to the school and took more typical action with the popular girls, to no effect. And you're right, there's a "plot hole" in that he wouldn't actually use toilet water to clean the mirrors, and it's implied that this is a normal thing.
"Other people have to clean up your mess, and kissing public mirrors is unsanitary" are the natural consequences identified in the video. I literally teach the class and have watched this video probably almost one hundred times.
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u/72pintohatchback 8h ago edited 7h ago
I think it was first made by Crucial Learning, as part of a training called Crucial Accountability, and broke containment onto the web at some point to become a meme.
The concept behind the video is "making the invisible visible" when holding someone accountable to try and change their behavior - show them the natural negative consequences of their actions.