The New York City Transit Authority has placed in certain subway stations
"gum Targets" where people can throw out there gum near the entrance to the
stations at Grand Central and Penn Station.  Maybe you can have something
also along the same lines; a more classy/interesting/attention grabbing
waste basket with a sign "Please dispose of your gum here before entering.
Thank you!"  Big arrows, smily faces, etc.

Caterina Pierre

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> From: Melissa Heaver <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Gum
> Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:09 AM
>
> A colleague of mine, who is not on this List, works with a large historic
> site that has been having problems with visitors who chew gum and then
leave
> it in inappropriate areas of the property - on the walkways, on benches,
in
> the various buildings, etc. Anywhere other than in any one of the many
waste
> baskets scattered around the grounds!
>
> Her site has posted signs at the entrance and around the property stating
> that there is no food or drink allowed within the confines of the site.
> Unfortunately, as we all know, that doesn't really deal with the problem.
(I
> can remember one of my first jobs in the profession, where a guide stood
at
> the entrance to the house with a paper cup, and all the school kids spit
> their gum out into it before entering the building. Not terribly
attractive,
> but very effective.)
>
> Has anyone else on the List had to deal with this problem? If you have
any
> policies/procedures in place that might assist her with how you have
> combated this issue, please forward them to me and I will pass them on.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Melissa M. Heaver
> Director-Museum Collections
> National Trust for Historic Preservation
> 202-588-6148
> 202-588-6232 (f)
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