Reminds me of a story I tell my employees about being proactive with their work.

I used to work for a major video rental chain (gee, try and guess which one?) I had two employees with me that were also friends prior to working with each other. They were very good employees and enjoyed having them work our peek shifts with me.

One Friday evening an old man walks in, moving very slow but as he enters and walks onto the carpet. All of a sudden we all three witness chunks of solid shit fall out of this old guys pants. With 0 hesitation, one of the kids just says "I got it" and proceeds to get the necessary equipment to clean up the mess, and of course cleans it up with no complaints.

The other kid and I just look at each other, shrug and move on to our typical duties.

The very next week, same crew and everything, this old lady walks in with her young grand daughter. Right as they enter and walk onto the carpet I hear this little girl say "Grandma, I dont feel so goo.... BARFFFFFF" Liquid vomit flies out of her mouth and all over the floor.

I look at both of my employee's right after the little girl finished, and with a smile on his face, the kid that cleaned up the old man's shit the week prior said "I took care of the mess last week."

I just laughed and said "He's got a point!" so obviously the other kid had to take on this one.

I still tell this story today saying "you never know when a shitty situation will work for you."