2008 Woodie Awards
Jungle Jim's receives Cintas award for clean, innovative restrooms
Rebecca Kelley
Issue date: 8/31/07 Section: Front Page
The restroom layout proved so memorable for some that when Cintas, a Cincinnati-based company that provides commercial services to businesses, asked for nominations for their "America's Best Restroom Award," people from around the country remembered their one-of-a-kind experience with Jungle Jim's. According to Chris Carsten, Miami graduate of 1994 and marketing manager of hygiene at Cintas, the number of nominees for the contest was at a record number.
"We came up with this award to recognize businesses that realized that a clean, well-stocked, fun restroom is good for business," Carsten said.
After being nominated for the award along with 250 other restrooms across America, Carsten and other Cintas representatives chose the top five for the vote based off of cleanliness and originality.
"To get to the finals, you have to be pretty creative," Carsten said.
After making the cut, Jungle Jim's-along with four contenders'
restrooms-were featured on the Web site for Cintas for two and a half months of voting. According to Carsten, more than 10,000 votes were cast, and Jungle Jim's was voted as having the best restroom in the country.
Adams hopes that the award will bring more people to the store. According to Adams, the publicity that the market is receiving as a result of the award is huge.
He estimates that there have been 24,000 hits on the store's Web site since the announcement of the honor, and 6 hours 38 minutes of news time devoted to the award-winning lavatory. The staff plans to have fun with the award as well, with T-shirts and signs representing their win in the making.
"(The staff) just had an absolute blast with it," Carsten said.
According to Adams, the only downside to the award is it means one thing: "a lot more bathroom cleaning."
"We came up with this award to recognize businesses that realized that a clean, well-stocked, fun restroom is good for business," Carsten said.
After being nominated for the award along with 250 other restrooms across America, Carsten and other Cintas representatives chose the top five for the vote based off of cleanliness and originality.
"To get to the finals, you have to be pretty creative," Carsten said.
After making the cut, Jungle Jim's-along with four contenders'
restrooms-were featured on the Web site for Cintas for two and a half months of voting. According to Carsten, more than 10,000 votes were cast, and Jungle Jim's was voted as having the best restroom in the country.
Adams hopes that the award will bring more people to the store. According to Adams, the publicity that the market is receiving as a result of the award is huge.
He estimates that there have been 24,000 hits on the store's Web site since the announcement of the honor, and 6 hours 38 minutes of news time devoted to the award-winning lavatory. The staff plans to have fun with the award as well, with T-shirts and signs representing their win in the making.
"(The staff) just had an absolute blast with it," Carsten said.
According to Adams, the only downside to the award is it means one thing: "a lot more bathroom cleaning."
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