In this office, not only do we provide free hand soap, but I personally refill the dispenser when necessary. Truly, I am a great man…
Regardless of my greatness, today I discovered that soap appears to have a finite lifespan. While refilling the hand pump with SoftSoap, I noticed that the jug that contained the replacement SoftSoap had an expiration date on it of 07/07. This is quite interesting. I didn’t realize that soap "went bad". I thought the presence of bacteria was what made things "turn", and I’m surprised to find that apparently SoftSoap is just as susceptible as milk.
I wonder what would happen if you used soap after it expired. Perhaps for each second washing your hands with it, would more dirt appear?
I might have to put a jub of the stuff in a cabinet in a few years and see what evolves in there…
Hopefully you’ll still be able to use it.. I’ve heard of ink jet carts that "expire" (electronically) and refuse to print anything. Absolutely ridiculous.