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It has been about a month since the 鈥渄evious licks鈥� TikTok trend emerged in early September, and although Internet trends usually fade as quickly as they surface, students are still vandalizing school property. Spraying graffiti on the bathroom walls, stealing pencil sharpeners and shattering mirrors have all been widespread acts on campus connected to the trend.

Custodian supervisor Luciano Hernandez says the last substantial lick at Gunn was just last week. 鈥淎t one point last week, every single soap dispenser from the boys鈥� bathrooms on campus went missing,鈥� Hernandez said.

According to People Magazine, the 鈥渄evious licks鈥� trend started when TikTok user @jugg4elias posted a video showing off a box of stolen disposable masks. Since then, the trend has amassed over 19,000 videos, with students stealing ceiling panels in the bathrooms, air conditioning units, fire extinguishers and much more. After receiving backlash online, TikTok restricted every video featuring the buzzwords 鈥渟tealing,鈥� 鈥渄evious鈥� and 鈥渓ick.鈥�

At the height of the trend, Gunn students were not only stealing and spraying graffiti on items in the bathrooms, but also completely destroying them. Sophomore Roni Kurt was dismayed by the damage done in many of the boys鈥� bathrooms across campus. 鈥淭hey broke the toilet seats, so you can鈥檛 sit on the toilet, and [they broke] the mirrors, so you can鈥檛 look at yourself in the mirror,鈥� Kurt said.聽

By Sept. 15, the vandalism had become such a large issue that all bathrooms on campus were locked after the dismissal bell to deter students from further havoc. Sophomore Edwin Jacqua voiced exasperation at the inconveniences. 鈥淚t gets old when it鈥檚 this continuous,鈥� he said.

Theft and wreckage aside, students have also taken to spraying graffiti or splattering red Kool-Aid onto the walls of the bathrooms. This creates an additional level of maintenance for the custodial staff to handle and requires district intervention. Hernandez explains the process of cleaning up graffiti. 鈥淲e have to document the graffiti that gets put up, [and] if we cannot clean it, we have to call the district鈥檚 managing department so they can come and paint over it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 so time consuming and very costly because somebody has to come in for two or three hours just to clean or paint over something that鈥檚 been vandalized.鈥澛�

English teacher Terence Kitada, whose classroom is in the N-building, worries about the effects of this trend on the custodians at Gunn. 鈥淭he frustration is, somebody has to clean it up,鈥� Kitada said. 鈥淚鈥檓 friends with the janitors who work in the N-building, Nigel and Nestor. For them, it鈥檚 frustrating because they already have extra duties because of the COVID-19 safety protocols. Are the folks who are doing these things thinking about the people whom they鈥檙e affecting?鈥�

The licks have N-building custodian Nestor Vidonia frequently restocking items in the bathroom. 鈥�It鈥檚 very hard,鈥� Vidonia said. 鈥淪ome teachers are saying, 鈥榃e don鈥檛 have soap in this area, in this restroom.鈥� It鈥檚 my duty to check them every day, and when I check them, there鈥檚 nothing there.鈥澛�

Beyond the disturbance in daily life, theft of sanitary products like hand sanitizer and soap increases the transmission risk of COVID-19, creating other safety concerns. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 go to the bathroom and wash my hands because the soap鈥檚 all gone,鈥� Kurt said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very unsanitary and gross, and because there鈥檚 no soap, it makes it difficult to be safe during COVID-19.鈥澛�

While bathroom thefts remain common, graffiti has significantly decreased since the start of the trend. In fact, Hernandez comments that last week was graffiti-free. 鈥淟ast week, there was less vandalism because at some point, there was nothing left to be vandalized,鈥� he said.

On Sept. 30, Principal Wendy Stratton expressed her gratitude to the custodial staff in a Schoology update. 鈥淲e would like to thank the Custodial Staff for working above and beyond in light of COVID-19 hygiene concerns and the recent vandalism and theft in our campus bathrooms,鈥� she wrote.聽