A Week In Review: Working With and Around Employees - -

So, last week was an interesting week. If you work in this profession, you know that sometimes you have to work during the worksite's employee hours. This can make it difficult to accomplish anything. Number one, they are constantly under foot - - two, they mess up what you have just cleaned immediately after you have just cleaned it - - and three, they never stop talking..... groan......

Okay so let's take the first example. Constantly under foot, yes..... it can be a real challenge to get into an office, a lunch room, or a bathroom when you're dealing with employees. There is always somebody heading to the potty, getting a cup of coffee, or coming in or going out of the building. Now, I don't know about you, but, I have a routine, and I like my routine. I do not want, nor do I have time to wait for somebody else to 'hurry up and take their sweet-ass time' ...and they will do that - - the little boogers.....  I want to get into where I need to clean and get out to the next spot. When there are 40 + employees walking around, it can be an unnerving nightmare..... especially if you're ocd.....which I may actually be..... giggle!!

The second point I would like to make is that once I've cleaned something, I like to know that it's clean for more than five minutes. Here's an example from one of my work sites:

        In the lunch room there is a coffee maker and an ice/water machine, you know, the usual stuff for the employees. Most of the time, the employees will come into the lunch room, see me cleaning the appliances and head to the adjacent employee bathrooms - - once they re-enter the lunchroom, they head straight for the newly cleaned appliances. Now, mind you, I never hear them wash or dry their hands in the bathroom and then they are touching everything they can...thank goodness I wear gloves. every minute of my work day.. and the appliances are stainless steal. 

       Now, this nomenclature is misleading because yes, you can stain stainless steal......... it happens with proteins..... normal secretions like from sweat or from food, will come off when cleaned with very hot water mixed with your cleaning solution.  However, if there is any trace of blood or poop, the proteins left behind will leave a stain that is nearly impossible to clean. Trust me when I say that I have tried all kinds of stainless steel cleaners, and there isn't one on the market that will completely remove these proteins from the item you're cleaning. Worse yet, if the stainless steel isn't cleaned immediately, the stain will never come off..... just take a look at those handrails in the handicapped bathroom stall and you'll know what I mean. So I like to gross them out when they point these stains out too me by telling them that "Yep, that's a poop stain"...... which totally does the job and grosses them out -Mission Accomplished - there is one woman who uses her elbow to push the ice or water buttons because she knows that many employees do not ever wash their hands. It's a good chuckle when you're having a bad or a slow day.

      And thirdly, there are the Chatterers...... there are some people who just talk ...... on and on..... forever...... kind of like this blog post - - it just goes on and on and on.... and well, you get the idea. I never like to be rude to anybody (unless they so totally deserve it) but sometimes it's difficult to find the break. Did you ever find yourself listening to someone talk about their grandchildren non-stop? You know who I mean, the ones that actually think their grandson (who, by the way, at the age of 3 cannot manage his potty training sessions)  is going to be president someday........ yawn........ I so want to tell them in response that there's a bucket of gold in the coat closet....... Oh that's right, there is no coat closet!!!!!

Well, I gotta jet.... lots to do before heading out to my next site. Come back and join me again soon and thanks for reading!!