glorified corridor furniture. Seriously. What exactly is it that cleaners do. On my walks about work over the last couple of weeks I see completely unable to go anywhere without at least bumping into 2 “cleaners”. And I use parentheses deliberately. Because as yet, after 6 weeks of being at this university I have, as yet, to actually do any cleaning.
What I have seen is people which look like they’ve had their souls sucked out of their eye-balls stand around in small groups talking about inane drivel. “Ooo have you seen Shelia today….blah blah blah …. doesn’t treat her right …. blah blah … if I were her ….”
I’d like to point out that by and large I am not complaining about the general cleanliness of the place. Although it would be good to have the bin in our office emptied more than once a week. My point is this.
What is the point of paying people by the hour for a full days work when all they can manage is to empty a bin once a week.
This page previously appeared on morganbye.net[^1][^2]
[^1:] http://morganbye.net/2009/09/cleaners-or-as-i-call-them) [^2:] http://morganbye.net/blog/?p=45