But spare a thought for that person your off loading those little jobs onto because you might realise your taking liberties just ever so slightly.
You see the clue is in the name - CLEANER - yeah ,thats right we clean the school so its clean and tidy for when the children arrive the next day. The majority of the other members of staff respect the job you do but there are the exceptions who do think your just there to do what they can't be bothered with.
Let me explain , I have a two hour shift every morning in which I have to hoover ,wash the floor and clean the tables of 4 classroom's , clean 2 throughly unpleasant smelling toilet blocks (sinks ,toilets mirrors etc) plus emptying all bins and dusting shelves, bookcases etc.
Thats a major feat in itself to complete within the time radius ,often ending up with two of us working on the same area to get it done in time before the start of the school day.
So as you can imagine you'd probably be more than a little annoyed to find that as well as that lot to do some "kind" individual has also left you two primary classes worth of muddy wellies , p.e bags and various coats, hats and gloves chucked willy nilly across the cloakroom floor that need picking up before you can even start thinking about cleaning. Thats 10 minutes off my two hours that could have been 10 minutes( or less seeing as they have a teaching assistant each to help them)out of their 6 hours in the school. Recently I was reported to the headmaster for missing a smear of poo on the underneath of a toilet bowl ,I got a lecture about there being a child at the school just getting over leukemia and how we need to make sure everything is clean at all times.
Fair enough i thought but later it struck me what a hypocritical lecture this was, surely if they were so concerned with the place being so clean that poo smear should have been cleared up at the time it happened not left for me to do some 15 hours later the next morning . Its not the first time its happened either last year i was treated to a whole turd just left and baked hard in the summer heat on the floor where some poor unfortunate had missed the toilet.But the general answer I got back on both occasions was that the teacher /ta say its not their job to have to clean it up , well thats ok then , just because my job title has the word clean in it please do feel free to just leave any bodily waste for me to deal with hours later while you just pop a yellow caution cone over it .
And as for staff room's , dont get me started , these are the same individuals who are telling our kids to tidy up after everything they do but one look round the staff room tends to reveal a case of " do as i say but that doesnt mean i have do it ". Row upon row of dirty coffee/tea cups ,some that have been there so long you need a chisel to prise them away from the draining board . Three bins within one room but no matter just leave that crisp packet / yogurt pot shoved under the chair, fruit rotting away in the fruit bowl , anything i dont want in my classroom where can I put it? I know, the table in the staffroom . Is it any wonder the headmaster got so sick of it one day that he came in and just shoved the whole lot all in a black bag and put it out in the rubbish !
So my basic rant to those who are probably thinking" whats the problem thats what your job is" is yes I get it I'm the cleaner but thats just it I'm there to clean I'm not there to be your mother tidying up after you. Take the responsibility for the things you do( like you so often tell our children to do )instead of giving it to someone who's already got enough to do.
And if you don't , I'll send you to your room without any supper ....
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