This is small and stupid, and I'm unaccountably steamed over it. Our Branch Manager sent around an email to everyone at the branch that we need to empty our garbage cans the night before the cleaning lady comes (she comes twice a week and starts half an hour before we do) because BM doesn't want her "climbing under our desks risking her safety" to empty our garbage. WTAF? We're not talking about some super-heavy or difficult to access garbage cans here. We're talking a normal office setting with small, plastic garbage bags with typical office garbage. The mop bucket that cleaning lady lugs around weighs more than all our garbage put together.
And this thing about "climbing under our desks" is super weird, too. Yes, our garbage cans are tucked under our desks. But all she has to do is lean down slightly and pull the cans out to empty them. A lot of the time, she shouldn't even need to do that. Just grab the can liner and pull that out along with our garbage. The only reason to pull the can out is if she can't reach to put the new bag in.
It seems unnecessarily nitpicky on BM's part. I don't know if he even discussed it with the cleaning lady. He didn't mention it in the email.
And this thing about "climbing under our desks" is super weird, too. Yes, our garbage cans are tucked under our desks. But all she has to do is lean down slightly and pull the cans out to empty them. A lot of the time, she shouldn't even need to do that. Just grab the can liner and pull that out along with our garbage. The only reason to pull the can out is if she can't reach to put the new bag in.
It seems unnecessarily nitpicky on BM's part. I don't know if he even discussed it with the cleaning lady. He didn't mention it in the email.
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