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  • #1

    Cleaning, Cleaning, How I Love The Cleaning.

    Minor gripe tonight. We have some regional corporate muckety-muck coming in to inspect our Aid of Rite in a few days so I was set to work cleaning, even down to scrape the wax and dirt buildup surrounding the Pepsi display with a putty knife because SM wants the store CLEAN. (That's a nitpicky detail that I could have done without because said regional muckety-muck is not THAT picky; but then again he visits about once a year)

    I got tired of people telling me variants of "You missed a spot! Hyuck hyuck hyuck!" "You have the best job! Hyuck hyuck hyuck!" "You look comfy down there! Hyuck hyuck hyuck!" "Get it all clean now! Hyuck hyuck hyuck!" "Looking good! Hyuck hyuck hyuck!"

    Oooh, you're SO clever! I haven't heard that one! Look at how much I'm laughing!
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill
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    You forgot "When you're done there, come and clean my house! Hyuck hyuck hyuck!"

    Jerks. :P
    Getting offended is a great way to avoid answering questions that make you sound dumb. - exmocaptainmoroni

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    • #3
      Surprised, no one said that; however, my coworkers are fond of that joke. When I say, with all seriousness, my going rate's a million bucks an hour, the smiles fade.
      Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill

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      • #4
        I hate those comments. Every time I dust stuff(everything gets dusty so fast and it gives me something to do), someone ends up saying "Oh, you can come to my house next!"

        Yes, because I'd doing it for the enjoyment of making my nose watery and itchy, not for the lack of something to do. But hey, since you're offering, off work property I charge double

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        • #5
          I must be the only retail drone working who would rather clean than do much else...

          Means I don't have to deal with dumbasses...
          My Guide to Oblivion

          "I resent the implication that I've gone mad, Sprocket."

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          • #6
            Since I'm a janitor, on the days when I'm actually able to clean something instead of pushing shopping carts 'cause they won't hire people, I'm told "You can clean my house next," all the time.

            My usual counter is, "How much do you pay per hour?"

            That shuts them down quite fast.
            Customers should always be served . . . to the nearest great white.

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            • #7
              Tama: Oh, I love cleaning, it keeps me away from the register, so I'm happy to do it. I just get tired of the occasional idiot who says inane things.
              Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill

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              • #8
                Didn't happen at work, but.......I would occasionally get such comments from guys whom I'd be chatting with online, this being after I'd mention doing laundry. 90% of the time, that would be followed up with - "You want to come over and do my laundry next? hehehehe". And the guy could never figure out why I didn't think his "joke" was funny.

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                • #9
                  You mean nobody came up to you and said, "As long as your down there..."?


                  "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"

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                  • #10
                    Anytime anyone says anything like that, they always seem to think they are the first person to say it and they are the height of wit.

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                    • #11
                      Aid of Rite must not pay very well, it looks like you're just scraping by.


                      *Ducks*


                      Mike
                      Meow.........

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                      • #12
                        Reminds me of our remodel a few years back. One day we were all assigned to cleaning the bottom basedeck panels on all the gondolas in the store. We were given paper towels and cleaner of some kind, and were supposed to wipe them all down until they were "clean."

                        Talk about the height of pointlessness. Those panels were probably the same ones that came with the store when it opened; no way they're going to shine like new with almost 30 years of dirt and rust ground into them. Plus those panels have basedeck shelves protruding over them, so the only way you see the panels is if you're crawling by on your belly.

                        But no matter, since the store was being remodeled we had to get that "grand opening" look instead of doing something productive.
                        Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

                        "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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                        • #13
                          When I worked as a bagger back in 2002/2003 the Janitor was frequently ill and absent from work, so they would have me clean the toilets, the breakroom, sweep, mop the foyer, etc. I HATED when I was mopping the foyer on a rainy day because every single person, who thought they were being original, clever and the first person to ever say it (LOL) would say "Oh, that's a never ending job" or "That's an endless job" or "That's a thankless job" (wait, we're supposed to get thank you's? lol never happens).


                          One guy said "you'll make someone a good little wife one day". The woman behind him whispered to me "I guess he doesn't realize we're allowed to vote now and have rights". Oy! LOL

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                          • #14
                            Alyssie: We have janitors, their names are ralerin, cashier L and manager S2. :P

                            But eeesh, I would've smacked that guy with a wet salmon!
                            Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill

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                            • #15
                              our DM expects us to clean all the time too.

                              heres the problem

                              theres only 2 people on most of the night. one ringing/the other doing everything else i.e. >me<

                              dusting is easy to maintain if you can do it each night as you face, but we dont get to face every night and some people dont listen to me and dont do ANY work.

                              but this guy expects us to scrape off tape or glue (like the size of >*< that off every single extrusion(sp?) in the store.

                              mind you the building is very old and dust and dirt seem to fall from the ceiling. base shelves get dirty no matter what. and tell the 3 letter pharmacy to stop giving us sticky signs. the paper ones didnt leave goo marks, and probably couldve been recycled. goo gone gives me headaches, and i can only take so much nail polish remover (i have to wear gloves or my nails get messy :P)

                              though ive noticed some people dont clean shelves when they do planograms. then i do the plano and find the shelves black with dirt. oh joy

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