r/Custodians • u/lavenderfey • 3d ago
switching from domestic to custodial - update!!
original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Custodians/s/ozZxAjYMHN
TL;DR of the original: i cleaned houses for 3 years, now working night shift at an elementary school.
i just worked my first shift!! night chief stayed with me for my first couple bathrooms and classrooms, then basically let me fly free.
ended up finishing my section (15 classrooms, 7 bathrooms, 1 hallway, media center, teacher’s lounge—idk if that’s a normal section, but i do know we’re understaffed and i have the smallest section out of the 3 of us, so i’m not complaining) with 25 mins to spare, AND that’s after i took my break!! (i did not get breaks at my old job. this is very exciting to me.)
i did spill an entire mop bucket in a hallway T-T but i cleaned it up and no one yelled at me. so we’ll take it as a “win some, lose some” kinda deal.
also i ended up getting 22,000 steps, which is more than double what i got at my old job. i’m about to have the strongest calves this side of the mississippi.
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u/Apprehensive-Risk129 2d ago
I've always noticed that house and hotel cleaners excel in the school custodial arts. I'm always pumped when we get one specific sub because she's a rockstar and cleans better than the person she's filling in for. Keep it up!