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Alyssa · Joined: 15 Jan 2006

Well, it happened on Saturday, one of the teachers was actually forced to clean the toilet in the womens bathroom Smile

She is a part time teacher, around 31 and single, and since she is not a regular teacher AND the cleaning woman has not made it to work in a week, the head honcho tells her to go and clean it (he respects all the married teachers and treats her differently all because of an incident at a singing room where she refused to "dance" with him ) I hear this yelling going on between her and Mr. President, and so another teacher starts yelling at her as well, she storms out, (I thought she quit) next thing I know she comes back with a black plastic bag and some cleaning stuff, and in about a half hour the bathroom is spotless Wink

To be honest, if I was asked to do it........I would have done it, I mean what the heck.

mole · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III

Nice delivery with the story. Would I have done it?
Probably. I'm ex-military and have cleaned my fair share of heads.
Unless it was likely to become a routine thing, I wouldn't have balked.
Sounds like she was discriminated against though. Does she work there legally?

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

You know, sometimes in Korea it's better to clean something yourself and have it CLEAN than to argue with someone else who is going to do a half-way job.

own_king · Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Location: here

Never in a million years would I clean anything at my school. They have money let them get a cleaing lady who will come everyday. I'd hire my own cleaning ajuma before I did that. That's incredible. Why didn't the head honcho do it lol? What a nerve.

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

That's ridiculous.

You'd clean it??? What's wrong with you? If the boss can't hire someone to do it the he should do it himself.

Teachers cleaning bathrooms. Nice.

WorldWide · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

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happeningthang · Joined: 26 Apr 2003

This sort of thing is exactly why rock-scissor-paper exists. I get out of all kinds of chores doing this.

The Great Toad · Joined: 12 Jun 2004

You know I too was a pro cleaner in the Jathead Toilet Crusaders. Every Thursday... Still some bathrooms are too dirty to clean- it depends on the current well-being of the bathroom. Mole statement reminded me of a terrible movie (that is terrible in it's evil ugly ultra-violence) I happened to see. The one club guy bouncer is late for work and the boss tells him the bathroom flooded, now the guy was like a ex-ninja sword expert or something. Anyhow, the nasty boss goes, The Toilet is exploded and there're ____ all over the floor." The stoic ole ex fighter goes, Ok, I'll clean it up." Later he gets killed by a snake too. Which was sad cause he had a great dry droll sense of speech. Not to say Mole is a ninja- he seems very kindaaa.
However I am reminded of when the toilet of a friend blew up and she had poo all over her bathroom. When she called the people in chargwe of the apartment they laughed at her as she described her terror of all the poo and she had to clean it up herself. So, I think in these bathroom matters the hierarchy of Confucianism comes into play.

TheFonz · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Location: North Georgia

mole · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III

bnrockin · Joined: 27 Feb 2006

jeez...I thought cleaning toilets went out when we finished our part-time jobs in the grocery stores. So much for a college education.

pastis · Joined: 20 Jun 2006

Good thing it's not a serious Buddhist or Hindu country, or we'd come to be seen as ''untouchables, or handlers of filth or whatever... English teachers scrubbing down shit for a living: right at the very bottom of the social/karma ladder...

mole · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III

Your points are taken, but the occasional menial task at work doesn't mean much.
If you feel your boss is harassing you or treating you wrongly, speak up.

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

Well, my boss doesn't lift a finger, but it seems the hagwon doesn't get cleaned enough. One of the drivers does it and a receptionist was doing it, but she quit or something (2nd time). I'd notice that the students' desks were not getting cleaned for like a month. It's not like I'm going to do it.

I can understand that some people are just lazy, but my boss should make sure that it's pretty spic and span in there. He could at least hire someone to clean it out every one in a while or do it himself. That's what I'd do. Who cares if I'm the boss? Isn't keeping the place clean better for business?

I told him all of the above, too. Told him that it was very unprofessional. I've noticed that the desks are being cleaned more often now.

Anyway, why should a teacher clean a toilet?