Of course they notice.
So remember Scott, the hooded custodian? Something weird just happened. First of all, yesterday I ate a yogurt while at work. That’s important to the story. Then I wasn’t around yesterday when he came to empty my trash. So today when he came in he goes, “Did you have your yogurt today?” Uh, no…
I feel strange about that. I can understand that when you empty trash a lot you might tend to notice what’s in there. But why did he remember the next day that there was an empty yogurt container in my trash can? And why did he point it out to me by asking if I had another today? Is there something strange about eating yogurt that I’m not aware of?
I feel like now he’ll always notice what I throw away. All those Starburst wrappers, my gum. I think I’ll throw this apple core away in the lounge!
October 19th, 2004 at 9:26 am
Hahaha. He must’ve picked up on your hoodie moment. Danger!
October 19th, 2004 at 1:35 pm
An empty yogurt container will get rank after a while. So.. custodians notice stuff like that. The guy that tosses nothing but office paper into his trash can won’t really notice the next day if the janitor skipped over him trying to get out early. If you eat yogurt every day though — your can MUST be emptied.
So, they notice things like that, because it’s important to their job. “Danger: failure to empty Shannon’s waste basket may result in people noticing.” — can’t blame ‘em for that.
He’s probably got an internal list of people that he can “skip” if he wants to get out of work early — and you’re no longer on that list. You’ll go back on the “skip” list if you don’t dump anything that’d stink like hell for 2 weeks. If he wants to get out early he might skip you if you’re “safe” to leave alone for a day.
October 19th, 2004 at 5:02 pm
Apparently I missed the first story about the Janitor. Can anyone fill me in?
October 19th, 2004 at 5:10 pm
oops..found that post, apparently I just had to scroll down a little. Sorry!
October 20th, 2004 at 1:43 am
Okay but Justin, he empties the trash in my office EVERYDAY! Even if I just have a candy wrapper and a post-it in there. Even if I’m not in my office, he won’t skip over me. Never has. I don’t think he skips anyone very often. And he didn’t say “Did you have your yogurt today?” like “If so, I better empty your trash. Otherwise I might skip you today.” I just found it a little invasive. Don’t worry, Scott’s still a cool guy, I’ll just always be concious of what I throw away!
October 20th, 2004 at 11:51 am
THat’s kind of creepy