knowledge test results coming back to haunt you

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:21:04 -0400, chris priest
wrote:

My summer job currently is
basically being a janitor at a RV park. My job is to pick up trash,
clean the bathrooms, sweep the floors; stuff like that. The biggest
thing I dislike about this job is how they instructed me to clean the
bathrooms. I have to spray the toilet bowl with chemical #5, then
chemical #7, then after a few minutes, I have to scrub the inside of the
bowl with brush #1 soaked in bleach. The the outside of the toilet with
brush #2 in bleach. After that I have to wipe it down with a wet rag,
then with a dry rag. Then I have to do it all over again to the rest of
the toilets. After this whole process the toilets have the exact same
appearance they did before I started. It just seems like I spent all
that effort for nothing. I could have achieved the same effect with a 30
second spray-n-wipe then be done with.

Oooohhhh, bad example Chris. The reason you were told to use the
various chemicals, along with bleach and two different brushes and the
wet and dry rags is because you are doing more than just making the
toilets look alike, you are killing germs. Test after test after test
have all come back with the same result, there are germs in public
restrooms and patrons can pick them up there. Your job is to kill
them, not make the toilets look the same.

Even though just barely passing the written still means passing it,
most pilot wannabees want to do better than barely adaquate.

Corky Scott