Day Two Hundred & Twenty-eight: 9/5/2023
I’m in charge tonight, well, sort of. My crew lead has to clean and close the elementary school down the street and I’ll be responsible for the two temps that we have at the Denver School of the Arts. Unfortunately, if I need to speak with them it will be difficult since my Spanish is literal shit. Can’t understand or speak it. I should take advantage of the linguistic exposure. Except, there’s just so much to do. With a person down we have to consolidate the work between three people. It’s much better than if we only had two people, or at worst, only one person. I ended up doing the cafeteria all by myself. I dumped all of the trash on the first floor. This also included window checking. So many classrooms left their windows cracked open. I have to climb up on some stable object to reach the high up window that barely cracks open to four inches. Just another step on the process. I completed the sweeping of the three science rooms on the first floor. I swept my hallway and even managed to sweep the basement hallway. I vacuumed the carpeted space in my run. Finished the night by power washing the bathrooms. The problem is that a lot was still missed. We are supposed to do detailed work. When we have staff absent, there isn’t time to complete these few items. Perhaps tomorrow.
I even took it upon myself to document each step, I’ll post this to my instagram along with this blog post. Just a reminder of all that is done by a custodial worker. Don’t get me wrong, when it comes to my breaks, I take them, and I don’t rush to get through my job faster. I go at a steady pace to do what I’m supposed to do, with only minimal complaints afterwards.
I was pleasantly pleased to find that so much of the space was in decent shape. It made for the job to be tolerable. Especially for the day after a nice long weekend.
Day Two Hundred & Twenty-nine: 9/6/2023
It was another warm start to the day. I’m quite cool as I’m getting ready, but the ride in I always get sweaty. Then, once I get to work, it just continues. I feel gross before the dinner break. The air is blowing, I can feel it, but I apparently need to sit in some sort of walk-in cooler to decrease my body temperature.
I’m surprised that my eye makeup didn’t run down my face. Especially since today was the first day to try out my new lilac palette. It’s a new additive to The Teal Fairy’s accessories. It’s complimentary without being too ostentatious.
On a completely different note. I need to discuss the sinks in the teacher pods. These small spaces allow for teachers in a small proximity to have a personal space to use the restroom and have small conferences. Well, so many use it as a lunchroom as well. I wouldn’t mind as long as the sinks are clean and clear of any food debris. When someone leaves behind food it grosses me out. The small slots in the sink’s drain are there to stop anything solid from going down the drain. There really shouldn’t be any food going down this drain because it will eventually clog the sink trap. These are logical reasons, but what do I know!? Anyway, someone left their dirty dish to sit and soak. UGH! I’m already supposed to clean the toilets. I absolutely refuse to be anyone’s GOD DAMN MAID. There is a difference and I’m determined to stand my ground against the poor cleaning habits of the many.
Day Two Hundred & Thirty: 9/7/2023
I had to make a complaint today, or more a request. That the recycle bins be addressed. It isn’t apart of our responsibility, but they are literally overflowing. I’m not entirely sure why recycling is not part of our daily duties. These bins, that are everywhere, are supposed to be discarded by the student body. Not sure who came up with that rule, but they do a horrible job of being consistent. In the few short weeks since school started, they haven’t been emptied. Also, they don’t recycle properly. They are supposed to be clean recyclables. So much of what they are shoving on the overly stuffed bins needs to be sorted out.
I made a note of my concern to my boss because it is gross. We are supposed to maintain the space and we can’t do that when there are bins literally overflowing with trash. I hate them so much! Apparently, they’re supposed to be emptied regularly. Clearly not!
Another fabulous event this evening was finding stupid graffiti in the girl’s bathroom. How lame! How absolutely stupid and lame. The marker was removed rather easily with my graffiti remover. There’s no point in it! I say this consistently. There is no reason for these students to act out on the physical property. They have the opportunity to express themselves through their artistic expression. Whether that is drawing, painting, singing, dancing, acting, and any other creative measure that is offered to their privileged asses! These are the reasons that I’m not here for the kids, I’m only here for the paycheck. If they like what I’m doing, great, but their admiration doesn’t pay my bills.
Okay, okay, rant over. The day wasn’t shrouded with negativity, I mean, I was complimented on my makeup today. So there’s a win!
Two Hundred & Thirty-one: 9/8/2023
I made it to Friday. Even though it was a shorter week, I still struggled to get through each day. I just don’t want to leave my apartment. I don’t want to stop working on my writing projects to clean up after overly privileged children. Granted, I know that not all of them are spoiled or over privileged, yet I still find myself confused by their disrespectfulness. Their disregard for common courtesy, or just pride in their institution. I say this, not because I know any of them personally, but when you’re the one cleaning up, you see how others behave. How they respect the person in charge and how much they actually care. There’s something unspoken that I understand without needing to know the vocabulary.
I do think my presence adds something special to the space. That’s what gets me out the door. When I get to transform into The Teal Fairy, I feel myself disappear from the annoyances and focus on being a magical fixture. Not some facade, but a figure of flare. A literal peacock inside the body of a human.
I am The Teal Fairy and I bring forth a creative measure in each step I take. I will tell you, I take a lot of steps each day. Less from my server days, but still many steps inside my teal work shoes. I might have to replace them soon, no worries, I’ve already found a new teal pair to buy soon.
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