bit of a random thought of mine but what is tumblr if not a very, very public journal
I cannot fucking stand the disrespect cleaners/janitors get. People will literally throw stuff on the floor, drop things and not pick them up and overall just make a huge fucking mess because "It's okay, the cleaners will sort it out" like how fucking dare you? Their job is to keep the building clean, safe and sanitary for you, and you disrespect them by pissing all over the toilet seats and throwing wrappers on the floor??? Yes it's their job to clean but you don't have to make their job harder than it already is?? Just pick up after yourselves. I dropped glass on the floor of my college and didn't have any way to safely clean it up and I had to go get one of the cleaners and I was so fucking embarrassed, how can you NOT be embarrassed that YOU have made a mess and someone else is going to have to pick up after you??? And that's not even all they have to deal with, they're constantly treated as if they're inferior whether it's comments like "I got to do well in school otherwise I'll end up being a cleaner" as if they're some kind of disgusting inferior useless human beings, or downright nasty comments and ignorance thrown at them. It's fucking appalling because they're always so kind too. The cleaners at my college are some of the sweetest ladies I've met. But let's be real, that's why they're treated like this. People are misogynistic, and what are cleaners? Majority female. They're generally middle aged to older women. Society treats women as their slaves, males believe that it is their mother's job to clean up after them, so why would they treat other women differently? Why would they be kind to them or give them respect. Cleaning is one of the most grueling jobs out there, and it's one of the most important ones too, but it's heavily underpaid and disrespected because the only people willing to do it are women and society isn't really known for giving a shit about us.