Thoughts for Thursday: Cleaning Up Someone Else's Mess
This isn't a thought so much as a rant....
How can I make a long story short? Alright, because of some major changes at one of my schools this upcoming school year, 75% of the teachers need to move classrooms. This is a huge PITA, as most teachers are attached to the furniture they already have and want to take it with them. I am no exception. I am moving into a room almost identical to the one I already had. The big difference is that the teacher whose room it was previously resigned from her position to move out of state. No big deal, right? HA! Except that this teacher never cleaned her room in (what seems to be) several years. She didn't take much with her, but left behind a mess you wouldn't imagine. I spent 6 hours cleaning it one day and that was just getting rid of all of the stuff that was left in the room. It will be weeks before my stuff is moved in and reorganized. Lets take a peak at what I was dealing with.......
This is what the room looked like before I took over....
The thing is, you can't even see what i was dealing with yet because it was all HIDDEN in the cabinets, desk, drawers........years worth of CRAP!!!
I literally threw out 5 huge barrels worth of junk that I didn't want or need. There were some things that I kept, but everything else that looked like it was useful I set up for others to take. It was seriously ridiculous!!
Some people made off with a load of stuff.... (about 8 carts filled like this left my new room)
Others had fun digging through her old desk which was filled to the brim with a mix of office supplies and worthless junk.... (like the used coffee cups and other dishes. Or the rotten apple and moldy tupperware she left in the fridge)
Did I mention the room looked as if it had never been vaccumed? And from the looks of all the mice crap I found, Mickey & Minnie and the whole gang are all living in my space. GROSS!!!!!!!!!
How inconsiderate do you have to be to leave a room in that condition???
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TFT posts today:
Jessica on remembering and following through
Nicole on inflation and the movie PS I Love You
