tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191965728405279025.post381209358153504948..comments2023-10-28T07:01:15.309-07:00Comments on The Doc Is In: Behind ScheduleDr Pezzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160506091556539766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191965728405279025.post-17114030129137768952007-08-23T18:19:00.000-07:002007-08-23T18:19:00.000-07:00I used to have great conversations with our custod...I used to have great conversations with our custodians. But then last year the district outsourced custodial services as a cost-saving measure. Custodians used to be moms and dads who live in our small town and whose kids I taught--or grandpas, or even former students. There were custodians in our district who've worked there 30 years or more.<BR/><BR/>Now, they're often bitter folks who've lost their jobs in the auto industry, or are chronic job-changers. They don't live here (none of the fired custodians want to come back and work for the money the custodial service the district hired is offering). And a couple of them, frankly, give me the creeps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191965728405279025.post-85916320665024840342007-08-21T23:37:00.000-07:002007-08-21T23:37:00.000-07:00Couldn't agree with you more. Our head custodian a...Couldn't agree with you more. Our head custodian and I retired together. I'd had all his kids in my classes.<BR/><BR/>At the school retirement dinner, I sat with his family at a table in the cafeteria. We had a great evening.<BR/><BR/>Teachers who play snob with custodians make my ass ache. Treating them like colleagues is the only way.Hugh O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294517971286376134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191965728405279025.post-34700800676483129472007-08-21T17:07:00.000-07:002007-08-21T17:07:00.000-07:00There's good karma to be had in being kind to the ...There's good karma to be had in being kind to the custodians. They deal with all kinds of nastiness from the students (not to mention all their trash), and I, for one, really appreciate the work that custodians do. I make a point of getting to know the service people at Tiny Community College where I teach, and I've discovered that, to a person, they're all lovely.Mrs. Chilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814787474739856911noreply@blogger.com