yeah, okay. I just put in my two weeks' notice at my school janitorial job, and let me tell you, after working this job, I promise every on-screen adaptation of a US high school after-hours is a lie.
for some reason there is never any type of security when they break in after hours.
or, doors are never locked
No one grumbling about how dirty the drinking fountains are
FOR SOME REASON THE JANITOR ONLY HAS A MOP. I assure you, janitors use more than a mop. AND WE DOn'T ALl WeAr OverALls.
If there is staff, it's usually one elderly man with a beard and a scowl. And this man is supposed to clean the entire school by himself????
For some reason when they need to steal keys from the janitor, they have to get it off of the janitor. Buddy. There are like. He has an office. Where I worked, we have an entire cabinet of keys.
Oh! No janitorial office/supply closets. Yes, plural.
No chemicals? I don't think I've ever seen someone use chemicals on screen. (Or doing anything but push a cart around. Hey! We collect the trash and clean windows and the freaking DRINKING FOUNTAINS.)
janitor always has the key or never loses it. (Keys get passed around like hot potatoes throughout the entire shift. Literally, I need someone, just once, to attack the head custodian with the intention of getting a key before realizing he already gave it to another employee like ten minutes ago, but when they go find THAT employee, they already passed it to someone else)
if something goes wrong in a school, guess who shows up first? Usually the janitor. They are janitor/matience/security/angry little man/woman/nb
something beeping and the police getting called. (Ha. one time I saw the security guy literally rip the beeping thing off the wall, told us to change the batteries, and then left)
This is not a hard job. Buddy. Look at me. Every job is a skillset you need to learn.
