What I did this Week: some thoughts from bath-houses

  This past week, I volunteered during the Family Conference at ALERT. Sadly, I did not take many pictures because I was working. So instead, I will just write some thoughts about cleaning bath-houses since that is what I did.

  It does not matter how pretty a person's hair is when it is on their head, they need to clean it out of the drain after they have taken a shower.

  Flush the toilet. Please, just do.

  If you are a big girl, clean up after yourself.

  Personal items left in the bath-house, no. Just no.

  Soap left lying around does not clean the surrounding area. I think it actually attracts bacteria.

  Oh, and hair in the sink, clean that up too.

  It is not that hard to pick up paper you dropped on the floor.

  When there are signs on the door stating members of the opposite sex are present, please regard them, more for our sake then for yours.

  All that makes cleaning bath-houses sound much worse than it is. At the end of the day, it was not that bad. Hosing down floors, squeegeeing mirrors, restocking paper goods, stepping out into the sunshine every five minutes, a body can learn to enjoy it. At the same time, you can learn things about your fellow human beings you may not have realized you did not really want to know.

  And that was part of my week at least.