Purell by the gallon
There are two “must carry” things here ~ tissue/toilet paper and hand disinfectant. You never know when you are going to be in a squatter with no tp, and you don’t know where the other person’s hand has been, perhaps without a good “follow-up” washing.
Hand washing and covering up when coughing or sneezing is not a normalized habit in the schools. I hesitate each time a student offers a “high five” and definitely shudder when a student puts his hand to his mouth ~ eeeuuuhhhh!
Students do the vast majority of the cleaning in the schools we work in. The students “clean” the building before classes begin in the morning and again at the end of the day. Unfortunately, disinfectant and/or bleach are often not used and the students believe that splashing dirty water around with a mop and wiping surfaces with a dirty rag is “cleaning”.
When I arrive in the morning, the office (the entire building, actually) is wet ~ cold (because all the windows are open) and wet. During the day, the heat is cranked up to a ridiculous level (all the windows are left open) and the surfaces are allowed to dry. Then, at the end of the day, it’s “cleaning time” again, during which the students mop and wipe surfaces for an hour before they go home.
Oh, yeah ~ I forgot to mention that my office area is next door to the boys bathroom ~ and they use the same mop. Enough said.
The key is Purell ~ I always carry plenty of Purell …
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