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Toilet talk...a rant

Life has it's many complications and aspects of it bring confusion to people going about their day to day business. Only today I was made to stop and think about what a funny old world it is.

In today's society cleanliness is a major issue. With the spreading of super bugs like MRSA and c.diff we are increasingly encouraged to wash our hands either using water and soap or special alcohol wash. Wherever you go in the UK you are met with signs telling you when the facilities were last cleaned. They even provide you with a number to ring should they not be satisfactory.

It is also the case though that with inflation and the economy as it is the government and it's agencies are trying to hold on to their money. I notice this as I have been a temp with a government agency for 12 weeks now (rather than them taking me on with a contract).

Anyway it is not often that I stop and pause to think about things like this but I guess the two were highlighted to me on a visit to the toilet at work. A sign outside told me that today the toilets had a male cleaner and that this nice man was called Colin.

First I thought about the ridiculous aspects of it all - whilst it is nice to know that there is a man cleaning the loo why on earth do I need to know his name. Do they expect me to go about my business whilst having a chat with Colin? Or do they expect me to provide Colin with a card to congratulate him on how well he is doing his jobs.

Then I thought how typical the whole situation was of the state we in Britain are in...

We want clean and nice environments to work in. We complain about taxes. The government cuts back from the bottom rungs of the pay ladder first. Instead of two cleaners - one for the girls and another for the boys...we have Colin...

Maybe I should go and buy him that card before he quits and we are left with filthy toilets...I mean the post boy who left 10 weeks ago wasn't replaced and I am not convinced Colin would be either!