To this kind of [PSYCHO] happy:
I have witnesses. And here's the story behind it all:
Sorry, it's kind of a LONG story...and may be kinda gross at times. I apologize. Tune out whenever. Haha. But the best way to tell this will be in chronological order. So please take special note of the times...
3:15--I walk into the Cast Service Building* and see my friend Francis. He's currently training to be a coordinator and was supposed to get off at 2:30, so I was happily surprised to see him! Our conversation went as such:
Erika--"What are you still doing here??"
Francis--"Well, I'd like to say I waited for ya, buuuut...I was cleaning up an incident instead and JUST got done. There was mess in Classic Hall.** In your bathroom... Louna (the lady who worked in that area during the morning) called right at the end of my shift and asked us to come out there for an 'emergency'..."
E--"Oh? What happened??"
F--"Well, the first toilet, right as you walk in, was COVERED in poo. Like, the bowl, the walls, the floor. Everything. COVERED. And, get this, to make it worse...there were SPOONS stuck in it too!!!"
E--"WHAT?!?! NO WAY! NO! Are you serious!!!"
F--"Ya. It was bad! We felt bad about leaving you with the mess, so we got it all pretty much cleaned up. Louna and Nadia are finishing up right now."
*Cast Service Building: Where we custodians clock in & out, get our radios, keys, & pargos (golf carts), and where all the manager/coordinator offices are.
**Classic Hall refers to the main lobby at my resort. It was my area for the day. I was in charge of the female guest bathrooms and the bathrooms/break area behind front desk.
3:20-3:25--We talked a few more minutes about it, Fran, being a fellow pin trader, showed me some of his cool pins, then left so I could finish getting ready to go out to my area. I gave him a hug as he left and another guy, Patrick, walked in right then.
Patrick--"It was my birthday the other day, where's my hug??"
Erika--"What?! It was your birthday?! How come you didn't tell me?!" *gave him a hug*
We were still talking about birthdays and happy things when Louna, in her broken English, told me what to expect. All I could understand was "messy bathroom," "Nadia's cleaning it," "Haven't checked front desk in long time," "Check it soon." Thinking all she told me was old news since I talked to Francis, I just nodded, said "Okay, thank you!" and left. I got my radio and keys, then headed out to Classic Hall.
3:40-- I put my trash barrel and backpack in my closet, grab my pan and broom, then go into the bathroom*. It smells TERRIBLE. Like poo. And lots of it. So I go to the first stall that had just been cleaned to see that there is, in fact, still poo all over the partition. And toilet paper dispensers. And sanitary bag holder. O_O
*"the bathroom" or "my bathroom" refer to the Classic Hall Female Guest Restroom
3:45-3:55---I get my gloves on, grab some rags, grab some chemicals, and go to work scrubbing off all the left over poo. I get done, check the rest of stalls, and am just getting ready to walk out when my coordinator calls me over the radio. (We JUST got new radios and so far, they...are TERRIBLE. They don't get reception when you're inside the building. Ha.) To save SOME time, I'll summarize, I pulled a pride rock moment while I ran through the lobby trying to get reception...then I ended up outside. She told me that someone just reported an over-flowed toilet in my bathroom. She didn't know which one and wanted me to check it out. Thinking she meant the poop filled one, I assured her all the toilets were now fine and I took care of everything.
4:00--I get done with the bathroom, put everything back in my closet, and check the bathroom sheets.* Louna had only been in the front desk bathrooms ONCE. And it was at 8:15AM. So I run behind front desk to check the damage. Sure enough, there was NO toilet paper in either bathroom (male or female), the trashes in the break room were over flowing, and since the front desk had made popcorn for all their cast members, there was popcorn EVERYWHERE.
*Bathroom sheets are what we use to record when we're in the bathroom, what we do while we're in there, what we re-stock, etc.
4:05--I go back to my closet to get supplies, but as I'm opening the closet, a lady walks out of the bathroom and says "Excuse me, buuuuut...the first stall in the girls bathroom...well. There's something all over the back of the door. I HOPE it's chocolate...but I don't think it is..."
4:05-4:20--Horrified, I thank her then run into the bathroom. I go in the stall, close the door, and sure enough--there is MORE poo smeared all over the back of the door. With a nice big chunk sitting on the lock. (But really, WHO DOES THIS!?! And HOW do you calmly walk out of a bathroom after doing this?!??!) So I get more chemicals, rags, and gloves and go to work. Some of it wouldn't come off just by rubbing, so I started scraping it with my thumbnail. Right then, my glove snapped. And I got a good ol' hand full of poo. -__- So I wash the crap outta my hands, (literally....haha) put some new gloves on, and start working again. I finally get it all taken care of and go back to closet. I turn on my phone so I can text Fran and say "WHAT THE HECK!? WHO CLEANED THIS!?!?!" But said something else...It was a lot nicer, for sure. Because I was just busting a gut laughing so hard by this point. Seriously, not even a poop smeared door could bring me down! Haha! As I was texting him though, I got a text from Isabella (who was working at Computer Pool--THE furthest pool from Classic Hall) saying she had locked herself out of her closet. So I dropped everything and ran out there to unlock her door. :) We talked for a little bit, then I got back to my area. I had a LOT to do!
4:40-5:00--I get back to the front desk, clean those bathrooms, restock all the toilet paper and paper towels, take out ALL the trash, and sweep up a TON o' popcorn! I saw my friend Steph back there, talked for a few minutes, then went to dump my trash bin because it was ALREADY FULL! And it smelled terrible...ha.
5:00--On Sundays, we usually have a little custodial meeting in the break-room at 5 to get us all on the same page and everything so I went to check if we were having it. We weren't, but I ran into my friend Mason, who was on break. We talked for a bit and I started to tell him about my events of the day so far. Right then, my friends Racheal and Joe walk in. And Racheal does NOT look like she feels well. Very pale, very sad/sick looking :( She over-hears my story and immediately gets REALLY sick.
5:25-6:20--I call the coordinator but she was busy, so I drove Racheal back to Cast Services to see if a manager would let her go home. They approved it! So I drove back to our resort, picked up her stuff, drove BACK to Cast Services, gave her her stuff, told her to get better, grabbed some more rags (Heavens knew we'd need 'em!), then went BACK to the resort. I put the new rags in my closet and checked my bathroom again.
6:40-7:15-- I go into my bathroom and it is a MESS. Toilet paper everywhere, paper towels falling out of the trash, etc. So I clean EVERYTHING up. Re-stock TP & PT, clean ALL the toilets, pull ALL the sanitary bags, etc. etc. etc.
7:30--I walk out of my bathroom, update the bathroom sheets, fill in Patrick on the day's events so far, then start sweeping the main lobby area. My friend Mike (who was working at the Concierge Desk) called me over to him because he had printed me a schedule of the special Fourth of July fireworks at Magic Kingdom! *so nice!* Right then, a guest walks up and says, "Excuse me, I'd like to report something...the second to last stall in the girls' bathroom has uuuuhhhh overflowed. And there's water everywhere. And my daughter slipped..." I apologize profusely and run BACK to the bathroom! (Did you note the time?? Only 15 minutes after I left the bathroom!!)
7:30-7:50--Sure enough, there is water EVERYWHERE. (Well, spanning across 4 stalls worth of floor space.) And it's literally about an inch deep. What the?! My radio doesn't work inside. And my phone's in the closet. So I clean it all up on my own. I close off the back half of the bathroom, mop up all the water, and close up the stall.
8:00-9:00--BREAK TIME!! :) I see all my lovely friends, we have lots of lovely conversations, I tell them of the day's events so far and can't even get it out without DYING of laughter!! Oh man. I was hysterical!! Haha :P Seriously. Ask ANY of them. Hahaha
9:15--I walk back into my bathroom to see that not only had that toilet re-overflowed, but ANOTHER one had over flowed as well. *Double the water!!!* We had a small lake. No joke. This time, I wanted help. I got my radio to work for second, called the coordinator. Then it didn't work. So I ran out in the hall, saw Mason, had HIM call the coordinator for me. Isabella heard him over the radio and immediately came to help me. Our coordinator eventually showed up, gave us more supplies, called engineering about the toilets, then asked if I would stay till 1am (instead of midnight) so I could keep tabs on the pool and check the female restroom out there. I agreed and she left. Isabella and I mopped for a good 45 minutes and finally got it all taken care of :)
10:10--I walk out to the pool area, straighten some chairs, talk to Joe and Isabella, then check the girls' bathroom. It needs to be mopped and a few TPs replaced, but I was NOT feeling like mopping right then and TP was back in the hall closet. I slowly walk back to the closet, stopped to take a few pictures for a family, then finally go to get TP. By the time I got back to the pool bathroom, the door had locked for the night and I didn't have the right key. And those who DID have the right key had already left...so I left it. *Whoops!*
10:50-11:15--I go back in my bathroom to find that there is yet ANOTHER HUGE puddle!!! (Small lake!) The 2nd to last toilet had overflowed again. Luckily the other one had not (it ALMOST had but luckily it didn't because it was filled with....stuff....). So I got my trusty wusty mop buddy back out and mopped the floor. Again. *Woo hoo!* How did this happen?? Ya. I forgot to re-lock the stall doors last time. So people didn't know they were broken....I caused this last mopping. Hahaha! I just lost it! Busted up laughing, started singing, dancing around with my mop. Gave the ladies coming into the restroom quite the show! Haha!
11:20-11:40--I swept the main lobby and, while doing so, ran into a cute little family--a mom, young son, and even younger daughter. The son's birthday was tomorrow and he was turning 7! They were all here to celebrate and it was their first time to Disney ever! So I took a few minutes, got them some special "Happy Birthday" and "I'm Celebrating!" buttons, told them of all the adventures waiting for them in the Magic Kingdom, and saw the spark of Disney magic light up in their eyes! It was SUCH a happy thing :) Dad came back from checking them in and luckily I had gotten buttons for them because front desk did not :( (I guess they just didn't ask...) I bid they have a "groovy night!" then peaced out.
11:40-Midnight--Cleaned the whole front desk area again, took out all the trash, etc. etc. etc.
Midnight-12:20--I talked to my dear, sweet friend Megan, from Utah, who told me the story of how she and her best friend (and also one of my good friends from Utah, Jake!) are now ENGAGED as of this past Friday!!! :) I am so So SO happy for them!! :) So that was good to talk to her and get the details :)
The rest of the night, everything else went smoothly. I cleaned everything up, closed up the bathrooms, and clocked out on time. Twas a crazy day, but I'm still smiling!! :) It's all about attitude, my friends! Smile and things will be happier :)
To add a more spiritual aspect, I believe it may because I finally paid off all my tithing today...I was pretty far behind. But now I'm caught up! Maybe even ahead of myself :) Tithing=blessings, Blessings=happiness!
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