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To not clean the wee up?

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lostintheour · 13/08/2024 22:22

I work in a medium sized supermarket (4 tills) and we have no customer toilets - staff ones which are cleaned by cleaners not shop staff.

Today a child wet themselves in one of the aisles. My manager told me to clean it up with paper towels and I refused. It’s not part of my job description and I’m not cleaning up human waste - even if it’s a child’s.

To be honest the parents walking away and not offering to help was lazy and gross in itself but regardless aibu?

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lostintheour · 13/08/2024 22:30

HavingABitOfAMare · 13/08/2024 22:28

It depends on your JD.

I'd be very surprised if there isn't a bit in there about keeping the shop clean, and free of hazards.

Mind you, they should've told you to grab the cleaner's mop and a yellow cone.

There’s a difference between cleaning a broken bottle of wine and literal piss.

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HavingABitOfAMare · 13/08/2024 22:28

It depends on your JD.

I'd be very surprised if there isn't a bit in there about keeping the shop clean, and free of hazards.

Mind you, they should've told you to grab the cleaner's mop and a yellow cone.

JaneTheVirgin · 13/08/2024 22:27

Cleaners in hospitals aren't even expected to clean human waste so I wouldn't expect you as a supermarket worker! I'm assuming you haven't had the relevant trainings? And paper towels are absolutely NOT appropriate cleaning material for urine. YANBU

PonyPatter44 · 13/08/2024 22:26

Where were your cleaners? Shouldn't they have been cleaning it up? I would have thrown some paper towels down, just to stop everyone else paddling through it and walking wee all over the shop....but if you've got cleaners, that's their job.

What would happen if someone smashed a bottle of olive oil on the floor? Surely that's a job for the cleaner, not the shop assistants.

ChannelyourinnerElsa · 13/08/2024 22:25

What does your contract say?