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AIBU?

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Cleaner responsibilities

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ellebelli · 05/07/2022 14:52

Would you say it was the cleaners job to clear up animal sick,pee and poo?

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MrszClaus · 05/07/2022 14:55

What sort of cleaner? Cleaning where?

A cleaner in someone's house cleaning week old animal poop, definitely not. (Maybe different if animal had an accident in front of them whilst they're there and it had been discussed previously iyswim 🤷🏻‍♀️)

A cleaner in an animal rescue centre, definitely in the job description!

Orangello · 05/07/2022 14:56

What's the context? If my cleaner was here and one of the pets had an accident then yes I would find it odd if she just cleaned around it. If it's a regular task then that's a specialised hazardous cleaning job.

Hugasauras · 05/07/2022 14:58

Hmm I wouldn't say so tbh assuming it's someone house. Why is there animal waste while the cleaner is there? Bodily fluids, whether human or animal, are a bit of a no-no surely?

Mally100 · 05/07/2022 14:59

No that is disgusting. That is not their responsibility to do. I couldn't make my cleaner do that.

RincewindsHat · 05/07/2022 15:01

No. Definitely not. Urine maybe (wipe it up then steam clean, easy enough) but poo or vomit, no way.

If I had a cleaner and one of my two had an accident indoors I would in no way expect the cleaner to clean it. If they did, great - but it makes me retch to clean up vomit or poo, so there's no way I'd expect someone else to do it for my animals.

BlanketsBanned · 05/07/2022 15:01

Are you the cleaner, if its a one off that happened when I was there I would clean it up if I had the right stuff but not as a regular job no.

CheshireCats · 05/07/2022 15:09

It is not the cleaner's job.

howoriginal · 05/07/2022 15:10

No sorry I don't think a cleaner should have to clean that up. Used to clean a long time ago, my boss would always say to clean around any dog/cat mess. Had a customer whose dog was getting on and quite ill, it seemed that everytime we went there he had diarrhea and it was all over the carpet. No chance could we have cleaned that up every week and it isn't our job to go that far to keep the house clean. I have a cleaner now and we have a dog, if she gets excited when our cleaner arrives and pees everywhere I always clean it up myself. it's not her job to clear up after our dog. Although I am very grateful to her that I get one day a week where I'm not hovering up all the dog hair myself! But pet shit or piss? No way. It would be the same with the bathrooms - I expect her to clean them but if my son had left a disgusting mess in there, then I wouldn't expect her to deal with an actual human poo, he'd have to clean it up himself. Not that he would make a hideous mess, but as an example. There's only so much dirt a cleaner should have to deal with.

Tsarina01 · 05/07/2022 15:19

cleaner here.

Abeolutely not. I do not clean up any human or animal bodily fluids and would always refuse to do so.

My job is to clean, but expecting me to deal with piss, shit or vomit is unreasonable. I have previously walked out of jobs where the owners would leave the toilets covered in shit after a bout of diarrhoea etc.

Respect your cleaner and clean up your own, your children’s, and your pets’ bodily fluids.

Mercurial123 · 05/07/2022 15:21

Absolutely not.

florianfortescue · 05/07/2022 15:24

No way. Those things should be cleared up immediately anyway, not left until the cleaner gets there.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 05/07/2022 15:26

Respect your cleaner and clean up your own, your children’s, and your pets’ bodily fluids.

this - so much this. Also to add the same goes for your workplace cleaner. Please flush the toilet, we don’t want to know what you ate last or how your night out was, or that curry doesn’t agree with you. Just wipe it and flush it.

Tsarina01 · 05/07/2022 15:44

HAHAHA! Do not get me started on workplaces.

I used to clean an office on Sundays.

They once had had a party in there on a Friday.

I turned up and saw 53, yes, 53 empty bottles of alcohol, more glasses, plates and pizza boxes than one could count, random sauces all over the floor, vomit in bins, Armageddon in bathrooms... believe me, these descriptions don’t even begin to portray the state of that building. I was contrasted for 2 hours a week, cleaning it all up was a 6 hour job at least - I am not exaggerating.

I took photos, sent them to the boss, and walked out. Never to return. It was Sunday evening, they were coming in on Monday morning.

I do not know, nor care, how they got through the day on Monday.

girlmom21 · 05/07/2022 15:45

Unless they're a cleaner in an environment where mess of that nature is their specific job, then absolutely not.

TibetanTerrah · 05/07/2022 15:45

Are you one of those that just leaves it because "the cleaners coming today"?

Viviennemary · 05/07/2022 15:48

No. That wouldn't be a cleaners job.

legalseagull · 05/07/2022 15:51

Wee maybe as it's just running a mop over it. Sick or poo absolutely not.

TheNoteIsEternal · 05/07/2022 16:21

Nope. Totally unreasonable to expect a cleaner to deal with that.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 05/07/2022 16:21

@Tsarina01 good for you! Too many people look down on cleaners and expect them to just deal with any inappropriate behaviour. I honestly believe a lot of workplace employees think the dirt/mess/rubbish emptying/restocking is done by magical house elves and not real people.

MyNameIsAngelicaSchuyler · 05/07/2022 16:26

No way. Not their responsibility.

CoverYourselfInChocolateGlory · 05/07/2022 16:30

No, I wouldn't expect a cleaner to deal with this unless it was specifically part of their job (eg. public loos, etc). For a domestic cleaner cleaning someone's house, no, not reasonable to leave it for them.

Batshittery · 05/07/2022 16:34

If I was a cleaner, there would be no way that I would clean up after animals. If I had an animal, there is no way I would expect anyone else to clean up after it.

ComDummings · 05/07/2022 16:36

Absolutely not unless it’s a crime scene or hoarders type cleaner. Domestic cleaner nope

TokyoTen · 05/07/2022 16:47

For domestic cleaning - no. If the job is at a vets or cattery or whatever then yes I would.

DarkGlassesAndHat · 05/07/2022 16:49

What is the AIBU?

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