Wednesday, February 18, 2009

No More Dirty Grout

By William Borris

Once again, I am forced to do bathroom duty by circumstances. Don't get me wrong, I'm someone who wants the living area surrounding me and my family clean and safe. I just don't want to be the one doing cleaning. There are probably people out there whose job it is to deal with undesirable matters such as these. Me, I'm busy with my life to waste time with mundane things such as cleaning. Unfortunately, my reluctance at letting my wife do the cleaning instead of me, has led me step forward and do the job myself in the end.

Unfortunately, I didn't have the capacity needed to clean the bathroom (the grout, in particular) thoroughly; I never liked cleaning that room as a child, much less cleaning two bathrooms as an adult. I have my male pride to thank for the driving me forward, scrubbing and cleaning as much as I could. Bottom line, though, I was fighting a losing battle; it was impossible to complete clean the grout.

It's time to strategize. I beat a hasty retreat and thought over what I should do, as any fighter knows. In the end, I decided to bring in the cavalry reinforcements. After a bit of consultation with my commanding officer (aka the wife), I went through and called in the professionals.

After a day or two, the professional cleaners arrived with their equipment and machines. We discussed their fee for a bit and after agreeing on a figure, the cleaners set up their machines and started cleaning up the bathroom while I stayed downstairs. The hum of the machine soothed me, as I knew the work I so hated was being done for me.

Cool. I must say the bathroom floor looks pretty good. Almost brand spanking new, if I may say so. Again, I never would have had the patience to do this myself. Fortunately, as the cleaners have said, because we regularly cleaned up the grout ourselves, they didn't need to do much. Me, I'm just happy I'm not doing the cleaning myself.

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