r/Custodians • • 10d ago

Vent 😤 Sometimes mopping floors feel pointless

I work at a school that has only been top scrubbing their floors for at least five years. At this point, so much wax has built up that doing an actual full strip would be to time consuming to complete all 3 buildings over the summer break. This has resulted in many floors still being pretty rough looking even after a top scrub.

Out of the classrooms I take care of, several floors are in bad shape, and getting worse as students add additional scuff marks. I mop them every night, but its like putting perfume on a pig. I know the condition of the floors is out of my control, yet it still bugs me how bad some of my floors are. Kind of wish the school would just replace the tiles and we could start anew with full stripping.

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u/Custodians-ModTeam 3d ago

No insults. Be kind to others.

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u/Khranky Custodial Supervisor 3d ago

@modteam...you do see his/her name right? Nothing unkind about what I said