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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Cleanliness and the doctor's office

Ok - Don't you think that the one office you would think would be clean - would be a doctor's office? With all the anitbacterial crap and disinfectant around - I just think the office I work in would be clean. AH - not so much at the OB/GYN office I work at. Oh sure - the patient rooms and bathrooms are clean - but if you take a step into the back office and kitchen and bathroom area - you would be disgusted.
Let me paint you a picture of our kitchen area. Last Thursday, we had a pot luck for two of the doctors here. Today is Tuesday - the pot luck was 5 days ago. There are still crock pots and dishes on the counter (they are cleaned out - that is a plus). There are plastic cups left on the table and a piece of cake left in a cake box that I am just sure has to do be harder and more lethal than a damn brick by now. Yesterday - we had our usual Monday Morning Goodie delivery - fry bread and this brownie/cake thing with peanut butter swirled on top. We also had a drup rep come in yesterday with lunch - Subway sammies, chips and another cake. AARRGGGHHH - we have had a lot of food lately - lol!!!
Anyway - here is what the lunch room looks like today. Picture the above mentioned remains of the potluck, combined with chip bags on the table, an empty cake box (from the drug rep's cake) and that damn brownie thing (which evidentally crumbles easily) scattered EVERY FRIGGIN WHERE. It's on the floor, on the table and I am pretty sure it is now ground into the carpet in the hall. And don't GET me started on the microwave - that almost the nastiest thing I have ever seen - I'm sure it could qualify for some scientific experiment.

OK - let me take you on a trip into the bathroom. It is used by everyone in the office, including the doctors. It could be a nice bathroom - a huge tiled room where the sink is and there is a small coffee table. Then off to the left is the potty and a shower. Sounds nice - right? Let me change your mind:
That coffee table - COVERED IN JUNK. There is a small pile of towels (we will address this in a minute - see the potty section below). There is a make-up bag with toothpaste (some caked on the side of the tube), some femine products, a comb and hair pick that have something crusty on them, there are two bottles of hairspray, a bottle of mouthwash and the occasional soda can left behind.
The sink is the only thing I can say is pretty good. The soap dispenser, which should dispense this nasty antibacterial, sperm looking substance is broken and there is a bottle of soap on the sink from a drug rep.
NOW - we get to the potty/shower area. The potty is fine. On the hand rail sits a bottle of air sanitizer and the occasional femine product. As you sit on the potty - you can peer into the shower. There are five or six bottles of different shampoos in there and I am pretty sure there is no soap. In beween the potty and the shower - there is this washbasket. It is that washbasket that started this whole venting about the cleanliness of this office. This washbasket is FULL, actually overflowing with towels and I think a lab coat or two. I am really kinda scared to look.
Now I started in this office at the beginning of October 2005. It is now, for all purposes, the beginning of February. That is 4 FREAKIN MONTHS. That washbasket has never been cleaned out since I started. It is the same nasty, funky pile of smelly towels. Why am I the only one who cares about this. I constantly spray the damn basket with the air sanitizer because it is so funky! I have actually taken to using the bathroom in the hall outside our office.

Oh well - what can a person do? I keep on job hunting for something different - that's all I can do!

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