Brushed Under the Carpet

It's a sad situation when anyone is treated with less respect than others. However, it seems that when it comes to cleaning, it is often those individuals who are the ones put at the bottom of the pile, so-to-speak, brushed under the carpet. In all my years of work, I've seen this in every industry, institution, business and residential cleaning endeavor.

It baffles me that the people who keep a building clean and do the "grunt" work to keep everyone else healthy and comfortable are the ones who are stepped on and mistreated. No one seems to notice them unless something goes wrong. Then they are in the negative limelight immediately. What would happen if one day they were all gone? How long before the cleanliness of the building and the maintenance of the facility began to be noticed? How long before they were truly appreciated and treated equally? And when they began working again, how long before they were forgotten once more?

Check out this article and see what I mean. It's not the first time this has been the case nor will it be the last. It's sad and unfortunate.