Editor:
This is a response to criticism of the campus restrooms. I am a custodian at BC, and the first thing I do when I get here is clean the restrooms.
I have hundreds of students using the restrooms daily. My problems in the men’s restrooms are that students won’t flush the toilet, so you have the smell of urine and feces in there.
If you are germ-conscious, grab a paper towel and flush the darn toilet. As far as the graffiti, I suggest we post a reward to whoever reports anyone doing it. We stopped the bomb threats by posting a reward. Why can’t it work for taggers?
I have this to say for the women’s restrooms: Toilet paper, hand towels, tampons, toilet-seat covers – you name it, the female students throw it. Every morning, I go into the restroom, and it looks like they turned loose a bunch of wildcats in there with all of the torn paper everywhere.
As a man, it’s harder to clean the women’s restrooms because there is always someone in there, and when you do get the chance, you always have at least two or three girls either hurrying you up or giving you dirty looks so you really don’t have that much time to clean very well.
You know, there’s only one custodian to a building and hundreds of students using restrooms. You students can make a difference. I am not asking you to pick up a toilet brush and scrub away. That’s my job.
What I’m asking is if you are someone who does not flush the toilet, please, flush the toilet because we all use it, too. And if you see people throw paper on the floor, please, tell them to pick it up and throw it in the trash.
Remember, there is strength in numbers. If you want a clean restroom, then please help us keep it that way, and don’t put all of the blame on the custodian. If we all pull together, we could make a difference.
Ruben Rosales
BC custodian