What school janitor/custodian’s do in the summer? custodian training.

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  • This is what happens in schools during the summer when everyone else is on summer vacations. This just shows a little I didn't include the 8 stairwells. And the 10 thousand sq feet lunchroom and the 2 gyms. plus all the office's and 30 bathrooms. Lol talk about job security. • Video
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  • @pophangtime88
    @pophangtime88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Decent work.. just wish we were appreciated more for our efforts

  • @bryanbrooks4005
    @bryanbrooks4005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    A lot of people underestimate us. They really don't know how hard this job is!

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Told that right. In full time summer mode right now!

    • @bryanbrooks4005
      @bryanbrooks4005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mrjeffthecustodian Me too👍

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @RaphaelBrooklyn718
      @RaphaelBrooklyn718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed yes I'm a custodian as well much love respect for all from Brooklyn New York 💪💪💯

    • @PhillipDeGraves
      @PhillipDeGraves 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Usps custodian here. I've been stationed at a annex that hasn't been cleaned for 8 months. Wish me luck, lol...

  • @Glock181
    @Glock181 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This is my first summer as a janitor...all I can say is, "Holy Moley!"

  • @kaimcpherson4807
    @kaimcpherson4807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Thank you all custodians its a tough job

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @jettadude2009
    @jettadude2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    From one custodian to another thanks for posting this.

  • @bored8715
    @bored8715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Its the best because no teachers are there or kids. Its nice a quiet. And when you clean something it stays clean. How do i know. Been doing it for 9 years now.

  • @contentoquing6884
    @contentoquing6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Yup I’m a custodian at an elementary school.the summer is exhausting.. long 10 hour days deep cleaning the restrooms, the classrooms and stripping, waxing buffing the floors. It’s a process...

    • @eddiew2325
      @eddiew2325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do you ever feel like a paper bag just drifting off into the wind?

    • @contentoquing6884
      @contentoquing6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Eddie W yes especially since I’m young and everyone at the school could be my mom dad or grandma or grandpa. I’m n my early 20s can’t really relate with anyone else or act like myself. Gotta be mature or quiet act like I got some sense around them which is annoying bc we all wanna have fun sometimes at the work place. It’s an elementary school teachers are teaching and others are in their work place so I get pretty lonely can’t even leave for lunch. Benefits are good through. Pay is decent. Once a month tho can get hard best of it all is out holidays and weekends. That’s what’s keeping me sans the benefits other then that I’ll be gone. Maybe another school year then I’m gone. Next school year oct will b two years doing this type of job

    • @JD-yh2on
      @JD-yh2on 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      CONTENTO QUING I got a lot of respect for you

    • @contentoquing6884
      @contentoquing6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Juan Diaz thanks ❤️

    • @emokoctagon8560
      @emokoctagon8560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Try to hang on for 5 yrs so when you reach age retirement you will get a Cut..

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I HATE the staff showing up right in the middle of summer clean up, moving the caution tape aside, shoving the barriers aside, and walking on the wet wax floor and then complaining about their shoes being ruined.
    Oh, and the school principals taking over summer cleanup and putting you back in charge in August when they find out they mismanaged the time on the deep cleaning schedule and school is opening in 2 weeks.

    • @coffeejack7458
      @coffeejack7458 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'd hold a meeting on that.
      That's completely unacceptable

  • @peterlund1175
    @peterlund1175 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It didn’t take long to learn how tough this work really is. Myself, I really loved it. Summertime, if it could be cleaned, it got cleaned. I always felt appreciated buy the nice complements passed out all year.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Summer time work of cleaning sure makes the rest of the year easier.

    • @peterlund1175
      @peterlund1175 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrjeffthecustodian I would agree, 💯 percent.

  • @aurora9252
    @aurora9252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    You deserve to be getting paid really well.

  • @mikejackson4246
    @mikejackson4246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yes sir! You puttin that wax down so good we should call you the glass man!

  • @Sisko1500
    @Sisko1500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm actually a Custodian in Ontario Canada summer went by so quickly this is probably the quickest summer I have worked probably because I enjoy my job & they pay good in Canada

  • @EP05
    @EP05 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember seeing those machines at my old high school before I graduated (the schools in my town are Clarke users, I’m talking vacuums, floor scrubbers, carpet cleaners, etc)

  • @GhostsQueen85
    @GhostsQueen85 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I do this everyday in a factory i work in except i use a kaivac machine to clean the bathrooms. I really love that thing ❤️

  • @djobokuwali4316
    @djobokuwali4316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kudos to whoever picks the music

  • @joeylamp_holder2013
    @joeylamp_holder2013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh yep. That side by side machine is a beast.

  • @Seca1973
    @Seca1973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    All moving furniture around to do cleaning and waxing. I know what is the feel after a 8 hrs. 😒😓😤 and then it's not been reconized for all teachers and students.😞😖😲

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep and not getting any younger. 17 years down and 13 to go.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @jshanks8365
    @jshanks8365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm a janitor/cleaner in Scotland. Being able to do stuff like this during the holidays is something I could only think of. We only work during term time.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That makes it hard to deep clean I’m sure.

    • @djobokuwali4316
      @djobokuwali4316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it okay if I call you groundskeeper Willie

  • @GammerThumbs
    @GammerThumbs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The hardest part of the job is the furniture. That and stripping a floor that hasnt been stripped in 10 years.

  • @dilsaovermyer8224
    @dilsaovermyer8224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    agree, im a custodian for middle school and i love what i do but is hard work stripping, waxing deep cleaning etc.

  • @rociomendoza4779
    @rociomendoza4779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tks. Your are my guide.

  • @sassypants6726
    @sassypants6726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just became a second shit custodians for prek thru 2nd grade in Feb:) love my job

  • @ChristianRodriguez-kr6zm
    @ChristianRodriguez-kr6zm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Became a custodian like a week ago... so yeah... getting sum tips 🤪 thx

  • @lukeg2569
    @lukeg2569 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is hilarious to me 😂😂

  • @travelingdude1621
    @travelingdude1621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can easily answer they question as a school custodian myself. The answer is scrubbing, waxing, cleaning, moving lots of furniture and doing a lot of other physical work. 😒

  • @michaelayearout1631
    @michaelayearout1631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    truth!!!! first part of the video is what I do 5 days a weeks at my school I run a kaviac in the bathrooms!!! I work for the pasco county school district here in florida!

  • @FireAlarmTech7.
    @FireAlarmTech7. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should do a while video on deep cleaning the bathrooms during the summer.

  • @BobbyV78
    @BobbyV78 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What color pad would you recommend me use on my swing machine to get in between grout? Or would a deck brush work better?

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I get much better results with brush.

  • @larrywilson9506
    @larrywilson9506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am guessing the stripper is breaking down the glue/adhesive. Thanks again.

  • @salvatoredangelo7026
    @salvatoredangelo7026 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a CFL custodian for life for 20 year so far

  • @colehagood8448
    @colehagood8448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went to New York last summer

  • @larrywilson9506
    @larrywilson9506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr. Jeff, during this video it shows a black substance seemingly coming up between the tiles, do you know what this is?

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dirt! This bathroom was another custodians than never deep cleaned in years.

  • @emmanuelchavarria4517
    @emmanuelchavarria4517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just started this week as part time custodian. Its definitely a challenge. Fortunately i got good/nice coworkers and supervisor but he has a strong accent so its hard to understand sometimes. Any advice since I am new? I am trying to do better.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch all my videos.

    • @ajaxxs1
      @ajaxxs1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do the stuff they hate to do

  • @larrywilson9506
    @larrywilson9506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not in the bathroom but the wide open space that appears to be VCT tile, thanks for the quick reply.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In some of the classrooms is just the good old chair marks. The in between tile that’s glue from the tile that has worked out. It’s hard to get up to.

    • @larrywilson9506
      @larrywilson9506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrjeffthecustodian thanks so much for the quick reply, I have a room where this occurs about two months after stripping and waxing. Thanks again for the communication, great videos by the way.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it shows up quick.

  • @christseanpilar
    @christseanpilar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Definitely not easy work! I've been a school Custodian in St Louis Mo for 7 years SLPS

  • @dmoney4414
    @dmoney4414 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Were the janitors closets right by the bathrooms ? because we do the same thing when we do our bathrooms durning the summer except we use a square scrub we run hoses from our closets from across the hall

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I use a square sometimes on my bathrooms to. Love it for doing floors!

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @charlesgomez4495
    @charlesgomez4495 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Do you have to stick your hand in toilet to get that shine clean?

  • @_LilJohn96
    @_LilJohn96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Custodians do the most work in the school system or any other place

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Schools, collages couldn’t operate without us very long.

    • @Endor2001
      @Endor2001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@mrjeffthecustodian absolutely correct. The places would become so disgustingly filthy and just fall apart.

  • @nscaledelights
    @nscaledelights 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hope they installed some hand sanitizer dispensers 2020 post COVID-19 2020.

  • @gianl1875
    @gianl1875 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you forgot about pressure washing the outside of the school 🙂

  • @thumpsetbassbusting9769
    @thumpsetbassbusting9769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lucky for us, we have some college kids that the school system hires during the summer to move the furniture out and back in when we're done striping and waxing...

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  ปีที่แล้ว

      We use to. The last 2 years I was in public school it was all on us.

  • @noonehere4332
    @noonehere4332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those machines at 0:38 are hard as hell to use. The first time i used one it spun me around.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was like a pinball bouncing from one side of the hall to the other. Love seeing rookies get a hold of them me. Lol

    • @peterlund1175
      @peterlund1175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I felt talented when I was in control. The first time, yep it took me for a ride. Everyone else had a good laugh 😂

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  ปีที่แล้ว

      I will share my store about my first time one of these days.

  • @larrywilson9506
    @larrywilson9506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Area observed was white VCT

  • @mike-vz1cv
    @mike-vz1cv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have dull floors in the school how do I get them to shine..Constantly dirty and and can’t get them clean
    The head guy didn’t wax them that good I think..I’m buying and ma 30 and a burnisher

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Got to have a great of wax job. That makes the up keep easier. Do you have a mop machine?

    • @mike-vz1cv
      @mike-vz1cv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrjeffthecustodian No mopping machine mopping is a real pain in the neck..I have 2 huge schools to mop..It’s difficult..I stumbled on your channel and and happy I did..What can you recommend..MA30 Clark for the rooms?

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not having a mop machine is a killer. We went years with out one. I would ask they would say to experience. So I finally said will you at least let the company come do a demo. They said yes. The company did one pass. The floor look like it had been stripped basically against my hand mopping. They bought right then and there. Huge labor savior. Plus the quality of the floor look!!

    • @mike-vz1cv
      @mike-vz1cv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrjeffthecustodian I’m looking at a Ma 30 for the class rooms the bigger one the guys supposed to do the hallways but I’m not sure he does..

  • @barrypark1881
    @barrypark1881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too bad our company sucks and everyone is pretty much divided, so many untrained and lazy custodians spread across the schools here. I've been told many times by the school staff that me and my partner were were a blessing to be put at our current site. Of course we had a head start on cleaning due to Covid and now just about to enter stripping the old wax a reapplying some fresh new wax!

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I always go to bed at night knowing . I did what I was hired to do. It can be flustering see others not doing the same.

    • @Endor2001
      @Endor2001 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Instead of complaining about the others, why don't you lend them a tip from time to time or try to explain how certain things are done so they can learn and be better at their jobs. It's more beneficial to help somebody learn than just complain about them and say you are better.

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely!!!!

  • @seta-san2149
    @seta-san2149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No carpet extraction? No monotonous desk and chair cleaning. No Breaking your back on the ground scrubbing baseboards? No pressure washing out walkoff mats and lunch tables?

  • @overwatch9151
    @overwatch9151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What do you call those machines?

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slow speed buffer. Have called them
      Side by side.

  • @charlesgomez4495
    @charlesgomez4495 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How many times a day do you have to clean one certain restroom?

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check through out the day. Deep clean once a day.

    • @charlesgomez4495
      @charlesgomez4495 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mrjeffthecustodian is your day slow ? Or does time fly?

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I guess it’s about 50/50. Some days are slow. Some are fast. Just depends on what pops up through out the day.

    • @charlesgomez4495
      @charlesgomez4495 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mrjeffthecustodian ok, thank you for your help. Was deciding whether to be a ups loader/unloader or a custodian.

  • @Crazyones765
    @Crazyones765 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i know what yourdoing i work for a high school and do the same summer stuff

    • @eddiew2325
      @eddiew2325 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got raped in a bathroom by a koala. It was hairy and puffy

  • @simoneblue1263
    @simoneblue1263 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im going to be a custodian soon any advice

    • @aneara666
      @aneara666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've been a custodian at a high school for nearly 4 years. My advice to you is to just take it one task at a time and do what you can. It may be overwhelming at first, but you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly. Also, it doesn't hurt to have good relationships with the other staff. Good luck!

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m planning on making some training videos in the future.

    • @markgraves7972
      @markgraves7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm 12 years in and I've worked in 80 schools, best advice I got was never take anything personally, and just know that everything you made shinny today will be destroyed tomorrow! Oh and do it with a smile, cause you know you will have a job waiting for you to do your magic the very next day :) Happy cleaning

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mark's Custom Design well said. It’s spring break and I spent all day yesterday Burnishing my halls. Knowing I’m the only one that will really enjoy how good they look now. When the kids come back next week boom it’s destroyed. I’ve been in the business for 18 years. I use to really let it bother me when things got messed up that I spent hours working on. Now is like water off a ducks back. I was hired to keep things as good as I can. I have figured a couple of things out. Number 1 kids deserve a clean place to learn. Number 2 as long as you work and keep your mouth shut, and as longs as kids are being born everyday. You have job security. As Mark said for sure don’t take things personal. Number 3 I’m my own worst enemy when it comes to trying keep everything perfect when it’s impossible. I have say to myself. Control the job don’t let the job control you. Just set a steady pace and go with flow. What you do in the summer and days there is no one in the building makes the job much easier thru out the year. When school is in session. Your just maintaining until the next deep cleaning.

    • @bryanbrooks4005
      @bryanbrooks4005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markgraves7972 I've been one for 12 years as well. Time flies!!

  • @gianl1875
    @gianl1875 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    what state are you in?

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Alabama

    • @gianl1875
      @gianl1875 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mrjeffthecustodian nicee I did the same work in Florida for a total of 12 years 2 years in the supermarket 10 years in the school district in Florida the job market here is a joke because it's a right to work state bad benefits, political, everyone only wants to speak creole,Spanish, Guatemalan I'm first generation American that is 50%Spanish
      50% Italian from the southern region and I'm very proud to speak English and do as Americans do I wish I could leave Florida someday inflation here is horrible vacationing here is a blast that's about it 😄

    • @gianl1875
      @gianl1875 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I bet you if I was american of german,Irish,english blood you would of answered

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Say what?

  • @jimmytroy7388
    @jimmytroy7388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    our school system gives us the summers off

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      WOW

    • @jimmytroy7388
      @jimmytroy7388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrjeffthecustodian we work about two weeks after the kids get out , then start back about three weeks before they come back

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wish we did that. That’s Awesome. I get 10 days vacation a year. Can build up over 20 days. Get 5 personal days a year. I try to save them all and take lots of time off in summer. Spend as much time with my family as I can.

  • @alanpiper3711
    @alanpiper3711 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yep, slog fest for sure!

  • @jorgeflores9381
    @jorgeflores9381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I use WeVideo to

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I use I movie now that I have a computer. WeVideo is awesome to use with phone. Makes it easy To work with clips.

  • @lizinbham
    @lizinbham 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    OK broomer

  • @armonstewart112
    @armonstewart112 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey it must be nice, they didn't change one light bulb...

  • @ChristianRodriguez-kr6zm
    @ChristianRodriguez-kr6zm ปีที่แล้ว

    14.35an hour... meh.....

  • @wlms04
    @wlms04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel bad for you having to use a Clarke piece of junk

    • @mrjeffthecustodian
      @mrjeffthecustodian  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude that machine is 40 years old and still run great.

    • @wlms04
      @wlms04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jefferey Maddox The side by side seems like it would be fine because it’s a very simple machine and it’s 40 years old (things were built with quality back then). But the newer Clarke Boost machine you have seems kinda crappy. Personally I prefer Tennant.

    • @wlms04
      @wlms04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr. Jeff, the school custodian. Tomcat makes a good product. Many gaps in their line though.