We're a few days into Spring. What does that bring to mind, given that I run a janitorial service for a living?
From Cleaning & Maintenance Management:
"Ninety-one percent of Americans participate in some form of spring cleaning every few years, according to a recent study by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI)."
Sounds high to me. Particularly suspicious was a finding that "millennials are more likely to partake in spring cleaning than baby boomers." I knew baby boomers were bad - but worse than millennials?
We don't do spring cleaning. We figure that a client's facility needs to be maintained at optimum level ongoing, not just when the mood strikes. Thus, we also include various periodic services (burnishing and refinishing, carpet cleaning, windows) on a regular schedule, so that nothing is ever neglected, or allowed to deteriorate.
Spring cleaning strikes me as akin to restoration. Maintenance is cheaper, preserves the facility, and never embarrasses our client.
Or us.
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