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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 06:16 PM Jan 2019

NASA space center asking employees to volunteer to clean bathrooms during shutdown

Source: The Hill

At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston employees who are already working without pay are being asked to help clean the bathrooms as the center’s custodial staff will no longer be funded after Friday.

A NASA manager posted on Twitter Thursday a sign hanging outside the bathroom asking staff to volunteer to clean the bathrooms once per week amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, as reported by The Houston Chronicle.

"This is our reality at the Johnson Space Center," Elizabeth Blome wrote. "We now have no custodial services while we work without pay to keep the International Space Station operating."

The sign asking for volunteers to clean the bathrooms also urged staff to bring their personal trash cans to a large bin because desk-side trash pickup had been suspended.

Roughly 94 percent of the 3,055 federal employees at the Johnson Space Center have been furloughed since the government shutdown began last month. There are about 200 employees still working to ensure the safety of astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The remaining working employees are not currently getting paid and are slated to miss their second paycheck Friday.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/426875-nasa-space-center-in-houston-asking-employees-to-volunteer-to

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NASA space center asking employees to volunteer to clean bathrooms during shutdown (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 OP
How is Trump planning to send astronauts to Mars greymattermom Jan 2019 #1
Who's got the right stuff for getting this grout clean? TeamPooka Jan 2019 #2
Cornyn and Cruz should be the first to be volunteered for this duty. n/t MarcA Jan 2019 #3
McConnell should be bussed down there SoCalNative Jan 2019 #4
at least his chin will not drag as brushes along riversedge Jan 2019 #5
Good One! MarcA Jan 2019 #6
I just wonder what they are going to do once they run out of toilet paper...................... turbinetree Jan 2019 #7
Who cleans the bathrooms on the shuttles and space stations? JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2019 #8
They didn't sign on to clean bathrooms. marybourg Jan 2019 #10
My friend a custodian at a sbool district was told the custodian Doreen Jan 2019 #11
Nothing wrong with being a custodian. SansACause Jan 2019 #9
"I clean my bathroom every year." left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 #12

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
7. I just wonder what they are going to do once they run out of toilet paper......................
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 07:07 PM
Jan 2019

that is part of the funding............................and these two enabling traitor side kicks that live and represent the state should go and buy some out of there pay checks .......................

685 days to go we are coming assholes............



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JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,354 posts)
8. Who cleans the bathrooms on the shuttles and space stations?
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 07:24 PM
Jan 2019

I can't feel too sorry for the NASA employees, as they will get paid eventually, so why not clean a bathroom?

Volunteers are cleaning the national parks, for no pay.

The ones that I feel for are any contracted cleaning services. They won't get paid for time missed. They won't be "made whole" on their income. And they're probably the least able to cope with losing income.

When I worked for the government (Army), I had to clean bathrooms, kitchens, none of which was part of my "occupation".

marybourg

(12,633 posts)
10. They didn't sign on to clean bathrooms.
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 07:44 PM
Jan 2019

Nor did they volunteer, like citizens cleaning the parks did,

But pushing civil service employees beyond their regular duties is nothing new. I recall once when we got a bomb threat in our federal skyscraper, our office got a call telling us to dispatch a secretary to check the trash bin in the ladies’ restroom for “anything suspicious “. True story.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
11. My friend a custodian at a sbool district was told the custodian
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 07:59 PM
Jan 2019

Had to stay in the building to look for the bomb if they ever got a threat. He said: "like hell!!!, my pay grade is not that high." His boss told him they were being serious. My friend said he was being serious also.

SansACause

(520 posts)
9. Nothing wrong with being a custodian.
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 07:38 PM
Jan 2019

After all, I clean my bathroom every year. But I suspect this wasn't in their job description.

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