To the Editor:
It is now 4:30 in the morning. At around 2:30 a.m. myself and one of my roommates, Brian Hess, arrived at our room in Claver Hall after hearing the news of the fire. It was a soggy return. Upon opening our door, my roommate and I were all but enthralled to find our room floor under water.
However, I am not writing this letter to complain about the disservice of the university but instead to commend the cleaning crew and janitors who tend to the needs of the student body here at Fairfield.
In our youthful mindset, we all too often forget that we do not live in a Utopian society where our vomit cleans up itself, and the late night Domino’s pizza boxes magically disappear. Much to our surprise, there are in fact a number of individuals responsible for making these miracles happen.
As I was mopping up the slop in my room, I observed a number of people from the cleaning crew arrive with mops, wet vacuums and more surprisingly, smiles. If I were called into work at four in the morning to clean up a mess caused by a drunken pyromaniac of a college student, I would be leaving my smile at home, and replacing it with an evil plot of revenge against that crafty guy.
I think that far too often we overlook the generosity that these individuals show towards us. We seemingly forget that their job description does not include offsetting our complete and utter sloppiness. So the next time you find yourself staring at the bottom of the toilet, cursing yourself for drinking that last bit of Majorska or PBR, all while getting a nasty reminder of your most recent Barone experience, realize who will be cleaning up your dinner in the morning, and be thankful.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Colello
Class of 2005
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