What is the big deal about scraping gum off the floor? Shit, I had to do a lot of crappy cleaning jobs in my time. Worst probably was scooping shit out of a urinal, cleaning shit smeared on the restroom walls, cleaning out the little box where used sanitary napkins would go, and of course, cleaning up vomit (all from my days at McDonald's, and later, as a bartender). Cleaned thousands of toilets too. Gross, but whatever. Comes with the job. Beats dealing with customers screaming in your face (the lament of retail managers the world over).
In my many years as a restaurant/retail manager, I have fired many employees on the spot that categorically refused to (1) clean bathrooms, (2) sweep floors, or (3) take out the trash.
If only I could easily fire academic underlings...well, sometimes it is relatively easy (contract doesn't get renewed). But shit, for inept tenured, or tenure-track profs...the day of reckoning may not occur for many years, and only after umpteen episodes of incompetence.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
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