Daycare floors not being cleaned properly
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I'll state up front, I really like where my son goes to daycare. It's a small but good centre, the staff are great and DS1 is happy there. I've rarely had cause for complaint.
Anyhoo, I was at daycare last night picking up DS1. While there, he says "look mummy" and shows me his incredibly dirty black feet. Several of his mates then stuck their feet up in the air for me to look at. They wanted me to be suitably impressed with their dirty feet too :p.
I turned to their carer and asked what they'd been doing to get such dirty feet. I just assumed they'd played in the "big kids" playground at the centre.
I was floored (no pun intended) when their carer said the cleaners hadn't been washing the floor and "last night they didn't vacuum". What the hell :o I asked if the manager was looking in to the situation, and was told yes, she was and that the owners (not the manager) had signed a contract with a new cleaning service.
Obviously there's teething problems with the new cleaners and the daycare manager (who I've always found to be on top of everything) is sorting it out. So I'm prepared to wait till next Tuesday to see what the floors are like.
In all honesty, there's a small part of me that thinks maybe the daycare staff could get the vacuum cleaner out and give their own rooms a quick buzz over when they know it hasn't been done. Even a quick mop? Probably harsh that this is how I feel, and it's not a fair request of the daycare staff. I just hate grotty floors, and seeing how black the childrens' feet were almost makes my skin crawl. What about those tots not walking yet?
It's not too much to expect that at the end of each day the centre's floors are vac'd and washed, is it? Anyway, this is probably a small overreaction on my part - dirty floors have never been an issue till now, so hopefully it's resolved asap. If not, I'll be talking to the manager.