I guess you could describe this as going from the sublime to the ridiculous! But be that as it may, this is very much a part of my experiences. I do have an extensive background in the housekeeping/building maintenance field.

During a good portion of the 1970s, and while also working as a musician, I was employed by the Camden County Hospital Systems at their Lakeland complex in Blackwood, NJ as a full-time regular BMW (Building Maintenance Worker). My duties were at first confined to performing the daily functions as a janitor in the wards of the psychiatric unit (Ivy Hall) there in Lakeland. But in my third year, I became part of a team of four, who worked throughout the complex (5 hospital buildings in all) doing industrial / heavy cleaning, i.e. stripping / waxing entire wards, steam cleaning etc.

A PERSONAL NOTE:

I look back on my years there with fondness. It was an educationally enriching period, a rewarding and a compelling experience, not only from a work ethic prospective and experience, but also from a "people" prospective as well. I met, worked with and worked around so many different types of people, and gained so much from their viewpoints and personalities, that I will never forget that time in my life. We really are a diverse species, but at the same time we are one human family. Through the years since, I've utilized what I had learned there about human nature, and applied it to every day life in my dealings with people.