How to Mop a Floor

[hazypro]

not sure why I just watched that... but I did.

[megazwatcher]

you forgot cross contamination

never use the same mop or water to clean biological spills, food prep areas, etc

you will carry contaminates from one area to another.

[lifft]

@megazwatcher HA!

[megazwatcher]

@lifft

no joke

“If you pick up salmonella in the restroom, it’ll be in the product you were using to clean. Now, if you bring that same product out into the general office area, you’ve just contaminated the entire office,” says Dr. Gerba. “You only have to do it once.”

Using color-coded mop heads will help reduce the potential for cross-contamination by ensuring tools used to clean high-risk areas stay in those areas and that other tools don’t enter.

[megazwatcher]

@lifft

The industry standard color-coding system includes red for high-risk areas such as toilets and urinals; yellow for low-risk restroom areas including sinks and mirrors; blue for all-purpose cleaning (dusting, window cleaning, wiping desks, etc.) in other areas of a facility; and green for food-service areas.

“The most important thing is for workers to know about the germs they are spreading,” says Jimmy McKiernan, director of operations for First Quality Maintenance in New York.

[megazwatcher]

@lifft

when you mop the restroom, you cover the mop in fecal bacteria

now you go mop the employee break room, you just introduced those bacteria into the employee break room and when someone drops there morning muffin on the floor...

[TssCman123]

@megazwatcher Would using a mop bucket/wringer with a built in dirty water component (a separate bucket for the wringer), inserting a disinfecting chemical into the mop water, and using a separate mop head for the restroom and kitchen still cause cross contamination?

[megazwatcher]

@TssCman123

actually it is possible.

the situation you suggest sounds good but my experience with dual compartment mop buckets is that there is a fair bit of spill over when you wring out the mop.

i would use different mop head, antibacterial agent in water and change water between areas

when you press the mop head with the wringer it sprays/spills dirty water over into the "Clean" compartment. and the mop head is still contaminated when it goes back into the clean to re-wet

[megazwatcher]

@TssCman123

also never underestimate the stupidity factor.

for example in a hotel i worked at the 3rd shift front desk clerk had a spill on the marble lobby floor.

he ran to the kitchen and grabbed a mop used for the grill/fryer area and started mopping the marble floor

he spread the grease residue on the mop all over a 5 ft by 4 ft area creating a high risk slip area in the middle of a high traffic area

[TssCman123]

@megazwatcher Wow, lol, dangerous.

[megazwatcher]

@TssCman123

yes, it risked injuries, law suites (which could cost the company millions and force the hindu owner to cut staff in order to remain open there by costing people their jobs/livelihood all because he was to stupid to realize the mop for the greasy kitchen floor might be greasy too)

and before any one jumps to defend this guy you should know he also fell asleep at the front desk allowing an unscrupulous guest to reach over the counter and steal a $159.99 company cell phone

[TssCman123]

@megazwatcher Really does he still work there?

[megazwatcher]

@TssCman123

no, he was terminated

also terminated from his next job as well

(he hired on at a nearby hotel for a few months before losing that position as well. not sure why, my "informant" there didn't have that info)

[TssCman123]

@megazwatcher That reminds me....at my high school, I was walking down the hallway and saw a student moving a green mop bucket out of the cafeteria to a different room in the school. There was a custodian staring at him like she was confused as to why he had a mop bucket. I image there was a spill somewhere else in the school, and cross contamination probably happened that day, especially since there is no dirty water component built into that mop bucket.

[hallnoats4ever]

@TssCman123 if who need to look up how to mop a floor you are a mo mo

[JJOHNSON671]

hehehe He said sticky places..

[gummybear422]

mopping is the most pointless thing ever. who cares. just don't and say you did. just vacuum. not to mention mops are completely gross, inefficient, and clumsy.

[countkostaki]

What is the point of "wiping a sticky patch with a damp cloth to make sure it is clean" BEFORE you mop?? Surely if you use hot enough water and a good cleaner you will not have to do it?

[hiiboy98]

boring



[MrConsiderateguy]

He should bring out a mopping for dummies book!

[userss00]

thank you good video

[TheWolvesfan2]

The worst video ive ever seen on how to mop a floor!

[megazwatcher]

@TheWolvesfan2

sadly, i can't say the same

the instructional video i was shown at my first job (janitorial) makes this look the the best video ever made

[arsenal1416]

im glad 3590 more people had the same problem as me

[love2liveit]

@arsenal1416 LOL I don't know how to mop:P

[SKULLWOOD]

this was so intense

[scoobdogg187]

Where's your wife?

[rigenzea]

Err One mistake and one question why he's wearing shoes when sweeping and mopping?

Home Sandals would be good or nothing to wear (wash your feet first).

[BennyJennyJ1]

ok i just love a man doing household chores...but u can't follow dat routine on a daily basis... can u?

[CoupDeGrace888]

Outstanding

[zScottzz]

Simply Genius

[MariiiClaare]

Thanks I didn't know how to do that.......

[chgojack1]

that was awesome!