Friday, January 23, 2009

No More Dirty Grout

By William Borris

I am pretty pressured at the moment, having been forced into bathroom clean-up duty by necessisity. Again, I am someone who is still really not into the "do it yourself" bit of cleaning, even though I am a staunch believer of keeping living quarters clean. I just believe that there are people out there whose job description is to do these things. I'm a bit busy with my life to bother myself with the task of cleaning. But, as it happens, my personal pride (ie, my reluctance of letting my wife do it instead) has forced me to take on the unwanted job.

I really didn't want to do the job. I misliked it as a kid back then, I really don't think I'd like it much better now that I'm an adult with two bathrooms to clean. But, my male pride won out, and I end up scrubbing and cleaning to the extent of my abilities. Unfortunately, it was a battle I could not win, and I was forced to admit it was impossible to clean the grout.

It's time to strategize. I beat a hasty retreat and thought over what I should do, as any fighter knows. In the end, I decided to bring in the cavalry reinforcements. After a bit of consultation with my commanding officer (aka the wife), I went through and called in the professionals.

The professional cleaners arrived after a day or so, armed with their equipment and machines. After discussing the cost and arriving at a price we agreed upon, the cleaners went straight to the bathroom and plugged in their machines. The noise of the equipment assured me that work was being done and soon after, they were done.

Wow. The bathroom grout looks as good as new. Literally. I could never have done that myself! I heard that as we at least consistently cleaned the grout before, cleaning it didn't require anything drastic. As for me, I'm just glad I don't have to do it myself anymore. - 16732

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