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  Wow, I haven't thought of it like that. That's a good way of looking at it.
context: Bodily waste can literally be a biohazard. Plus it stinks. It's gross.
  And, if anything, this should increase the amount of respect people have for janitors. People look down on it simply because they're selfish idiots who feel the need to be "above" someone, but janitors are some of the most important and underpaid people out there. Be proud of what you do, because it enables the rest of us to feel civilized and sanitary. 
  If all janitors stopped showing up to work, those people who look down upon them would be among the first to complain. >
  
  I'm pretty sure OP's view is something most janitors acquire after they get used to it. >
  
  Honestly, I'm not sure how people don't get it from cleaning their own bathroom at home. >
  
  do you think people piss and shit everywhere in their bathrooms? how often do you think people clean their bathrooms where something like vomit becomes not gross? >
  
  I piss on my walls to mark my territory >
  
  but you don’t clean it up right? half the point still stands >
  
  I think people have an instinctual aversion to poop, especially, because of the potential of bacterial poisoning. I don't think you can become sick from inhaling poop smells all the time, but you definitely don't want to go around touching poop with your bare hands at all. >
  
  Human poop is definitely not something that washes off of skin easily. You'll be stuck with the smell for a while. >
  
  
  This stuff is only disgusting because of the way people tend to look at it.
  
  so... it's disgusting for the reasons that anything is disgusting >
  
  It’s only disgusting if you look at it. Or smell it. Or touch it. >
  
  I mean, it makes sense that humans would be more repulsed by body waste than something like chlorine.
  We have had to deal with getting rid of our body waste for thousands of years. We haven't had concentrated chlorine for more than a few hundred years. >
  
  I work in solid waste. People love to act like I’m a bottom feeder in between asking to borrow money for stuff because none of them have good benefits. >
  
  I was a janitor for the community college I attended at 18yo. I cleaned 4 buildings in only 3 hours which left the rest of my 8hour shift completely open. It was weird because I was cleaning up after my "peers" yet they were the ones shouting "it's f**ked up you're a woman AND a janitor" and catcalling and other stuff. The stigma for this job really sucks, and you're right. You ARE protected at all times via gloves, disinfectant etc. if you use them correctly. If anything, janitors need more recognition because it'd be a helluva lot dirtier without them. >
  
  
  "it's f**ked up you're a woman AND a janitor"
  
  What? Why? What does gender have to do with being a janitor? >
  
  Cause Janitors are men, firefighters are men, nurses are women, teachers are women, and hairdressers are, um, flamboyant...
  ...
  And her peers are from the 1910s.
  \/s (except for the last line) >
  
  you mean firemen? >
  
  Damn. That totally would have been better :D >
  
  Sounds no different to being a nurse. >
  
  I've done janitorial work in medical facilities, it's a lot different than working in a movie theater or an office building.  In a medical facility, the doctors, the nursing staff and the janitorial staff are all in total agreement that there is absolutely no such thing as "good enough", everything has to be done properly to code and often needs to be documented.
  Vacuuming a movie theater hallway was a job I could have (and have) done stoned, but in a medical facility, the thing you forget to disinfect could be the thing that kills a patient or is ground zero of an outbreak. >
  
  I typed out a pretty long comment elsewhere, but I’m shocked to hear this. 
  At the hospital I worked at, the nurses and techs were grateful if we had the trash bags changed. On a med surg floor, I can promise you no one had the time to critique the room’s cleanliness. 
  Now in ICU, they def are more particular, but for good reason. But ICU had their own janitorial staff, who were so nice and did great jobs and I was so jealous of the ICU’s janitorial staff. >
  
  Dude, I used to be great friends with the Janitor who worked in our building. He got paid almost as much as the people who worked there, and he had a freaking smooth job. Doesn't really have a supervisor breathing down his neck, doesn't really have to answer to anyone directly, works at his own pace, has keys to every god damn door in the building, and knows how to properly strip and seal a tile floor. I envied his position, and would have swapped places with him at any time. 
  I guess people don't really realize that Janitors do more than just clean toilets and bathrooms. Sure, that's part of their job, but it's an insignificant part compared to all the other work the man did. I applied several times for the position, but as it turns out, you need actual education to become a proper Janitor, because you'll be handling a lot of chemicals. Stripping, sealing, waxing and polishing floors properly is some serious science, and it looks fun as hell to me. >
  
  Upvoted for truly unpopular opinion >
  
  I appreciate the janitorial work. 
  However, the ways grown adults have destroyed a stall at my companies office is enough for me to never want to be in that position.  A janitor shouldn't have to put on a biohazard suit because somehow someone got their shit everywhere except in the toilet. >
  
  You know it's a bad day at work when you have to bring the deck sprayer to clean the bathroom stalls >
  
  Dirty Jobs is such a good show. We need people like you, OP! >
  
  The host is a bullshit artist though >
  
  Why do you think that?
  Edit: People on Reddit are in their own little bubble. They downvote an innocent question. Mike Rowe may be anti-union, but at least he is for free speech and encouraging discussion. >
  
  I was gonna say. But comment below shows it. 
  Dude is anti union fukin actor >
  
  Good, unions are inefficient, unfair to young workers, and counter to those who wish to be recognized for the merits of their hard work. This is to say nothing of their history of corruption and voting fraud.
  There was a time when they were needed, and that time has passed.
  Don't like it? Tough titties. >
  
  I’m part of a union and I disagree >
  
  Disagreement is allowed. >
  
  Thanks for letting me know. I totally didn’t when I disagreed >
  
  I've been doing direct patient care for 13 years and I've dealt with pee, poop, vomit, blood, you name it. I've learned you can touch all this stuff, it's not going to stick to your hands forever, you just wash them off when you're done and clean under your nails. Yes it's gross to touch poop or urine but as soon as you wash your hands it's gone. >
  
  That's exactly what I'm saying.  Unlike the cleaning chemicals which will dissolve your skin and knock you out with fumes, bodily waste is not dangerous as long as you keep it away from your mouth and open wounds.
  I find it interesting that even after the events of 2020, washing one's hands after touching something is still such a foreign concept. >
  
  It's disgusting because of the easily transferable diseases... >
  
  Which is why gloves exist. >
  
  I have the utmost respect for the ones who do the “dirty jobs”.
  Sanitation workers should be respected and revered. 
  I appreciate and LOVE a clean place, let alone a restroom. It’s important! It’s necessary, it’s healthy, it’s good all around. 
  For those who think of it negatively, you can go fuck yourselves. Thanks, bye. >
  
  The disgust comes from human evolution. 
  "Way back when," we were overwhelmingly more likely to catch a disease from coming into contact with someone's pee, feces, blood, or vomit. As a result, humans have a programmed disgust response for these things. 
  In the modern world, things like hydrogen sulfide and fentanyl and uranium and every other massively dangerous material have only really existed for maybe a century. No one is disgusted by methylmercury, because nothing has programmed you to be afraid of it, despite it being very lethal. 
  Which is strange, because I think that if you asked the average person to drink a gallon of bleach or a gallon of piss, it'd be really hard to convince them not to drink the bleach. >
  
  I was with you until the last sentence. If youre drinking bleach over piss, then youre an idiot >
  
  I mean, how diluted in the bleach? I would rather drink very diluted bleach (aka water purification tablets) than pee. >
  
  Id assume they mean bleech and not water purification tablets lmfao >
  
  Thank you for what you do! It's not an easy job and our society depends on you. >
  
  I don't mind cleaning it's the people I don't like. They either look at you funny, complain, or expect you to do the work of five people. >
  
  I have a drain that backs up every now and then because there’s a slight defect in how the drain pipe is laid. 99% of the time it works just fine. 
  The contents of the expansion chamber are pretty vile but a flushed, well-running drain is a thing of beauty. >
  
  I clean at a hospital. There are days when I feel like I'm doing more to keep the patients safe and healthy more than the medical "professionals" I'm around. 
  Yes, the staff are judging you. And your family. For every. Little. Thing. >
  
  As a tech and a student rn, I worked on a unit with janitorial staff that did NOTHING. I worked nights and we could never, ever get them to do anything for us. 
  The nurses already have unsafe patient ratios, I’m the only tech for the whole unit, and we had to do the majority of the janitorial work. Trash would overflow, used needles are spilling out of the needle bin, we almost never had clean linen and had to start cutting up blankets to use as towels for patients. I had to take out the trash for the whole unit, because the nurses can’t leave the unit. Nurses didn’t know where to dispose of the used needles because we didn’t have the proper tools to dispose of them safely. The staff had special gloves and bins they put them in.
  I know for a fact our particular unit’s janitorial staff were lazy. Nothing to do with them have a janitor job, they were just rude, lazy people. The ICU at my hospital had their own janitorial staff. They were so kind and sweet and did such a good job cleaning the rooms I wanted to cry when I saw how good they had it. I got floated to the ICU one time, and the custodial lady came out of a room and told me she had it cleaned and ready to go for a new admit and I wanted to hug her because I had never had a room set up for me, usually I had to clean and prepare the rooms on my unit. 
  I have a ton of respect for the staff who do their best for the sake of the patients. I am sorry if you feel as if you’re going unnoticed for your work. I promise you not all of medical staff is so mean, I would’ve brought you candy had I seen that level of compassion for your patients :) 
  Keep it up for the patients! That’s why we do it! >
  
  That's how it is here. Afternoon and overnight cleaning staff are usually agency, making twice our rate, and doing maybe an eighth of the work. Don't even get me started on how inconsistent and half-assed their discharge cleans are, which I have to spend half my morning going over to correct. Resentment? Hell yes. >
  
  Agreed dude! Cleaning up shit is way better than dealing with peoples shit attitudes! >
  
  Oh I respect the profession; anyone willing to engage with that part of life from garbagemen to janitorial staff to basic maid and house keeping work; it's a dangerous profession. 
  But it's disgusting because of the textures and the smells, my guy. It's not disrespectful to admit that people find human waste disgusting because it's a survival instinct coded into our brains. >
  
  A bunch of "adults" who are scared to death of poop.  I don't know what these people were taught, but many seem to think that touching it while wearing gloves is the same as eating it, or that it's highly radioactive or whatever. >
  
  Saw some of those posts. Those people are childish as hell >
  
  At one point I mentioned that mopping up dried blood isn't all that different than mopping up a dried spilled sugar drink.  2 different people responded to that by claiming that I just said you can drink blood and be fine.  
  How in the fuck can anybody be that stupid? >
  
  Idiots are a majority of the world, reddit included. This place can be a cesspool of idiocy at times >
  
  As a heathcare worker I can definitely agree. 
  I pull the line at vomit tho. Cannot with that. >
  
  I probably wouldn’t be disgusted if I was tasked with cleaning it as a job, in that case I know what to expect and come prepared. If I’m at work in the office and I gotta clean shit and piss I would be disgusted. It all depends on if I am expecting it or not. >
  
  If I know that there's a decent chance it will be part of my job at some point, I expect it. >
  
  People like you keep this country moving unironically >
  
  I really would love to see the chaos that would happen if every janitor went on strike at the same time.  That will never happen though since a large portion of janitors are recent immigrants struggling to settle in and can't afford to go without work for any reason. >
  
  A janitor union would cripple America. I’m all for it. Get what you deserve >
  
  It's disgusting, because "limiting your exposure" to hepatitis isn't really how hepatitis is avoided. >
  
  The casino I worked as a janitor (technically a porter) would give us "Bio Bucks" which were a bonus $5 or $10 in our paycheck for each nasty biohazard mess we had to clean up. It really incentivized us to find, report, and clean it up lickety-split, and do a good job because the shift lead would inspect the before and after to see if it was worth 5 or 10 (or more if we had to shut down the restroom). >
  
  Lava is not dangerous. It's nothing more than a molten rock you want to limit your exposure to. This stuff is only dangerous because of how people tend to look at it. >
  
  Shit won't melt your skin off or kill you instantly.  Just don't put random shit in your mouth and you'll be fine.  I don't understand how this is such a hard concept to grasp.  Shit is not radioactive, it doesn't absorb in your skin, the only way you can get sick from it is if it gets inside you. >
  
  Your last line says it all, "as long as I don't put too much thought into it" you can psych yourself into believing most things but that does not make them true, waste from living things will always be gross, hell the way our bodies work in general is disgusting, even the way we talk is pretty gross if you think about our tongues slapping around in our mouths.  That being said it just makes me respect people in janitorial positions even more. >
  
  This is kind of post that gets weirder as you explain more. Di you pick up a new kink? >
  
  Not a sexual one, but I will say that walking into a disgusting bathroom and walking out of a pristine one half an hour later is a very satisfying feeling which puts me in a good mood for whatever else I'm going to encounter in my day. >
  
  We would all be lucky to find that kind of satisfaction in our jobs. >
  
  Whenever I see poop I imagine eating it and the texture and it getting in between my teeth and the smell there would be if I was chewing it so I don't like to see poop >
  
  Sure, blame the poop for those thoughts >
  
  I treat everyone the same from janitor to CEO!! I have mad respect for janitors. >
  
  I have had to deal with this stuff, and without proper PPE (just plain disposable gloves). Even then it wasn't a thing to freak out over. >
  
  Janitors and cleaning staff are generally far more valuable than managers in companies. >
  
  I find bodily waste to be unbelievably disgusting, I’m a severe emetophobe/germaphobe so I have major respect for janitors who are able to clean that stuff with no issue >
  
  It's a natural reaction to warn us not to injest it or come in contact.  We are more used to our own shit and piss, but it still stinks. >
  
  It's not just chemicals though. It's bacteria, viruses, and diseases. There's a reason we naturally have such an aversion to it. It is truly a dangerous substance. >
  
  Nobody ever says being a doctor or surgeon is gross even though its 10x more smelly etc >
  
  Uh no all the respect to cleaning service jobs but that stuff is still disgusting >
  
  “Poop isn’t gross it’s just waste material that we squeeze out of our arseholes”
  Bro that’s gross >
  
  OP's 5 senses are all broken, or he's a badger >
  
  Nope, I can smell it, I just don't care.  There's plenty of stuff I have to work with that smells 1000 times worse than shit.  Chlorine for example, that smell is a fume that can kill you.  Shit won't kill you unless you handle it without washing your hands before you eat. >
  
  Broken senses confirmed >
  
  
  I've even had to clean period blood off the stall walls after someone tried using their tampon as a marker
  
  Ive heard womens bathrooms are a whole different level of disgusting but holy shit >
  
  All girl’s high school… can confirm. There’s sickos out there.
  I’m sure boys peeing out of a window is the equivalent. >
  
  This feels like the next expression of reddits love for tasting asses. >
  
  “I’ve seen things “ I’m a plumber. It’s not  that bad. It’s not that’ bad because it’s like printing money. Once after a hurricane, like two weeks after this landlord guy gets my email & number. Tennants said toilet won’t flush , we go there the guy shows us the bathroom & leaves.we lift the seat & find out they been along using the toilet… we go to the truck & I emailed landlord tell him wats up & give him a we don’t wanna do it price. He replied ok, yes, do it. So we are like Fuuuuuûkkk.. bck in we go bandannas on stick the hand snake in& 5 minutes we are do >
  
  Much respect to those who clean bathrooms.
  It's a jobs which keeps us civilized. >
  
  Most people are marshmallow soft little bitches. You're a king bro. Thanks for keeping all ours facilities tight. >
  
  
  This stuff is only disgusting because of the way people tend to look at it.
  
  Congratulations on figuring out what the root cause of "disgust" is, I guess?
  Disgust is an emotion caused by how we perceive something. Nothing is objectively disgusting. It's all opinion. >
  
  Let me introduce you to bloodborne pathogens! >
  
  Let me introduce you to personal protective equipment and other safety guidelines that make it possible for millions of janitors to work every day without getting sick from it. >
  
  I get that but it doesnt mean it's just sugar water you can drink like you described. >
  
  I never said you can drink it.  If you found an old soda can on tje sidewalk, would you assume it's safe to drink from it?
  The point is, if you get it on your hand and you don't have any open wounds, there will be no trace of it once you wash your hands, it's not like it will be absorbed into your skin the moment you make contact. >
  
  Bruh likes to play with poop and say it ain’t gross.
  My dude people are grossed out by shit for a reason, because it is literally a biohazard that can make you sick.
  Bro has no issue with getting E.coli and pink-eye. >
  
  Your attitude is way more disturbing than poop.
  OP cleans up poop wearing PPE.  He doesn't "play with it" and won't get infected by anything because he can read and follow directions.  Not a common skill these days... >
  
  Aversion to fecal matter is a social construct. Now that is a take I haven't heard before. >
  
  I mean, body fluids and feces are the cause of a lot of health issues, and fatality so idk what you’re on about. >
  
  If you clean it up while wearing protective gloves and a face shield, how is it a problem?
  Also, just like anything else you do in the bathroom, you wash your hands when you're done. >
  
  It still doesn’t change the fact that it’s a biohazard, which is why people have the right to be grossed out by it. > >
  
  I get what you mean, really, and from my perspective, I agree. But I think finding bodily fluids disgusting is a normal reaction imo so I wouldn't be too hard on people who do find it disgusting. From my point of view, it's a job like any other. >
  
  R. Kelly has entered the thread. >
  
  This isn't an unpopular opinion it's just fucking stupid. I can't insult you personally but I think I can insult your opinion. And this is one of the dumbest opinions I've ever read on this subreddit.
  As a janitor you're literally dealing with biohazardous waste. Disgusting is an adjective used to describe a variety of things you would want to limit your exposure to or not be exposed to at all.
  Look if you're one of them people who isn't bothered by the sights and smells of that kind of shit, great. Janitorial work is a great line of work for you.
  Most people are grossed out by the site or sound of somebody vomiting, most people can't stand the smell of a fresh log of shit. I understand maybe personally not being as grossed out by some of this shit as other people but to actually have this opinion, you just have to have a complete lack of empathy, a complete inability to put yourself in other people's shoes.
  Goofy ass troll ass take. >
  
  OP enjoys this job a little too much >
  
  OP enjoys not starving or being homeless, but you can either hate your job or find ways to not hate it.  I've tried both, and hating your job just makes your life suck overall, so I strongly suggest not doing that.
  If you really hate what you do, do something else, but if you can put up with something that a lot of people would outright refuse to even consider, that puts you in a desirable place in the job market. >
  
  Sound like you got some shit to get off your chest >
  
  I just had yet another conversation with someone who's tone took a really negative turn as soon as I mentioned that I'm a janitor again.
  It just annoys the shit out of me that despite having a decent job that pays my bills and doesn't work me to death, what I'm temporarily doing for a living apparently means I have completely failed at life.
  People are gonna talk shit no matter what, that's not gonna change, it's just annoying that there's so many people working hard doing tasks that are absolutely essential and yet they get almost less than no respect for it. >
  
  Reddit is fully privileged people with zero self-awareness. >
  
  Give this man a raise. >
  
  Bro's never heard of viruses >
  
  Bro's never heard of washing your hands before eating >
  
  I mean yeah, you are right, they are chemicals, but that doesent make it ant less disgusting >
  
  I get what you are saying - being a cleaner or janitor is a respectable job. But all jobs have their downsides, and poop is gross. >
  
  You know blood is a biohazard right? IT can definitely hurt you. >
  
  Only if it's not treated properly.  If you follow procedure and use the correct equipment, you won't be in any danger.  I had to clean up blood often at the medical center, it's not hard to do it safely. >
  
  hard agree that janitors are extremely important, but poop and urine and the like are still disgusting. in a literal sense, as in they evoke an evolutionary repulsive response that makes us want to avoid them. doesn’t mean janitors are any less important for the work they do >
  
  What I'm saying is that it's all in how you look at it.  Is cleaning up poop with protective gear really more likely to get you sick than pushing an elevator button or holding a handrail then eating before washing your hands?
  There's stuff that we all come into contact with every day that is far more dangerous and bad smelling than poop.  Bathroom cleaner is a good example, the fumes can knock you out and the liquid can dissolve your skin.  By this logic, bathroom cleaner should be seen as worse than poop since it has a much higher chance at causing you harm. >
  
  true but there’s something, i can’t explain it or put my finger on it, that differentiates harmful things and gross things. you smell something that smells like shit, you’re going to not like it by default. you would say “that smells gross”, and you’d be right. smelling something super artificial and clean smelling like bleach or anything harsh like that wouldn’t smell pleasant, but i don’t think a large amount of people would say it “it smells gross” per say. 
  and i’m just strictly talking about the object of poop or pee or whatever. i think any connotations with the job of cleaning it being gross is simply because of the surreal feeling one must have seeing someone interact with such a thing so closely, even though it’s objectively perfectly sanitary. >
  
  Is anything disgusting? Everything is “chemicals” >
  
  showing pictures of family
  Ahh yes my chemical collection! >
  
  Have an upvote. I disagree. It's a shit job. Mostly great people, who unfortunately settled for it. There's stigma and it doesn't pay. No skills or thinking involved so people generally learn nothing. Half the time the job being done is either insufficient  or unnecessary. The job itself could be extremely minimized if people just cleaned up after themselves and didn't act like farm animals. It's a waste of money and life. I hope they pay you enough because fuck that. >
  
  
  No skills or thinking involved
  
  Hard disagree on that one.  Some stains won't go away without a fight, and a floor buffer can do some serious damage if you don't know what you're doing. >
  
  Not even that, that can be taught in less than an hour. Managing time, prioritising tasks, being able to see what needs doing. That third one sounds stupid but the amount of people who I've worked with that have left things covered in dust/dirt is ridiculous. They vacuum, change the bin and think the job is done. They just don't see it and don't know what to look for. Floor can look great then you look at the ceiling and it looks like spiderman's been wanking all night in there. 
  There's never enough time. There's never enough staff. The area is usually too big. It can be hard work. You need to get your routine down and have experience doing the job to learn how much time to spend on one task. >
  
  I see someone has a poop fetish and wants to normalize it. >
  
  poopoo peepee man >
  
  Unpopular opinion since we're fundamentally wired to avoid the shit as they're the most common vector of disease. You're built wrong. >
  
  So you're just going to ignore everything I said about protective gear?
  Do you think every janitor is an idiot? >
  
  Gross >
  
  Honestly, nowadays, I'm more grossed out by used kleenex than by urine or poop. >
  
  EVERYTHING that is considered disgusting is only disgusting because of our viewpoint. If the word disgusting has any practical meaning at all, then human waste falls squarely into the middle of it. >
  
  Yeah... disgust is an emotion that evolutionarily comes from wanting to limit exposure to stuff that could cause disease. >
  
  I have 3 friends that have all been night janitors at the college here in town for years and they really like their jobs. >
  
  I absolutely agree with everything you said. I work in janitorial positions for a few years. 
  At the end of the day everything is in two categories 1) Needs to be cleaned up 2) doesn't need to be cleaned up. It's as simple as that. Nothing is gross, blood, poop, piss, vomit, or anything in between. You wear gloves, get rid of it, and wash your hands afterwards. >
  
  Yo I appreciate you and this post so much. Love you man >
  
  Been there done that! All my love to you as well! >
  
  As someone who loves to make gross-out jokes, I really appreciate you. >
  
  Good for you that you can do it. I gag just cleaning up my own dog’s vomit >
  
  If crap didn't smell bad or wasn't bad for us to mess with of course people wouldn't think it was disgusting however it does smell bad and isn't something you should be making figurines out of so naturally it's normal to find it disgusting/have an aversion to it. >
  
  My dad always taught me to respect every profession equally. Janitors are just as important as CEOs don’t let anyone tell you differently >
  
  My brother is ten yrs older than me and took a PT janitor position at my grade school right after he left high school… I regularly found trash in my locker during the two months of his employment >
  
  I think janitors do more than deal in human waste. They usually just clean the room it happens in among other areas. I never really hear anybody look at a janitor and think "gross!". It's more looked upon as a job you wouldn't want to do, cleaning up after others everyday. >
  
  It’s wild how people will bitch about this kind of work but can’t even fucking poop/piss properly in most public restrooms (let alone their own) and keep a bathroom clean. >
  
  I have respect for people that do the job because i personally could never work around the smell or sight of some of the things that humans leave on the toilet and i hate cleaning so im glad that somebody else does it in puplic restrooms and such >
  
  I believe it was Tennessee Williams who wrote 
  "Nothing human disgusts me unless it's unkind." >
  
  Something can still be disgusting to someone and it not mean it's bottom of the barrel. You seem to think that is synonymous. 
  disgusting - causing a strong feeling of dislike (merriam-webster dictionary)
  By definition popp on was from dhirrea cam indeed cause a string feeling of dislike. Most people would not like to walk into cleaning literal poop off the wall and ceiling and YES it does happen and often enough to bring up. I literally have done janitorial work myself and it is indeed disgusting and indeed did not like fucking with thst at all. 
  I think most adults in general have cleaned toilets and wiped up after folks before. Parents especially. Literally cleaning poop from the source. It's perfectly fine to not like poop especially on the walls and floor. Some folks also don't like finding vomit all over either. Even if you like it, it's not hard at all to see why others may not like it ao much.
  Just because something doesn't harm you doesn't mean it can't be disgusting to someone. Your post seems to imply you think disgusting means harm. No, you should look up the real definition first there. Once you look at the literal definition you see it isn't hard it all for someone to find dealing with poop, vomit, urine, etc. disliked over many other things. Doesn't make it bottom of the barrel, buy someone finding it disgusting is validation the same. >
  
  Fluids aren't so bad, it is the pubic hair everywhere that is really disgusting.  Also, the condoms, clean up after yourselves people. >
  
  I would argue that janitorial work and sanitary services are very important and are jobs that should be valued. >
  
  I’m embarrassed to admit sometimes I am a janitor because that is what people automatically associate the job with.. it really isn’t a disgusting job unless they’re being intentional about it. (I clean up after middle schoolers) I wear gloves and the cleaner I use is very strong, I have gotten chemical burns on my arm from accidental exposure. People who look down on janitors for keeping their place of work a clean and healthy environment for everyone are just ridiculous. >
  
  Respect for sanitation workers! >
  
  People are stupid , I dont look down the trashman down the street cause if its wasnt for them we'd be living with piles of trash cause nobody is gonna take it out to the dump yard.
  Same goes for janitor or any "yucky" jobs if it wasnt for them we'd be living with shit and trash mixed with Armani and Gucii >
  
  Bodily waste is disgusting but it doesn’t mean that the job to clean it up is. No one things surgeons are disgusting even though they’re digging around inside your body. >
  
  I’d say it is gross. But someone has to do it and I have a lot of respect for the people willing to put up with that. To me it’s not much different than a nurse in a hospital or a parent. 
  They’re doing a job there’s a need for and I’m cool with that. >
  
  I’ve been a custodian before, it’s disgusting
  Like yes they’re chemicals, but like a banana is made up of chemicals. Yes we want to limit our exposure to bodily waste, because they can cause infections & carry viruses. We are hardwired to not like bodily waste or dead things because they can make us sick 
  This is definitely an unpopular opinion so take an upvote >
  
  smelly bad equals grossy gross >
  
  I’ll be honest, I’ve never worked in a related field so I don’t know what it’s like, but I can tell you I respect anyone that does the job because it’s not going to be me. >
  
  I respect janitors, but you're delusional if you think human waste isn't gross lol. We evolved to find it disgusting because that helped us survive. If you can override your revulsion, that's great, but for most people, it's gross >
  
  I think it's not even close to as gross to stuff we all interact with every day without a second thought.  I would far rather touch poop right before immediately washing my hands than touch the handrail on a public stairway if I didn't have sanitizer with me. >
  
  I think most people would rather lick the handrail in a public stairway than touch poop for even a second lol
  Intellectually, you're 100% right, but being grossed out is much closer to a reflex or an emotion than it is to a logical conclusion. >
  
  as a 2nd run theatre manager i had to clean bathrooms and i disagree the stuff people did was heinous.
  however if someones a janitor i dont look down on it which is what i think youre actually trying to say. 
  we are biologically repulsed by waste because its a thing that carrys disease >
  
  Good mindset. In the Buddhist mindset, we are to look at the concept of interdependence. While janitorial work is not as glamorous as say.... an FBI investigator, it is no less important. We depend on good janitorial workers to keep our facilities sanitary. I am grateful for your efforts!! >
  
  Nurses are highly respected and they deal with poop and urine all day every day >
  
  
  Poop, urine and other bodily waste are nothing more than chemicals you want to limit your exposure to
  
  Yes, because they're disgusting. WTF.
  Sorry OP, shit opinion is shit, pun intended. You don't have to disrespect janitorial workers to accept that gross stuff is gross for a reason. >
  
  Human waste is gross.  Sometimes people are nasty.  You are a freaking rockstar for doing what you do in such a matter of fact way.  People like you are what keeps this world functioning.  Thanks for doing what you do! >
  
  Plumber here. I don't even acknowledge bodily waste anymore. It's part of the job, just get done with what needs doing and go on with your day >
  
  My dad was a plumber until he retired and he always used to say- 
  “It smells like money to me!” >
  
  Fun fact! A significant percent (like 10-15%? I forget the exact number) of researchers who work with rodents - like rats and mice - become allergic to rodents.
  They become allergic because they breathe in so much aerosolized rodent urine. When you stand there smelling someone's piss, you are breathing in their piss.
  I have nothing but respect for janitors, truly, but it's definitely gross to work spend any significant amount of time around that stuff. In fact, that's exactly why I have nothing but respect for custodial staff - they deal with a lot of stuff that not only seems gross, but also actually is gross.
  So good on you if you can do it, but also maybe consider using PPE that will limit exposure of your lungs to all that. >
  
  I tried to be a cleaner at WalMart, but it was just too much.  They had me sterilizing the toilets (but the pissers had auto flush so it was useless).  I just lost it when I realized I had to clean boogers off the wall.  I now realize I should have given them more of a chance.  But after that, you had to police the parking lot, and I was too exhausted. >
  
  Janitors are essential for basically any large business. I think the reason there’s a stigma is because companies exploit it to pay them poor wages >
  
  It’s not as disgusting if I know I’m going to be working in it. But if I’m at the office and there’s shit still on the toilet seat. I don’t want anything to do with that seat because it’s gross. >
  
  Something can be gross and worthy of respect. I don't work jobs that expose me to chemicals so saying it is nothing more than that doesn't change things. >
  
  Period blood and even urine don't typically bother me.   What bothers me is when someone clogs a work bathroom and just keeps shitting in it.  Or when they don't hit the toilet at all and just shit on the floor.  Bonus points for shit and vomit on the floor.  Those are actually disgusting. >
  
  Nah, it’s gross, no getting around that.
  A very commendable profession and certainly not one I’d have the fortitude to do, but still gross nonetheless. >
  
  I agree. There’s nothing wrong with good honest work. Its not disgusting to clean for a living. You come home and shower off your day the same as a contractor or a road worker does. End of. >
  
  Anyone who looks down on janitors is an asshole. The only reason why I'm not interested is because I don't think I could perform the job myself lol. Janitors provide a necessary service in society and more people should show respect to them. >
  
  There's a reason why when I was looking through jobs that a local school district was paying +$25/hr plus benefits. It's a dirty job and there is biohazard moments such as excrement. But the reality is that it's a pretty decent job for what the stereotypes puts on it, health care aides make less money wiping everyone's ass in comparison to a janitor here. Be willing to clean heavy duty, handle the gross stuff and take care of the annoying shit people consistently make a mess of you got a decent job if you can handle it. >
  
  Occasionally I have to do janitorial work (Maintenance at a movie theater). None of it bothers me anymore. Except finger and toe nails. I'll clean up diapers and used condoms over nail clippings. >
  
  If bodily waste doesn't count as disgusting then the term has lost all meaning. >
  
  You can get a lot of diseases from exposure to bodily fluids. Even just a one exposure. Depending on the exposure and what bodily fluid...it can be incurable or kill you if not caught. >
  
  Dude you are right on the mark.  I always judge a place by its restroom. >
  
  You made me wanna be a janitor. Love u OP >
  
  Can you smell? theirs a difference between biological bad smells and chemical bad smells. >
  
  Yeah, the difference is that chemical bad smells are often noxious fumes that can cause real damage if you inhale them, whereas shit just smells like farts but isn't anything other than unpleasant. >
  
  Honest work is not disgusting. >
  
  I have mad respect for people who clean up human waste. I had a woman almost bleed out from her asshole in my work bathroom once. Having to clean up that mess, it was in the toilet and ALL over the floor… I can still smell the blood. Ugh. 
  This is a big THANK YOU to all the people on the front lines of sanitation. >
  
  I had to stir burning shit. That shit was gross. >
  
  Well, I agree in an objective sense but the sense of disgust is not an objective one but a subjective one. It has been proven scientifically that different people have different levels of sensitivity to disgust. One notable statistic is that women tend to be more sensitive to men. Both sexually and practically. >
  
  I would love to be a fly on the wall for a conversation between OP and yesterday's "Period blood is gore" poster. >
  
  Lmfao bro we are biologically programmed to hate the smell of shit and bodily fluids. >
  
  Janitors really are the best, and very under appreciated! >
  
  This guy definitely likes scat porn. >
  
  I’m sorry, but I’d rather take a deep sniff of bleach than deal with someone else’s shit. >
  
  If I can't smell it and I'm protected from the biohazards idgaf about cleaning it. What is disgusting and enraging are grown-ass adults and some teens who should know better who do disgusting shit, piss on everything (often by trying to hover, i.e. creating the repulsive bathroom environments they're trying to avoid), and who don't wash their hands. >
  
  How familiar are you with Bird Law? >
  
  
  So in short, human waste is just another material, mopping it up is not really any more disgusting than mopping up all the other stuff on the floor that comes in stuck to the bottoms of people shoes, or spilled drinks, or whatever.
  
  No it is not. Spill cola on a cut it might sting a bit. Smear fecal matter on a cut and you'll get a nasty infection. >
  
  I can’t relate to this opinion at all. Human waste can be a biohazard situation… you know why it’s a thing you want to “limit exposure to”? Because it’s fucking gross. And no amount of mental gymnastics is gonna make picking someone else’s turd off the floor with my hands not fucking disgusting. Or cleaning period blood off the walls… fucking vile. >
  
  No, it is gisgusting, its a hard, dirty and very necessary job that needs done. Just like the man that picks up your trash, the guy that fixes those trucks the ones that work on your sewers..its absolutely nasty and we would all be fucked without them >
  
  I respect it as a job, somebody has to do it. That being said human waste is gross and at times is a health hazard, PPE exists for a reason, so to say it is only about how one views the task would be incorrect. >
  
  It's disgusting because it smells and causes sickness >
  
  I'm a nurse, basically a janitor of people's "waste chemicals". I am exposed to all forms of bodily fluids. It is disgusting. But I appreciate your effort :) >
  
  I definitely think that other people's body fluids are disgusting but I also think that janitors are extremely important to our society and they deserve way more respect and pay than they currently get. >
  
  As a custodian, agreed >
  
  Sometimes there's shit on the outside of the torlet >
  
  I totally get this. I work in the medical field and we're constantly exposed to poop, urine, blood, saliva etc. No big deal.
  I can understand why some people find it unpleasant, but you get used to all sorts of things. 
  The worst part is when some people despise "dirty" jobs. I've read tons of internet discussions where people make fun of hospital workers who clean poop or change adult diapers. People find it disgusting and despicable and say that nurses don't deserve a better salary "because they only wipe butts". 
  So, I totally unferstand where you're coming from. >
  
  My inbox is now full of people who seem to think that just being in the same room as someone else's shit will put your life in immediate danger, like it's more radioactive than plutonium. >
  
  Hahaa. Are they offering any solutions? Are they telling you to wear more protective gear or quit your job altogether? >
  
  Of course not, they're talking like I'm too dumb to realize that shit smells bad or that bacteria exists.
  I think more than half the people in this post have convinced themselves that I'm promoting eating shit. >
  
  That is sad. They don't seem to realize that someone's gotta do it. Poop won't magically disappear if you ignore it. 
  There is this assumption that people who work "dirty jobs" are stupid. I've also been told "You clean poop, eww don't you realize it's gross and dirty?" Yes I know, and I wear gloves, use hand sanitizer and wash my hands when needed. Those "eww gross" comments are very childish (and also insulting to the patients imo). >
  
  No amount of telling people that I wear gloves and use other protective equipment has convinced people that I'm not just licking the toilets clean.  There's a lot of really fucked up people commenting in this post. >
  
  People have very strange beliefs considering hygiene. Almost seems like there is some superstition and magical thinking involved. >
  
  Hear, hear! A psychologically healthy way to think of a temp job >
  
  I changed jobs a year ago and clean 2 day care centers 5 nights a week. I have always been obsessive  with cleaning and I love to clean. I have no problem at all doing the dirty work and not at all grossed out . I enjoy it and get satisfaction what the centers look like and smell like when I am done >
  
  I think it’s awesome you’ve found peace with your work. But other peoples poop is gross ✌🏼 >
  
  Props to you. I wish I could handle bodily excretions as well. I actually get a physiological reaction to the smell or sight of certain bodily fluids (vasovagal reflex). I cannot do breastfed poop diapers for this reason, although I’m fine with formula poop. Nor can I pick up fresh dog poop unless it is old and rock hard. I will physically start to gag and, if it’s bad enough, vomit. It’s annoying but it gets me out of diaper dirty so I can’t complain (traded bathroom duties for the baby with feeding and laundry duties, idk if that was a deal or a mistake as time goes on). >
  
  That's a good perspective. It's kind of similar to how I look at the human body- flesh and fat and tissue. >
  
  Chemicals you want to limit your exposure to are disgusting. That’s what disgust is >
  
  Bless you >
  
  I have a lot of respect for janitors. But it is a gross job. It’s not any grosser than being a parent or a teacher or a nanny or a sports coach— all jobs where you get puked and pooped and cried on and the blood, oh the blood.  There are a lot of jobs that involve gross stuff. Some people can just handle it better. >
  
  How many chemicals do you know of that spread disease/parasites? Human waste is 100% objectively disgusting, you're just desensitized to it. And you're naive to think it can't harm you. But since this is r/unpopularopinion I guess I have to upvote. >
  
  People who do sanitation jobs are really commendable and do very important work
  But bodily fluids disguise us for reasons enforced by natural selection lol we didn’t make some societal/cultural decision to be grossed out by poop, millions of years of vertebrate evolution favors animals who avoid their own waste. Which is why it smells bed >
  
  i have huge respect for janitors. i would never be able to do what they do >
  
  Kerosene and poop. Nuff said. >
  
  I was working a job where some of our customers were homeless and junkies. My boss came up to me one day and offered me a 2 dollar an hour raise if I would clean up the bathroom. I earned that raise that day.
  Human fecal matter is gross >
  
  I agree with you, I believe that people blow the janitorial position way out of proportion. Don't get me wrong cleaning other people's waste doesn't sound pleasant, but there is FAR worst than that tbh. Anyway for some weird reason this reminded me of my old janitor at my old school were he use to go around stealing every kid's fries off them. A legend in my eyes. >
  
  Me who worked as a janitor in a highschool from 16-20yrs old. I've cleaned poop, pee, phlegm and other unnamed bodily fluids. I was so embarrassed of myself and my dad whos been doing it for 25 years. Until I realized.. I don't care what people say.
  My dad worked that job 6 days a week to put food on our table. Clothes on our backs and helped put my brother and I through college. 
  Working as a RN now. I clean poop. I clean pee and I clean much more unnamed bodily fluids. I now realize that you shouldn't be ashamed of the good honest work you or your parents or anyone does. >
  
  You’ve only found poop on the floor? Not smeared on the door handle or in the sink or trash clogging the toilet with poop? >
  
  I've found that too, but whatever, spray it, wipe it off, sanitize the surface and move on. >
  
  It absolutely IS disgusting and that’s why I respect janitors and sanitation workers, y’all are heroes, doing the job that needs to get done for the rest of us. 
  (Side note, please don’t touch blood barehanded, blood borne pathogens are a thing.  Bodily material of all kind can potentially make you sick.  That’s why we HAVE an ingrained disgust response). >
  
  I am a CPA but I also am the janitor for our building.
  The inside is not to bad. What people do outside is worse. >
  
  I have upmost respect for janitors but working in healthcare you get the brunt of it. Quite literally. >
  
  It’s disgusting because I feel disgust with waste bodily fluids. >
  
  RN here. Society would collapse and die of sepsis and disease without janitors, sanitation worker, housekeeping staff and the like. >
  
  The look and texture is fine. It's the smell that reeks... >
  
  It's disgusting. I'm unwilling to do that work. I'm really glad some people do the work, and I don't look down on janitors. >
  
  No. It’s objectively gross. It can literally make you sick. That said there is nothing wrong with janitorial work. They, like the noble dishwasher at restaurants, are a vital part of the workforce and should be treated with kindness and respect. But, people are assholes. >
  
  former janitor here. thank you for this post >
  
  Well usually with things that aren’t disgusting I wouldn’t touch them and immediately wash my hands after. I’m pretty sure literally any way you look at poop and piss it’s disgusting, unless you’re telling me you’re okay with being covered in it and walking around all day. >
  
  Is that you Bono? >
  
  I’ve been a janitor, a camp custodian, a day care worker, and now a sewage operator. Pays the bills while protecting public health and the environment. Ironically, I’ve found working knee-deep in sewage to be less revolting than changing a ripe diaper. >
  
  Wherever you work, Rule #1: Respect the Custodial Staff. They deal with your shit everyday and just imagine what your workplace would look like without them. >
  
  It’s still disgusting even if you don’t touch it. Source: am a plumber >
  
  Unfamiliar bacteria aside, there's a reason why we have receptors(a nose) that makes us disgusted by poop, piss etc. And you prob shouldn't pick up someone else's shit with your bare hands if you were to run out of gloves, but like I don't think you necessarily need to be disgusted by it. >
  
  Poop smells bro, and it’s human waste. Therefore it is disgusting. This argument is weird. Janitors 100% deserve respect for what they do, but just because their entire job revolves around shit, doesn’t mean shit ain’t nasty. >
  
  No they're disgusting because they smell horrible and can make you puke >
  
  I cannot endorse the sugar drink comment. At all lmao. Oh, and username checks out real hard. >
  
  Mopping up a spilled dried sugar drink is not any different than mopping up dried blood.
  Are you assuming I'm saying you can drink blood and be fine?  If so, you wouldn't be the first to make that completely insane conclusion. >
  
  No I am not encouraging you to do that 🤣🤣 >
  
  Ok, but I'd like to know what you were assuming I meant. >
  
  Not a janitor, but I did work in nursing in a brain injury rehab unit, so there was a lot of personal care involved. 
  I’d never say I liked having to change pads, wipe arses, deal with soiled clothes, etc. But you do get used to it in a way. You just grasp on the gloves and get it done. >
  
  this guy's into poop >
  
  As someone who has done janitor jobs and similars for years,fuck that job. IT'S disgusting. And you do it only because there's nothing else you can do to earn some money. >
  
  As someone who cleaned bathrooms and portered garbage: no fucking way lmao >
  
  I’ve never looked at a janitor and had any feelings of disgust, only respect that they deal with waste and chemicals on the regular. Always respected the hard work. It’s already exhausting cleaning my own bathroom, and I don’t make a mess. >
  
  I’ve never been a “janitor,” but I did use to be a busser at a restaurant, which included a lot of janitorial work like mopping.
  I was constantly covered in dirty food, and usually my clothes were really wet. My employer made me scrub garbage cans a lot. I also made about 3 times less than minimum wage. It was nightmarish and definitely disgusting. I vowed to never work in a restaurant/with food again.
  I have a lot of respect for janitors. But that work is so gross. The only thing that kept me going was that I didn’t have to clean toilets.
  (My parents made me work there for two summers as a teen, even though many of the company’s practices were clearly illegal) >
  
  Is there anything that is disgusting that cant be broken down in their chemical forumla? >
  
  OP, I bet you've never had to pick up a moldy placenta. >
  
  I bet you've never had to pick up a bunch of used tampons off the floor, or scrub a stall where someone had explosive diarrhea.
  Either way, that's what gloves are for. >
  
  I used to be the Facilities and Housekeeping director for a hospital. I have seen shit that would probably make you pass out. Dead bodies, Operating Rooms that look like a blood bomb went off, you name it. That is not a job for the weak of spirit. >
  
  Eh I'm a part time, self employed cleaner, and while I agree people can be gross, it's not that big of a deal. It's not my favourite thing when I lift up a toilet seat and find a bowl of week-old piss, (or no water, just woodlice) but it's not hard to clean either. Over the couple years I've done this, I've become way less bothered by grime and stuff - I used to gag at hair traps in showers, yesterday I pulled the soapy wet hair out of it without gloves because my gloves were downstairs and it's literally just hair and soap. I make a good wage, and rarely have to deal with vomit or blood, but plenty of mould, spiders, rotten food, grease, and bathroom mess. 
  You get over it pretty quickly, and it's rather a satisfying job at times. Anyone can do this job, but plenty of people I've worked with are shit at it, so it clearly requires some skills, plus fitness. It's a vital job that people would suffer without, therefore deserves respect. >
  
  The world needs people like you. Not a job I could do, mostly due to incompetence but also because I'm a wimp and I'm happy with that. Even as I type this, I'm recalling guys coming to my house to clear a blocked drain to the main public sewer happily using rods and those high pressure clearing things they have while wearing shorts and seeing the shit splash on their bare legs and I'm vomiting in my mouth a bit at the thought. >
  
  Janitors should be paid more >
  
  I was a school caretaker in my early 20s and most of the work, cleaning included, was perfectly fine. I cleaned a whole floor of classrooms and 20 toilets/urinals every day and it only bothered me the first few days. I was, believe it or not, quite the dirt/germaphobe before I took on that job. Getting stuck in to the cleaning and nothing bad actually happening to me cured me. The only thing I found hard to deal with was vomit on carpets. 
  On one occasion a kid was running for the toilets, about to be sick, and didn't make it. He puked whilst running past a coat rack and striped the lot and on to the floor. Cleaning that up was about all my stomach could handle but I still did it. 
  That job led to an opportunity to become a plumber when one of the plumbing contractors offered me an apprenticeship which I gratefully accepted. I've been a plumber for 15 years now and I've got a stomach of iron when it comes to filth and disgusting jobs. Being a caretaker first helped ease me into such work.
  Much respect to all the caretakers/janitors out there. >
  
  Sorry bro, still disgusting. I’ve spent 2 hours a day since Jan 1st plunging my pipes with shit water splashing everything. I mean this literally when I say fuck that shit. 
  Doesn’t mean don’t do it or it’s beneath me though. A jobs a job, no shame in it. But it’s still gross. >
  
  Humans are filthy >
  
  Thanks Noob Noob! >
  
  I work in a different field of waste management and these feels like a hard cope to me.
  Shit and piss comes in right behind vomit in the list of unfun things to deal with. Honestly the only thing worse i can think of is dead animals. >
  
  Janitors are not respected with with wages, they deserve more, for such an important job, ie Hygiene is important. >
  
  as long as you take the proper safety measures, it’s fine imo! i just wish people made it easier on cleaners and didn’t leave such mess :( >
  
  Most “dirty” and I suppose undesired jobs are extremely important and 1000% necessary for society. It’s unfortunate they get looked down upon by people who feel as if they’re to good for something like that. Shout out to waste management workers, plumbers, custodians and all other employees who don’t get the recognition or credit they deserve >
  
  No, it's disgusting because it's literally a mass of biological waste, dangerous pathogens, and it smells.... Well, like shit.
  Blood carries pathogens, a few of which can FUCK YOUR LIFE UP.
  Urine isnt that bad, ill admit, but it's not a damn sugary drink. Im not going to clean up soda the same way i clean up piss. That is, with care towards contained and eliminating the mess, so the floor isn't permanently stained or anything.
  It is disgusting by as far as you can define "disgusting."
  I was a janitor dealing with such on occasion for a few years. Before that, i worked in animal rehab, dealing with animal shit.
  Does it bother me? Nah, not really anymore. But its still disgusting. And it's not "just chemicals". >
  
  Nah its gross bro >
  
  You live by your name, don’t you OP? >
  
  I'm not the one committing evil acts in the bathroom, I'm the one who has to eliminate any trace of said acts before Karen walks in. >
  
  Working in a hospital as a patient care tech, I’ve gotten used to cleaning bodily waste. 
  Could you please come work at a hospital, the staff would absolutely love you, I promise. If I had you on our staff, and you helped me out in situations with “bio waste” I would literally be baking you cookies and bringing you candy. 
  The janitorial staff at where I used to work specifically told the nurses that urine, blood, and poop was out responsibility, they “don’t do that” I worked night shift, and was the only tech on the unit a lot of the time. It would’ve been a huge help to have the janitorial staff take some of the clean up duties especially since myself and nurses frequently had to pick up the slack from the janitorial staff. We had to take trash bags out, pull dirty linens, clean food up from the floors, because otherwise the patients would be living in horrible conditions. 
  The poor nurses are short staffed, have 6-8 patients, are sweating through their scrubs trying to give medications out, I’m throwing my back out changing adults literally 3 times my size by myself, and on top of that, have to take 30 minutes to clean the bed and floor of a bathroom accident.
  It takes me so much longer to clean because I don’t have access to a mop, a bucket, any of the cleaning supplies they do. I have to use paper towels and bleach wipes. 
  I don’t understand why the janitorial staff couldn’t (I suspect wouldn’t because I remember asking management why the janitorial staff wasn’t allowed to handle “bio waste” and they told me they were- so it was probably just the staff not wanting to do it) clean up these things, when they were hired to work in a hospital, and when I really never gave them attitude and actually made their jobs easier by doing their duties for the sake of my patients. >
  
  I worked in 3 different nursing homes, it's not a hospital per se, but a lack of caring on the janitorial staff can put every resident in very real danger.
  I used to love smoking a joint before cleaning the movie theater, but I would never dream of doing that in a medical facility.
  In the nursing homes I took some extra pride in keeping it clean since this is a place where people live out the last years of their life and they deserve nothing less than the best I'm capable of. >
  
  I’m super grateful you have that level of compassion for the residents! 
  Like I said, it was just those particular employees. I’ve seen other hospitals and units have great staff. But everyone has to do their best for the sake of the patient >
  
  As a former janitor (did it for about 3 years) I heavily disagree although I see what you're saying. It is disgusting. Human waste is absolutely revolting. But you build a tolerance to the concept and kind of grow numb to it once you accept and trust that the chemicals and PPE do their job properly.
  When I first started the job, I'd gag multiple times a shift and have to take a breather to keep from vomiting. By the six month mark it didn't bother me at all, the pay was good, and for the business I worked for, I didn't have a set schedule beyond getting it done on the weekend. I could show up the moment the business closes on Friday or 3AM on Sunday. As long as it was done and done properly nobody gave a flying fuck. I'd get stoned to the bone and blast death metal while emptying trash, sweeping the floors, and cleaning the bathrooms. Honestly pretty good times overall.
  It was in a factory though and being there alone in the dead of night got pretty fucking creepy at times. >
  
  good stance my friend >
  
  Instinctually humans find other humans bodily waste to be disgusting because it helps keep us from getting diseases. Logically plenty of chemicals are more dangerous, but evolution hasn't picked up on them yet. 
  Yes it's probably not as bad as working in some factories or something, but there's a reason most people think it's gross >
  
  So I can’t help it… but I dry heave at the smell of shit. This isn’t some “social construct” or me “limiting my exposure” as I happen to have lived  on a property with a septic system that has failed a number of times and it backed up flooding the garage… which I had to clean. 
  My body, my brain and possibly even my soul have this reaction to it. It has nothing to do with what you just said. I can’t control it. >
  
  Urine is a solution not a ‘chemical’ >
  
  Its not disgusting because of the way we handle it, we dont handle it because it is disgusting in nature that stuff is a health hazard and bad sign so you stay away, it is deeply engraved in our nature, you can overcome it yes, but purely out of instinct it sucks. >
  
  It's a little more visceral than "just a chemical". We are hard-wired to have an aversion to things like feces, crawling bugs and rotting meat because we have evolved to recognize those things as harmful, while there was not the same selection pressure to say, an aversion to liquid nitrogen. Even most animals avoid dung piles after all.
  It might not be rational but it has helped us survive for far, far longer than it was an useless habit. >
  
  This guy janitors. >
  
  Was a Janitor in college
  You're outright wrong OP
  I dealt with literal Biohazardous material, biohazardous material is disgusting. >
  
  I still stand firm that the chemicals you use to clean up biohazardous material is infinitely more disgusting.  Shit won't melt your skin off.